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2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships#Division I

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{{Infobox international hockey competition

| tourney_name =IIHF World U20 Championship

| year = 2003

| other_titles =

| image = 2003 WJHC logo.svg

| size = 190px

| caption =

| country = Canada

| dates = December 26, 2002 – January 5, 2003

| num_teams = 10

| venues = Halifax Metro Centre and
Centre 200

| cities = 2

| type = ihj

| winners = RUS

| count = 3

| second = CAN

| third = FIN

| fourth = USA

| games = 31

| goals = 187

| attendance = 242173

| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|SUI}} Patrik Bärtschi
{{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Grigorenko

| points = 10

| prevseason = 2002

| nextseason = 2004

}}

The 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships (2003 WJHC), was the 27th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship.{{Cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20/0203/tournaments/W20.htm |title=2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Top Division statistics |access-date=2011-01-10 |archive-date=2003-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031215171624/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20/0203/tournaments/W20.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }} The tournament was held in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, from December 26, 2002, to January 5, 2003. Russia won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 3–2 victory over Canada in the championship game, while Finland won the bronze medal with a 3–2 victory over the United States.

Playoff round (again) reverted to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye into the semifinals.

Venues

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Halifax Metro Centre
Capacity: 10,595

! Centre 200
Capacity: 4,881

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{{flagcountry|CAN}} – Halifax

! {{flagcountry|CAN}} – Sydney

Rosters

{{Main|2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters}}

Top Division

=Preliminary round=

==Group A==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|winpoints=2

|team1=RUS|name_RUS={{ihj|RUS}}

|team2=USA|name_USA={{ihj|USA}}

|team3=SVK|name_SVK={{ihj|SVK}}

|team4=SUI|name_SUI={{ihj|SUI}}

|team5=BLR|name_BLR={{ihj|BLR|1995}}

|win_RUS=4|draw_RUS=0|loss_RUS=0|gf_RUS=21|ga_RUS=7

|win_USA=3|draw_USA=0|loss_USA=1|gf_USA=15|ga_USA=9

|win_SVK=2|draw_SVK=0|loss_SVK=2|gf_SVK=15|ga_SVK=8

|win_SUI=1|draw_SUI=0|loss_SUI=3|gf_SUI=10|ga_SUI=15

|win_BLR=0|draw_BLR=0|loss_BLR=4|gf_BLR=6|ga_BLR=28

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=SF|result2=QF|result3=QF|result4=RR|result5=RR

|col_SF=green1|text_SF=Semifinals

|col_QF=blue1|text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_RR=red1|text_RR=Relegation round

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031025054051/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine]

}}

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 26, 2002

| time = 14:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|BLR|1995}}

| score = 2–4

| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}

| periods = (1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 1,951

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 26, 2002

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 1–5

| team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| periods = (0–2, 1–2, 0–1)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 4,950

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 27, 2002

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}

| score = 11–1

| team2 = {{ihj|BLR|1995}}

| periods = (3–1, 4–0, 4–0)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 2,548

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 28, 2002

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 1–3

| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| periods = (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 2,331

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 28, 2002

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 4–0

| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| periods = (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 3,213

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 29, 2002

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|BLR|1995}}

| score = 1–5

| team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| periods = (0–2, 1–2, 0–1)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 2,232

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 30, 2002

| time = 14:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 8–2

| team2 = {{ihj|BLR|1995}}

| periods = (4–0, 3–1, 1–1)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 2,213

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 30, 2002

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 0–3

| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| periods = (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 2,069

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 31, 2002

| time = 14:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}

| score = 1–3

| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| periods = (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 2,238

