The 2003 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held in Helsinki, Turku and Tampere in Finland from April 26 to May 11. The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ... Founded 1550 Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area - Of which land - Rank 185. ... Province Western Finland Region Finland Proper Sub-region Turku City manager Mikko Pukkinen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 311th 245. ... Location within Finland Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. ...

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	22	5	6
Germany	3	2	1	0	9	8	4
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	9	13	2
Japan	3	0	3	0	6	20	0

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Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	3	3	0	0	14	5	6
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	9	7	4
Denmark	3	1	2	0	8	14	2
United States of America	3	0	3	0	4	9	0

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Group C

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	12	2	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	6	5	4
Latvia	3	1	2	0	6	9	2
Belarus	3	0	3	0	1	9	0

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Group D

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	15	4	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	18	3	4
Austria	3	1	2	0	8	15	2
Slovenia	3	0	3	0	4	23	0

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Qualification round

Group E

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	4	0	1	27	9	9
Czech Republic	5	4	0	1	22	7	9
Finland	5	2	2	1	18	10	5
Germany	5	2	2	1	11	11	5
Austria	5	1	4	0	9	27	2
Ukraine	5	0	5	0	8	31	0

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Group F

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	5	4	0	1	18	6	9
Sweden	5	4	1	0	20	9	8
Russia	5	2	3	0	16	14	4
Switzerland	5	2	3	0	14	16	4
Latvia	5	2	3	0	10	16	4
Denmark	5	0	4	1	8	25	1

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Final round

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	May 7 - Elysee Arena
	Canada	3
					May 9 - Hartwall Areena
	Germany	2
					Canada	8
	May 7 - Elysee Arena
					Czech Republic	4
	Czech Republic	3
									May 11 – Hartwall Areena
	Russia	0
									Canada	3
	May 7 - Hartwall Areena
									Sweden	2
	Slovakia	3
					May 9 - Hartwall Areena
	Switzerland	1
					Slovakia	1			Third place
	May 7 - Hartwall Areena
					Sweden	4
	Sweden	6							Czech Republic	2
	Finland	5							Slovakia	4
									May 10 – Hartwall Areena

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Relegation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
United States of America	3	3	0	0	19	5	6
Belarus	3	2	1	0	9	8	4
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	8	14	1
Japan	3	0	2	1	5	14	1

Japan avoids relegation by defeating South Korea 4-1 in the 2004 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification game. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ...

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Zigmund Palffy	9	7	8	15	18
Jozef Stumpel	9	4	11	15	0
Lubomir Visnovsky	9	4	8	12	2
Teemu Selanne	7	8	3	11	2
Saku Koivu	7	1	10	11	4
Daniel Heatley	9	7	3	10	10
Mats Sundin	7	6	4	10	10
Miroslav Satan	9	6	4	10	2
Martin Straka	9	6	4	10	4
Kimmo Rintanen	7	5	4	9	0

Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Žigmund (Zsigmond) Pálffy (born May 5, 1972 in Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Jozef Stümpel, #15 (born July 20, 1972 in Nitra, Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey center. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Ľubomír Višňovský (born August 11, 1976 in Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), is a Slovak ice hockey defenceman, playing with the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL. Categories: Ice hockey stubs | Slovakia-related stubs | Slovak ice hockey players | Los Angeles Kings players | 1976 births ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Teemu Ilmari Selänne (born July 3, 1970), The Finnish Flash, began his NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Saku Koivu (Born November 23, 1974 in Turku) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who plays for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Mattias Johan Sundin (born February 13, 1971, Bromma, Stockholm) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Miroslav Å atan (born October 22, 1974 in Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the New York Islanders. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Martin Straka (born September 3, 1972) in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia is a player in the National Hockey League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ...

Goaltending leaders

Player	MINS	GA	GAA	SO	Sv%
Sean Burke	328	7	1.28	1	.955
Oliver Jonas	180	4	1.33	0	.960
Mikael Tellqvist	393	9	1.37	0	.940
Marco Buhrer	297	9	1.82	1	.934
Jan Lasak	359	11	1.84	0	.935

Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Sean Burke (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Mikael Tellqvist (born September 19, 1979 in Sundbyberg, Sweden) is a Swedish ice hockey goaltender. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Ján Lašák (born April 10, 1979 in Zvolen, Slovakia) is a Slovak Ice hockey goaltender. ...

Division I

Group A

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Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	34	9	10
Poland	5	4	1	0	24	9	8
Hungary	5	2	2	1	14	13	5
The Netherlands	5	1	3	1	17	22	3
Romania	5	1	3	1	13	26	3
Lithuania	5	0	4	1	7	30	1

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Group B

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Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
France	5	4	0	1	21	5	9
Norway	5	4	1	0	19	9	8
Estonia	5	2	3	0	12	20	4
Italy	5	2	3	0	16	11	4
Great Britain	5	1	3	1	16	14	3
Croatia	5	1	4	0	10	35	2

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Division II

Group A

Played at Seoul, South Korea April 5-12 Seoul (Sŏul|서울) ) is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ...

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Korea	5	5	0	0	50	10	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	0	46	11	8
Spain	5	3	2	0	27	23	6
Australia	5	2	3	0	25	26	4
South Africa	5	1	4	0	19	32	2
Mexico	5	0	5	0	5	70	0

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Group B

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Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Belgium	5	4	1	0	29	8	8
China	5	4	1	0	19	13	8
Bulgaria	5	2	2	1	15	10	5
DPR Korea	5	2	2	1	16	13	5
Israel	5	1	2	2	11	19	4
Iceland	5	0	5	0	4	31	0

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Division III

Played at Auckland, New Zealand April 3-6 The Auckland Metropolitan Area, or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ...

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	14	3	4
Luxembourg	2	1	1	0	7	10	2
Turkey	2	0	2	0	4	12	0