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2003 IIHF World Championship

The 2003 IIHF World Championship was held between 26 April and 11 May 2003 in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, Finland.

2003 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venues3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates26 April – 11 May
Opened byTarja Halonen
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Canada (22nd title)
Runners-up  Sweden
Third place  Slovakia
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played56
Goals scored349 (6.23 per game)
Attendance449,193 (8,021 per game)
Scoring leaderSlovakia Žigmund Pálffy (15 points)
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It was the 67th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Canada won the gold medal after defeating Sweden 3–2 in a tightly fought final. Over 14 minutes into the overtime, Canadian forward Anson Carter beat Swedish goaltender Mikael Tellqvist with a wraparound goal. The goal was contested for several minutes before replays confirmed that Tellqvist had stopped the puck behind the goal line. It was Canada's first World Championship win in five years.

Sweden surrendered five consecutive goals against Finland in their quarterfinal to trail 5–1 seven minutes into the second period, at which point Swedish goaltender Tommy Salo was swapped for Mikael Tellqvist. This proved to be the Swedish team's necessary wake-up call as the Swedes went on to score five unanswered goals before the end of regulation and ultimately win the game 6–5.

To celebrate the games, the Finnish government issued a high value commemorative coin: the 2003 Ice Hockey World Championships commemorative coin, with three ice hockey sticks and a puck engraved on the reverse.

Qualification Tournament

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The Far Eastern Qualification was played as a single game during the 2003 Asian Winter Games on February 4, 2003, in Hachinohe, Japan. South Korea had opted to not play as they believed it more beneficial to focus on training and developing for their Division II tournament.[1] During the games Japan also beat the Koreans eleven to two in the semi-finals.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 1 1 0 0 15 0 +15 2
 China 1 0 0 1 0 15 −15 0
Source: IIHF

All times local

February 4, 2003
19:00		Japan 15–0 China

Venues

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Hartwall Areena
Capacity: 13,349		 Elysée Arena
Capacity: 11,820		 Tampere Ice Hall
Capacity: 7,800
 Finland – Helsinki  Finland – Turku  Finland – Tampere

Final tournament

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First round

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In the first round, the top three teams from each group progressed to the second round, whilst the last-placed team progressed to the consolation round.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 3 3 0 0 22 5 +17 6
 Germany 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 4
 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 9 13 −4 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0
Source: IIHF

All times local

27 April 2003
16:00		Germany 5–4 Japan
27 April 2003
20:00		Ukraine 3–9 Slovakia
28 April 2003
16:00		Slovakia 10–1 Japan
29 April 2003
16:00		Germany 3–1 Ukraine
30 April 2003
16:00		Slovakia 3–1 Germany
30 April 2003
20:00		Japan 1–5 Ukraine

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 14 5 +9 6
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 4
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 8 14 −6 2
 United States 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
15:00		United States 2–5 Denmark
26 April 2003
19:00		Switzerland 2–5 Russia
27 April 2003
15:00		United States 0–1  Switzerland
27 April 2003
19:00		Russia 6–1 Denmark
29 April 2003
15:00		Denmark 2–6  Switzerland
29 April 2003
19:00		Russia 3–2 United States

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 2
 Belarus 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
16:00		Canada 3–0 Belarus
26 April 2003
20:00		Latvia 1–3 Sweden
27 April 2003
16:00		Canada 6–1 Latvia
27 April 2003
20:00		Sweden 2–1 Belarus
29 April 2003
16:00		Belarus 0–4 Latvia
29 April 2003
20:00		Sweden 1–3 Canada

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 6
 Finland 3 2 0 1 18 3 +15 4
 Austria 3 1 0 2 8 15 −7 2
 Slovenia 3 0 0 3 4 23 −19 0
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
16:00		Czech Republic 5–2 SloveniaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
26 April 2003
20:00		Austria 1–5 FinlandHartwall Areena, Helsinki
28 April 2003
19:00		Finland 12–0 SloveniaTampere Ice Hall, Tampere
28 April 2003
20:00		Czech Republic 8–1 AustriaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
29 April 2003
20:00		Slovenia 2–6 AustriaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
30 April 2003
16:00		Finland 1–2 Czech RepublicElysée Areena, Turku

Second round

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In the second round, the top four teams from each group progressed to the final round, whilst the bottom two teams were eliminated.