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 31, 2002

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 7–5

| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}

| periods = (2–1, 3–2, 2–2)

| stadium = Centre 200, Sydney

| attendance = 2,249

}}

==Group B==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|winpoints=2

|team1=CAN|name_CAN={{ihj|CAN}}

|team2=FIN|name_FIN={{ihj|FIN}}

|team3=CZE|name_CZE={{ihj|CZE}}

|team4=SWE|name_SWE={{ihj|SWE}}

|team5=GER|name_GER={{ihj|GER}}

|win_CAN=4|draw_CAN=0|loss_CAN=0|gf_CAN=21|ga_CAN=6

|win_FIN=2|draw_FIN=1|loss_FIN=1|gf_FIN=12|ga_FIN=9

|win_CZE=2|draw_CZE=1|loss_CZE=1|gf_CZE=8|ga_CZE=7

|win_SWE=1|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=3|gf_SWE=12|ga_SWE=16

|win_GER=0|draw_GER=0|loss_GER=4|gf_GER=3|ga_GER=18

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=SF|result2=QF|result3=QF|result4=RR|result5=RR

|col_SF=green1|text_SF=Semifinals

|col_QF=blue1|text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_RR=red1|text_RR=Relegation round

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030724182220/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20/0203/scripts/standings/pg000003.htm IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine]

}}

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 26, 2002

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|GER}}

| score = 0–4

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 8,923

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 26, 2002

| time = 20:10

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 2–8

| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| periods = (0–2, 2–2, 0–4)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,594

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 27, 2002

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}

| score = 3–0

| team2 = {{ihj|GER}}

| periods = (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 9,562

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 28, 2002

| time = 15:10

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| score = 4–0

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| periods = (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,594

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 28, 2002

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}

| score = 3–2

| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}

| periods = (1–0, 1–2, 1–0)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,089

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 29, 2002

| time = 16:10

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|GER}}

| score = 1–4

| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| periods = (1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,594

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 30, 2002

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 7–2

| team2 = {{ihj|GER}}

| periods = (3–0, 3–1, 1–1)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,427

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 30, 2002

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}

| score = 2–2

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| periods = (0–0, 1–1, 1–1)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,462

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = December 31, 2002

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}

| score = 3–1

| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}

| periods = (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,416

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = December 31, 2002

| time = 20:10

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| score = 5–3

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (1–1, 3–2, 1–0)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,594

}}

=Relegation round=

Results from games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|winpoints=2

|team1=SUI|name_SUI={{ihj|SUI}}

|team2=SWE|name_SWE={{ihj|SWE}}

|team3=GER|name_GER={{ihj|GER}}

|team4=BLR|name_BLR={{ihj|BLR|1995}}

|win_SUI=3|draw_SUI=0|loss_SUI=0|gf_SUI=15|ga_SUI=7

|win_SWE=2|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=15|ga_SWE=11

|win_GER=1|draw_GER=0|loss_GER=2|gf_GER=8|ga_GER=13

|win_BLR=0|draw_BLR=0|loss_BLR=3|gf_BLR=6|ga_BLR=13

|res_col_header=R

|result3=R|result4=R

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2004 Division I

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031025054209/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20/0203/scripts/standings/pg000005.htm IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine]

}}

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = January 2, 2003

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 6–2

| team2 = {{ihj|GER}}

| periods = (2–0, 3–2, 1–0)

| goalie1 = Tobias Stephan

| goalie2 = Dimitri Pätzold

| shots1 = 34

| shots2 = 18

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,111

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = January 3, 2003

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 5–4

| team2 = {{ihj|BLR|1995}}

| periods = (3–1, 0–2, 2–1)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,083

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = January 4, 2003

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 3–5

| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}

| periods = (1–2, 1–2, 1–1)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,210

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = January 4, 2003

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|GER}}

| score = 4–0

| team2 = {{ihj|BLR|1995}}

| periods = (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,208

}}

=Playoff round=

Source:{{Cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20/0203/scripts/standings/pg000004.htm |title=Playoffs results |access-date=2011-01-10 |archive-date=2003-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030823022359/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20/0203/scripts/standings/pg000004.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}

