2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2002 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 25, 2001 – January 4, 2002
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Russia (2nd title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Finland
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played34
Goals scored201 (5.91 per game)
Attendance111,128 (3,268 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Mike Cammalleri (11 points)
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The 2002 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2002 World Junior Hockey Championships (2002 WJHC), was the 26th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Pardubice and Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, from December 25, 2001 to January 4, 2002.[1]

Russia won the gold medal with a 5–4 come-from-behind victory over Canada in the championship game, while Finland won the bronze medal with a 5–1 victory over Switzerland.

Venues

ČEZ Aréna
Capacity: 10,194 		Zimní Stadion
Capacity: 7,700
 Czech Republic – Pardubice  Czech Republic – Hradec Králové

Rosters

Main article: 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 4 2 2 0 14 7 +7 6 Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 2 2 0 14 9 +5 6
3  Sweden 4 2 2 0 11 5 +6 6
4  Czech Republic 4 1 0 3 11 7 +4 2
5  Belarus 4 0 0 4 4 26 −22 0 Relegation round
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

All times local (CET/UTC+1).

December 25, 2001
14:00		United States 3–1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicPardubice
Attendance: 8,500
December 25, 2001
17:30		Belarus 0–5
(0–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 SwedenPardubice
Attendance: 3,800
December 26, 2001
17:00		Slovakia 7–1
(1–0, 4–1, 2–0)		 BelarusPardubice
Attendance: 2,780
December 27, 2001
17:30		Czech Republic 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 SlovakiaPardubice
Attendance: 9,170
December 27, 2001
20:15		Sweden 2–2
(0–0, 0–2, 2–0)		 United StatesPardubice
Attendance: 6,300
December 28, 2001
17:00		Belarus 1–9
(1–3, 0–1, 0–5)		 Czech RepublicPardubice
Attendance: 6,715
December 29, 2001
15:30		Sweden 2–2
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)		 SlovakiaPardubice
Attendance: 3,093
December 29, 2001
19:00		United States 5–2
(0–1, 2–1, 3–0)		 BelarusPardubice
Attendance: 1,275
December 30, 2001
14:00		Czech Republic 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 SwedenPardubice
Attendance: 9,300
December 30, 2001
17:00		Slovakia 4–4
(2–3, 1–0, 1–1)		 United StatesPardubice
Attendance: 7,530

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 4 3 0 1 14 5 +9 6 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 4 3 0 1 27 7 +20 6
3  Russia 4 2 0 2 12 8 +4 4
4   Switzerland 4 2 0 2 12 10 +2 4
5  France 4 0 0 4 1 36 −35 0 Relegation round
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

All times local (CET/UTC+1).

December 25, 2001
15:300		France 0–15
(0–4, 0–5, 0–6)		 CanadaHradec Králové
Attendance: 300
December 25, 2001
19:00		Switzerland 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 FinlandHradec Králové
Attendance: 462
December 26, 2001
17:00		Russia 5–1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–1)		 FranceHradec Králové
Attendance: 302
December 27, 2001
15:30		Canada 6–1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)		  SwitzerlandHradec Králové
Attendance: 1,800
December 27, 2001
19:00		Finland 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 RussiaHradec Králové
Attendance: 2,200
December 28, 2001
17:00		France 0–8
(0–3, 0–3, 0–2)		 FinlandHradec Králové
Attendance: 300
December 29, 2001
15:30		Canada 5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0)		 RussiaHradec Králové
Attendance: 4,600
December 29, 2001
19:00		Switzerland 8–0
(3–0, 4–0, 1–0)		 FranceHradec Králové
Attendance: 856
December 30, 2001
15:30		Russia 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandHradec Králové
Attendance: 850
December 30, 2001
19:00		Finland 4–1
(2–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 CanadaHradec Králové
Attendance: 3,500

Relegation round

January 1, 2002
11:00		Belarus 2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)		 FranceHradec Králové
Attendance: 300
Game reference
January 3, 2002
17:00		France 2–4 GWS
(0–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 BelarusPardubice
Game reference

 France was relegated to Division I for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Source:[2]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
A2  United States 1
B3  Russia 6
B3  Russia 2†
B1  Finland 1
B1  Finland 3
A4  Czech Republic 1
B3  Russia 5
B2  Canada 4
A1  Slovakia 2
B4   Switzerland 3‡
B4   Switzerland 0 Bronze medal game
B2  Canada 4
B2  Canada 5 B1  Finland 5
A3  Sweden 2 B4   Switzerland 1

† Overtime victory. ‡ Shootout victory.