Group E

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Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 5 4 1 0 27 9 +18 9
 Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 22 7 +15 9
 Finland 5 2 1 2 18 10 +8 5
 Germany 5 2 1 2 11 11 0 5
 Austria 5 1 0 4 9 27 −18 2
 Ukraine 5 0 0 5 8 31 −23 0
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
20:00		Austria 1–5 Finland
27 April 2003
20:00		Ukraine 3–9 Slovakia
28 April 2003
20:00		Czech Republic 8–1 Austria
29 April 2003
16:00		Germany 3–1 Ukraine
30 April 2003
16:00		Slovakia 3–1 Germany
30 April 2003
16:00		Finland 1–2 Czech Republic
2 May 2003
16:00		Slovakia 5–1 Finland
2 May 2003
20:00		Czech Republic 5–2 Ukraine
3 May 2003
16:00		Germany 5–1 Austria
3 May 2003
20:00		Finland 9–0 Ukraine
4 May 2003
16:00		Slovakia 7–1 Austria
4 May 2003
20:00		Czech Republic 4–0 Germany
5 May 2003
20:00		Slovakia 3–3 Czech Republic
6 May 2003
16:00		Ukraine 2–5 Austria
6 May 2003
20:00		Finland 2–2 Germany

Group F

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Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 5 4 1 0 18 6 +12 9
 Sweden 5 4 0 1 20 9 +11 8
 Russia 5 2 0 3 16 14 +2 4
  Switzerland 5 2 0 3 14 16 −2 4
 Latvia 5 2 0 3 10 16 −6 4
 Denmark 5 0 1 4 8 25 −17 1
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
19:00		Switzerland 2–5 Russia
26 April 2003
20:00		Latvia 1–3 Sweden
27 April 2003
16:00		Canada 6–1 Latvia
27 April 2003
19:00		Russia 6–1 Denmark
29 April 2003
15:00		Denmark 2–6  Switzerland
29 April 2003
20:00		Sweden 1–3 Canada
2 May 2003
16:00		Canada 2–2 Denmark
2 May 2003
20:05		Russia 2–4 Sweden
3 May 2003
16:00		Switzerland 4–2 Latvia
3 May 2003
20:05		Sweden 7–1 Denmark
4 May 2003
16:00		Latvia 2–1 Russia
4 May 2003
20:00		Canada 2–0  Switzerland
5 May 2003
20:00		Russia 2–5 Canada
6 May 2003
16:00		Denmark 2–4 Latvia
6 May 2003
20:00		Switzerland 2–5 Sweden

Consolation round 13–16 place

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Group G

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 19 5 +14 6
 Belarus 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 4
 Slovenia 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1
 Japan 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
Source: IIHF

As the Far Eastern qualifier, Japan avoided relegation. Therefore, Belarus and Slovenia were relegated to Division I for the 2004 Championships.

2 May 2003
15:00		United States 7–2 Slovenia
2 May 2003
19:00		Belarus 3–1 Japan
3 May 2003
15:00		Japan 3–3 Slovenia
3 May 2003
19:00		United States 4–2 Belarus
5 May 2003
15:00		Slovenia 3–4 Belarus
5 May 2003
19:00		Japan 1–8 United States

