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. 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 Halifax Metro CentreCapacity: 10,595 Centre 200Capacity: 4,881 – Halifax – Sydney

Rosters

Top Division Preliminary round Group A

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

Group B

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

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

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

Playoff round Source:

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

5th place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountry 1 Patrik Bärtschi F 6 6 4 10 0 +1 1 Igor Grigorenko F 6 6 4 10 4 +10 3 Yuri Trubachev F 6 3 7 10 2 +9 4 Tuomo Ruutu F 7 2 8 10 6 +6 5 Carlo Colaiacovo D 6 1 9 10 2 -1 6 Alexander Perezhogin F 6 3 6 9 4 +9 7 Jussi Jokinen F 7 6 2 8 2 +4 8 Zach Parise F 7 4 4 8 4 +2 9 Alexander Polushin F 6 2 6 8 4 +9 9 Andrei Taratukhin F 6 2 6 8 8 +7

Goaltending leaders Minimum 40% of team's ice time. RankPlayerCountrySaves 1 Robert Goepfert 338:05 159 10 1.77 149 93.71 0 2 Peter Ševela 218:46 105 7 1.92 98 93.33 2 3 Marc-André Fleury 267:28 97 7 1.57 90 92.78 1 4 Kari Lehtonen 356:40 168 13 2.19 155 92.26 2 5 Andrei Medvedev 300:00 108 9 1.80 99 91.67 1

Tournament awards Goaltender Defencemen Forwards IIHF Directorate Awards Marc-André Fleury Joni Pitkänen Igor Grigorenko Media All-Star Team Marc-André Fleury Carlo Colaiacovo Joni Pitkänen Yuri Trubachev Igor Grigorenko Scottie Upshall

Final standings Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Division I The Division I championships were played on December 27, 2002 – January 2, 2003 in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Group A), and on December 16–22, 2002 in Bled, Slovenia (Group B).

Group A

Group B

Division II The Division II championships were played on January 6–12, 2003, in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania (Group A), and on December 28, 2002 – January 3, 2003 in Novi Sad, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Group B).

Group A

Group B

Division III The Division III championship was played on January 21–26, 2003 in İzmit, Turkey.

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