2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

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==
The Far Eastern Qualification was played as a single game during the 2003 Asian Winter Games on February 4, 2003 in Hachinohe, Japan. South Korea had opted to not play as they believed it more beneficial to focus on training and developing for their Division II tournament.South Korea withdraws During the games Japan also beat the Koreans eleven to two in the semi-finals.
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	8 	25	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===
see also: 2003 IIHF World Championship Final
==Ranking and Statistics==
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===Final standings===
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==Division I==
===Group A===
Played at Budapest, Hungary April 15–21
* - 8:2
* - 8:2
* - 4:2
* - 13:2
* - 6:3
* - 4:4
* - 6:0
* - 2:2
* - 1:4
* - 7:4
* - 1:3
* - 4:0
* - 6:3
* - 1:3
* - 1:3 
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	34	9 	10
 	5 	4	1	0	24	9 	8
 	5 	2	2	1	14	13	5
 	5 	1	3	1	17	22	3
 	5 	1	3	1	13	26	3
 	5 	0	4	1	7 	30	1
===Group B===
Played at Zagreb, Croatia April 13–20 
* - 1:3
* - 2:2
* - 1:6
* - 4:2
* - 3:0
* - 1:8
* - 4:2
* - 3:4
* - 0:9
* - 6:0
* - 2:5
* - 1:7
* - 3:2
* - 0:1
* - 7:5 
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	0	1	21	5 	9
 	5 	4	1	0	19	9 	8
 	5 	2	3	0	12	20	4
 	5 	2	3	0	16	11	4
 	5 	1	3	1	16	14	3
 	5 	1	4	0	10	35	2
 and are promoted to the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and are demoted to Division II.
==Division II==
===Group A===
Played at Seoul, South Korea, April 5–12
* - 9:2
* - 8:3
* - 19:1
* - 11:3
* - 10:2
* - 12:3
* - 7:3
* - 7:1
* - 11:0
* - 8:1
* - 5:3
* - 19:0
* - 5:2
* - 4:3
* - 9:1
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	50	10	10
 	5 	4	1	0	46	11	8
 	5 	3	2	0	27	23	6
 	5 	2	3	0	25	26	4
 	5 	1	4	0	19	32	2
 	5 	0	5	0	5 	70	0
===Group B===
Played at Sofia, Bulgaria, March 24–30
* - 3:1
* - 4:1
* - 1:2
* - 10:2
* - 2:2
* - 2:5
* - 4:0
* - 9:0
* - 5:2
* - 6:4
* - 2:4
* - 6:0
* - 1:7
* - 1:6
* - 1:1 
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	1	0	29	8 	8
 	5 	4	1	0	19	13	8
 	5 	2	2	1	15	10	5
 	5 	2	2	1	16	13	5
 	5 	1	2	2	11	19	4
 	5 	0	5	0	4 	31	0
 and are promoted to Division I, and are demoted to Division III.
==Division III==
Played at Auckland, New Zealand April 3–6
* - 7:1
* - 7:2
* - 5:3 
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	2	0	0	14	3 	4
 	2 	1	1	0	7 	10	2
 	2 	0	2	0	4 	12	0
 and are promoted to Division II.
==References==
==External links==
* IIHF Website
* Complete results at Passionhockey.com
* 
World Ice Hockey Championships - Men's
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