2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2003 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships (2003 WHJC) were held between December 26, 2002 and January 5, 2003 in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Russian team won gold, Canada silver, and Finland bronze.
== Allegations of Sexual Misconduct ==
On July 22, 2022 allegations of sexual misconduct among members of the Canadian National team during the tournament were brought to light. This came on the heels of allegations of another incident in London, Ontario involving the 2018 team around the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships which was held in Buffalo.https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/canada-s-2003-world-hockey-junior-team-also-accused-of-group-sexual-assault/ar-AAZS0gp
==Final standings==
===Group A===
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	4	0	0	21	7 	8
 	4 	3	1	0	15	9 	6
 	4 	2	2	0	15	8 	4
 	4 	1	3	0	10	15	2
 	4 	0	4	0	6 	28	0
===Group B===
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	4 	4	0	0	21	6 	8
 	4 	2	1	1	12	9 	5
 	4 	2	1	1	8 	7 	5
 	4 	1	3	0	12	16	2
 	4 	0	4	0	3 	18	0
===Relegation Round===
====January 2====
* 6-2 
====January 3====
* 5-4 
====January 4====
* 3-5 
* 4-0 
Germany and Belarus are relegated to Division I for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
===Playoff round===
====Quarter-finals====
January 2
* 4-3 
* 6-0 
====Semi-finals====
January 3
* 4-1 
* Canada 3-2 
====5th place game====
January 4
* 0-2 
====Bronze medal game====
January 5
* 2-3 
====Gold medal game====
January 5
* Canada 2-3 
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Nationality	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Patrik Bartschi 	 	6 	6	4	10 	0
Igor Grigorenko 	 	6 	6	4	10 	4
Yuri Trubachev 	 	6 	3	7	10 	2
Tuomo Ruutu 	 	7 	2	8	10 	6
Carlo Colaiacovo 	Canada 	6 	1	9	10 	2
Alexander Perezhogin	 	6 	3	6	9 	4
Jussi Jokinen 	 	7 	6	2	8 	2
Zach Parise 	 	7 	4	4	8 	4
Alexander Polushin 	 	6 	2	6	8 	4
===Goaltending leaders===
(Minimum 90 minutes played)
Player 	Nationality	Mins	GA	GAA 	SO	Pct.
Marc-André Fleury	Canada 	267 	7 	1.57	1 	.928
Robert Goepfert 	 	338 	7 	1.77	0 	.937
Andrei Medvedev 	 	300 	9 	1.80	1 	.917
Peter Sevela 	 	218 	7 	1.92	2 	.933
Kari Lehtonen 	 	356 	7 	2.19	2 	.923
==Team Photos==
2003Canada Jr.jpg|Canada
==Division I==
The Division I Championships were played December 27, 2002 - January 2, 2003 in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Group A) and December 16 - December 22, 2002 in Bled, Slovenia (Group B)
===Standings===
====Group A====
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	0	1	18	8 	9
 	5 	4	1	0	24	10	8
 	5 	3	1	1	25	12	7
 	5 	2	3	0	17	13	4
 	5 	1	4	0	11	16	2
 	5 	0	5	0	6 	42	0
====Group B====
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	35	9 	10
 	5 	3	1	1	15	14	7
 	5 	2	2	1	17	16	5
 	5 	1	3	1	13	21	3
 	5 	1	3	1	18	19	3
 	5 	1	4	0	12	31	2
Austria and Ukraine advance to the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Croatia and Poland are relegated to Division II
==Division II==
The Division II Championships were played January 6, 2003-January 12, 2003 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania (Group A) and December 28, 2002-January 3, 2003 in Novi Sad Yugoslavia (Group B)
===Standings===
====Group A====
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	62	8 	10
 	5 	4	1	0	64	7 	8
 	5 	3	2	0	34	26	6
 	5 	2	3	0	21	31	4
 	5 	1	4	0	12	58	2
 	5 	0	5	0	5 	68	0
====Group B====
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	47	14	10
 	5 	4	1	0	34	13	8
Yugoslavia	5 	3	2	0	27	22	6
 	5 	1	3	1	12	26	3
 	5 	1	3	1	19	43	3
 	5 	0	5	0	4 	25	0
Hungary and Estonia advance to the 2004 Division I Championships, Bulgaria and Mexico are relegated to the 2004 Division III Championships'
==Division III==
The Division III Championships were held January 21-January 26, 2003 in Izmit, Turkey
===Standings===
　 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	4	0	0	37	5 	8
 	4 	3	1	0	32	10	6
 	4 	2	2	0	26	16	4
 	4 	1	3	0	8 	25	2
 	4 	0	4	0	1 	48	2
Korea and Belgium advance to 2004 Division II Championships
==External links==
* Official results from IIHF
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