Quarterfinals

January 1, 2002
14:30		United States 1–6
(0–1, 1–4, 0–1)		 RussiaHradec Králové
Attendance: 1,500
January 1, 2002
14:30		Slovakia 2–3 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)		  SwitzerlandPardubice
Attendance: 3,200
January 1, 2002
18:00		Canada 5–2
(2–2, 2–0, 1–0)		 SwedenHradec Králové
Attendance: 1,200
Pascal LeclaireGoaliesHenrik Lundqvist
0-115:30 - Lundqvist
0-216:06 - Hedlund (Sundqvist) (PP)
Cammalleri (Boyes, Hamhuis) - 16:291-2
Stoll (Sutherby, Ott) - 18:592-2
Boyes (Bouwmeester (PP) - 30:363-2
Murray (Upshall) - 34:564-2
Sutherby (Stoll) (SH-EN) - 59:025-2
28Shots40
January 1, 2002
18:00		Finland 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicPardubice
Attendance: 5,725

Consolation round

January 2, 2002
15:30		Slovakia 2–3
(2–0, 0–0, 0–3)		 SwedenHradec Králové
Attendance: 400
January 2, 2002
19:00		Czech Republic 3–4
(2–1, 0–2, 1–1)		 United StatesHradec Králové
Attendance: 1,700

Semifinals

January 2, 2002
17:00		Switzerland 0–4
(0–0, 0–3, 0–1)		 CanadaPardubice
Attendance: 2,270
Tobias StephanGoaliesPascal Leclaire
0-126:04 - Ott (Stoll)
0-232:27 - Cammalleri (Sutherby)
0-333:35 - Sutherby (Ott)
0-458:28 - Ott (Schultz, Popovic)
35Shots40
January 2, 2002
20:30		Russia 2–1 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 FinlandPardubice
Attendance: 2,820

7th place game

January 4, 2002
15:30		Slovakia 2–6
(0–1, 1–3, 1–2)		 Czech RepublicHradec Králové
Attendance: 1,220

5th place game

January 4, 2002
19:00		United States 3–2 OT
(1–0, 1–0, 0–2, 1–0)		 SwedenHradec Králové
Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2002
16:30		3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Finland 5–1
(3–0, 2–1, 0–0)		  SwitzerlandPardubice
Attendance: 7,430

Gold medal game

January 4, 2002
20:30		1st place, gold medalist(s) Russia 5–4
(1–2, 3–1, 1–1)		 Canada 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Pardubice
Attendance: 9,130
0–10:22 – Sutherby (Stoll)
0–27:12 – Kobasew (Murray)
Frolov (Polushin) – 7:441–2
1–320:37 – Upshall (Spezza)
Chistov (Volchenkov) – 25:162–3
Polushin – 31:323–3
Trubachyov (Grogorenko) – 33:154–3
4–444:31 – Kobasew (Hamhuis) (PP)
Volchenkov (Nepryaev) – 46:515–4
30Shots27

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/−
1 Mike Cammalleri  Canada F 7 7 4 11 10 +9
2 Brad Boyes  Canada F 7 5 4 9 16 +8
3 Jared Aulin  Canada F 7 4 5 9 4 +8
4 Aleš Hemský  Czech Republic F 7 3 6 9 6 -1
5 Marek Svatoš  Slovakia F 7 7 1 8 6 +5
6 Alexander Frolov  Russia F 7 6 2 8 4 +5
7 Stanislav Chistov  Russia F 7 4 4 8 0 +2
8 Tomáš Kopecký  Slovakia F 7 3 5 8 22 +6
9 Jussi Jokinen  Finland F 7 2 6 8 2 +3
10 Jarkko Immonen  Finland F 7 4 3 7 6 +3

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

Rank Player Country TOI SOG GA GAA Saves Sv % SO
1 Kari Lehtonen  Finland 359:36 123 7 1.17 116 94.31 1
2 Pascal Leclaire  Canada 299:25 143 9 1.80 134 93.71 2
3 Peter Hamerlík  Slovakia 207:31 101 8 2.31 93 92.08 0
4 Peter Budaj  Slovakia 212:29 136 11 3.11 125 91.91 1
5 Henrik Lundqvist  Sweden 419:15 160 15 2.15 145 90.63 1

