2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2002 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 25, 2001 – January 4, 2002
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played	34
Goals scored	201 (5.91 per game)
Attendance	111,128 (3,268 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Mike Cammalleri (11 points)
	← 2001 2003 →

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

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 Republic

Pardubice
Attendance: 8,500

December 25, 2001
17:30

Belarus

0–5
(0–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Pardubice
Attendance: 3,800

December 26, 2001
17:00

Slovakia

7–1
(1–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Pardubice
Attendance: 2,780

December 27, 2001
17:30

Czech Republic

0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Pardubice
Attendance: 9,170

December 27, 2001
20:15

Sweden

2–2
(0–0, 0–2, 2–0)

United States

Pardubice
Attendance: 6,300

December 28, 2001
17:00

Belarus

1–9
(1–3, 0–1, 0–5)

Czech Republic

Pardubice
Attendance: 6,715

December 29, 2001
15:30

Sweden

2–2
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Slovakia

Pardubice
Attendance: 3,093

December 29, 2001
19:00

United States

5–2
(0–1, 2–1, 3–0)

Belarus

Pardubice
Attendance: 1,275

December 30, 2001
14:00

Czech Republic

1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

Pardubice
Attendance: 9,300

December 30, 2001
17:00

Slovakia

4–4
(2–3, 1–0, 1–1)

United States

Pardubice
Attendance: 7,530

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	3	1	14	5	+9	6	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	3	1	27	7	+20	6
3	Russia	4	2	2	12	8	+4	4
4	Switzerland	4	2	2	12	10	+2	4
5	France	4	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)

Canada

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 300

December 25, 2001
19:00

Switzerland

3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Finland

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 462

December 26, 2001
17:00

Russia

5–1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

France

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 302

December 27, 2001
15:30

Canada

6–1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 1,800

December 27, 2001
19:00

Finland

2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Russia

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 2,200

December 28, 2001
17:00

France

0–8
(0–3, 0–3, 0–2)

Finland

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 300

December 29, 2001
15:30

Canada

5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Russia

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 4,600

December 29, 2001
19:00

Switzerland

8–0
(3–0, 4–0, 1–0)

France

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 856

December 30, 2001
15:30

Russia

4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 850

December 30, 2001
19:00

Finland

4–1
(2–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Canada

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 3,500

Relegation round

January 1, 2002
11:00

Belarus

2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)

France

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 300

Game reference

January 3, 2002
17:00

France

2–4 GWS
(0–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Belarus

Pardubice

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)

Russia

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 1,500

January 1, 2002
14:30

Slovakia

2–3 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Pardubice
Attendance: 3,200

January 1, 2002
18:00

Canada

5–2
(2–2, 2–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 1,200

Pascal Leclaire

Goalies

Henrik Lundqvist

	0-1	15:30 - Lundqvist
	0-2	16:06 - Hedlund (Sundqvist) (PP)
Cammalleri (Boyes, Hamhuis) - 16:29	1-2
Stoll (Sutherby, Ott) - 18:59	2-2
Boyes (Bouwmeester (PP) - 30:36	3-2
Murray (Upshall) - 34:56	4-2
Sutherby (Stoll) (SH-EN) - 59:02	5-2

28

Shots

40

January 1, 2002
18:00

Finland

3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Pardubice
Attendance: 5,725

Consolation round

January 2, 2002
15:30

Slovakia

2–3
(2–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Sweden

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 400

January 2, 2002
19:00

Czech Republic

3–4
(2–1, 0–2, 1–1)

United States

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 1,700

Semifinals

January 2, 2002
17:00

Switzerland

0–4
(0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Canada

Pardubice
Attendance: 2,270

Tobias Stephan

Goalies

Pascal Leclaire

	0-1	26:04 - Ott (Stoll)
	0-2	32:27 - Cammalleri (Sutherby)
	0-3	33:35 - Sutherby (Ott)
	0-4	58:28 - Ott (Schultz, Popovic)

35

Shots

40

January 2, 2002
20:30

Russia

2–1 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Pardubice
Attendance: 2,820

7th place game

January 4, 2002
15:30

Slovakia

2–6
(0–1, 1–3, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Hradec 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)

