2003 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The top division of the 2003 IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championship was set to be held in Beijing, China, from April 4–9, 2003. However, it was cancelled due to the SARS crisis. Only the top division event was cancelled, as the lower divisions still had their tournaments. The teams from Russia, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland were already in China, while the American and Finnish teams were awaiting word on whether they should travel when the IIHF indicated that the Championships were to be postponed or even cancelled.[1] The move to cancel was a logical one, as the Canadians were under a government order not to travel at all at that time.[2]

2003 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host countries Latvia
 Italy
 Slovenia
2001
2004

Top Division

Postponed, then cancelled. Groups for this division were seeded for 2004 based on the 2003 IIHF World Ranking instead of the normal practise of using their most recent finish.

Division I

The Division I tournament was held in Ventspils, Latvia from March 9 to 15.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Japan550023610
 Kazakhstan53112077
 Czech Republic530215226
 France5212995
 Latvia51047162
 North Korea500510240

Japan was promoted to the 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship.

09 March 2003North Korea 2–6 Japan
09 March 2003Latvia 1–6 Kazakhstan
09 March 2003France 1–4 Czech Republic
10 March 2003Kazakhstan 4–1 North Korea
10 March 2003Japan 2–1 France
10 March 2003Latvia 1–2 Czech Republic
12 March 2003Kazakhstan 3–3 France
12 March 2003Japan 8–3 Czech Republic
12 March 2003Latvia 5–2 North Korea
13 March 2003Czech Republic 0–7 Kazakhstan
13 March 2003North Korea 0–3 France
13 March 2003Latvia 0–5 Japan
15 March 2003Czech Republic 6–5 North Korea
15 March 2003Latvia 0–1 France
15 March 2003Kazakhstan 0–2 Japan

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Natalya Yakovchuk 5741128
Yekaterina Maltseva 5561128
Hanae Kubo 55510107
Yuki Togawa 544864
Drahomira Fialova 56062−4
Masako Sato 533606
Zuzana Kralova 533661
Hong Pong Hwa 524651
Yelena Shtelmaister 515628
Choe Jong Sun 54154−1

Goaltending leaders

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Yuka Oda 280:2461281.2895.31
Natalya Trunova 299:5671361.4094.85
Nolwenn Rousselle 299:5091441.8093.75
Lolita Andrisevska 279:11161633.4490.18
Radka Lhotska 213:4613863.6584.88

Division II

Division II tournament was held in Lecco, Italy from March 31 to April 6.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Norway54102499
 Denmark531116137
 Slovakia52212376
 Italy520313214
 Netherlands51138183
 Great Britain501412281

Norway is promoted to the 2004 Division I tournament.

31 March 2003Great Britain 1–8 Slovakia
31 March 2003Denmark 4–1 Netherlands
31 March 2003Italy 2–4 Norway
01 April 2003Slovakia 1–2 Denmark
01 April 2003Netherlands 0–3 Italy
01 April 2003Norway 8–3 Great Britain
03 April 2003Great Britain 4–4 Denmark
03 April 2003Netherlands 1–7 Norway
03 April 2003Slovakia 10–0 Italy
04 April 2003Norway 2–2 Slovakia
04 April 2003Denmark 5–4 Italy
04 April 2003Netherlands 4–2 Great Britain
06 April 2003Slovakia 2–2 Netherlands
06 April 2003Norway 3–1 Denmark
06 April 2003Italy 4–2 Great Britain

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Nikoleta Celarova 553866
Tine Christoffersen Perry 5347167
Sofie Lund 551607
Line Bialik Olen 551626
Helene Martinsen 542643
Sabina Florian 542640
Hege Ask 542666
Ivana Gajdosova 524662
Angela Taylor 5415121
Zuzana Moravčíková 532526
Trine Martens 532524

Goaltending leaders

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Zuzana Tomcikova 150:073711.2095.77
Helena Kysela 179:446962.0093.75
Andrea Risova 149:234611.6193.44
Line Kuvas 240:0081192.0093.28
Birgitte Andersen 296:27121332.4390.98

Division III

The Division III tournament was held in Maribor, Slovenia from March 25 to 31.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Australia54103479
 Slovenia53202088
 Belgium521210125
 Hungary51135143
 South Africa51137233
 Romania510411232

Australia is promoted to the 2004 Division II tournament.

25 March 2003Hungary 0–2 Belgium
25 March 2003Romania 6–1 South Africa
25 March 2003Slovenia 4–4 Australia
26 March 2003Australia 7–0 Hungary
26 March 2003Belgium 3–1 Romania
26 March 2003Slovenia 6–1 South Africa
28 March 2003Belgium 1–3 South Africa
28 March 2003Australia 9–1 Romania
28 March 2003Slovenia 1–0 Hungary
29 March 2003South Africa 0–8 Australia
29 March 2003Hungary 3–2 Romania
29 March 2003Slovenia 2–2 Belgium
31 March 2003South Africa 2–2 Hungary
31 March 2003Australia 6–2 Belgium
31 March 2003Slovenia 7–1 Romania

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
Jasmina Rosar 58816411
Stephanie Boxall 59615020
Ina Prezelj 56511611
Melissa Bibby 5729414
Anja Erzen 5426010
Magdolna Dobandi 532501
Rachel White 532527
Nadia Kemp 53252−7
Lisa McMahon 523525
Leen De Decker 531441

Goaltending leaders

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
Ashleigh Sluga 120:001240.5095.83
Eszter Kokenyesi 260:00101612.3193.79
Celine Massez 279:48111412.3692.20
Urska Potocnik 280:008931.7191.40
Emma Reid 180:006502.0088.00

References

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