Tournament awards

Goaltender Defencemen Forwards
IIHF Directorate Awards Finland Kari Lehtonen Russia Igor Knyazev Canada Mike Cammalleri
Media All-Star Team Canada Pascal Leclaire Canada Jay Bouwmeester Russia Igor Knyazev Canada Mike Cammalleri Slovakia Marek Svatoš Russia Stanislav Chistov

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
4   Switzerland
5  United States
6  Sweden
7  Czech Republic
8  Slovakia
9  Belarus
10  France

Division I

The Division I tournament was played in Kapfenberg and Zeltweg, Austria between December 9 and December 15, 2001.[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 5 Final round
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 12 10 +2 4
3  Kazakhstan 3 1 0 2 13 13 0 2 Placement round
4  Slovenia 3 0 1 2 6 12 −6 1
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 16 4 +12 6 Final round
2  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 3
3  Italy 3 0 2 1 10 17 −7 2 Placement round
4  Poland 3 0 1 2 10 15 −5 1
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Placement round

Source:[4]

Consolation round 5th place game
      
B3  Italy 4
A4  Slovenia 5
A4  Slovenia 6
A3  Kazakhstan 11
A3  Kazakhstan 11
B4  Poland 0 7th place game
B4  Poland 6
B3  Italy 0

Final round

Source:[5]

Semifinals 1st place game
      
B1  Germany 3
A2  Norway 1
B1  Germany 7
A1  Austria 1
A1  Austria 9
B2  Ukraine 1 3rd place game
A2  Norway 7
B2  Ukraine 1

 Germany was promoted to the Top Division for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Due to a restructuring of the tournament, no team was relegated from Division I, which in the 2003 tournament consisted of 12 teams in 2 groups.

Division II

The Division II tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia between December 30, 2001 and January 3, 2002.[6]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Denmark 3 3 0 0 30 9 +21 6 Promoted to the 2003 Division I
2  Latvia 3 2 0 1 22 6 +16 4
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 2 7 19 −12 2
4  Netherlands 3 0 0 3 3 28 −25 0
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 25 6 +19 6 Promoted to the 2003 Division I
2  Croatia 3 1 1 1 14 14 0 3
3  Hungary 3 1 1 1 7 10 −3 3
4  Lithuania 3 0 0 3 7 23 −16 0
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Final round

Source:[7]

All times local (CET/UTC+1).

7th place game

January 3, 2002
10:00		Netherlands 10–4
(5–0, 2–2, 3–2)		 LithuaniaDom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 300

5th place game

January 3, 2002
13:30		Great Britain 9–4
(2–0, 2–3, 5–1)		 HungaryDom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 300

3rd place game

January 3, 2002
16:30		Latvia 10–1
(5–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 CroatiaDom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,200

1st place game

January 3, 2002
20:00		Denmark 2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)		 JapanDom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 800

 Japan,  Denmark,  Latvia, and  Croatia were promoted to Division I for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Due to a restructuring of the tournament, no team was relegated from Division II, which in the 2003 tournament consisted of 12 teams in 2 groups.

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 5 and January 9, 2002.[8]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Estonia 3 3 0 0 53 4 +49 6 Promoted to the 2003 Division II
2  Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 23 11 +12 4
3  Iceland 3 1 0 2 7 32 −25 2
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 3 39 −36 0
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 20 7 +13 6 Promoted to the 2003 Division II
2  Romania 3 2 0 1 21 10 +11 4
3  South Africa 3 1 0 2 8 10 −2 2
4  Mexico 3 0 0 3 8 30 −22 0
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Final round

Source:[9]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

7th place game

January 9, 2002
11:30		Mexico 9–4
(3–1, 4–1, 2–2)		 BulgariaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

5th place game

January 9, 2002
14:30		South Africa 4–3
(3–0, 0–2, 1–1)		 IcelandHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

3rd place game

January 9, 2002
17:30		Yugoslavia 4–1
(2–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 RomaniaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,000

1st place game

January 9, 2002
20:30		Estonia 12–1
(3–0, 7–0, 2–1)		 SpainHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,000

Due to a restructuring of the tournament, all teams were promoted to Division II for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, which consisted of 12 teams in 2 groups.

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Preceded by World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
See also: 2002 World Championships 		Succeeded by