2003 IIHF World Championship

2003 edition of the IIHF World Championship

2003 IIHF World ChampionshipJääkiekon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2003 (in Finnish)
Världsmästerskapet i ishockey för herrar 2003 (in Swedish)

Tournament details
Host country|  Finland
Venue(s)| 3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates| 26 April – 11 May
Opened by| Tarja Halonen
Teams| 16
Final positions
Champions |  Canada (22nd title)
Runner-up |  Sweden
Third place |  Slovakia
Fourth place|  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played| 56
Goals scored| 349 (6.23 per game)
Attendance| 449,193 (8,021 per game)
Scoring leader(s)|  Žigmund Pálffy (15 points)

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Main article: 2003 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2003 IIHF World Championship was held between 26 April and 11 May 2003 in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, Finland.

It was the 67th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Canada won the gold medal after defeating Sweden 3–2 in a tightly fought final. Over 14 minutes into the overtime, Canadian forward Anson Carter beat Swedish goaltender Mikael Tellqvist with a wraparound goal. The goal was contested for several minutes before replays confirmed that Tellqvist had stopped the puck behind the goal line. It was Canada's first World Championship win in five years.

Sweden surrendered five consecutive goals against Finland in their quarterfinal to trail 5–1 seven minutes into the second period, at which point Swedish goaltender Tommy Salo was swapped for Mikael Tellqvist. This proved to be the Swedish team's necessary wake-up call as the Swedes went on to score five unanswered goals before the end of regulation and ultimately win the game 6–5.

To celebrate the games, the Finnish government issued a high value commemorative coin: the 2003 Ice Hockey World Championships commemorative coin, with three ice hockey sticks and a puck engraved on the reverse.

## Qualification Tournament

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The Far Eastern Qualification was played as a single game during the 2003 Asian Winter Games on February 4, 2003, in Hachinohe, Japan. South Korea had opted to not play as they believed it more beneficial to focus on training and developing for their Division II tournament.[1] During the games Japan also beat the Koreans eleven to two in the semi-finals.

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Japan | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 15  | 0  | +15  | 2
China | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 15  | −15  | 0

Source: IIHF

All times local

February 4, 2003
19:00| Japan | 15–0|  China|

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## Venues

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Helsinki

Turku

Tampere

| Hartwall Areena
Capacity: 13,349  | Elysée Arena
Capacity: 11,820  | Tampere Ice Hall
Capacity: 7,800

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Finland – Helsinki |  Finland – Turku |  Finland – Tampere

## Final tournament

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### First round

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In the first round, the top three teams from each group progressed to the second round, whilst the last-placed team progressed to the consolation round.

#### Group A

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Slovakia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 22  | 5  | +17  | 6
Germany | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 4
Ukraine | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 13  | −4  | 2
Japan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 6  | 20  | −14  | 0

Source: IIHF

All times local

27 April 2003
16:00| Germany | 5–4|  Japan|

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27 April 2003
20:00| Ukraine | 3–9|  Slovakia|

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28 April 2003
16:00| Slovakia | 10–1|  Japan|

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29 April 2003
16:00| Germany | 3–1|  Ukraine|

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30 April 2003
16:00| Slovakia | 3–1|  Germany|

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30 April 2003
20:00| Japan | 1–5|  Ukraine|

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#### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Russia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 14  | 5  | +9  | 6
Switzerland | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 7  | +2  | 4
Denmark | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 8  | 14  | −6  | 2
United States | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 4  | 9  | −5  | 0

Source: IIHF

26 April 2003
15:00| United States | 2–5|  Denmark|

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26 April 2003
19:00| Switzerland | 2–5|  Russia|

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27 April 2003
15:00| United States | 0–1|  Switzerland|

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27 April 2003
19:00| Russia | 6–1|  Denmark|

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29 April 2003
15:00| Denmark | 2–6|  Switzerland|

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29 April 2003
19:00| Russia | 3–2|  United States|

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#### Group C

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Canada | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 12  | 2  | +10  | 6
Sweden | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 4
Latvia | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 6  | 9  | −3  | 2
Belarus | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 9  | −8  | 0

Source: IIHF

26 April 2003
16:00| Canada | 3–0|  Belarus|

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26 April 2003
20:00| Latvia | 1–3|  Sweden|

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27 April 2003
16:00| Canada | 6–1|  Latvia|

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27 April 2003
20:00| Sweden | 2–1|  Belarus|

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29 April 2003
16:00| Belarus | 0–4|  Latvia|

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29 April 2003
20:00| Sweden | 1–3|  Canada|

