Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2003

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Canada

The 5th ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2003 in the age group of under-eighteen year olds (U18). Between March 5 and April 22, 2003, a total of 42 national teams took part in the seven tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III.

In its fifth edition, the competition was fundamentally reformed. The top division was again reduced from twelve to ten teams, with the teams playing off three final round and two relegation round participants in two groups of five. The final round was played in the knockout system after a year break . The divisions I and II were increased from eight to twelve teams and from now on played in two separate groups of six, from which the respective winners rose to the division above. The bottom of the table had to relegate to the division below. Division III was supplemented by the teams of the dissolved Asia Division.

The world champions became the Canadian team for the first time , defeating Slovakia 3-0 in the final . The German team was by a second place in Group A of Division I the way to the top division - from them in the previous year was staying - not back to Switzerland finished in ninth place in the top division, an increase in the Division I. Austria was fifth and penultimate in Group B of Division I and thus narrowly avoided relegation to Division II.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Yaroslavl	Apr 12, 2003 - Apr 22, 2003	10	90,150	31	2,908
Division IA	Ventspils	23 Mar 2003 - March 29th 2003	6th	7,708	15th	513
Division IB	Briançon	22 Mar 2003 - March 28 2003	6th	12,349	15th	823
Division II A	Tallinn	17th Mar 2003 - March 23 2003	6th	7,495	15th	499
Division II B	Belgrade	05th Mar 2003 - March 11th 2003	6th	9,300	15th	620
Division III A	Mexico city	05th Mar 2003 - March 8th 2003 0	4th	4,300	6th	716
Division III B	Sarajevo	06th Mar 2003 - March 9th 2003 0	4th	2,250	6th	375

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 12-22, 2003 in Yaroslavl , Russia

  Participants: Finland, Canada, Kazakhstan (promoted) , Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, USA (defending champion) , Belarus

• Division I.
  • Group A: March 23-29, 2003 in Ventspils , Latvia

    Participants: Denmark, Germany (relegated) , Great Britain (promoted) , Japan, Latvia, Slovenia

  • Group B: March 22-28 , 2003 in Briançon , France

    Participants: France (promoted) , Italy, Norway (relegated) , Austria, Poland (promoted) , Ukraine (relegated)

• Division II
  • Group A: March 17-23, 2003 in Tallinn , Estonia

    Participants: Belgium (promoted) , Bulgaria (promoted) , Estonia, Croatia, Spain (promoted) , South Korea (promoted)

  • Group B: March 5-11, 2003 in Belgrade , Serbia and Montenegro

    Participants: Lithuania (promoted) , Netherlands, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro (promoted, as Yugoslavia) , South Africa (promoted) , Hungary

• Division III
  • Group A: March 5-8, 2003 in Mexico City , Mexico

    Participants: Australia (promoted via the Asia-Oceania championship) , People's Republic of China (promoted via the Asia-Oceania championship) , Mexico (newcomer) , New Zealand (promoted via the Asia-Oceania championship)

  • Group B: March 6-9, 2003 in Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Participants: Bosnia and Herzegovina (newcomer) , Iceland (first participation since 2001) , Israel (first participation since 2001) , Turkey

North Korea reported no team as relegated from Division I in the previous year and thus did not take part in the tournaments of Division II.

Top division

2003 World Cup for U18 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Canada
silver	Slovakia
bronze	Russia
Relegated	Kazakhstan Switzerland
Venue (s)	Yaroslavl , Russia
opening	April 12, 2003
Endgame	April 22, 2003
spectator	90,150 (2,908 per game)
Gates	225 (7.26 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Jaroslav Halák
Best defender	Brent Seabrook
Best striker	Alexander Ovechkin
Top scorer	Kanstanzin Sacharau (16 points)

The U18 World Cup was held from April 12 to April 22, 2003 in the Russian city ​​of Yaroslavl . The games were played in the Arena 2000 (9,046 seats) and the sports palace Awtodisel with around 3,000 seats.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. The world championship title was secured by Canada, which clearly beat Slovakia 3-0 in the final. It was the first title for the Canadians in this age group.

