Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2002

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	Winner: Slovakia

The 66th Ice Hockey World Championships in the 2002 Olympic year took place at the following locations and on the following dates:

World Championship: April 26th to May 11th in Gothenburg , Jönköping and Karlstad ( Sweden )

Qualification Far East: 15. October bis 17th October 2001 in Harbin ( China )

Division I, Group A: April 14th to 20th in Eindhoven ( Netherlands )

Division I, Group B: April 14 to 20 in Dunaújváros and Székesfehérvár ( Hungary )

Division II, Group A: March 31 to April 6 in Cape Town ( South Africa )

Division II, Group B: March 25 to 31 in Novi Sad ( Yugoslavia )

Qualification Div. II: 11. bis 13. April in Mexico City ( Mexico )

A total of 43 teams took part in these world championships. This was a new attendance record. Compared to the previous year , there were hardly any changes in the mode and rules, except for the introduction of a qualifying tournament for the World Cup of Division II.

Men's World Cup spectators

competition	viewers total	Games	O
WM	305,541	56	5,456
Division IA	12,075	15th	805
Division IB	26,000	15th	1,733
Division II A	5,534	15th	369
Division II B	19,985	15th	1,332
Qual. Div. II	2,400	3	800

Far East qualification for the World Cup

The Far East qualifying tournament for the men's world championship was held in the Baqu Arena in Harbin .

Games

October 15, 2001

Japan

1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)

South Korea

Baqu Arena , Harbin

October 16, 2001

People's Republic of China

1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)

Japan

Baqu Arena, Harbin

October 17, 2001

People's Republic of China

0: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)

South Korea

Baqu Arena, Harbin

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Japan	2	1	1	0	4: 2	+2	3: 1
2	South Korea	2	0	2	0	1: 1	0	2: 2
3	People's Republic of China	2	0	1	1	1: 3	−2	1: 3

Qualified for the top division:

Japan

World Championship

World Cup 2002 men
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Slovakia
silver	Russia
bronze	Sweden
Relegated	Italy Japan
Venues	Gothenburg , Jönköping and Karlstad , Sweden
Period	April 26 - May 11, 2005
spectator	305,541 (5,456 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Maxim Sokolov
Best defender	Daniel Tjärnqvist
Best striker	Niklas Hagman
Top scorer	Miroslav Šatan (13)
MVP	Miroslav Šatan

The top division of the Ice Hockey World Championship 2002 was awarded to Sweden . The Swedish Ice Hockey Federation selected Gothenburg , Jönköping and Karlstad as the venues. In order to meet the requirements of the world association , new ice rinks were built in Jönköping and Karlstad. The tournament games attracted a total of over 300,000 spectators, with the final between Slovakia and Russia attracting the most people with 11,591 spectators.

The world champion was the team from Slovakia , which dethroned the defending champion Czech Republic and defeated the Russian national team in the final. The realized Peter Bondra the match-winning 4 after 59 minutes into the match. 3 It was the first title of the relatively young Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. Over 2,000 Slovak fans, including President Rudolf Schuster and the Russian Minister of Sports, Vyacheslav Fetissov, saw the final . Russia won the first World Cup medal since 1993.

Venues

The men's A World Championship was held in Sweden at three venues: Gothenburg , Jönköping and Karlstad .

The Scandinavium in Gothenburg offers 12,044 seats and is usually the venue for the Frölunda Indians . The Kinnarps Arena in Jönköping, otherwise the venue for the HV71 , offers 7,038 seats. The third venue, Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad, is home to Färjestad BK and in 2002 had 7,880 spectators.

Gothenburg	Jonkoping	Karlstad
Scandinavium Capacity: 12,044	Kinnarps Arena Capacity: 7,038	Löfbergs Lila Arena Capacity: 7,880

Attendees

The following 16 teams took part in the tournament:

13 from Europe	Germany	Finland	Italy	Latvia	Austria
	Poland	Russia	Sweden	Switzerland	Slovakia
	Slovenia	Czech Republic	Ukraine
2 from North America	Canada	United States
1 from Asia	Japan

Preliminary round

Group A

April 26, 2002 3:15 p.m.

