2003 IIHF Women's World Championships

The 2003 IIHF Women's World Championships was set to be held in Beijing, China, from April 4–9, 2003. However, it was cancelled due to the SARS crisis. Only the top division event was cancelled, as the lower divisions still had their tournaments. The teams from Russia, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland were already in China, while the American and Finnish teams were awaiting word on whether they should travel when the IIHF indicated that the Championships were to be postponed or even cancelled.Press release from the IIHF on SARS The move to cancel was a logical one, as the Canadians were under a government order not to travel at all at that time.Summary from passionhockey.com
The Division I tournament was held in Ventspils, Latvia from March 9 to 15. The Division II tournament was held in Lecco, Italy from March 31 to April 6.
==Top Division==
Postponed, then cancelled. Groups for this division were seeded for 2004 based on the 2003 IIHF World Ranking instead of the normal practise of using their most recent finish.
==Division I==
The Division I tournament was held in Ventspils, Latvia from March 9 to 15.
Japan was promoted to the 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship.
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Natalya Yakovchuk 	5 	7	4	11 	2 	8
Yekaterina Maltseva	5 	5	6	11 	2 	8
Hanae Kubo 	5 	5	5	10 	10 	7
Yuki Togawa 	5 	4	4	8 	6 	4
Drahomira Fialova 	5 	6	0	6 	2 	−4
Masako Sato 	5 	3	3	6 	0 	6
Zuzana Kralova 	5 	3	3	6 	6 	1
Hong Pong Hwa 	5 	2	4	6 	5 	1
Yelena Shtelmaister	5 	1	5	6 	2 	8
Choe Jong Sun 	5 	4	1	5 	4 	−1
====Goaltending leaders====
Player 	Mins 	GA	SOG	GAA 	SV%
Yuka Oda 	280:24	6 	128	1.28	95.31
Natalya Trunova 	299:56	7 	136	1.40	94.85
Nolwenn Rousselle 	299:50	9 	144	1.80	93.75
Lolita Andrisevska	279:11	16	163	3.44	90.18
Radka Lhotska 	213:46	13	86 	3.65	84.88
==Division II==
Division II tournament was held in Lecco, Italy from March 31 to April 6.
Norway is promoted to the 2004 Division I tournament.
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Nikoleta Celarova 	5 	5	3	8 	6 	6
Tine Christoffersen Perry	5 	3	4	7 	16 	7
Sofie Lund 	5 	5	1	6 	0 	7
Line Bialik Olen 	5 	5	1	6 	2 	6
Helene Martinsen 	5 	4	2	6 	4 	3
Sabina Florian 	5 	4	2	6 	4 	0
Hege Ask 	5 	4	2	6 	6 	6
Ivana Gajdosova 	5 	2	4	6 	6 	2
Angela Taylor 	5 	4	1	5 	12 	1
Zuzana Moravčíková 	5 	3	2	5 	2 	6
Trine Martens 	5 	3	2	5 	2 	4
====Goaltending leaders====
Player 	Mins 	GA	SOG	GAA 	SV%
Zuzana Tomcikova 	150:07	3 	71 	1.20	95.77
Helena Kysela 	179:44	6 	96 	2.00	93.75
Andrea Risova 	149:23	4 	61 	1.61	93.44
Line Kuvas 	240:00	8 	119	2.00	93.28
Birgitte Andersen	296:27	12	133	2.43	90.98
==Division III==
The Division III tournament was held in Maribor, Slovenia from March 25 to 31.
Australia is promoted to the 2004 Division II tournament.
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Jasmina Rosar 	5 	8	8	16 	4 	11
Stephanie Boxall	5 	9	6	15 	0 	20
Ina Prezelj 	5 	6	5	11 	6 	11
Melissa Bibby 	5 	7	2	9 	4 	14
Anja Erzen 	5 	4	2	6 	0 	10
Magdolna Dobandi	5 	3	2	5 	0 	1
Rachel White 	5 	3	2	5 	2 	7
Nadia Kemp 	5 	3	2	5 	2 	−7
Lisa McMahon 	5 	2	3	5 	2 	5
Leen De Decker 	5 	3	1	4 	4 	1
====Goaltending leaders====
Player 	Mins 	GA	SOG	GAA 	SV%
Ashleigh Sluga 	120:00	1 	24 	0.50	95.83
Eszter Kokenyesi	260:00	10	161	2.31	93.79
Celine Massez 	279:48	11	141	2.36	92.20
Urska Potocnik 	280:00	8 	93 	1.71	91.40
Emma Reid 	180:00	6 	50 	2.00	88.00
==References==
==External links==
* IIHF index for all 2003 tournaments
* Summary from the Women's Hockey Net
* Detailed summary from passionhockey.com
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