2002–03 Mestis season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2002–03 Mestis

| color =

| color text =

| league = Mestis

| sport = Ice hockey

| duration = September 2002 – April 2003

| no_of_teams = 12

| attendance =

| TV =

| season = Regular season

| season_champs = Jukurit

| season_champ_name = Best record

| second_place = KooKoo

| MVP =

| MVP_link =

| top_scorer =

| top_scorer_link =

| promote =

| promoted_from =

| relegate = UJK

| relegate_to = Suomi-sarja

| playoffs = Playoffs

| playoffs_link =

| playoffs_MVP =

| playoffs_MVP_link =

| finals =

| finals_link =

| finals_champ = Jukurit

| finals_runner-up = Kiekko-Vantaa

| finals_MVP =

| finals_MVP_link =

| seasonslist = List of Mestis seasons

| seasonslistnames = Mestis

| prevseason_link = 2001–02 Mestis season

| prevseason_year = 2001–02

| nextseason_link = 2003–04 Mestis season

| nextseason_year = 2003–04

}}

The 2002–03 Mestis season was the third season of the Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 12 teams participated in the league, and Jukurit won the championship.

Standings

class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" align="left" | Rank

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Team

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | OTW

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | T

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | OTL

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GF

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Diff

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 1.

Jukurit4431222716686+8070
bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 2.

KooKoo44253619168111+5763
bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 3.

Kiekko-Vantaa442254211175131+4460
bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 4.

KalPa442324213156128+2860
bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 5.

Sport441833317150129+2148
bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 6.

Hokki Kajaani442023118151135+1648
bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 7.

Ahmat441922219153152+146
bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 8.

Hermes441526318131121+1043
align="left" | 9.TuTo441804121158160−241
align="left" | 10.FPS441324322143174−3137
bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| align="left" | 11.

Haukat441125323123147−2434
bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| align="left" | 12.

UJK4420123987287−2007

Playoffs

{{8TeamBracket|RD1-RD2-path=0

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=Jukurit

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=8

| RD1-team2=Hermes

| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=KooKoo

| RD1-score3=3

| RD1-seed4=7

| RD1-team4=Ahmat

| RD1-score4=1

| RD1-seed5=3

| RD1-team5=Kiekko-Vantaa

| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=6

| RD1-team6=Hokki

| RD1-score6=0

| RD1-seed7=4

| RD1-team7=KalPa

| RD1-score7=1

| RD1-seed8=5

| RD1-team8=Sport

| RD1-score8=3

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=Jukurit

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=5

| RD2-team2=Sport

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=2

| RD2-team3=KooKoo

| RD2-score3=1

| RD2-seed4=3

| RD2-team4=Kiekko-Vantaa

| RD2-score4=3

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team1=Jukurit

| RD3-score1=3

| RD3-seed2=3

| RD3-team2=Kiekko-Vantaa

| RD3-score2=2

| RD3-seed3=2

| RD3-team3=KooKoo

| RD3-score3=1

| RD3-seed4=5

| RD3-team4=Sport

| RD3-score4=0

}}

Qualification

class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" align="left" | Rank

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Team

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | OTW

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | T

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | OTL

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GF

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Diff

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts

bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 1.

Haukat10612014122+1916
bgcolor="#e6e6fa"

| align="left" | 2.

Salamat10701023622+1415
bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| align="left" | 3.

UJK10501133124+712
bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| align="left" | 4.

SaPKo10400242832−410
bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| align="left" | 5.

Jokipojat10021162440−166
bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| align="left" | 6.

Diskos10021161838−206

UJK was relegated to Suomi-sarja.