{{6TeamBracket

| RD3 = Gold medal game

| RD3b = Bronze medal game

| RD1-seed1 = A2

| RD1-team1 = {{ihj|USA}}

| RD1-score1 = 4

| RD1-seed2 = B3

| RD1-team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| RD1-score2 = 3

| RD1-seed3 = B2

| RD1-team3 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| RD1-score3 = 6

| RD1-seed4 = A3

| RD1-team4 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| RD1-score4 = 0

| RD2-seed1 = B1

| RD2-team1 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| RD2-score1 = 3

| RD2-seed2 = A2

| RD2-team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| RD2-score2 = 2

| RD2-seed3 = A1

| RD2-team3 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| RD2-score3 = 4

| RD2-seed4 = B2

| RD2-team4 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| RD2-score4 = 1

| RD3-seed1 = B1

| RD3-team1 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| RD3-score1 = 2

| RD3-seed2 = A1

| RD3-team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| RD3-score2 = 3

| RD3-seed3 = A2

| RD3-team3 = {{ihj|USA}}

| RD3-score3 = 2

| RD3-seed4 = B2

| RD3-team4 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| RD3-score4 = 3

}}

==Quarterfinals==

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = January 2, 2003

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 4–3

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| progression = 1-0 / 2-0 / 2-1 / 3-1 / 4-1 / 4-2 / 4-3

| periods = (2–0, 2–2, 0–1)

| goalie1 = Bobby Goepfert

| goalie2 = Martin Falter, Lukáš Mensator

| goals1 = Helminen (Jones, Kesler) - 9:09
Parise (Brown) - 9:42
Kesler (Higgins, Whitney) - 26:00
Suter (Higgins, Kesler) - 26:44

| goals2 = Michálek (Klepiš, Hudler) - 24:02
Krajíček (Klepiš, Michálek) - 28:24
Hudler (Klepiš) - 53:37

| shots1 = 18

| shots2 = 25

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,250

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = January 2, 2003

| time = 20:10

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}

| score = 6–0

| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| periods = (3–0, 3–0, 0–0)

| goalie1 = Kari Lehtonen

| goalie2 = Ján Chovan, Peter Ševela

| shots1 = 25

| shots2 = 15

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,162

}}

==Semifinals==

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = January 3, 2003

| time = 16:10

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 4–1

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| progression = 1-0 / 1-1 / 2-1 / 3-1 / 4-1

| periods = (1–1, 0–0, 3–0)

| goalie1 = Andrei Medvedev

| goalie2 = Kari Lehtonen

| goals1 = Artyukhin - 10:22
Trubachev - 43:28
Perezhogin (Grigorenko) - 44:05
Grigorenko - 47:22

| goals2 = 18:28 - Niinimäki (Bergenheim, Ruutu) (PP)

| shots1 = 29

| shots2 = 26

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,527

}}

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eff

| date = January 3, 2003

| time = 20:10

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| score = 3–2

| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| progression = 1-0 / 1-1 / 2-1 / 2-2 / 3-2

| periods = (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

| goalie1 = Marc-André Fleury

| goalie2 = Robert Goepfert

| goals1 = Paetsch (Wellwood) - 4:24
Bouchard (Parenteau, Colaiacovo) (PP) - 37:26
Woywitka (Stajan, Tootoo) - 51:40

| goals2 = 9:12 - Nystrom (Parise) (SH)
41:06 - Kesler (Wisniewski, Stuart) (PP)

| shots1 = 42

| shots2 = 15

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,594

}}

==5th place game==

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #eee

| date = January 4, 2003

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}

| progression = 0-1 / 0-2

| score = 0–2

| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| periods = (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 19:30 - Zagora (Špirko, Maron)
55:00- Lipka (Ševela)

| shots1 = 25

| shots2 = 18

| goalie1 = Lukáš Mensator

| goalie2 = Peter Ševela

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,210

}}

==Bronze medal game==

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #ffdab9

| date = January 5, 2003

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 2–3

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}} {{Bronze3}}

| progression = 0-1 / 0-2 / 0-3 / 1-3 / 2-3

| periods = (0–2, 0–1, 2–0)

