| Tourney Name: | IIHF World U20 Championship |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Size: | 190px |
| Country: | Canada |
| Dates: | December 26, 2002 – January 5, 2003 |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Type: | ihj |
| Winners: | RUS |
| Count: | 3 |
| Second: | CAN |
| Third: | FIN |
| Fourth: | USA |
| Games: | 31 |
| Goals: | 187 |
| Attendance: | 242173 |
| Points: | 10 |
| 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.[1] 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.
See main article: 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters.
All times local (AST/UTC-4).
All times local (AST/UTC-4).
Results from games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.
All times local (AST/UTC-4).
Source:[2]
| width=30 | Rank | width=150 | Player | Country | width=30 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | +1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | F | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | +10 | |||||||||||
| 3 | F | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | +9 | |||||||||||
| 4 | F | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | +6 | |||||||||||
| 5 | D | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | -1 | |||||||||||
| 6 | F | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | +9 | |||||||||||
| 7 | F | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | +4 | |||||||||||
| 8 | F | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | +2 | |||||||||||
| 9 | F | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | +9 | |||||||||||
| 9 | F | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | +7 |
Minimum 40% of team's ice time.
| width=30 | Rank | width=150 | Player | Country | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | Saves | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 338:05 | 159 | 10 | 1.77 | 149 | 93.71 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 218:46 | 105 | 7 | 1.92 | 98 | 93.33 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 267:28 | 97 | 7 | 1.57 | 90 | 92.78 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 356:40 | 168 | 13 | 2.19 | 155 | 92.26 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 300:00 | 108 | 9 | 1.80 | 99 | 91.67 | 1 |
| width=150 | width=180 | Goaltender | Defencemen | Forwards | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIHF Directorate Awards |  Marc-André Fleury |  Joni Pitkänen |  Igor Grigorenko | |||||||||
| Media All-Star Team | Marc-André Fleury | width=180 | Carlo Colaiacovo | width=180 | Joni Pitkänen | width=180 | Yuri Trubachev | width=180 | Igor Grigorenko | width=180 | Scottie Upshall | |
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The Division I championships were played on December 27, 2002 – January 2, 2003 in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Group A),[3] and on December 16–22, 2002 in Bled, Slovenia (Group B).[4]
The Division II championships were played on January 6–12, 2003, in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania (Group A),[5] and on December 28, 2002 – January 3, 2003 in Novi Sad, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Group B).[6]
The Division III championship was played on January 21–26, 2003 in İzmit, Turkey.[7]