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#### Group D

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Czech Republic | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 15  | 4  | +11  | 6
Finland | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 18  | 3  | +15  | 4
Austria | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 8  | 15  | −7  | 2
Slovenia | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 4  | 23  | −19  | 0

Source: IIHF

26 April 2003
16:00| Czech Republic | 5–2|  Slovenia| Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

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26 April 2003
20:00| Austria | 1–5|  Finland| Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

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28 April 2003
19:00| Finland | 12–0|  Slovenia| Tampere Ice Hall, Tampere

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28 April 2003
20:00| Czech Republic | 8–1|  Austria| Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

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29 April 2003
20:00| Slovenia | 2–6|  Austria| Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

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30 April 2003
16:00| Finland | 1–2|  Czech Republic| Elysée Areena, Turku

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### Second round

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In the second round, the top four teams from each group progressed to the final round, whilst the bottom two teams were eliminated.

#### Group E

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Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

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Slovakia | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 27  | 9  | +18  | 9
Czech Republic | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 22  | 7  | +15  | 9
Finland | 5  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 18  | 10  | +8  | 5
Germany | 5  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 11  | 0  | 5
Austria | 5  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 9  | 27  | −18  | 2
Ukraine | 5  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 8  | 31  | −23  | 0

Source: IIHF

26 April 2003
20:00| Austria | 1–5|  Finland|

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27 April 2003
20:00| Ukraine | 3–9|  Slovakia|

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28 April 2003
20:00| Czech Republic | 8–1|  Austria|

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29 April 2003
16:00| Germany | 3–1|  Ukraine|

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30 April 2003
16:00| Slovakia | 3–1|  Germany|

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30 April 2003
16:00| Finland | 1–2|  Czech Republic|

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2 May 2003
16:00| Slovakia | 5–1|  Finland|

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2 May 2003
20:00| Czech Republic | 5–2|  Ukraine|

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3 May 2003
16:00| Germany | 5–1|  Austria|

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3 May 2003
20:00| Finland | 9–0|  Ukraine|

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4 May 2003
16:00| Slovakia | 7–1|  Austria|

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4 May 2003
20:00| Czech Republic | 4–0|  Germany|

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5 May 2003
20:00| Slovakia | 3–3|  Czech Republic|

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6 May 2003
16:00| Ukraine | 2–5|  Austria|

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6 May 2003
20:00| Finland | 2–2|  Germany|

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#### Group F

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Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Canada | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 18  | 6  | +12  | 9
Sweden | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 20  | 9  | +11  | 8
Russia | 5  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 16  | 14  | +2  | 4
Switzerland | 5  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 14  | 16  | −2  | 4
Latvia | 5  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 10  | 16  | −6  | 4
Denmark | 5  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 8  | 25  | −17  | 1

Source: IIHF

26 April 2003
19:00| Switzerland | 2–5|  Russia|

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26 April 2003
20:00| Latvia | 1–3|  Sweden|

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27 April 2003
16:00| Canada | 6–1|  Latvia|

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27 April 2003
19:00| Russia | 6–1|  Denmark|

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29 April 2003
15:00| Denmark | 2–6|  Switzerland|

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29 April 2003
20:00| Sweden | 1–3|  Canada|

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2 May 2003
16:00| Canada | 2–2|  Denmark|

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2 May 2003
20:05| Russia | 2–4|  Sweden|

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3 May 2003
16:00| Switzerland | 4–2|  Latvia|

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3 May 2003
20:05| Sweden | 7–1|  Denmark|

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4 May 2003
16:00| Latvia | 2–1|  Russia|

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4 May 2003
20:00| Canada | 2–0|  Switzerland|

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5 May 2003
20:00| Russia | 2–5|  Canada|

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6 May 2003
16:00| Denmark | 2–4|  Latvia|

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6 May 2003
20:00| Switzerland | 2–5|  Sweden|

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### Consolation round 13–16 place

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#### Group G

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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United States | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 19  | 5  | +14  | 6
Belarus | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 4
Slovenia | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 14  | −6  | 1
Japan | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 5  | 14  | −9  | 1

Source: IIHF

As the Far Eastern qualifier, Japan avoided relegation. Therefore, Belarus and Slovenia were relegated to Division I for the 2004 Championships.