| goalie1 = Bobby Goepfert

| goalie2 = Tuomas Nissinen

| goals1 = 55:18 - Suter
58:04 - Brown (Parise, Shannon)

| goals2 = 9:16 - Jokinen (Kalteva)
18:15 - Juntunen (Ruutu, Jokinen) (PP)
20:31 - Pitkänen (Ruutu)

| shots1 = 31

| shots2 = 21

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,306

}}

==Final==

{{Ice hockey box

| date = January 5, 2003

| time = 20:10

| team1 = {{Silver2}} {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| team2 = {{ihj|RUS}} {{Gold1}}

| score = 2–3

| periods = (1–1, 1–0, 0–2)

| goalie1 = Marc-André Fleury

| goalie2 = Andrei Medvedev

| progression = 0-1
1-1
2-1
2-2
2-3

| goals1 =
Parenteau (Laich, White) – 12:01
Upshall (Laich, Parenteau) (PP) – 36:22

| goals2 = 11:17 – Taratukhin (Grigorenko, Perezhogin)


44:22 – Grigorenko (Taratukhin, Perezhogin)
51:09 – Trubachev (Polushin, Tyutin)

| official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Ulf Rädbjer

| official2 =

| linesman =

| linesman2 =

| stadium = Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax

| attendance = 10,594

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| shots1 = 24

| shots2 = 31

| bg = #f7f6a8

}}

=Scoring leaders=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
width=30|Rank

!width=150|Player

!Country

!width=30|{{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!width=20|{{abbr|GP|Games played}}

!width=20|{{abbr|G|Goals}}

!width=20|{{abbr|A|Assists}}

!width=30|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}

!width=30|{{abbr|PIM|Penalty minutes}}

!width=30|{{abbr|+/−|Plus/minus}}

1align=left| Patrik Bärtschialign=left| {{ihj|SUI}}F664100+1
1align=left| Igor Grigorenkoalign=left| {{ihj|RUS}}F664104+10
3align=left| Yuri Trubachevalign=left| {{ihj|RUS}}F637102+9
4align=left| Tuomo Ruutualign=left| {{ihj|FIN}}F728106+6
5align=left| Carlo Colaiacovoalign=left| {{ihj|CAN}}D619102-1
6align=left| Alexander Perezhoginalign=left| {{ihj|RUS}}F63694+9
7align=left| Jussi Jokinenalign=left| {{ihj|FIN}}F76282+4
8align=left| Zach Parisealign=left| {{ihj|USA}}F74484+2
9align=left| Alexander Polushinalign=left| {{ihj|RUS}}F62684+9
9align=left| Andrei Taratukhinalign=left| {{ihj|RUS}}F62688+7

=Goaltending leaders=

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
width=30|Rank

!width=150|Player

!Country

!width=20|{{abbr|TOI|Time on ice}}

!width=20|{{abbr|SOG|Shots on goal}}

!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{abbr|GAA|Goals against average}}

!width=20|Saves

!width=20|{{abbr|Sv %|Save percentage}}

!width=20|{{abbr|SO|Shutouts}}

1align=left| Robert Goepfertalign=left| {{ihj|USA}}338:05159101.7714993.710
2align=left| Peter Ševelaalign=left| {{ihj|SVK}}218:4610571.929893.332
3align=left| Marc-André Fleuryalign=left| {{ihj|CAN}}267:289771.579092.781
4align=left| Kari Lehtonenalign=left| {{ihj|FIN}}356:40168132.1915592.262
5align=left| Andrei Medvedevalign=left| {{ihj|RUS}}300:0010891.809991.671

