2003 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Venue(s)	Auckland
Dates	3–6 April
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Games played	3
Scoring leader(s)	Eugene Nesterov (9 pts)
2004 →

The 2003 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested on 3–6 April 2003 in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand won the championship and gained promotion, along with Luxembourg, into the 2004 Division II tournament.^[1]

Team	2002 result
Turkey	Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated.[2]
Luxembourg	Placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated.[3]
New Zealand	Placed 3rd in Division II Qualification and were relegated.[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	14	3	+11	4	Promoted to Division II for 2004
2	Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	7	10	−3	2
3	Turkey	2	0	0	2	4	12	−8	0

All times local.

April 3, 2003 19:15

New Zealand

7 - 1 (2-0, 2-1, 3-0)

Turkey

Attendance: 300

April 5, 2003 16:45

Luxembourg

2 - 7 (1-3, 0-3, 1-1)

New Zealand

Attendance: 300

April 6, 2003 16:15

Turkey

3 - 5 (1-1, 0-0, 2-4)

Luxembourg

Attendance: 700

List shows the top ten players sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Eugene Nesterov	2	6	3	9	+7	2	F
Dennis Monk	2	3	2	5	+5	0	F
Duane Finch	2	3	1	4	+2	0	D
Emrah Ozmen	2	2	2	4	-1	2	F
Benny Welter	2	3	0	3	0	0	F
Jean-Marie Funk	2	1	2	3	0	2	F
Bekir Akgul	2	1	2	3	0	14	F
Darren Blong	2	0	3	3	+4	4	F
Michael Sam	2	0	3	3	+1	16	F
Robert Post	2	1	1	2	-2	0	F

Source: [2]

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

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Greg Davis	120:00	56	3	1.50	94.64	0
Omer Aybers	99:28	58	8	4.83	86.21	0
Michel Welter	120:00	71	10	5.00	85.92	0

Source: [3]

• International Ice Hockey Federation