2003 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup

The 2003 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the first edition of the Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup the quadrennial world championship for men's national indoor hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation.

2003 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
CityLeipzig
Dates5–9 February
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runner-up Poland
Third place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored372 (9.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Fred Soyez (21 goals)
(next) 2007

It occurred in February 2003, in Leipzig, Germany.[1] The host nation Germany won both the men's and women's gold medals.

The Eurosport TV channel covered the event, which had good ratings despite the late schedule. The 2015 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup was also held in Leipzig, Germany. A total of 20 million viewers watched 13 hours broadcast on Eurosport, with ten matches broadcast on live TV.[2] This competition included several countries which are not strong competitors at the outdoor international level.

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany (H) 5 5 0 0 59 13 +46 15 Semi-finals
2    Switzerland 5 3 0 2 37 21 +16 9
3   Canada 5 2 2 1 24 25 −1 8 Fifth place game
4   Czech Republic 5 2 1 2 34 22 +12 7 Seventh place game
5   Russia 5 1 1 3 10 37 −27 4 Ninth place game
6   New Zealand 5 0 0 5 4 50 −46 0 Eleventh place game
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts
5 February 2003
09:00
Switzerland   9–5   Czech Republic
Keller   11'
Grandchamp   16'23'24'26'
Cavallet   25'
Bircher   32'
Steinemann   40'40'
Report Jaros   3'
Marik   13'13'18'
Bernátek   29'
Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Henrik Ehlers DEN)
5 February 2003
10:05
New Zealand   0–17   Germany
Report Weißenborn   4'
Sunkel   5'8'26'27'
Emmerling   10'17'
Crone   13'19'20'
C. Domke   13'23'
O. Domke   28'
Michel   32'33'39'
Witthaus   34'
Umpires:
Philip Schellekens (NED)
Mark Sandhu (AUS)
5 February 2003
11:10
Russia   3–3   Canada
Kuznetsov   8'
Kholodov   32'34'
Report Pereira   5'16'
Fernandes   6'
Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Andreas Dobritzhofer (AUT)
5 February 2003
15:40
Canada   5–4    Switzerland
Fernandes   22'24'37'40'
Desouza   32'
Report Gahwiler   15'31'
Steinemann   25'
Bernhard   26'
Umpires:
Stephan Brooks (ENG)
Steve Simpson (USA)
5 February 2003
16:45
Czech Republic   10–0   New Zealand
Jaros   10'
Marik   12'22'
Lahoda   18'36'
Bodnar   25'37'
Vespalec   26'39'
Perinka   31'
Report
Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Andreas Dobritzhofer (AUT)
5 February 2003
21:00
Germany   16–0   Russia
Emmerling   3'14'
Kunz   6'10'27'
C. Domke   18'
Eimer   19'30'
Michel   26'36'
O. Domke   29'
Sunkel   31'38'40'
Witthaus   32'
Weißenborn   33'
Report
Umpires:
Jean-Francois Stappaerts (BEL)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)

6 February 2003
10:40
Canada   7–2   New Zealand
Pereira   2'32'
Fernandes   11'18'28'
D'Souza   16'
Evans   36'
Report Jones   15'
Cochrane   25'
Umpires:
Mark Sandhu (AUS)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
6 February 2003
11:45
Czech Republic   3–6   Germany
Vespalec   14'
Lahoda   20'39'
Report O. Domke   10'12'23'
Sunkel   16'28'
Kunz   40'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Stephen Brooks (ENG)
6 February 2003
13:00
Russia   0–7    Switzerland
Report Bircher   2'
Grandchamp   4'20'
Bernhard   12'28'
Steinemann   19'
Wullschleger   26'
Umpires:
Philip Schellekens (NED)
Jean-Francois Stappaerts (BEL)
6 February 2003
17:20
Germany   9–6    Switzerland
Sunkel   1'
Michel   7'25'
O. Domke   16'16'26'
Eimer   21'
Weißenborn   29'
Witthaus   31'
Report Grandchamp   4'40'
Bernhard   8'39'
Gahwiler   13'
Bircher   25'
Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
6 February 2003
18:30
Czech Republic   5–5   Canada
Vespalec   5'12'37'
Lahoda   9'
Bernátek   23'
Report Sandison   13'24'
D'Abreo   37'40'
Fernandes   40'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Philip Schellekens (NED)

7 February 2003
09:30
Russia   5–0   New Zealand
Mamoshkin   12'25'34'
Jirkov   38'40'
Report
Umpires:
Stephen Brooks (ENG)
Christian Blasch (GER)
7 February 2003
14:00
Switzerland   11–2   New Zealand
Steinemann   4'22'23'
Gahwiler   11'18'19'
Grandchamp   14'21'21'34'38'
Keller   29'
Report Jones   19'
Burnett   22'
Umpires:
Andreas Dobritzhofer (AUT)
Steve Simpson (USA)
7 February 2003
15:05
Russia   2–11   Czech Republic
Jirkov   6'
Stasiouk   13'
Report Vespalec   3'17'19'20'40'
Lahoda   9'11'25'33'33'
Marik   30'
Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
7 February 2003
20:00
Germany   11–4   Canada
O. Domke   4'25'
Kunz   5'
Witthaus   6'25'31'
Sunkel   9'15'20'
Weißenborn   24'
Emmerling   34'
Report Desouza   2'
D'Souza   6'
D'Abreo   29'
Fernandes   35'
Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Poland 5 4 0 1 29 13 +16 12 Semi-finals
2   France 5 4 0 1 28 18 +10 12
3   Netherlands 5 3 0 2 27 15 +12 9 Fifth place game
4   Australia 5 2 1 2 20 20 0 7 Seventh place game
5   South Africa 5 1 1 3 15 28 −13 4 Ninth place game
6   United States 5 0 0 5 7 32 −25 0 Eleventh place game
Source: FIH
5 February 2003
12:15
Netherlands   6–1   South Africa
5 February 2003
13:30
Poland   7–1   United States
5 February 2003
14:35
Australia   5–3   France
5 February 2003
17:50
Netherlands   2–4   Poland
6 February 2003
08:30
South Africa   4–9   France
6 February 2003
09:35
United States   0–4   Australia
6 February 2003
14:05
France   5–3   Netherlands
6 February 2003
15:10
Australia   3–8   Poland
6 February 2003
16:15
South Africa   4–3   United States
7 February 2003
10:35
Poland   6–2   South Africa
7 February 2003
11:40
Netherlands   5–4   Australia
7 February 2003
12:45
France   6–2   United States
7 February 2003
16:10
South Africa   4–4   Australia
7 February 2003
17:15
United States   1–11   Netherlands
7 February 2003
18:30
Poland   4–5   France

Finals edit

Semifinals
8 February 2003
15:00
Poland   6–5    Switzerland
8 February 2003
16:30
Germany   4–2   France

Placement rounds edit

Match for 11th place
8 February 2003
09:00
New Zealand   7–8   United States
Match for 9th place
8 February 2003
10:30
Russia   8–3   South Africa
Match for 7th place
8 February 2003
19:30
Czech Republic   4–6   Australia
Match for 5th place
9 February 2003
10:00
Canada   7–8   Netherlands
Match for 3rd place
9 February 2003
13:00
Switzerland   6–8   France
Match for 1st place
9 February 2003
16:00
Poland   1–7   Germany

Final standings edit

References edit

  1. ^ "IHWC 2003 - 1st Indoor Hockey World Cup Leipzig 2003".
  2. ^ "Indoor Field Hockey Canada | World Cup". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-04.

Results edit

External links edit