Sweden

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2002
16:30

Finland

5–1
(3–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Pardubice
Attendance: 7,430

Gold medal game

January 4, 2002
20:30

Russia

5–4
(1–2, 3–1, 1–1)

Canada

Pardubice
Attendance: 9,130

	0–1	0:22 – Sutherby (Stoll)
	0–2	7:12 – Kobasew (Murray)
Frolov (Polushin) – 7:44	1–2
	1–3	20:37 – Upshall (Spezza)
Chistov (Volchenkov) – 25:16	2–3
Polushin – 31:32	3–3
Trubachyov (Grogorenko) – 33:15	4–3
	4–4	44:31 – Kobasew (Hamhuis) (PP)
Volchenkov (Nepryaev) – 46:51	5–4

30

Shots

27

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	Kari Lehtonen	Igor Knyazev		Mike Cammalleri
Media All-Star Team	Pascal Leclaire	Jay Bouwmeester	Igor Knyazev	Mike Cammalleri	Marek Svatoš	Stanislav Chistov

Final standings

	Team
	Russia
	Canada
	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	Final round
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	13	13	0	2	Placement round
4	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	6	12	−6	1	Placement round

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	Final round
3	Italy	3	0	2	1	10	17	−7	2	Placement round
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	10	15	−5	1	Placement round

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Denmark	3	3	0	30	9	+21	6	Promoted to the 2003 Division I
2	Latvia	3	2	1	22	6	+16	4	Promoted to the 2003 Division I
3	Great Britain	3	1	2	7	19	−12	2
4	Netherlands	3	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	Promoted to the 2003 Division I
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)

Lithuania

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 300

5th place game

January 3, 2002
13:30

Great Britain

9–4
(2–0, 2–3, 5–1)

Hungary

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 300

3rd place game

January 3, 2002
16:30

Latvia

10–1
(5–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Croatia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,200

1st place game

January 3, 2002
20:00

Denmark

2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Japan

Dom 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Estonia	3	3	0	53	4	+49	6	Promoted to the 2003 Division II
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	23	11	+12	4
3	Iceland	3	1	2	7	32	−25	2
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	3	39	−36	0

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Spain	3	3	0	20	7	+13	6	Promoted to the 2003 Division II
2	Romania	3	2	1	21	10	+11	4
3	South Africa	3	1	2	8	10	−2	2
4	Mexico	3	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)

Bulgaria

Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

5th place game

January 9, 2002
14:30

South Africa

4–3
(3–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Iceland

Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

3rd place game

January 9, 2002
17:30

Yugoslavia

4–1
(2–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Romania

Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,000

1st place game

January 9, 2002
20:30

Estonia

12–1
(3–0, 7–0, 2–1)

Spain

Hala 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.

References

^ "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Top Division statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-01-22. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Playoffs results". Archived from the original on 2003-03-03. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I statistics". Archived from the original on 2002-08-12. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Playoff round position 5–8 results". Archived from the original on 2003-09-03. Retrieved 2023-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Playoff round position 1–4 results". Archived from the original on 2002-10-24. Retrieved 2023-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II statistics". Archived from the original on 2002-10-23. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Playoffs results". Archived from the original on 2002-10-24. Retrieved 2023-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III statistics". Archived from the original on 2002-08-12. Retrieved 2009-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Playoffs results". Archived from the original on 2003-12-28. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

Results (Hockey Canada)

Preceded by 2001 World Juniors	World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2002 World Championships	Succeeded by 2003 World Juniors

[1] "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Top Division statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-01-22. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] "Playoffs results". Archived from the original on 2003-03-03. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I statistics". Archived from the original on 2002-08-12. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] "Playoff round position 5–8 results". Archived from the original on 2003-09-03. Retrieved 2023-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] "Playoff round position 1–4 results". Archived from the original on 2002-10-24. Retrieved 2023-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[6] "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II statistics". Archived from the original on 2002-10-23. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[7] "Playoffs results". Archived from the original on 2002-10-24. Retrieved 2023-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[8] "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III statistics". Archived from the original on 2002-08-12. Retrieved 2009-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[9] "Playoffs results". Archived from the original on 2003-12-28. Retrieved 2011-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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