2003 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Yaroslavl, Russia. The championships began on April 8, 2003 and finished on April 18, 2003. Games were played at Arena 2000 and Avtodizel Arena in Yaroslavl. Canada defeated Slovakia 3-0 in the final to claim the gold medal, while Russia defeated the United States 6-3 to capture the bronze medal.
==Championship results==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	3	0	1	11	7 	7
 	4 	3	1	0	18	9 	6
 	4 	1	2	1	15	13	3
 	4 	1	2	1	14	15	3
 	4 	0	3	1	14	28	1
====Group B====
Team 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0	0	27	8 	8
Canada	4 	2	1	1	19	10	5
 	4 	2	1	1	14	11	5
 	4 	1	3	0	17	23	2
 	4 	0	4	0	6 	31	0
===Relegation Round===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	0	1	15	12	5
 	3 	2	1	0	19	17	4
 	3 	1	1	1	18	9 	3
 	3 	0	3	0	12	26	0
Note: Matches 13-2 and 8–6 from the Preliminary Round (on April 13th, 2003 and April 14th, 2003 respectively) are included as well since these results carry forward
===Final round===
===Final standings===
Rk. 	Team
align="center"	Canada
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 and are relegated to Division I for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.
==External links==
*Official Championship results and statistics
Category:2003 in hockey
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships