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2002 IIHF World Championship

The 2002 IIHF World Championship was held between 26 April and 11 May 2002 in Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden.

2002 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates26 April – 11 May
Opened byCarl XVI Gustaf
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Slovakia (1st title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played56
Goals scored340 (6.07 per game)
Attendance305,541 (5,456 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Slovakia Miroslav Šatan (13 points)
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Main article: 2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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

Qualification Tournament

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Japan 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 3
  South Korea 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
  China 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: IIHF

All times local

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

Venues

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Scandinavium
Capacity: 12,044 		Kinnarps Arena
Capacity: 6,236 		Löfbergs Lila Arena
Capacity: 8,647
     
Gothenburg Jönköping Karlstad

Final tournament

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In the first round, the top three teams from each group progressed to the second round, whilst the last-placed team progressed to the consolation round.

First round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 17 8 +9 6
  Germany 3 2 0 1 17 9 +8 4
   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 2
  Japan 3 0 0 3 6 19 −13 0
Source: IIHF
26 April 2002
15:15		Germany  9–2  Japan
26 April 2002
20:03		Switzerland  0–5  Czech Republic
28 April 2002
15:15		Germany  3–0   Switzerland
28 April 2002
19:00		Czech Republic  5–3  Japan
29 April 2002
16:00		Japan  1–5   Switzerland
29 April 2002
15:15		Czech Republic  7–5  Germany

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Finland 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 6
  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 13 7 +6 4
  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 2
  Poland 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0
Source: IIHF
27 April 2002
15:15		Slovakia  7–0  Poland
27 April 2002
19:00		Ukraine  0–3  Finland
29 April 2002
16:00		Slovakia  5–4  Ukraine
29 April 2002
20:00		Finland  8–0  Poland
30 April 2002
16:00		Finland  3–1  Slovakia
30 April 2002
20:00		Poland  0–3  Ukraine

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 6
  Russia 3 2 0 1 14 6 +8 4
  Austria 3 1 0 2 11 14 −3 2
  Slovenia 3 0 0 3 6 21 −15 0
Source: IIHF
26 April 2002
16:00		Russia  8–1  Slovenia
26 April 2002
20:15		Austria  3–5  Sweden
28 April 2002
15:15		Russia  6–3  Austria
28 April 2002
19:00		Sweden  8–2  Slovenia
30 April 2002
16:00		Slovenia  3–5  Austria
30 April 2002
20:00		Sweden  2–0  Russia

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 6
  United States 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 4
  Latvia 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 2
  Italy 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: IIHF
27 April 2002
15:15		Italy  2–5  United States
27 April 2002
19:05		Canada  4–1  Latvia
29 April 2002
16:00		Canada  5–0  Italy
29 April 2002
20:00		United States  3–2  Latvia
30 April 2002
16:00		Latvia  4–1  Italy
30 April 2002
20:00		United States  1–2  Canada

Second round

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In the second round, the top three teams from each group progressed to the final round, whilst the bottom two teams were eliminated.

Group E

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Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Czech Republic 5 5 0 0 25 11 +14 10
  Canada 5 4 0 1 13 10 +3 8
  United States 5 2 1 2 13 11 +2 5
  Germany 5 2 1 2 14 14 0 5
   Switzerland 5 1 0 4 8 18 −10 2
  Latvia 5 0 0 5 10 19 −9 0
Source: IIHF
26 April 2002
20:03		Switzerland  0–5  Czech Republic
27 April 2002
19:05		Canada  4–1  Latvia
28 April 2002
15:15		Germany  3–0   Switzerland
29 April 2002
20:00		United States  3–2  Latvia
29 April 2002
15:15		Czech Republic  7–5  Germany
30 April 2002
20:00		United States  1–2  Canada
2 May 2002
16:00		United States  3–0   Switzerland
2 May 2002
20:00		Canada  3–1  Germany
2 May 2002
20:00		Czech Republic  3–1  Latvia
3 May 2002
16:00		Switzerland  2–3  Canada
3 May 2002
20:00		Germany  3–2  Latvia
4 May 2002
15:15		Czech Republic  5–4  United States
5 May 2002
15:15		United States  2–2  Germany
5 May 2002
19:00		Canada  1–5  Czech Republic
5 May 2002
19:00		Latvia  4–6   Switzerland

Group F

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Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 5 4 0 1 19 7 +12 8
  Finland 5 4 0 1 12 6 +6 8
  Slovakia 5 4 0 1 20 15 +5 8
  Russia 5 1 1 3 13 15 −2 3
  Ukraine 5 1 1 3 10 20 −10 3
  Austria 5 0 0 5 12 23 −11 0
Source: IIHF
26 April 2002
20:15		Austria  3–5  Sweden
27 April 2002
19:00		Ukraine  0–3  Finland
28 April 2002
15:15		Russia  6–3  Austria
29 April 2002
16:00		Slovakia  5–4  Ukraine
30 April 2002
16:00		Finland  3–1  Slovakia
30 April 2002
20:00		Sweden  2–0  Russia
2 May 2002
16:00		Finland  3–1  Austria
2 May 2002
20:00		Sweden  1–2  Slovakia
3 May 2002
16:00		Russia  3–3  Ukraine
3 May 2002
20:00		Slovakia  6–3  Austria
4 May 2002
15:15		Ukraine  0–7  Sweden
4 May 2002
19:00		Finland  1–0  Russia
5 May 2002
19:00		Sweden  4–2  Finland
6 May 2002
16:00		Austria  2–3  Ukraine
6 May 2002
20:00		Russia  4–6  Slovakia