Group A	Group B
United States	Russia
Finland	Czech Republic
Belarus	Canada
Slovakia	Switzerland
Sweden	Kazakhstan

mode

After the group matches in the preliminary round, the two group winners qualify directly for the semi-finals. The runners-up and thirds in the group each play a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The fourth and fifth of the group games contest - if the result of the direct encounter from the preliminary round is taken with them - the relegation round and determine two relegated to Division I.

Venues

Yaroslavl
Arena 2000 Capacity: 9,046	Yaroslavl World championship venue	Sports Palace Awtodisel Capacity: approx. 3,000

Preliminary round

Group A

April 12, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Sweden	3: 3 (1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Finland	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 1,000
April 12, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Belarus	3: 3 (0: 2, 0: 1, 3: 0)	United States	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 500
April 13, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Slovakia	4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Sweden	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 1,500
April 14, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Finland	8: 6 (1: 3, 4: 2, 3: 1)	Belarus	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 800
April 14, 2003 7:00 p.m.	United States	3: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0)	Slovakia	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 800
April 15, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Sweden	2: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1)	United States	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 1,200
April 16, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Finland	3: 4 (1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 1)	Slovakia	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 900
April 16, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Belarus	3: 9 (1: 3, 1: 3, 1: 3)	Sweden	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 1,100
April 17, 2003 3:00 p.m.	United States	2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)	Finland	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 600
April 17, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Slovakia	8: 2 (2: 1, 2: 0, 4: 1)	Belarus	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 400

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	4th	3	1	0	11: 07	7th
2.	Slovakia	4th	3	0	1	18: 09	6th
3.	Sweden	4th	1	1	2	15:13	3
4th	Finland	4th	1	1	2	14:15	3
5.	Belarus	4th	0	1	3	14:28	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 12, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	3: 5 (1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 2)	Czech Republic	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 1,500
April 12, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Canada	3: 6 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 5)	Russia	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 9,100
April 13, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Switzerland	13: 2 (4: 1, 6: 0, 3: 1)	Kazakhstan	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 2,100
April 14, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	3: 3 (0: 3, 1: 0, 2: 0)	Canada	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 3,100
April 14, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Russia	12: 3 (6: 1, 3: 1, 3: 1)	Switzerland	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 6,500
April 15, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	0: 5 (0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 0)	Russia	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 5,100
April 16, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Canada	8: 1 (3: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1)	Kazakhstan	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 1,900
April 16, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	4: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0)	Switzerland	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 1,600
April 17, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Switzerland	0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 2)	Canada	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 2,100
April 17, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Russia	4: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 1: 0)	Czech Republic	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 9,100

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	4th	4th	0	0	27: 08	8th
2.	Canada	4th	2	1	1	19:10	5
3.	Czech Republic	4th	2	1	1	14:11	5
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	0	3	17:23	2
5.	Kazakhstan	4th	0	0	4th	06:31	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

April 19, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Finland	5: 4 (2: 0, 1: 2, 2: 2)	Kazakhstan	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 450
April 19, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Switzerland	3: 5 (2: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1)	Belarus	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 450
April 20, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Finland	2: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0)	Switzerland	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 500
April 20, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Belarus	8: 6 (2: 1, 1: 4, 5: 1)	Kazakhstan	Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 550

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	3	2	1	0	15:12	5
2.	Belarus	3	2	0	1	19:17	4th
3.	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	18: 09	3
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	12:26	0

Note: The preliminary round matches Finland - Belarus (8: 6) and Switzerland - Kazakhstan (13: 2) are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to Division I.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

United States

1

B2

Canada

8th

B2

Canada

2

A3

Sweden

1

B2

Canada

3

A2

Slovakia

0

B1

Russia

1

A2

Slovakia

2

A2

Slovakia

2

3rd place match

B3

Czech Republic

1

A1

United States

3

B1

Russia

6th

Play for 5th place

B3

Czech Republic

2

A3

Sweden

3

Quarter finals

April 19, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Slovakia	2: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	Czech Republic	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 4,900
April 19, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Canada	8: 1 (3: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0)	Sweden	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 5,600

Play for 5th place

April 21, 2003 7:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)

Sweden

Avtodisel Sports Palace, Yaroslavl Spectators: 500

Semifinals

April 20, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Russia	1: 2 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Slovakia	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 8,400
April 20, 2003 7:00 p.m.	United States	1: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Canada	Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 3,900

3rd place match

April 22, 2003 3:00 p.m.