2 May 2003
15:00| United States | 7–2|  Slovenia|

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2 May 2003
19:00| Belarus | 3–1|  Japan|

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3 May 2003
15:00| Japan | 3–3|  Slovenia|

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3 May 2003
19:00| United States | 4–2|  Belarus|

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5 May 2003
15:00| Slovenia | 3–4|  Belarus|

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5 May 2003
19:00| Japan | 1–8|  United States|

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### Final round

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Canada|  3

| 9 May

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|  Canada|  8

| 7 May

| |  Czech Republic|  4 |

|  Czech Republic|  3

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|  Russia|  0 |

|  Canada|  3

| 7 May

| |  Sweden|  2

|  Slovakia|  3

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|  Switzerland|  1 |

|  Slovakia|  1

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| |  Sweden|  4 | | Third place

|  Sweden|  6

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|  Finland|  5 |

|  Czech Republic|  2

|  Slovakia|  4

#### Quarterfinals

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7 May| Canada | 3–2 (OT)|  Germany|

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7 May| Slovakia | 3–1|  Switzerland|

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7 May| Czech Republic | 3–0|  Russia|

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7 May| Sweden | 6–5|  Finland|

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| Mats Sundin – 04:45| 1-0|

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| 1-1| 07:31 – Teemu Selänne
| 1-2| 09:13 – Teemu Selänne
| 1-3| 18:35 – Tomi Kallio
| 1-4| 25:26 – Kimmo Rintanen
| 1-5| 26:44 – Teemu Selänne
Jörgen Jönsson – 28:04| 2-5|
Peter Forsberg – 29:27| 3-5|
Jonas Höglund – 37:20| 4-5|
Peter Forsberg – 48:22| 5-5|
Per-Johan Axelsson – 55:06| 6-5|
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#### Semifinals

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9 May| Canada | 8–4|  Czech Republic|

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9 May| Slovakia | 1–4|  Sweden|

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#### Match for third place

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10 May| Czech Republic | 2–4|  Slovakia|

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#### Final

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11 May| Canada | 3–2 (OT)
(1-2, 0-0, 1-0, 1-0)|  Sweden| Helsinki
Attendance: 13,387

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| Roberto Luongo| Goalies| Mikael Tellqvist| Referee:
Vladimir Šindler
Linesmen:
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Antti Hämäläinen
| | 0-1| 10:18 − Mathias Tjärnqvist

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| 0-2| 18:39 − Per-Johan Axelsson
Shawn Horcoff − 19:17| 1-2|
Shane Doan − 49:03| 2-2|
Anson Carter − 73:49| 3-2|
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## Ranking and statistics

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2003 IIHF World Championship winners

Canada
22nd title

### Tournament awards

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* Best players selected by the directorate:
* Best Goaltender: Sean Burke
* Best Defenceman: Jay Bouwmeester
* Best Forward: Mats Sundin
* Most Valuable Player: Mats Sundin
* Media All-Star Team:
* Goaltender: Sean Burke
* Defence: Jay Bouwmeester,  Ľubomír Višňovský
* Forwards: Peter Forsberg,  Dany Heatley,  Mats Sundin

### Final standings

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The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

|  Canada

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|  Slovakia
4 |  Czech Republic
5 |  Finland
6 |  Germany
7 |  Russia
8 |  Switzerland
9 |  Latvia
10 |  Austria
11 |  Denmark
12 |  Ukraine
13 |  United States
14 |  Belarus
15 |  Slovenia
16 |  Japan

### Scoring leaders

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List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, then (fewer) games played.

Player  | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS

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Žigmund Pálffy | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +9 | 18 | F
Jozef Stümpel | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | +7 | 0 | F
Ľubomír Višňovský | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +11 | 2 | D
Teemu Selänne | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +3 | 2 | F
Saku Koivu | 7 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +3 | 4 | F
Dany Heatley | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +9 | 10 | F
Mats Sundin | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +8 | 10 | F
Miroslav Šatan | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +2 | 2 | F
Martin Straka | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +5 | 4 | F
Kimmo Rintanen | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +3 | 0 | F

Source: IIHF.com

### Leading goaltenders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

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Oliver Jonas | 180:00 | 100 | 4 | 1.33 | 96.00 | 0
Sean Burke | 328:47 | 156 | 7 | 1.28 | 95.51 | 1
Mikael Tellqvist | 393:16 | 150 | 9 | 1.37 | 94.00 | 0
Ján Lašák | 359:20 | 168 | 11 | 1.84 | 93.45 | 0
Marco Bührer | 297:25 | 137 | 9 | 1.82 | 93.43 | 1

Source: IIHF.com

## See also

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* IIHF World Championship

## References

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1. ^ South Korea withdraws

* Official tournament site
* Far east qualifier site

## External links

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* Official website

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