2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships (2003 WJHC), was the 27th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada from December 26, 2002 to January 5, 2003. Russia won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 3–2 victory over Canada in the championship game, while Finland won the bronze medal with a 3–2 victory over the United States.

2003 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26, 2002 – January 5, 2003
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Halifax Metro Centre and Centre 200 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	187 (6.03 per match)
Attendance	242,173 (7,812 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Patrik Bärtschi Igor Grigorenko (10 points)
← 2002 2004 →

Playoff round (again) reverted to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye into the semifinals.

Venues

Halifax Metro Centre Capacity: 10,595	Centre 200 Capacity: 4,881
Canada – Halifax	Canada – Sydney

Rosters

Top Division

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Russia	4	4	0	0	21	7	8
United States	4	3	0	1	15	9	6
Slovakia	4	2	0	2	15	8	4
Switzerland	4	1	0	3	10	15	2
Belarus	4	0	0	4	6	28	0

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

December 26, 2002 14:00

Belarus

2 – 4 (1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Switzerland

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 1,951

Game reference

December 26, 2002 18:00

United States

1 – 5 (0–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Russia

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 4,950

Game reference

December 27, 2002 20:00

Slovakia

11 – 1 (3–1, 4–0, 4–0)

Belarus

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,548

Game reference

December 28, 2002 16:00

Switzerland

1 – 3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,331

Game reference

December 28, 2002 20:00

Russia

4 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 3,213

Game reference

December 29, 2002 18:00

Belarus

1 – 5 (0–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Russia

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,232

Game reference

December 30, 2002 14:00

United States

8 – 2 (4–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Belarus

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,213

Game reference

December 30, 2002 18:00

Switzerland

0 – 3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Slovakia

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,069

Game reference

December 31, 2002 14:00

Slovakia

1 – 3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,238

Game reference

December 31, 2002 18:00

Russia

7 – 5 (2–1, 3–2, 2–2)

Switzerland

Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,249

Game reference

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	0	21	6	8
Finland	4	2	1	1	12	9	5
Czech Republic	4	2	1	1	8	7	5
Sweden	4	1	0	3	12	16	2
Germany	4	0	0	4	3	18	0

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

December 26, 2002 16:00

Germany

0 – 4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 8,923

Game reference

December 26, 2002 20:10

Sweden

2 – 8 (0–2, 2–2, 0–4)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594

Game reference

December 27, 2002 19:00

Czech Republic

3 – 0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 9,562

Game reference

December 28, 2002 15:10

Canada

4 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594

Game reference

December 28, 2002 20:00

Finland

3 – 2 (1–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,089

Game reference

December 29, 2002 16:10

Germany

1 – 4 (1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594

Game reference

December 30, 2002 16:00

Sweden

7 – 2 (3–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,427

Game reference

December 30, 2002 20:00

Finland

2 – 2 (0–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,462

Game reference

December 31, 2002 16:00

Czech Republic

3 – 1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,416

Game reference

December 31, 2002 20:10

Canada

5 – 3 (1–1, 3–2, 1–0)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594

Game reference

Relegation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	15	7	6
Sweden	3	2	0	1	15	11	4
Germany	3	1	0	2	8	13	2
Belarus	3	0	0	3	6	13	0

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

January 2, 2003 12:00

Switzerland

6 – 2 (2–0, 3–2, 1–0)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,111

Game reference

January 3, 2003 12:00

Sweden

5 – 4 (3–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Belarus

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,083

Game reference

January 4, 2003 16:00

Sweden

3 – 5 (1–2, 1–2, 1–1)

Switzerland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,210

Game reference

January 4, 2003 20:00

Germany

4 – 0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Belarus

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,208

Game reference

 Germany and  Belarus were relegated to Division I for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

B1

Canada

3

A2

United States

4

A2

United States

2

B3

Czech Republic

3

B1

Canada

2

A1

Russia

3

A1

Russia

4

B2

Finland

6

B2

Finland

1

Bronze medal game

A3

Slovakia

0

A2

United States

2

B2

Finland

3

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2003 16:00

United States

4 – 3 (2–0, 2–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,250

Game reference

January 2, 2003 20:10

Finland

6 – 0 (3–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,162

Game reference

Semifinals

January 3, 2003 16:10

Russia

4 – 1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,527

Game reference
	Andrei Medvedev	Goalies	Kari Lehtonen
	Artyukhin - 10:22 1-0 1-1 18:28 - Niinimaki (Bergenheim, Ruutu) (PP) Trubachev - 43:28 2-1 Perezhogin (Grigorenko) - 44:05 3-1 Grigorenko - 47:22 4-1
	29	Shots	26

January 3, 2003 20:10

Canada

3 – 2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

United States

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594

Game reference
	Marc-André Fleury	Goalies	Robert Goepfert
	Paetsch (Wellwood) - 4:24 1-0 1-1 9:12 - Nystrom (Parise) (SH) Bouchard (Parenteau, Colaiacovo) (PP) - 37:26 2-1 2-2 41:06 - Kesler (Wisniewski, Stuart) (PP) Woywitka (Stajan, Tootoo) - 51:40 3-2
	42	Shots	15

