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A silver medal, which was awarded to Peter Forsberg

The 2003 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held in Helsinki, Turku and Tampere in Finland from April 26 to May 11.

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	22	5	6
Germany	3	2	1	0	9	8	4
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	9	13	2
Japan	3	0	3	0	6	20	0

[edit] Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	3	3	0	0	14	5	6
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	9	7	4
Denmark	3	1	2	0	8	14	2
United States	3	0	3	0	4	9	0

[edit] Group C

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	12	2	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	6	5	4
Latvia	3	1	2	0	6	9	2
Belarus	3	0	3	0	1	9	0

[edit] Group D

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	15	4	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	18	3	4
Austria	3	1	2	0	8	15	2
Slovenia	3	0	3	0	4	23	0

[edit] Qualification round

[edit] Group E

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	4	0	1	27	9	9
Czech Republic	5	4	0	1	22	7	9
Finland	5	2	2	1	18	10	5
Germany	5	2	2	1	11	11	5
Austria	5	1	4	0	9	27	2
Ukraine	5	0	5	0	8	31	0

[edit] Group F

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	5	4	0	1	18	6	9
Sweden	5	4	1	0	20	9	8
Russia	5	2	3	0	16	14	4
Switzerland	5	2	3	0	14	16	4
Latvia	5	2	3	0	10	16	4
Denmark	5	0	4	1	8	25	1

[edit] Final round

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	May 7 - Elysee Arena
	Canada	3
					May 9 - Hartwall Areena
	Germany	2
					Canada	8
	May 7 - Elysee Arena
					Czech Republic	4
	Czech Republic	3
									May 11 – Hartwall Areena
	Russia	0
									Canada	3
	May 7 - Hartwall Areena
									Sweden	2
	Slovakia	3
					May 9 - Hartwall Areena
	Switzerland	1
					Slovakia	1			Third place
	May 7 - Hartwall Areena
					Sweden	4
	Sweden	6							Czech Republic	2
	Finland	5							Slovakia	4
									May 10 – Hartwall Areena

[edit] Relegation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
United States	3	3	0	0	19	5	6
Belarus	3	2	1	0	9	8	4
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	8	14	1
Japan	3	0	2	1	5	14	1

 Japan avoids relegation by defeating  South Korea 4-1 in the 2004 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification game.
 Belarus and  Slovenia are demoted to Division I at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Žigmund Pálffy	9	7	8	15	18
Jozef Stümpel	9	4	11	15	0
Ľubomír Višňovský	9	4	8	12	2
Teemu Selänne	7	8	3	11	2
Saku Koivu	7	1	10	11	4
Dany Heatley	9	7	3	10	10
Mats Sundin	7	6	4	10	10
Miroslav Šatan	9	6	4	10	2
Martin Straka	9	6	4	10	4
Kimmo Rintanen	7	5	4	9	0

[edit] Goaltending leaders

Player	MINS	GA	GAA	SO	Sv%
Sean Burke	328	7	1.28	1	.955
Oliver Jonas	180	4	1.33	0	.960
Mikael Tellqvist	393	9	1.37	0	.940
Marco Bührer	297	9	1.82	1	.934
Ján Lašák	359	11	1.84	0	.935

[edit] Division I

[edit] Group A

Played at Budapest, Hungary April 15-21

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	34	9	10
Poland	5	4	1	0	24	9	8
Hungary	5	2	2	1	14	13	5
Netherlands	5	1	3	1	17	22	3
Romania	5	1	3	1	13	26	3
Lithuania	5	0	4	1	7	30	1

[edit] Group B

Played at Zagreb, Croatia April 13-20

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
France	5	4	0	1	21	5	9
Norway	5	4	1	0	19	9	8
Estonia	5	2	3	0	12	20	4
Italy	5	2	3	0	16	11	4
Great Britain	5	1	3	1	16	14	3
Croatia	5	1	4	0	10	35	2

 France and  Kazakhstan are promoted to the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships,  Croatia and  Lithuania are demoted to Division II.

[edit] Division II

[edit] Group A

Played at Seoul, South Korea April 5-12

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
South Korea	5	5	0	0	50	10	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	0	46	11	8
Spain	5	3	2	0	27	23	6
Australia	5	2	3	0	25	26	4
South Africa	5	1	4	0	19	32	2
Mexico	5	0	5	0	5	70	0

[edit] Group B

Played at Sofia, Bulgaria March 24-30

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Belgium	5	4	1	0	29	8	8
China	5	4	1	0	19	13	8
Bulgaria	5	2	2	1	15	10	5
North Korea	5	2	2	1	16	13	5
Israel	5	1	2	2	11	19	4
Iceland	5	0	5	0	4	31	0

 Belgium and  South Korea are promoted to Division I,  Iceland and  Mexico are demoted to Division III.

[edit] Division III

Played at Auckland, New Zealand April 3-6

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	14	3	4
Luxembourg	2	1	1	0	7	10	2
Turkey	2	0	2	0	4	12	0

 Luxembourg and  New Zealand are promoted to Division II.

Ice Hockey World Championships 2003 commemorative coin

[edit] See also

To celebrate the games, the Finnish government issued a high value commemorative coin: the 2003 Ice Hockey World Championships commemorative coin, minted also in 2003. On the reverse, three ice hockey sticks with a puck can be seen.

See also: World Juniors