Final round

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 May
 
 
 Canada 3
 
9 May
 
 Germany 2
 
 Canada 8
 
7 May
 
 Czech Republic 4
 
 Czech Republic 3
 
11 May
 
 Russia 0
 
 Canada 3
 
7 May
 
 Sweden 2
 
 Slovakia 3
 
9 May
 
  Switzerland 1
 
 Slovakia 1
 
7 May
 
 Sweden 4 Third place
 
 Sweden 6
 
10 May
 
 Finland 5
 
 Czech Republic 2
 
 
 Slovakia 4
 

Quarterfinals

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7 MayCanada 3–2 (OT) Germany
7 MaySlovakia 3–1  Switzerland
7 MayCzech Republic 3–0 Russia
7 MaySweden 6–5 Finland
Mats Sundin – 04:451-0
1-107:31 – Teemu Selänne
1-209:13 – Teemu Selänne
1-318:35 – Tomi Kallio
1-425:26 – Kimmo Rintanen
1-526:44 – Teemu Selänne
Jörgen Jönsson – 28:042-5
Peter Forsberg – 29:273-5
Jonas Höglund – 37:204-5
Peter Forsberg – 48:225-5
Per-Johan Axelsson – 55:066-5

Semifinals

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9 MayCanada 8–4 Czech Republic
9 MaySlovakia 1–4 Sweden

Match for third place

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10 MayCzech Republic 2–4 Slovakia

Final

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11 MayCanada 3–2 (OT)
(1-2, 0-0, 1-0, 1-0)		 SwedenHelsinki
Attendance: 13,387
Roberto LuongoGoaliesMikael TellqvistReferee:
Czech Republic Vladimir Šindler
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
Finland Antti Hämäläinen
0-110:18 − Mathias Tjärnqvist
0-218:39 − Per-Johan Axelsson
Shawn Horcoff − 19:171-2
Shane Doan − 49:032-2
Anson Carter − 73:493-2

Ranking and statistics

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 2003 IIHF World Championship winners 

Canada
22nd title

Tournament awards

Final standings

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The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Slovakia
4 Czech Republic
5 Finland
6 Germany
7 Russia
8  Switzerland
9 Latvia
10 Austria
11 Denmark
12 Ukraine
13 United States
14 Belarus
15 Slovenia
16 Japan

Scoring leaders

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List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, then (fewer) games played.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Slovakia Žigmund Pálffy97815+918F
Slovakia Jozef Stümpel941115+70F
Slovakia Ľubomír Višňovský94812+112D
Finland Teemu Selänne78311+32F
Finland Saku Koivu711011+34F
Canada Dany Heatley97310+910F
Sweden Mats Sundin76410+810F
Slovakia Miroslav Šatan96410+22F
Czech Republic Martin Straka96410+54F
Finland Kimmo Rintanen7549+30F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Germany Oliver Jonas180:0010041.3396.000
Canada Sean Burke328:4715671.2895.511
Sweden Mikael Tellqvist393:1615091.3794.000
Slovakia Ján Lašák359:20168111.8493.450
Switzerland Marco Bührer297:2513791.8293.431

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF honors and awards

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The 2003 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Helsinki during the World Championships.[2] George Nagobads of the United States was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.[3]

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ South Korea withdraws
  2. 1 2 3 "Jutila ja Wiitala kuuluisuuksien kerhoon". Yle (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland. BTI Studios Finland. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dr. V. George Nagobads". United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 8 July 2021.; "Dr. V. George Nagobads". United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Curt Berglund". Swedish Ice Hockey Association (in Swedish). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bengt-Åke Gustafsson". Swedish Ice Hockey Association (in Swedish). 29 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Eishockeypersönlichkeiten Deutschlands". Bürgerzeitung Duisburg (in German). Duisburg, Germany. 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "2006 Hockey Deaths". Society for International Hockey Research. 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Schiri-Legende Josef Kompalla wird morgen 75". Rheinische Post (in German). Düsseldorf, Germany. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Josef Maleček". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech). 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Александр Якушев избран в Зал хоккейной славы IIHF". Lenta.ru (in Russian). Moscow, Russia. 27 September 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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