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2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

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2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
2002 IIHF World Championship logo
Tournament details
Host nation Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Dates April 26 - May 11
Teams 16
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 56
Goals scored 340  (6.07 per game)
Attendance 305,541  (5,456 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Slovakia Miroslav Šatan

The 2002 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2002 in Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden.

It was the 66th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Qualification Tournament[]

Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between October 15 and October 17, 2001 in Harbin, China.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2 1 1 0 4 2 3
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
Flag of China.svg China 2 0 1 1 1 3 1

All times local

October 15, 2001
19:00 		South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg 1–1
 Flag of Japan.svg Japan
October 16, 2001
19:00 		Japan Flag of Japan.svg 3–1
 Flag of China.svg China
October 17, 2001
19:00 		China Flag of China.svg 0–0
 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

Final tournament[]

In the First Round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the Second Round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the Consolation Round.

First round[]

Group A[]

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 17 8 6
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3 2 0 1 17 9 4
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 3 1 0 2 5 9 2
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 0 0 3 6 19 0

All times local

April 26, 2002
15:15 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg 9–2
 Flag of Japan.svg Japan
April 26, 2002
20:03 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 0–5
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
April 28, 2002
15:15 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg 3–0
 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
April 28, 2002
19:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 5–3
 Flag of Japan.svg Japan
April 29, 2002
16:00 		Japan Flag of Japan.svg 1–5
 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
April 29, 2002
15:15 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 7–5
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany

Group B[]

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 3 3 0 0 14 1 6
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 3 2 0 1 13 7 4
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 3 1 0 2 7 8 2
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 3 0 0 3 0 18 0

All times local

April 27, 2002
15:15 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 7–0
 Flag of Poland.svg Poland
April 27, 2002
19:00 		Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg 0–3
 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
April 29, 2002
16:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 5–4
 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
April 29, 2002
20:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg 8–0
 Flag of Poland.svg Poland
April 30, 2002
16:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg 3–1
 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
April 30, 2002
20:00 		Poland Flag of Poland.svg 0–3
 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

Group C[]

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 3 0 0 15 5 6
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3 2 0 1 14 6 4
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 3 1 0 2 11 14 2
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 3 0 0 3 6 21 0

All times local

April 26, 2002
16:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg 8–1
 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
April 26, 2002
20:15 		Austria Flag of Austria.svg 3–5
 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
April 28, 2002
15:15 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg 6–3
 Flag of Austria.svg Austria
April 28, 2002
19:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 8–2
 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
April 30, 2002
16:00 		Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 3–5
 Flag of Austria.svg Austria
April 30, 2002
20:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 2–0
 Flag of Russia.svg Russia

Group D[]

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Canada.svg Canada 3 3 0 0 11 2 6
Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 2 0 1 9 6 4
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 3 1 0 2 7 8 2
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 0 0 3 3 14 0

All times local

April 27, 2002
15:15 		Italy Flag of Italy.svg 2–5
 Flag of the United States.svg United States
April 27, 2002
19:05 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg 4–1
 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
April 29, 2002
16:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg 5–0
 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
April 29, 2002
20:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg 3–2
 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
April 30, 2002
16:00 		Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 4–1
 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
April 30, 2002
20:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg 1–2
 Flag of Canada.svg Canada

Second round[]

In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

Group E[]

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5 5 0 0 25 11 10
Flag of Canada.svg Canada 5 4 0 1 13 10 8
Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 2 1 2 13 11 5
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 2 1 2 14 14 5
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 5 1 0 4 8 18 2
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 5 0 0 5 10 19 0
April 26, 2002
20:03 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 0–5
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
April 27, 2002
19:05 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg 4–1
 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
April 28, 2002
15:15 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg 3–0
 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
April 29, 2002
20:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg 3–2
 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
April 29, 2002
15:15 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 7–5
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
April 30, 2002
20:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg 1–2
 Flag of Canada.svg Canada
May 2, 2002
16:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg 3–0
 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
May 2, 2002
20:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg 3–1
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
May 2, 2002
20:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 3–1
 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
May 3, 2002
16:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 2–3
 Flag of Canada.svg Canada
May 3, 2002
20:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg 3–2
 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
May 4, 2002
15:15 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 5–4
 Flag of the United States.svg United States
May 5, 2002
15:15 		United States Flag of the United States.svg 2–2
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
May 5, 2002
19:00 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg 1–5
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
May 5, 2002
19:00 		Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 4–6
 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland

