2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2002 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships March 2022 2002 2001 2003 The 2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between 26 April and 11 May 2002 in Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden. It was the 66th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The competition also served as qualification for division placements in the 2003 competition. Championship 2002 IIHF World Championship The Championship division was contested from 26 April to 11 May 2002. Participants in this tournament were placed into groups of four with the top three teams in each group advancing to the qualifying round. Teams which finished last in the group were sent to the relegation round where the top bottom teams were relegated to the 2003 Division I tournament. Within the qualifying round teams where split into two groups of six with the top four advancing to the playoff round and the bottom two eliminated from advancing. The playoff round was a knockout stage towards the gold medal game. The Championship was played in Gothenburg, Sweden. Slovakia won the gold medal game, defeating Russia 4–3. While Poland and Italy were relegated to Division I for 2003. http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/Ws/gs/pg000012.htm 2002 IIHF World Championship International Ice Hockey Federation 2010-03-11 Final standings SVK RUS SWE FIN CZE CAN USA GER UKR SUI LAT AUT SLO POL — relegated to Division I for 2003 ITA — relegated to Division I for 2003 JPN — Far Eastern qualifier for 2003 Division I Group A Group A was played in Eindhoven, The Netherlands between April 14 and April 20, 2002. main WDL PR 2 n BLR BLR 1995 FRA FRA KAZ KAZ NED NED CRO CRO KOR KOR 5 0 0 45 10 4 0 1 27 6 3 0 2 30 14 2 0 3 19 30 1 0 4 6 32 0 0 5 7 42 green1 P red1 R y noflag 9–0 3–1 6–4 12–1 15–4 0–9 1–6 0–12 3–1 2–4 1–3 6–1 6–0 10–0 4–2 4–6 12–0 0–6 10–0 4–2 1–12 1–3 0–10 0–10 5–7 4–15 4–2 2–4 2–4 7–5 complete IIHF Group B Group B was played in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary between April 14 and April 20, 2002. main WDL PR 2 n DEN DEN HUN HUN NOR NOR GBR GBR ROU ROU CHN CHN 5 0 0 40 10 4 0 1 19 9 3 0 2 26 11 2 0 3 18 16 1 0 4 10 31 0 0 5 7 43 green1 P red1 R y noflag 0–13 3–8 0–6 2–12 2–4 13–0 5–3 6–2 4–3 12–2 8–3 3–5 1–4 1–2 5–2 6–0 2–6 4–1 3–1 4–1 12–2 3–4 2–1 1–3 8–1 4–2 2–12 2–5 1–4 1–8 complete IIHF BLR 1995 and DEN are promoted to the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, while CHN and KOR are relegated to Division II. Division II To integrate a new Division III being added for the 2003 Championships, the bottom team in each pool was relegated to the 2003 inaugural Division III competition. Group A Group A was played in Cape Town, South Africa between March 31 and April 6, 2002. main WDL PR 2 n EST EST BEL BEL ISR ISR AUS AUS RSA RSA TUR TUR 5 0 0 74 7 4 0 1 37 11 3 0 2 14 22 2 0 3 32 39 1 0 4 13 37 0 0 5 3 57 green1 P red1 R y noflag 4–9 4–20 5–6 8–4 11–0 9–4 3–4 3–1 10–0 12–2 20–4 4–3 11–0 15–0 24–0 6–5 1–3 0–11 4–2 3–1 4–8 0–10 0–15 2–4 7–0 0–11 2–12 0–24 1–3 0–7 complete IIHF Group B Group B was played in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia between March 25 and March 31, 2002. main WDL PR 2 n LTU LTU 1988 YUG FR Yugoslavia ESP ESP BUL BUL ISL ISL LUX LUX 5 0 0 71 6 4 0 1 34 10 3 0 2 28 22 2 0 3 30 29 1 0 4 14 44 0 0 5 2 68 green1 P red1 R y noflag 5–4 3–13 17–2 3–5 2–5 4–5 0–20 8–0 1–11 1–8 13–3 20–0 20–0 11–2 7–1 2–17 0–8 0–20 0–10 0–13 5–3 11–1 2–11 10–0 0–7 5–2 8–1 1–7 13–0 7–0 complete IIHF EST and LTU 1988 are promoted to Division I, while LUX and TUR are relegated to Division III. Division II Qualification This Division II Qualification tournament took place between April 11 and April 13, 2002, in Mexico City, Mexico to determine the two teams that would earn promotion to Division II for 2003 Division II. main WDL PR 2 n PRK PRK MEX MEX NZL NZL 2 0 0 18 4 0 1 1 7 13 0 1 1 9 17 green1 P P red1 R complete IIHF All times local #eeeeee April 11, 200220:00 PRK 11–3 NZL #ffffff April 12, 200220:00 MEX 1–7 PRK #eeeeee April 13, 200220:00 NZL 6–6 MEX PRK and MEX are promoted to Division II. References External links IIHF Website Complete results at Passionhockey.com Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 167–8 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Ice Hockey Championships - Men's