2003 IIHF European Championship (WFAC)

2003 IIHF European Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	2003
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (10th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Scoring leader(s)	Mats Sundin; (15 points)
MVP	Peter Forsberg
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The 2003 IIHF European Championship was the 62nd European ice hockey championships arranged by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament was held in Helsinki and Turku, Finland.

As the World Championships, teams participated at three levels of competition.

Qualification

	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	N/A	1	Germany
Ranked 1−11 at the 2001 IIHF European Championship		10	Austria Czechoslovakia Finland France Italy Latvia Norway Soviet Union Switzerland Sweden
Promoted from the 2001 IIHF European Championship Division I		1	Denmark
Total		12

Seeding

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2000 IIHF World Ranking:

Group A (Helsinki)	Group B (Turku)
Sweden (4)	Czechoslovakia (3)
Finland (6)	Soviet Union (5)
Switzerland (8)	Norway (7)
Latvia (9)	Germany (10)
Austria (12)	Italy (11)
France (13)	Denmark (15)

Group B 1 - TCH (5-0-0, 10) 2 - URS (4-0-1, 8) 3 - GER (3-0-2, 6) 4 - NOR (2-0-3, 4) 5 - DEN (1-0-4, 2) 6 - ITA (0-0-5, 0)

Group A 1 - SWE (5-0-0, 10) 2 - FIN (3-1-1, 7) 3 - SUI (2-1-2, 5) 4 - LAT (2-0-3, 4) 5 - AUT (0-1-4, 1) 6 - FRA (0-1-4, 1)

ITA-FRA

Quarterfinals TCH-LAT URS-SUI SWE-NOR FIN-GER

Semifinals TCH-FIN SWE-URS

Final SWE-TCH URS-FIN

SWE TCH URS FIN GER SUI LAT NOR DEN AUT FRA ITA

Playoff round

Quarterfinal

A1

Sweden

3

B4

Norway

1

Semifinal

A1

Sweden

4

Quarterfinal

B2

Soviet Union

1

B2

Soviet Union

5

A3

Switzerland

2

Final

A1

Sweden

6

Quarterfinal

A2

Finland

5

B1

Czechoslovakia

3

A4

Latvia

0

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

B1

Czechoslovakia

2

B1

Czechoslovakia

2

Quarterfinal

A2

Finland

3

B2

Soviet Union

4

A2

Finland

3

B3

Germany

2

Quarterfinals

2003
16:00

Soviet Union

5 – 2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

Elysée Arena, Turku

2003
17:00

Sweden

3 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki

2003
20:00

Czechoslovakia

3 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Elysée Arena, Turku

2003
21:00

Finland

3 – 2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Germany

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki

Semifinals

2003

Sweden

4 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Soviet Union

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki

2003

Czechoslovakia

2 – 3 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Finland

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki

Bronze medal game

2003

Czechoslovakia

2 – 4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Soviet Union

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki

Gold medal game

2003

Sweden

6 – 5
(1–3, 3–2, 2–0)

Finland

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki

Final ranking

The official IIHF final ranking of the tournament:

	Sweden
	Finland
	Soviet Union
4	Czechoslovakia
5	Germany
6	Switzerland
7	Latvia
8	Norway
9	Denmark
10	Austria
11	France
12	Italy

2003 IIHF European Championship Winners
Sweden 10th title

Division I (Hungary)

Team	GP	Qualification or relegation
Poland	7	Promoted to Top Division
Yugoslavia	7
Hungary	7
Estonia	7
Great Britain	7
Netherlands	7
Romania	7
Belgium	7	Relegation to Division II