Group F[]

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 5 4 0 1 19 7 8
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 5 4 0 1 12 6 8
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 5 4 0 1 20 15 8
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5 1 1 3 13 15 3
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 5 1 1 3 10 20 3
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 5 0 0 5 12 23 0
April 26, 2002
20:15 		Austria Flag of Austria.svg 3–5
 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
April 27, 2002
19:00 		Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg 0–3
 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
April 28, 2002
15:15 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg 6–3
 Flag of Austria.svg Austria
April 29, 2002
16:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 5–4
 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
April 30, 2002
16:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg 3–1
 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
April 30, 2002
20:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 2–0
 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
May 2, 2002
16:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg 3–1
 Flag of Austria.svg Austria
May 2, 2002
20:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 1–2
 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
May 3, 2002
16:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg 3–3
 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
May 3, 2002
20:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 6–3
 Flag of Austria.svg Austria
May 4, 2002
15:15 		Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg 0–7
 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
May 4, 2002
19:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg 1–0
 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
May 5, 2002
19:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 4–2
 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
May 6, 2002
16:00 		Austria Flag of Austria.svg 2–3
 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
May 6, 2002
20:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg 4–6
 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia

Consolation Round 13-16 Place[]

Group G[]

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 3 3 0 0 12 5 6
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 3 2 0 1 12 7 4
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 1 0 2 7 11 2
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 0 0 3 7 15 0

As the Far Eastern qualifier, Flag of Japan.svg Japan avoids relegation. Therefore, Flag of Poland.svg Poland and Flag of Italy.svg Italy are relegated to Division I for the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

All times local

May 2, 2002
12:00 		Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 4–3
 Flag of Japan.svg Japan
May 2, 2002
16:00 		Poland Flag of Poland.svg 5–1
 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
May 3, 2002
16:00 		Poland Flag of Poland.svg 2–4
 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
May 3, 2002
20:00 		Japan Flag of Japan.svg 2–6
 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
May 5, 2002
11:00 		Italy Flag of Italy.svg 0–4
 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
May 5, 2002
15:15 		Japan Flag of Japan.svg 2–5
 Flag of Poland.svg Poland

Final round[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                   
May 7        
 Flag of Finland.svg Finland   3
May 9
 Flag of the United States.svg United States   1  
 Flag of Finland.svg Finland   2
May 7
   Flag of Russia.svg Russia   3  
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic   1
May 11
 Flag of Russia.svg Russia   3  
 Flag of Russia.svg Russia   3
May 7
   Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia   4
 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden   6
May 9
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany   2  
 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden   2 Third place
May 7
   Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia   3  
 Flag of Canada.svg Canada   2  Flag of Finland.svg Finland   3
 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia   3    Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden   5
May 10

Quarterfinals[]

07 May Finland Flag of Finland.svg 3-1
 Flag of the United States.svg United States
07 May Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 6-2
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
07 May Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1-3
 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
07 May Canada Flag of Canada.svg 2-3
 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia

Semifinals[]

09 May Russia Flag of Russia.svg 2-2 (1-0)
 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
09 May Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 2-2 (0-2)
 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia

Match for third place[]

10 May
19:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg 3-5
(2-0, 1-3, 0-2) 		Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Gothenburg
Attendance: 9,817

Final[]

11 May
19:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg 3 – 4
 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Scandinavium
Attendance: 11,591

Ranking and Statistics[]

 


 2002 IIHF World Championship Winners 
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Slovakia
1st title

Final standings[]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Gold medal icon Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
Silver medal icon Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Bronze medal icon Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
4 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
6 Flag of Canada.svg Canada
7 Flag of the United States.svg United States
8 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
9 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
10 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
11 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
12 Flag of Austria.svg Austria
13 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
14 Flag of Poland.svg Poland
15 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
16 Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Division I[]

Group A[]

Group A was played in Eindhoven, The Netherlands between April 14 and April 20, 2002.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 5 5 0 0 45 10 10
Flag of France.svg France 5 4 0 1 27 6 8
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 5 3 0 2 30 14 6
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 2 0 3 19 30 4
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 5 1 0 4 6 32 2
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 5 0 0 5 7 42 0

Scores[]

