2003 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

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2003 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesJuly 2003
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Finland
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  United States
← 2002
2004 →

The 2003 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the seventh IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship,[1] the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place in Nuremberg and Amberg, Germany, with the gold-medal game played on July 19, 2003.

Championship[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  USA  CZE  SWE  AUT
1  United States 3 2 1 0 0 24 10 +14 8 6–5OT 3–2 15–3
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 0 23 14 +9 7 7–6 11–2
3  Sweden 3 1 0 0 2 11 10 +1 3 3–0
4  Austria 3 0 0 0 3 5 29 −24 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  FIN  GER  SVK  SLO
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 0 30 11 +19 9 7–3 6–5 17–3
2  Germany 3 2 0 0 1 21 19 +2 6 8–5 10–7
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 18 21 −3 3 8–7
4  Slovenia 3 0 0 0 3 17 35 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]

Playoff round[edit]

Qualifiers[edit]

July 16, 2003Slovenia 9 - 8 OT Japan
July 16, 2003Austria 8 - 6 Brazil

Quarterfinals[edit]

July 17, 2003United States 8 - 5 Slovenia
July 17, 2003Finland 26 - 2 Austria
July 17, 2003Czech Republic 13 - 3 Slovakia
July 17, 2003Sweden 9 - 5 Germany

Placement games[edit]

7th place game
July 18, 2003Slovenia 6 - 5 Austria
5th place game
July 18, 2003Germany 9 - 8 Slovakia

Semifinals[edit]

July 18, 2003Sweden 7 - 4 United States
July 18, 2003Finland 13 - 3 Czech Republic

Bronze medal game[edit]

July 19, 2003United States 11 - 6 Czech Republic

Gold medal game[edit]

July 19, 2003Finland 5 - 3 Sweden

Division I[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  BRA  GBR  HUN  RSA
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 0 29 13 +16 9 9–7 6–5 14–1
2  Great Britain 3 2 0 0 1 29 12 +17 6 6–2 16–1
3  Hungary 3 1 0 0 2 13 15 −2 3 6–3
4  South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 5 36 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  JPN  NZL  AUS  ARG
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 0 33 10 +23 9 9–5 14–2 10–3
2  New Zealand 3 2 0 0 1 19 18 +1 6 6–5 8–4
3  Australia 3 1 0 0 2 13 21 −8 3 6–1
4  Argentina 3 0 0 0 3 8 24 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]

Playoff round[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

July 17, 2003Brazil 5 - 3 Argentina
July 17, 2003Japan 15 - 3 South Africa
July 17, 2003Australia 9 - 4 Great Britain
July 17, 2003Hungary 9 - 4 New Zealand

Placement games[edit]

15th place game
July 18, 2003South Africa 4 - 3 Argentina
13th place game
July 18, 2003Great Britain 9 - 5 New Zealand

Semifinals[edit]

July 18, 2003Brazil 10 - 3 Hungary
July 18, 2003Japan 5 - 4 Australia

3rd place game (11th overall)[edit]

July 19, 2003Australia 12 - 3 Hungary

Final (9th overall)[edit]

July 19, 2003Japan 11 - 6 Brazil

References[edit]