2003 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Latvia  Italy  Slovenia
Opened by	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Janez Drnovsek
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The 2003 IIHF Women's World Championships was set to be held in Beijing, China, from April 4–9, 2003. However, it was cancelled due to the global SARS oubreak. Only the top division event was cancelled, as the lower divisions still had their tournaments.^[where?] 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]

The Division I tournament was held in Ventspils, Latvia from March 9 to 15.^[where?] The Division II tournament was held in Lecco, Italy from March 31 to April 6.^[where?]

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.

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	5	5	0	0	23	6	+17	10
Kazakhstan	5	3	1	1	20	7	+13	7
Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	15	22	−7	6
France	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	5
Latvia	5	1	0	4	7	16	−9	2
North Korea	5	0	0	5	10	24	−14	0

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

09 March 2003

North Korea

2–6

Japan

09 March 2003

Latvia

1–6

Kazakhstan

09 March 2003

France

1–4

Czech Republic

10 March 2003

Kazakhstan

4–1

North Korea

10 March 2003

Japan

2–1

France

10 March 2003

Latvia

1–2

Czech Republic

12 March 2003

Kazakhstan

3–3

France

12 March 2003

Japan

8–3

Czech Republic

12 March 2003

Latvia

5–2

North Korea

13 March 2003

Czech Republic

0–7

Kazakhstan

13 March 2003

North Korea

0–3

France

13 March 2003

Latvia

0–5

Japan

15 March 2003

Czech Republic

6–5

North Korea

15 March 2003

Latvia

0–1

France

15 March 2003

Kazakhstan

0–2

Japan

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Natalya Yakovchuk	5	7	4	11	2	8
Yekaterina Maltseva	5	5	6	11	2	8
Hanae Kubo	5	5	5	10	10	7
Yuki Togawa	5	4	4	8	6	4
Drahomira Fialova	5	6	0	6	2	−4
Masako Sato	5	3	3	6	0	6
Zuzana Kralova	5	3	3	6	6	1
Hong Pong Hwa	5	2	4	6	5	1
Yelena Shtelmaister	5	1	5	6	2	8
Choe Jong Sun	5	4	1	5	4	−1

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Yuka Oda	280:24	6	128	1.28	95.31
Natalya Trunova	299:56	7	136	1.40	94.85
Nolwenn Rousselle	299:50	9	144	1.80	93.75
Lolita Andrisevska	279:11	16	163	3.44	90.18
Radka Lhotska	213:46	13	86	3.65	84.88

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	5	4	1	0	24	9	+15	9
Denmark	5	3	1	1	16	13	+3	7
Slovakia	5	2	2	1	23	7	+16	6
Italy	5	2	0	3	13	21	−8	4
Netherlands	5	1	1	3	8	18	−10	3
Great Britain	5	0	1	4	12	28	−16	1

Norway is promoted to the 2004 Division I tournament.

31 March 2003

Great Britain

1–8

Slovakia

31 March 2003

Denmark

4–1

Netherlands

31 March 2003

Italy

2–4

Norway

01 April 2003

Slovakia

1–2

Denmark

01 April 2003

Netherlands

0–3

Italy

01 April 2003

Norway

8–3

Great Britain

03 April 2003

Great Britain

4–4

Denmark

03 April 2003

Netherlands

1–7

Norway

03 April 2003

Slovakia

10–0

Italy

04 April 2003

Norway

2–2

Slovakia

04 April 2003

Denmark

5–4

Italy

04 April 2003

Netherlands

4–2

Great Britain

06 April 2003

Slovakia

2–2

Netherlands

06 April 2003

Norway

3–1

Denmark

06 April 2003

Italy

4–2

Great Britain

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Nikoleta Celarova	5	5	3	8	6	6
Tine Christoffersen Perry	5	3	4	7	16	7
Sofie Lund	5	5	1	6	0	7
Line Bialik Olen	5	5	1	6	2	6
Helene Martinsen	5	4	2	6	4	3
Sabina Florian	5	4	2	6	4	0
Hege Ask	5	4	2	6	6	6
Ivana Gajdosova	5	2	4	6	6	2
Angela Taylor	5	4	1	5	12	1
Zuzana Moravčíková	5	3	2	5	2	6
Trine Martens	5	3	2	5	2	4

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Zuzana Tomcikova	150:07	3	71	1.20	95.77
Helena Kysela	179:44	6	96	2.00	93.75
Andrea Risova	149:23	4	61	1.61	93.44
Line Kuvas	240:00	8	119	2.00	93.28
Birgitte Andersen	296:27	12	133	2.43	90.98

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	5	4	1	0	34	7	+27	9
Slovenia	5	3	2	0	20	8	+12	8
Belgium	5	2	1	2	10	12	−2	5
Hungary	5	1	1	3	5	14	−9	3
South Africa	5	1	1	3	7	23	−16	3
Romania	5	1	0	4	11	23	−12	2

Australia is promoted to the 2004 Division II tournament.

25 March 2003

Hungary

0–2

Belgium

25 March 2003

Romania

6–1

South Africa

25 March 2003

Slovenia

4–4

Australia

26 March 2003

Australia

7–0

Hungary

26 March 2003

Belgium

3–1

Romania

26 March 2003

Slovenia

6–1

South Africa

28 March 2003

Belgium

1–3

South Africa

28 March 2003

Australia

9–1

Romania

28 March 2003

Slovenia

1–0

Hungary

29 March 2003

South Africa

0–8

Australia

29 March 2003

Hungary

3–2

Romania

29 March 2003

Slovenia

2–2

Belgium

31 March 2003

South Africa

2–2

Hungary

31 March 2003

Australia

6–2

Belgium

31 March 2003

Slovenia

7–1

Romania

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Jasmina Rosar	5	8	8	16	4	11
Stephanie Boxall	5	9	6	15	0	20
Ina Prezelj	5	6	5	11	6	11
Melissa Bibby	5	7	2	9	4	14
Anja Erzen	5	4	2	6	0	10
Magdolna Dobandi	5	3	2	5	0	1
Rachel White	5	3	2	5	2	7
Nadia Kemp	5	3	2	5	2	−7
Lisa McMahon	5	2	3	5	2	5
Leen De Decker	5	3	1	4	4	1

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Ashleigh Sluga	120:00	1	24	0.50	95.83
Eszter Kokenyesi	260:00	10	161	2.31	93.79
Celine Massez	279:48	11	141	2.36	92.20
Urska Potocnik	280:00	8	93	1.71	91.40
Emma Reid	180:00	6	50	2.00	88.00

• IIHF index for all 2003 tournaments
• Summary from the Women's Hockey Net
• Detailed summary from passionhockey.com