 Complete the following phrase:  The Group A tournament began on 23 March 2003 in Ventspils, Latvia. Denmark, Japan, Latvia and Slovenia all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championship. Great Britain gained promotion to Division I after finishing third in last years Division II tournament and Germany was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships. Denmark won the tournament after finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 