United States

3: 6 (2: 3, 1: 1, 0: 2)

Russia

Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 5,900

final

April 22, 2003 7:00 p.m.

Canada

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Slovakia

Arena 2000, Yaroslavl spectators: 8,700

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Kanstanzin Sacharau	Belarus	6th	5	11	16	−4	10
Andrei Kaszitsyn	Belarus	6th	6th	9	15th	−3	28
Alexander Ovechkin	Russia	6th	9	4th	13	+13	6th
Wadsim Karaha	Belarus	6th	8th	4th	12	−4	37
Kevin Romy	Switzerland	6th	4th	8th	12	+6	4th
Konstantin Pushkarev	Kazakhstan	6th	9	1	10	−4	6th
TJ Hensick	United States	6th	6th	4th	10	+5	0
Peter Guggisberg	Switzerland	6th	6th	4th	10	+4	4th
Yevgeny Malkin	Russia	6th	5	4th	9	+11	2
Marc-Antoine Pouliot	Canada	7th	2	7th	9	+1	6th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), SaT = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded , SO = shutouts ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Marek Black	Czech Republic	5	280: 00	10	0	2.14	93.98
Ryan Munce	Canada	6th	360: 00	11	2	1.83	93.79
Jaroslav Halák	Slovakia	7th	419: 48	14th	0	2.00	93.20
Mike Brown	United States	4th	237: 49	9	1	2.27	92.24
Rustam Sidikow	Russia	6th	314: 47	11	0	2.10	91.97

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Canada
2	Slovakia
3	Russia
4th	United States
5	Sweden
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Finland
8th	Belarus
9	Switzerland
10	Kazakhstan

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Réjean Beauchemin , Shawn Belle , Steve Bernier , Paul Bissonnette , Alexandre Bolduc , Jeff Carter , Daniel Carcillo , Brennan Chapman , Braydon Coburn , Jeremy Colliton , Patrick Coulombe , Brandon Crombeen , Stephen Dixon , Ryan Getzlaf , Mike Green , Ryan Munce , Geoff Platt , Marc-Antoine Pouliot , Dany Roussin , Brent Seabrook , Anthony Stewart , Jamie Tardif Trainers: Mike Kelly

Silver Slovakia

Ivan Baranka , Štefan Blaho , Slavomír Bodnár , Tomáš Bulík , Ivan Dornič , Vladimír Dravecký , Adam drgon , Branislav Fábry , Pavol Gurčík , Jaroslav Halák , Milan Hruška , Jaroslav Markovič , Andrej Meszároš , Lukáš Mucha , Juraj Prokop , Marek Rožnik , Štefan Ružička , Ladislav Ščurko , Michal Sersen , Peter Tabaček , Boris Valábik , Marek Zagrapan Trainers: Jindřich Novotný

Bronze Russia

Vitali Anikejenko , Anton Below , Anton Dubinin , Konstantin Glasatschow , Sergei Gorelow , Alexei Ivanov , Denis Jeschow , Dmitri Kosmatschow , Denis Loginow , Konstantin Makarow , Evgeni Malkin , Georgi Misharin , Alexander Naurow , Artyom Nossow , Alexander Ovetschkin , Andrei Pervyschin , Dmitri Pervyshin , Dmitri Petrow , Grigori Schafigulin , Dmitri Schitikow , Rustam Sidikow , Dmitri Tschernych Trainer: Vladimir Kryuchkov

Relegated to Division I:	Kazakhstan, Switzerland
Promoted to the top division:	Denmark, Norway

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Jaroslav Halák	Slovakia
Best defender	Brent Seabrook	Canada
Best striker	Alexander Ovechkin	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Alexander Owetschkin - TJ Hensick - Anthony Stewart
Defense:	Brent Seabrook - Lukáš Pulpán
Goal:	Jaroslav Halák

Division I.