=Tournament awards=

class="wikitable"
width=150|

!width=180| Goaltender

!colspan=2| Defencemen

!colspan=3| Forwards

IIHF Directorate Awards

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Marc-André Fleury

|colspan=2| {{flagicon|FIN}} Joni Pitkänen

|colspan=3| {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Grigorenko

Media All-Star Team

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Marc-André Fleury

|width=180| {{flagicon|CAN}} Carlo Colaiacovo

|width=180| {{flagicon|FIN}} Joni Pitkänen

|width=180| {{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Trubachev

|width=180| {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Grigorenko

|width=180| {{flagicon|CAN}} Scottie Upshall

=Final standings=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!width=15|

!Team

bgcolor="#F7F6A8"

| {{Gold1}}

align=left| {{ihj|RUS}}
bgcolor="#DCE5E5"

| {{Silver2}}

align=left| {{ihj|CAN}}
bgcolor="#FFDAB9"

| {{Bronze3}}

align=left| {{ihj|FIN}}
4align=left| {{ihj|USA}}
5align=left| {{ihj|SVK}}
6align=left| {{ihj|CZE}}
7align=left| {{ihj|SUI}}
8align=left| {{ihj|SWE}}
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 9

align=left| {{ihj|GER}}
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 10

align=left| {{ihj|BLR|1995}}

Division I

The Division I championships were played on December 27, 2002 – January 2, 2003 in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Group A),{{Cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IA/0203/tournaments/W20IA.htm |title=2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group A statistics |access-date=2011-01-10 |archive-date=2003-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031215170141/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IA/0203/tournaments/W20IA.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }} and on December 16–22, 2002 in Bled, Slovenia (Group B).{{Cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IB/0203/tournaments/W20IB.htm |title=2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group B statistics |access-date=2011-01-10 |archive-date=2003-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030814213634/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IB/0203/tournaments/W20IB.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|winpoints=2

|team1=UKR|name_UKR={{ihj|UKR}}

|team2=JPN|name_JPN={{ihj|JPN}}

|team3=KAZ|name_KAZ={{ihj|KAZ}}

|team4=FRA|name_FRA={{ihj|FRA}}

|team5=ITA|name_ITA={{ihj|ITA}}

|team6=CRO|name_CRO={{ihj|CRO}}

|win_UKR=4|draw_UKR=1|loss_UKR=0|gf_UKR=18|ga_UKR=8

|win_JPN=4|draw_JPN=0|loss_JPN=1|gf_JPN=24|ga_JPN=10

|win_KAZ=3|draw_KAZ=1|loss_KAZ=1|gf_KAZ=25|ga_KAZ=12

|win_FRA=2|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=3|gf_FRA=17|ga_FRA=13

|win_ITA=1|draw_ITA=0|loss_ITA=4|gf_ITA=11|ga_ITA=16

|win_CRO=0|draw_CRO=0|loss_CRO=5|gf_CRO=6|ga_CRO=42

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2004 Top Division

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2004 Division II

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030823022247/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine]

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|winpoints=2

|team1=AUT|name_AUT={{ihj|AUT}}

|team2=SLO|name_SLO={{ihj|SLO}}

|team3=NOR|name_NOR={{ihj|NOR}}

|team4=LAT|name_LAT={{ihj|LAT}}

|team5=DEN|name_DEN={{ihj|DEN}}

|team6=POL|name_POL={{ihj|POL}}

|win_AUT=5|draw_AUT=0|loss_AUT=0|gf_AUT=35|ga_AUT=9

|win_SLO=3|draw_SLO=1|loss_SLO=1|gf_SLO=15|ga_SLO=14

|win_NOR=2|draw_NOR=1|loss_NOR=2|gf_NOR=17|ga_NOR=16

|win_LAT=1|draw_LAT=1|loss_LAT=3|gf_LAT=13|ga_LAT=21

|win_DEN=1|draw_DEN=1|loss_DEN=3|gf_DEN=18|ga_DEN=19

|win_POL=1|draw_POL=0|loss_POL=4|gf_POL=12|ga_POL=31

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2004 Top Division

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2004 Division II

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030823024144/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine]

