2003 World Championship

The 2003 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2003 in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, Finland.
It was the 67th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
==Qualification Tournament==
Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between February 4, 2003 in Hasimota, Japan.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	1 	1	0	0	15	0 	2
 	1 	0	0	1	0 	15	0
All times local
==Final tournament==
====First round====
In the First Round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the Second Round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the Consolation Round.
====Group A====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	22	5 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	9 	8 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	9 	13	2
 	3 	0	0	3	6 	20	0
All times local
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	14	5 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	9 	7 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	8 	14	2
 	3 	0	0	3	4 	9 	0
All times local
====Group C====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	12	2 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	6 	5 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	6 	9 	2
 	3 	0	0	3	1 	9 	0
All times local
====Group D====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	15	4 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	18	3 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	8 	15	2
 	3 	0	0	3	4 	23	0
All times local
====Second round====
In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.
====Group E====
Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	1	0	27	9 	9
 	5 	4	1	0	22	7 	9
 	5 	2	1	2	18	10	5
 	5 	2	1	2	11	11	5
 	5 	1	0	4	9 	27	2
 	5 	0	0	5	8 	31	0
====Group F====
Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	1	0	18	6 	9
 	5 	4	0	1	20	9 	8
 	5 	2	0	3	16	14	4
 	5 	2	0	3	14	16	4
 	5 	2	0	3	10	16	4
 	5 	0	1	4	12	23	1
====Consolation Round 13-16 Place====
====Group G====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	19	5 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	9 	8 	4
 	3 	0	1	2	8 	14	1
 	3 	0	1	2	5 	14	1
As the Far Eastern qualifier, avoids relegation. Therefore, and are relegated to Division I for the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
All times local
===Final round===
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===Match for third place===
===Final===
==Ranking and Statistics==
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===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Zigmund Palffy 	9	7	8 	15	+9 	18	F
Jozef Stumpel 	9	4	11	15	+7 	0 	F
Lubomir Visnovsky	9	4	8 	12	+11	2 	D
Teemu Selanne 	7	8	3 	11	+3 	2 	F
Saku Koivu 	7	1	10	11	+3 	4 	F
Dany Heatley 	9	7	3 	10	+9 	10	F
Mats Sundin 	7	6	4 	10	+8 	10	F
Miroslav Satan 	9	6	4 	10	+2 	2 	F
Martin Straka 	9	6	4 	10	+5 	4 	F
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===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.
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	
Oliver Jonas 	180:00	100	4 	1.33	96.00	0
Sean Burke 	328:47	156	7 	1.28	95.51	1
Mikael Tellqvist	393:16	150	9 	1.37	94.00	0
Jan Lasak 	359:20	168	11	1.84	93.45	0
Marco Buhrer 	297:25	137	9 	1.82	93.43	1
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==References==
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==External links==
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World Ice Hockey Championships - Men's
Category:IIHF World Championships