Consolation round 13–16 place

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Group G

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Slovenia 3 3 0 0 12 5 +7 6
  Poland 3 2 0 1 12 7 +5 4
  Italy 3 1 0 2 7 11 −4 2
  Japan 3 0 0 3 7 15 −8 0
Source: IIHF

As the Far Eastern qualifier, Japan avoided relegation. Therefore, Poland and Italy were relegated to Division I for the 2003 Championships.

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

Final round

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 May
 
 
  Finland 3
 
9 May
 
  United States 1
 
  Finland 2
 
7 May
 
  Russia 3
 
  Czech Republic 1
 
11 May
 
  Russia 3
 
  Russia 3
 
7 May
 
  Slovakia 4
 
  Sweden 6
 
9 May
 
  Germany 2
 
  Sweden 2
 
7 May
 
  Slovakia 3 Third place
 
  Canada 2
 
10 May
 
  Slovakia 3
 
  Finland 3
 
 
  Sweden 5
 

Quarterfinals

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7 MayFinland  3–1  United States
7 MaySweden  6–2  Germany
7 MayCzech Republic  1–3  Russia
7 MayCanada  2–3
(1–0, 1–1, 0–2)		  Slovakia
Dany Heatley 12:45
Ryan Smyth 23:59		Goals

39:59 Peter Bondra
43:47 Miroslav Šatan
44:37 Peter Bondra

Semifinals

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9 MayRussia  3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0 – 0–0, 1–0)		  Finland
0–104:37 – Jere Karalahti
Dmitry Zatonsky – 10:191–1
1–220:48 – Niklas Hagman
Maxim Afinogenov – 29:402–2
9 MaySweden  2–3
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1 – 0–0, 0–1)		  Slovakia
Per-Johan Axelsson 17:021–0
Thomas Johansson 31:442–0
2–135:32 Vladimír Országh
2–258:02 Miroslav Šatan

Match for third place

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10 May
19:00		Finland  3–5
(2–0, 1–3, 0–2)		  SwedenGothenburg
Attendance: 9,817
Tomi Kallio − 04:391–0
Niklas Hagman − 08:562–0
Kimmo Rintanen − 21:333–0
3–123:22 − Johan Davidsson
3–234:21 − Mattias Weinhandl
3–338:44 − Thomas Rhodin
3–453:54 − Thomas Rhodin
3–559:53 − Nichlas Falk

Final

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11 May
19:00		Russia  3–4
(0–2, 1–1, 2–1)		  SlovakiaScandinavium
Attendance: 11,591
Game reference
SokolovGoaliesLašákReferees:
Pakaslahti
Carpentier, Redding
0–10:22 Višňovský (Stümpel)
0–212:10 Bondra (Šatan), (Pálffy)
23:27 Sushinsky (Zatonsky, Prokopiev)1–2
1–326:59 Šatan (Handzuš)
42:09 Antipov (Karpov)2–3
54:15 Sushinsky (Prokopiev)3–3
3–458:20 Bondra (Pálffy)
10 minPenalties8 min
21Shots21

Ranking and statistics

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 2002 IIHF World Championship winners 
 
Slovakia
1st title

Tournament Awards

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Final standings

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The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

    Slovakia
    Russia
    Sweden
4   Finland
5   Czech Republic
6   Canada
7   United States
8   Germany
9   Ukraine
10    Switzerland
11   Latvia
12   Austria
13   Slovenia
14   Poland
15   Italy
16   Japan

Scoring leaders

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List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, then (fewer) games played.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
  Miroslav Šatan 9 5 8 13 +2 2 F
  Kristian Huselius 9 5 6 11 +7 0 F
  Peter Bondra 9 7 2 9 +12 20 F
  Jaromír Jágr 7 4 4 8 +5 2 F
  Richard Lintner 9 4 4 8 +1 22 D
  Timo Pärssinen 9 3 5 8 +3 4 F
  Jan Benda 7 1 7 8 +4 14 D
  Marcel Rodman 6 6 1 7 –1 2 F
  Ulf Dahlén 9 5 2 7 +5 0 F
  Niklas Hagman 9 5 2 7 +2 2 F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

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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
  Ryan Miller 238:13 139 7 1.76 94.96 1
  Jussi Markkanen 429:42 159 10 1.40 93.71 2
  Maxim Sokolov 291:05 167 11 2.27 93.41 0
  Kostyantyn Simchuk 268:25 134 9 2.02 93.28 1
  Tommy Salo 429:00 178 14 1.96 92.13 1

Source: IIHF.com

See also

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References

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