2003 IIHF World U18 Championships
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | April 8–18, 2003 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 225 (7.26 per match) |
Attendance | 90,150 (2,908 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
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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 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 3 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3 |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 1 |
Group B[]
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 8 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 2 |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 |
Relegation Round[]
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 0 |
Note: Matches Switzerland 13-2
Kazakhstan and
Finland 8–6
Belarus from the Preliminary Round (on April 13, 2003 and April 14, 2003 respectively) are included as well since these results carry forward
Final round[]
Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 2 | QF1 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 1 | SF1 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||
SF2 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 8 | QF2 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 1 |
Russia beat
United States for the Bronze medal 6–3.
Sweden beat
Czech Republic for 5th place 3–2 in Overtime.
Final standings[]
Rk. | Team |
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6 | ![]() |
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10 | ![]() |
Switzerland and
Kazakhstan are relegated to Division I for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Division I[]
Division I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 23 and 29 March 2003 in Ventspils, Latvia and the Group B tournament was held between 22 and 28 March 2003 in Briançon, France. Denmark and Norway won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Great Britain finished last in Group A and Ukraine last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2004.[1][2]
- Final standings
Group A |
Group B
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Division II[]
Division II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 17 and 23 March 2003 in Tallinn, Estonia and the Group B tournament was held between 5 and 11 March 2003 in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. South Korea and Romania won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Bulgaria finished last in Group A and South Africa last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2004.[3][4]
- Final standings
Group A |
Group B
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Division III[]
Division III consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 5 and 8 March 2003 in Mexico City, Mexico and the Group B tournament was held between 6 and 9 February 2003 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Australia and Iceland won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.[5][6]
- Final standings
Group A
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Group B
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References[]
- ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I,Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I,Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III, Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III, Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
External links[]
- 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships
- IIHF World U18 Championships
- 2003 in ice hockey
- Sport in Yaroslavl
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Russia
- 2002–03 in Russian ice hockey
- April 2003 sports events in Europe