5th place game

January 4, 2003 12:00

Czech Republic

0 – 2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,210

Game reference

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2003 16:00

United States

2–3 (0–2, 0–1, 2–0)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,306

Game reference
	Bobby Goepfert	Goalies	Tuomas Nissinen
	0-1 9:16 - Jokinen (Kalteva) 0-2 18:15 - Juntunen (Ruutu, Jokinen) (PP) 0-3 20:31 - Pitkanen (Ruutu) 55:18 - Suter 1-3 58:04 - Brown (Parise, Shannon) 2-3
	31	Shots	21

Gold medal game

January 5, 2003 20:10

Canada

2 – 3 (1–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594

Game reference
	Marc-André Fleury	Goalies	Andrei Medvedev	Referee: Ulf Rädbjer
	0-1 11:17 – Taratukhin (Grigorenko, Perezhogin) Parenteau (Laich, White) – 12:01 1-1 Upshall (Laich, Parenteau) (PP) – 36:22 2-1 2-2 44:22 – Grigorenko (Taratukhin, Perezhogin) 2-3 51:09 – Trubachev (Polushin, Tyutin)
	24	Shots	31

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1	Patrik Bartschi	Switzerland	F	6	6	4	10	0	+1
1	Igor Grigorenko	Russia	F	6	6	4	10	4	+10
3	Yuri Trubachev	Russia	F	6	3	7	10	2	+9
4	Tuomo Ruutu	Finland	F	7	2	8	10	6	+6
5	Carlo Colaiacovo	Canada	D	6	1	9	10	2	-1
6	Alexander Perezhogin	Russia	F	6	3	6	9	4	+9
7	Jussi Jokinen	Finland	F	7	6	2	8	2	+4
8	Zach Parise	United States	F	7	4	4	8	4	+2
9	Alexander Polushin	Russia	F	6	2	6	8	4	+9
9	Andrei Taratukhin	Russia	F	6	2	6	8	8	+7

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

Rank	Player	Country	TOI	SOG	GA	GAA	Saves	Sv %	SO
1	Robert Goepfert	United States	338:05	159	10	1.77	149	93.71	0
2	Peter Ševela	Slovakia	218:46	105	7	1.92	98	93.33	2
3	Marc-André Fleury	Canada	267:28	97	7	1.57	90	92.78	1
4	Kari Lehtonen	Finland	356:40	168	13	2.19	155	92.26	2
5	Andrei Medvedev	Russia	300:00	108	9	1.80	99	91.67	1

Tournament awards

	Goaltender	Defencemen		Forwards
IIHF Directorate Awards	Marc-André Fleury	Joni Pitkänen		Igor Grigorenko
Media All-Star Team	Marc-André Fleury	Carlo Colaiacovo	Joni Pitkänen	Yuri Trubachev	Igor Grigorenko	Scottie Upshall

Final standings

	Team
	Russia
	Canada
	Finland
4	United States
5	Slovakia
6	Czech Republic
7	Switzerland
8	Sweden
9	Germany
10	Belarus

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A played in Almaty, Kazakhstan between December 27, 2002 and January 2, 2003. Group B played in Bled, Slovenia between December 16 and December 22, 2002.

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Ukraine	5	4	1	0	18	8	9
Japan	5	4	0	1	24	10	8
Kazakhstan	5	3	1	1	25	12	7
France	5	2	0	3	17	13	4
Italy	5	1	0	4	11	16	2
Croatia	5	0	0	5	6	42	0

 Ukraine was promoted to the Top Division and  Croatia was relegated to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Austria	5	5	0	0	35	9	10
Slovenia	5	3	1	1	15	14	7
Norway	5	2	1	2	17	16	5
Latvia	5	1	1	3	13	21	3
Denmark	5	1	1	3	18	19	3
Poland	5	1	0	4	12	31	2

 Austria was promoted to the Top Division and  Poland was relegated to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania between January 6 and January 12, 2003. Group B played in Novi Sad, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between December 28, 2002 and January 3, 2003.

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Estonia	5	5	0	0	62	8	10
Great Britain	5	4	0	1	64	7	8
Romania	5	3	0	2	34	26	6
Lithuania	5	2	0	3	21	31	4
South Africa	5	1	0	4	12	58	2
Bulgaria	5	0	0	5	5	68	0

 Estonia was promoted to Division I and  Bulgaria was relegated to Division III for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Hungary	5	5	0	0	47	14	10
Netherlands	5	4	0	1	34	13	8
FR Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	27	22	6
Spain	5	1	1	3	12	26	3
Iceland	5	1	1	3	19	43	3
Mexico	5	0	0	5	4	25	0

 Hungary was promoted to Division I and  Mexico was relegated to Division III for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Izmit, Turkey between January 21 and January 26, 2003.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	37	5	8
Belgium	4	3	0	1	32	10	6
Turkey	4	2	0	2	26	16	4
Australia	4	1	0	3	8	25	2
Luxembourg	4	0	0	4	1	48	0

 South Korea and  Belgium were promoted to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

External links

• IIHF Official Results – Top Division
• IIHF Official Results - Division I Group A
• IIHF Official Results - Division I Group B
• IIHF Official Results - Division II Group A
• IIHF Official Results - Division II Group B
• IIHF Official Results - Division III