2003 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

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2003 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host countries Latvia
 Italy
 Slovenia
Officially opened byVaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Janez Drnovsek
← 2001
2004 →

The top division of the 2003 IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championship was set to be held in Beijing, China, from April 4–9, 2003. However, it was cancelled due to the SARS crisis. Only the top division event was cancelled, as the lower divisions still had their tournaments. The teams from Russia, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland were already in China, while the American and Finnish teams were awaiting word on whether they should travel when the IIHF indicated that the Championships were to be postponed or even cancelled.[1] The move to cancel was a logical one, as the Canadians were under a government order not to travel at all at that time.[2]

Top Division[]

Postponed, then cancelled. Groups for this division were seeded for 2004 based on the 2003 IIHF World Ranking instead of the normal practise of using their most recent finish.

Division I[]

The Division I tournament was held in Ventspils, Latvia from March 9 to 15.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Japan 5 5 0 0 23 6 10
 Kazakhstan 5 3 1 1 20 7 7
 Czech Republic 5 3 0 2 15 22 6
 France 5 2 1 2 9 9 5
 Latvia 5 1 0 4 7 16 2
 North Korea 5 0 0 5 10 24 0

Japan was promoted to the 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship.

09 March 2003North Korea 2–6 Japan
09 March 2003Latvia 1–6 Kazakhstan
09 March 2003France 1–4 Czech Republic
10 March 2003Kazakhstan 4–1 North Korea
10 March 2003Japan 2–1 France
10 March 2003Latvia 1–2 Czech Republic
12 March 2003Kazakhstan 3–3 France
12 March 2003Japan 8–3 Czech Republic
12 March 2003Latvia 5–2 North Korea
13 March 2003Czech Republic 0–7 Kazakhstan
13 March 2003North Korea 0–3 France
13 March 2003Latvia 0–5 Japan
15 March 2003Czech Republic 6–5 North Korea
15 March 2003Latvia 0–1 France
15 March 2003Kazakhstan 0–2 Japan

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Kazakhstan Natalya Yakovchuk 5 7 4 11 2 8
Kazakhstan Yekaterina Maltseva 5 5 6 11 2 8
Japan Hanae Kubo 5 5 5 10 10 7
Japan Yuki Togawa 5 4 4 8 6 4
Czech Republic 5 6 0 6 2 −4
Japan Masako Sato 5 3 3 6 0 6
Czech Republic 5 3 3 6 6 1
North Korea 5 2 4 6 5 1
Kazakhstan Yelena Shtelmaister 5 1 5 6 2 8
North Korea 5 4 1 5 4 −1

Goaltending leaders[]

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Japan Yuka Oda 280:24 6 128 1.28 95.31
Kazakhstan Natalya Trunova 299:56 7 136 1.40 94.85
France 299:50 9 144 1.80 93.75
Latvia 279:11 16 163 3.44 90.18
Czech Republic 213:46 13 86 3.65 84.88

Division II[]

Division II tournament was held in Lecco, Italy from March 31 to April 6.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Norway 5 4 1 0 24 9 9
 Denmark 5 3 1 1 16 13 7
 Slovakia 5 2 2 1 23 7 6
 Italy 5 2 0 3 13 21 4
 Netherlands 5 1 1 3 8 18 3
 Great Britain 5 0 1 4 12 28 1

Norway is promoted to the 2004 Division I tournament.

31 March 2003Great Britain 1–8 Slovakia
31 March 2003Denmark 4–1 Netherlands
31 March 2003Italy 2–4 Norway
01 April 2003Slovakia 1–2 Denmark
01 April 2003Netherlands 0–3 Italy
01 April 2003Norway 8–3 Great Britain
03 April 2003Great Britain 4–4 Denmark
03 April 2003Netherlands 1–7 Norway
03 April 2003Slovakia 10–0 Italy
04 April 2003Norway 2–2 Slovakia
04 April 2003Denmark 5–4 Italy
04 April 2003Netherlands 4–2 Great Britain
06 April 2003Slovakia 2–2 Netherlands
06 April 2003Norway 3–1 Denmark
06 April 2003Italy 4–2 Great Britain

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Slovakia Nikoleta Celarova 5 5 3 8 6 6
Denmark 5 3 4 7 16 7
Denmark 5 5 1 6 0 7
Norway 5 5 1 6 2 6
Norway 5 4 2 6 4 3
Italy Sabina Florian 5 4 2 6 4 0
Norway 5 4 2 6 6 6
Slovakia 5 2 4 6 6 2
United Kingdom Angela Taylor 5 4 1 5 12 1
Slovakia Zuzana Moravčíková 5 3 2 5 2 6
Norway 5 3 2 5 2 4

Goaltending leaders[]

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Slovakia Zuzana Tomcikova 150:07 3 71 1.20 95.77
Netherlands 179:44 6 96 2.00 93.75
Slovakia 149:23 4 61 1.61 93.44
Norway 240:00 8 119 2.00 93.28
Denmark 296:27 12 133 2.43 90.98

Division III[]

The Division III tournament was held in Maribor, Slovenia from March 25 to 31.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Australia 5 4 1 0 34 7 9
 Slovenia 5 3 2 0 20 8 8
 Belgium 5 2 1 2 10 12 5
 Hungary 5 1 1 3 5 14 3
 South Africa 5 1 1 3 7 23 3
 Romania 5 1 0 4 11 23 2

Australia is promoted to the 2004 Division II tournament.

25 March 2003Hungary 0–2 Belgium
25 March 2003Romania 6–1 South Africa
25 March 2003Slovenia 4–4 Australia
26 March 2003Australia 7–0 Hungary
26 March 2003Belgium 3–1 Romania
26 March 2003Slovenia 6–1 South Africa
28 March 2003Belgium 1–3 South Africa
28 March 2003Australia 9–1 Romania
28 March 2003Slovenia 1–0 Hungary
29 March 2003South Africa 0–8 Australia
29 March 2003Hungary 3–2 Romania
29 March 2003Slovenia 2–2 Belgium
31 March 2003South Africa 2–2 Hungary
31 March 2003Australia 6–2 Belgium
31 March 2003Slovenia 7–1 Romania

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Slovenia 5 8 8 16 4 11
Australia 5 9 6 15 0 20
Slovenia 5 6 5 11 6 11
Australia 5 7 2 9 4 14
Slovenia 5 4 2 6 0 10
Romania 5 3 2 5 0 1
Australia 5 3 2 5 2 7
South Africa 5 3 2 5 2 −7
Australia 5 2 3 5 2 5
Belgium 5 3 1 4 4 1

Goaltending leaders[]

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Australia 120:00 1 24 0.50 95.83
Hungary 260:00 10 161 2.31 93.79
Belgium 279:48 11 141 2.36 92.20
Slovenia 280:00 8 93 1.71 91.40
Australia 180:00 6 50 2.00 88.00

References[]

  1. ^ Press release from the IIHF on SARS
  2. ^ Summary from passionhockey.com

External links[]

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