2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2002 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	December 25, 2001 – January 4, 2002
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	201 (5.91 per match)
Attendance	111,128 (3,268 per match)
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 – January 4, 2002.

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

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Slovakia	4	2	2	0	14	7	6
United States	4	2	2	0	14	9	6
Sweden	4	2	2	0	11	5	6
Czech Republic	4	1	0	3	11	7	2
Belarus	4	0	0	4	4	26	0

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

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	4	3	0	1	14	5	6
Canada	4	3	0	1	27	7	6
Russia	4	2	0	2	12	8	4
Switzerland	4	2	0	2	12	10	4
France	4	0	0	4	1	36	0

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

January 3, 2002 17:00

France

2 – 4 GWS (0–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Belarus

Pardubice

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

Final round

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

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

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

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 following teams took part in the Division I tournament. This group played in Kapfenberg and Zeltweg, Austria between December 9 and December 15, 2001.

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Austria	3	2	1	0	9	5	5
Norway	3	2	0	1	12	10	4
Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	13	13	2
Slovenia	3	0	1	2	6	12	1

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	16	4	6
Ukraine	3	1	1	1	7	3	3
Italy	3	0	2	1	10	17	2
Poland	3	0	1	2	10	15	1

Placement round

	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

	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 following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Zagreb, Croatia between December 30, 2001 and January 3, 2002.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	30	9	6
Latvia	3	2	0	1	22	6	4
Great Britain	3	1	0	2	7	19	2
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	3	28	0

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	25	6	6
Croatia	3	1	1	1	14	14	3
Hungary	3	1	1	1	7	10	3
Lithuania	3	0	0	3	7	23	0

Final round

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 following teams took part in the Division III tournament. This group played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 5 and January 9, 2002.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Estonia	3	3	0	0	53	4	6
FR Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	23	1	4
Iceland	3	1	0	2	7	32	2
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	3	39	0

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	20	7	6
Romania	3	2	0	1	21	10	4
South Africa	3	1	0	2	8	10	2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	8	30	0

Final round

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

FR 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.

External links

• IIHF Official Results – Top Division
• IIHF Official Results – Division I
• IIHF Official Results - Division II
• IIHF Official Results – Division III
• Results (Hockey Canada)