}}

Division II

The Division II championships were played on January 6–12, 2003, in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania (Group A),{{Cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IIA/0203/tournaments/W20IIA.htm |title=2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group A statistics |access-date=2011-01-10 |archive-date=2003-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030814213625/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IIA/0203/tournaments/W20IIA.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }} and on December 28, 2002 – January 3, 2003 in Novi Sad, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Group B).{{Cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IIB/0203/tournaments/W20IIB.htm |title=2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group B statistics |access-date=2011-01-10 |archive-date=2003-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030814215115/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IIB/0203/tournaments/W20IIB.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|winpoints=2

|team1=EST|name_EST={{ihj|EST}}

|team2=GBR|name_GBR={{ihj|GBR}}

|team3=ROM|name_ROM={{ihj|ROU}}

|team4=LTU|name_LTU={{ihj|LTU|1988}}

|team5=RSA|name_RSA={{ihj|RSA}}

|team6=BUL|name_BUL={{ihj|BUL}}

|win_EST=5|draw_EST=0|loss_EST=0|gf_EST=62|ga_EST=8

|win_GBR=4|draw_GBR=0|loss_GBR=1|gf_GBR=64|ga_GBR=7

|win_ROM=3|draw_ROM=0|loss_ROM=2|gf_ROM=34|ga_ROM=26

|win_LTU=2|draw_LTU=0|loss_LTU=3|gf_LTU=21|ga_LTU=31

|win_RSA=1|draw_RSA=0|loss_RSA=4|gf_RSA=12|ga_RSA=58

|win_BUL=0|draw_BUL=0|loss_BUL=5|gf_BUL=5|ga_BUL=68

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2004 Division I

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2004 Division III

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031231114403/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine]

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|winpoints=2

|team1=HUN|name_HUN={{ihj|HUN}}

|team2=NED|name_NED={{ihj|NED}}

|team3=YUG|name_YUG={{ihj|FR Yugoslavia}}

|team4=ESP|name_ESP={{ihj|ESP}}

|team5=ISL|name_ISL={{ihj|ISL}}

|team6=MEX|name_MEX={{ihj|MEX}}

|win_HUN=5|draw_HUN=0|loss_HUN=0|gf_HUN=47|ga_HUN=14

|win_NED=4|draw_NED=0|loss_NED=1|gf_NED=34|ga_NED=13

|win_YUG=3|draw_YUG=0|loss_YUG=2|gf_YUG=27|ga_YUG=22

|win_ESP=1|draw_ESP=1|loss_ESP=3|gf_ESP=12|ga_ESP=26

|win_ISL=1|draw_ISL=1|loss_ISL=3|gf_ISL=19|ga_ISL=43

|win_MEX=0|draw_MEX=0|loss_MEX=5|gf_MEX=4|ga_MEX=25

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2004 Division I

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2004 Division III

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031025033922/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine]

}}

Division III

The Division III championship was played on January 21–26, 2003 in İzmit, Turkey.{{Cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20III/0203/tournaments/W20III.htm |title=2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III statistics |access-date=2011-01-10 |archive-date=2003-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030724182009/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20III/0203/tournaments/W20III.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|winpoints=2

|team1=KOR|name_KOR={{ihj|KOR}}

|team2=BEL|name_BEL={{ihj|BEL}}

|team3=TUR|name_TUR={{ihj|TUR}}

|team4=AUS|name_AUS={{ihj|AUS}}

|team5=LUX|name_LUX={{ihj|LUX}}

|win_KOR=4|draw_KOR=0|loss_KOR=0|gf_KOR=37|ga_KOR=5

|win_BEL=3|draw_BEL=0|loss_BEL=1|gf_BEL=32|ga_BEL=10

|win_TUR=2|draw_TUR=0|loss_TUR=2|gf_TUR=26|ga_TUR=16

|win_AUS=1|draw_AUS=0|loss_AUS=3|gf_AUS=8|ga_AUS=25

|win_LUX=0|draw_LUX=0|loss_LUX=4|gf_LUX=1|ga_LUX=48

|res_col_header=P

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2004 Division II

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030724183108/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W20III/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine]

}}

References

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|after = 2004 World Juniors

|title = World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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Category:January 2003 sports events in Canada

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Category:Sport in Bled

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