2003 World Junior Curling Championships

{{infobox curling

| Name = 2003 World Junior Curling Championships

| Logo =

| Size =

| Host city = Flims, Switzerland

| Arena = Die Alpenarena

| Dates = March 22–30, 2003

| Men's winner = {{CAN}}

| Curling club =

| Skip = Steve Laycock

| Third = Christopher Haichert

| Second = Michael Jantzen

| Lead = Kyler Broad

| Alternate = Ben Hebert

| Coach = Barry Fiendell

| Finalist = {{SWE}} (Eric Carlsén)

| Women's winner = {{CAN}}

| Curling club2 =

| Skip2 = Marliese Miller

| Third2 = Tejay Surik

| Second2 = Janelle Lemon

| Lead2 = Chelsey Bell

| Alternate2 = Tammy Schneider

| Coach2 = Bob Miller

| Finalist2 = {{USA}} (Cassandra Johnson)

| prev = {{WJCC|2002}}

| next = {{WJCC|2004}}

}}

The 2003 World Junior Curling Championships were held at the Die Alpenarena in Flims, Switzerland March 22–30. Teams from the province of Saskatchewan won gold medals in both events for Canada. It would be the last women's championship won by Canada until 2014.

Men's

class="wikitable"
Country

! Skip

! Wins

! Losses

{{CAN}}Steve Laycock72
{{SWE}}Eric Carlsén72
{{SUI}}Jan Hauser72
{{NOR}}Thomas Løvold72
{{JPN}}Hiroaki Kashiwagi45
{{SCO}}Keith MacLennan45
{{GER}}Christian Baumann36
{{DEN}}Casper Bossen36
{{FIN}}Tuomas Vuori27
{{RUS}}Vadim Stebakov18

=Playoffs=

{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1= Semi-final

| RD2= Final

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1={{CAN}}

| RD1-score1=5

| RD1-seed2=4

| RD1-team2={{NOR}}

| RD1-score2=4

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3={{SWE}}

| RD1-score3=10

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4={{SUI}}

| RD1-score4=6

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1={{CAN}}

| RD2-score1=5

| RD2-seed2=2

| RD2-team2={{SWE}}

| RD2-score2=4

| RD2b=Bronze medal

| RD2b-seed1=3

| RD2b-team1={{SUI}}

| RD2b-score1=7

| RD2b-seed2=4

| RD2b-team2={{NOR}}

| RD2b-score2=4

}}

{{winners-other|2003 World Junior Curling Championships|CAN|Canada|13th Men's World Junior Championship}}

Women's

class="wikitable"
Country

! Skip

! Wins

! Losses

{{CAN}}Marliese Miller90
{{USA}}Cassandra Johnson63
{{ITA}}Diana Gaspari63
{{SWE}}Stina Viktorsson54
{{JPN}}Ai Kobayashi54
{{SUI}}Valeria Spälty45
{{SCO}}Rachael Simms45
{{NOR}}Linn Githmark36
{{RUS}}Liudmila Privivkova27
{{GER}}Juliane Jacoby18

=Tie breaker=

{{Curlingbox

| sheet = B

| team1 = {{JAP}} (Kobayashi) {{X}}

|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|1|0|0| | 4

| team2 = {{SWE}} (Viktorsson)

|0|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|2|1| | 6

}}

=Playoffs=

{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1= Semi-final

| RD2= Final

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1={{CAN}}

| RD1-score1=10

| RD1-seed2=4

| RD1-team2={{SWE}}

| RD1-score2=6

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3={{USA}}

| RD1-score3=8

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4={{ITA}}

| RD1-score4=5

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1={{CAN}}

| RD2-score1=5

| RD2-seed2=2

| RD2-team2={{USA}}

| RD2-score2=4

| RD2b=Bronze medal

| RD2b-seed1=3

| RD2b-team1={{ITA}}

| RD2b-score1=7

| RD2b-seed2=4

| RD2b-team2={{SWE}}

| RD2b-score2=6

}}

==Semi-finals==

{{Curlingbox

| sheet = A

| team1 = {{SWE}} (Viktorsson)

|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|0|2|0| | 6

| team2 = {{CAN}} (Miller) {{X}}

|1|0|2|0|1|2|0|3|0|1| | 10

}}

{{Curlingbox

| sheet = D

| team1 = {{USA}} (Johnson)

|0|1|0|0|3|1|3|0|0|0| | 8

| team2 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) {{X}}

|1|0|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|1| | 5

}}

==Bronze Game==

{{Curlingbox

| sheet = C

| team1 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) {{X}}

|2|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|2| | 7

| team2 = {{SWE}} (Viktorsson)

|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|2|0|0| | 4

}}

==Final==

{{Curlingbox

| sheet = B

| team1 = {{USA}} (Johnson)

|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|1|0| | 4

| team2 = {{CAN}} (Miller) {{X}}

|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|2|0|1| | 5

}}

{{winners-other|2003 World Junior Curling Championships|CAN|Canada|8th Women's World Junior Championship}}

Sources

{{WCFevent|74|M}}

{{WCFevent|75|W}}

{{World Junior Curling Championships}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:World Junior Curling Championships,2003}}

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Category:International curling competitions hosted by Switzerland

Category:2003 in Swiss sport

Category:Flims

Category:March 2003 sports events in Europe

Category:2003 in youth sport