Group A in Ventspils, Latvia

Teams	DAN	GER	SLO	LAT	JPN	GBR	Gates	Pt.
1. Denmark		4: 3	10: 4	2: 2	4: 1	11: 2	31:12	9: 1
2. Germany	3: 4		10: 2	4: 1	4: 1	13: 0	34: 8	8: 2
3. Slovenia	4:10	2:10		6: 4	7: 2	5: 1	24:27	6: 4
4. Latvia	2: 2	1: 4	4: 6		1: 1	6: 2	14:15	4: 6
5. Japan	1: 4	1: 4	2: 7	1: 1		10: 3	15:19	3: 7
6. Great Britain	2:11	0:13	1: 5	2: 6	3:10		8:45	0:10

Group B in Briançon, France

Teams	NOR	POLE	ITA	FRA	AUT	UKR	Gates	Pt.
1. Norway		2: 2	5: 2	4: 2	4: 3	7: 4	22:13	9: 1
2. Poland	2: 2		4: 3	3: 2	2: 1	0: 6	11:13	7: 3
3. Italy	2: 5	3: 4		5: 3	1: 1	4-0	15:13	5: 5
4. France	2: 4	2: 3	3: 5		6: 4	7: 1	20:17	4: 6
5. Austria	3: 4	1: 2	1: 1	4: 6		6: 5	15:18	3: 7
6. Ukraine	4: 7	6-0	0: 4	1: 7	5: 6		16:24	2: 8

Moved up and down

Promoted to the World Cup group:	Denmark, Norway
Relegated from the World Cup group:	Kazakhstan, Switzerland
Relegated from Division I:	Ukraine, UK
Promoted to Division I:	South Korea, Romania

Division II

Group A in Tallinn, Estonia

Teams	DRC	EST	CRO	BEL	ESP	BUL	Gates	Pt.
1. South Korea		7: 6	9: 4	13: 1	9: 1	18: 0	56:12	10-0
2. Estonia	6: 7		3: 1	11: 0	12: 0	17: 0	49: 8	8: 2
3. Croatia	4: 9	1: 3		4: 4	9: 4	20: 0	38:20	5: 5
4. Belgium	1:13	0:11	4: 4		5: 3	10: 1	20:32	5: 5
5. Spain	1: 9	0:12	4: 9	3: 5		15: 1	23:36	2: 8
6. Bulgaria	0:18	0:17	0:20	1:10	1:15		2:80	0:10

Group B in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Teams	ROME	HUN	NED	YUG	LTU	RSA	Gates	Pt.
1. Romania		6: 1	7: 4	8: 2	5: 2	7: 1	33:10	10-0
2. Hungary	1: 6		5-0	2: 2	11: 4	8-0	27:12	7: 3
3. Netherlands	4: 7	0: 5		5: 2	5-0	8: 3	22:17	6: 4
4. Serbia and Montenegro	2: 8	2: 2	2: 5		4: 3	4: 1	14:19	5: 5
5. Lithuania	2: 5	4:11	0: 5	3: 4		6: 4	15:29	2: 8
6. South Africa	1: 7	0: 8	3: 8	1: 4	4: 6		9:33	0:10

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division I:	South Korea, Romania
Relegated from Division I:	Ukraine, UK
Relegated from Division II:	South Africa, Bulgaria
Promoted to Division II:	Australia, Iceland

Division III

Group A in Mexico City, Mexico

Teams	OUT	MEX	CHN	NZL	Gates	Pt.
1. Australia		8: 2	6: 3	14: 1	28: 6	6-0
2. Mexico	2: 8		5: 4	5-0	12:11	4: 2
3. People's Republic of China	3: 6	4: 5		4: 1	11:12	2: 4
4. New Zealand	1:14	0: 5	1: 4		2:23	0: 6

Group B in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Teams	ISL	DOOR	BIH	ISR	Gates	Pt.
1. Iceland		5: 2	9: 2	5: 0+	19: 4	6-0
2. Turkey	2: 5		10: 1	4: 5	16:11	2: 4
3. Bosnia and Herzegovina	2: 9	1:10		5: 0+	8:19	2: 4
4. Israel	0: 5+	5: 4	0: 5+		5:14	2: 4

+ The Israeli games were rated 5-0 goals and 2-0 points for the opponent due to the unauthorized use of players by Israeli Canadians Ziv Zukiar, Aaron Zimmer and Michael Lubinsky.

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division II:	Iceland, Australia
Relegated from Division II:	South Africa, Bulgaria

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2003 (overview)
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2003
• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2003
• 2003 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

Web links

• Official website