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2003 IIHF World Championship

2003 edition of the IIHF World Championship


2003 edition of the IIHF World Championship

FieldValue
year2003
image2003 IIHF World Championship logo.svg
size175px
countryFinland
dates26 April – 11 May
openedTarja Halonen
num_teams16
venues3
cities3
typeih
winnersCanada
count22
secondSweden
thirdSlovakia
fourthCzech Republic
games56
goals349
attendance449193
scoring_leaderSVK Žigmund Pálffy
points15
prevseason[2002](2002-iihf-world-championship)
nextseason[2004](2004-iihf-world-championship)

Main article: 2003 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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

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

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. During the games Japan also beat the Koreans eleven to two in the semi-finals.

All times local

19:00

Venues

Hartwall Areena
Capacity: 13,349Elysée Arena
Capacity: 11,820Tampere Ice Hall
Capacity: 7,800FIN – HelsinkiFIN – TurkuFIN – Tampere
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Final tournament

First round

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

All times local

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Second round

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

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

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Group F

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

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Consolation round 13–16 place

Group G

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

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Final round

|7 May|| 3 || 2 |7 May|| 3 || 0 |7 May|| 3 || 1 |7 May|| 6 || 5 |9 May|| 8 || 4 |9 May|| 1 || 4 |11 May|| 3 || 2 |10 May|| 2 || 4

Quarterfinals

1-0 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 2-5 3-5 4-5 5-5 6-5 Mats Sundin – 04:45

Jörgen Jönsson – 28:04 Peter Forsberg – 29:27 Jonas Höglund – 37:20 Peter Forsberg – 48:22 Per-Johan Axelsson – 55:06

07:31 – Teemu Selänne 09:13 – Teemu Selänne 18:35 – Tomi Kallio 25:26 – Kimmo Rintanen 26:44 – Teemu Selänne

Semifinals

Match for third place

Final

0-2 1-2 2-2 3-2

Shawn Horcoff − 19:17 Shane Doan − 49:03 Anson Carter − 73:49 18:39 − Per-Johan Axelsson

Ranking and statistics

Tournament awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goaltender: CAN Sean Burke
    • Best Defenceman: CAN Jay Bouwmeester
    • Best Forward: SWE Mats Sundin
    • Most Valuable Player: SWE Mats Sundin
  • Media All-Star Team:
    • Goaltender: CAN Sean Burke
    • Defence: CAN Jay Bouwmeester, SVK Ľubomír Višňovský
    • Forwards: SWE Peter Forsberg, CAN Dany Heatley, SWE Mats Sundin

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
SVK Žigmund Pálffy978**15**+918F
SVK Jozef Stümpel9411**15**+70F
SVK Ľubomír Višňovský948**12**+112D
FIN Teemu Selänne783**11**+32F
FIN Saku Koivu7110**11**+34F
CAN Dany Heatley973**10**+910F
SWE Mats Sundin764**10**+810F
SVK Miroslav Šatan964**10**+22F
CZE Martin Straka964**10**+54F
FIN Kimmo Rintanen754**9**+30F

Leading goaltenders

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

PlayerMIPSOGGAGAASVS%SO
GER Oliver Jonas180:0010041.3396.000
CAN Sean Burke328:4715671.2895.511
SWE Mikael Tellqvist393:1615091.3794.000
SVK Ján Lašák359:20168111.8493.450
SUI Marco Bührer297:2513791.8293.431

IIHF honors and awards

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

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

  • Curt Berglund, Sweden
  • Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Sweden
  • Heinz Henschel, Germany
  • Timo Jutila, Finland
  • Josef Kompalla, Germany
  • Josef Maleček, Czech Republic
  • Unto Wiitala, Finland
  • Alexander Yakushev, Russia

References

References

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