Team Flag of Belarus.svg BLR Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Flag of France.svg FRA Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Flag of South Korea.svg KOR Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED
Flag of Belarus.svg BLR   9–0 3–1 6–4 12–1 15–4
Flag of Croatia.svg CRO 0–9   1–6 0–12 3–1 2–4
Flag of France.svg FRA 1–3 6–1   6–0 10–0 4–2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ 4–6 12–0 0–6   10–0 4–2
Flag of South Korea.svg KOR 1–12 1–3 0–10 0–10   5–7
Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED 4–15 4–2 2–4 2–4 7–5  

Group B[]

Group B was played in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary between April 14 and April 20, 2002.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 5 5 0 0 40 10 10
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 5 4 0 1 19 9 8
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5 3 0 2 26 11 6
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 5 2 0 3 18 16 4
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 5 1 0 4 10 31 2
Flag of China.svg China 5 0 0 5 7 43 0

Scores[]

Team Flag of China.svg CHN Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Flag of Hungary.svg HUN Flag of Norway.svg NOR Flag of Romania.svg ROU
Flag of China.svg CHN   0–13 3–8 0–6 2–12 2–4
Flag of Denmark.svg DEN 13–0   5–3 6–2 4–3 12–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR 8–3 3–5   1–4 1–2 5–2
Flag of Hungary.svg HUN 6–0 2–6 4–1   3–1 4–1
Flag of Norway.svg NOR 12–2 3–4 2–1 1–3   8–1
Flag of Romania.svg ROU 4–2 2–12 2–5 1–4 1–8  

Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus and Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark are promoted to the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, while Flag of China.svg China and Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea are relegated to Division II.

Division II[]

Group A[]

Group A was played in Cape Town, South Africa between March 31 and April 6, 2002.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 5 5 0 0 74 7 10
Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 5 4 0 1 37 11 8
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 5 3 0 2 14 22 6
Flag of Australia.svg Australia 5 2 0 3 32 39 4
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5 1 0 4 13 37 2
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 5 0 0 5 3 57 0

Scores[]

Team Flag of Australia.svg AUS Flag of Belgium.svg BEL Flag of Estonia.svg EST Flag of Israel.svg ISR Flag of South Africa.svg RSA Flag of Turkey.svg TUR
Flag of Australia.svg AUS   4–9 4–20 5–6 8–4 11–0
Flag of Belgium.svg BEL 9–4   3–4 3–1 10–0 12–2
Flag of Estonia.svg EST 20–4 4–3   11–0 15–0 24–0
Flag of Israel.svg ISR 6–5 1–3 0–11   4–2 3–1
Flag of South Africa.svg RSA 4–8 0–10 0–15 2–4   7–0
Flag of Turkey.svg TUR 0–11 2–12 0–24 1–3 0–7  

Group B[]

Group B was played in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia between March 25 and March 31, 2002.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 5 5 0 0 71 6 10
Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 34 10 8
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5 3 0 2 28 22 6
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 5 2 0 3 30 29 4
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 5 1 0 4 14 44 2
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 5 0 0 5 2 68 0

Scores[]

Team Flag of Bulgaria.svg BUL Flag of Iceland.svg ISL Flag of Lithuania.svg LTU Flag of Luxembourg.svg LUX Flag of Spain.svg ESP Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg YUG
Flag of Bulgaria.svg BUL   5–4 3–13 17–2 3–5 2–5
Flag of Iceland.svg ISL 4–5   0–20 8–0 1–11 1–8
Flag of Lithuania.svg LTU 13–3 20–0   20–0 11–2 7–1
Flag of Luxembourg.svg LUX 2–17 0–8 0–20   0–10 0–13
Flag of Spain.svg ESP 5–3 11–1 2–11 10–0   0–7
Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg YUG 5–2 8–1 1–7 13–0 7–0  

Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia and Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania are promoted to Division I, while Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg and Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey are relegated to Division III.

Division II Qualification[]

Division II Qualification for the tournament took place between April 11 and April 13, 2002 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 2 2 0 0 18 4 4
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2 0 1 1 7 13 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2 0 1 1 9 17 1

All times local

April 11, 2002
20:00 		North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg 11–3
 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
April 12, 2002
20:00 		Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg 1–7
 Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
April 13, 2002
20:00 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg 6–6
 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico

Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea and Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico are promoted to Division II.

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