2003 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
# 2003 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

The 2003 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the seventh IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, 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

### Preliminary round

**Group A**

| 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 | — | $6–5^{OT}$ | 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 | | | | — |

**Group B**

| 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 | | | | — |

## Division I

### Preliminary round

**Group C**

| 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 | | | | — |

**Group D**

| 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 | | | | — |