Germany A. Morczinietz (4:36) D. Seidenberg (8:03) B. Blank (22:54) S. Ustorf (23:54) L. Soccio (31:13) B. Blank (31:47) K . Kathan (37:14) A. Morczinietz (48:42) K. Kathan (52:37)

9: 2 (2: 0, 5: 2, 2: 0) match report

Japan C. Yule (25:48) T. Suzuki (30:58)

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping spectators: 2,374

April 26, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Switzerland

0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 3, 0: 1) game report

Czech Republic F. Kaberle (06:56) V. Ujčík (33:19) V. Ujčík (36:54) J. Hlinka (38:32) M. Procházka (52:42)

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping spectators: 3,183

April 28, 2002 3:15 pm

Germany D. Kreutzer (9:30) S. Ustorf (20:22) J. Rumrich (40:26)

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Switzerland

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping spectators: 3,148

April 28, 2002

Czech Republic

5: 3 (0: 1, 3: 1, 2: 1)

Japan

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

April 29, 2002

Switzerland

5: 1 (1: 1, 4: 0, 0: 0)

Japan

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

April 29, 2002

Czech Republic

7: 5 (2: 1, 2: 2, 3: 2)

Germany

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	17: 08	6-0
2.	Germany	3	2	0	1	17: 09	4: 2
3.	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	05: 09	2: 4
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	06:19	0: 6

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations:     = next round,     = relegation round

Group B

April 27, 2002 3:15 p.m.

Slovakia

7: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 4: 0) game report

Poland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 2,839

April 27, 2002

Finland

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Ukraine

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 29, 2002

Slovakia

5: 4 (2: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1)

Ukraine

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 29, 2002

Finland

8: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0)

Poland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 30, 2002

Finland

3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)

Slovakia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 30, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Poland

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Ukraine W. Schachrajtschuk (4:44) W. Schachrajtschuk (41:54) R. Salnykow (59:13)

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping spectators: 1,828

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	3	3	0	0	14: 01	6-0
2.	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	13: 07	4: 2
3.	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	07: 08	2: 4
4th	Poland	3	0	0	3	00:18	0: 6

Group C

April 26, 2002 4:00 p.m.

Russia

8: 1 (3: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0) game report

Slovenia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 7,873

April 26, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Austria

3: 5 (1: 3, 0: 1, 2: 1) game report

Sweden

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 8,243

April 28, 2002

Russia

6: 3 (3: 0, 3: 2, 0: 1)

Austria

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 28, 2002

Sweden

8: 2 (1: 1, 4: 0, 3: 1)

Slovenia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 30, 2002

Austria

5: 3 (1: 2, 0: 1, 4: 0)

Slovenia

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

April 30, 2002

Sweden

2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Russia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	3	3	0	0	15: 05	6-0
2.	Russia	3	2	0	1	14: 06	4: 2
3.	Austria	3	1	0	2	11:14	2: 4
4th	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	06:21	0: 6

Group D

April 27, 2002 3:15 p.m.

Italy

2: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 2: 2) game report

United States

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad Spectators: 6,785

April 27, 2002

Canada

4: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)

Latvia

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

April 29, 2002

Canada

5: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)

Italy

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

April 29, 2002

United States

3: 2 (3: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)

Latvia

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

April 30, 2002 4:00 p.m.

Latvia

4: 1 (2: 0, 2: 1, 0: 0)

Italy

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad Spectators: 7,715

April 30, 2002 8:00 p.m.

USA T. Donato (17:51)

1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Canada R. Smyth (42:54) J. Wright (55:50)

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad Spectators: 7,715

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	11: 02	6-0
2.	United States	3	2	0	1	09: 06	4: 2
3.	Latvia	3	1	0	2	07: 08	2: 4
4th	Italy	3	0	0	3	03:14	0: 6

Relegation round, group G

May 2, 2002 12:00 p.m.

Slovenia

4: 3 (3: 0, 1: 3, 0: 0) game report

Japan

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping spectators: 5,098

May 2, 2002

Italy

1: 5 (0: 1, 0: 3, 1: 1)

Poland

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

May 3, 2002

Slovenia

4: 2 (0: 0, 1: 0, 3: 2)

Poland

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

May 3, 2002

Italy

6: 2 (0: 1, 4: 1, 2: 0)

Japan

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

May 5, 2002

Italy

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 0)

Slovenia

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

May 5, 2002

Poland

5: 2 (1: 0, 3: 1, 1: 1)

Japan

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	12: 05	6-0
2.	Poland	3	2	0	1	12: 07	4: 2
3.	Italy	3	1	0	2	07:11	2: 4
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	07:15	0: 6

Intermediate round

Group E

direct comparisons of the preliminary round are adopted

May 2, 2002

United States

3: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Switzerland

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

May 2, 2002

Canada

3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Germany

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

May 2, 2002

Czech Republic

3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1)

Latvia

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

May 3, 2002

Canada

3: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 3: 1)

Switzerland

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

May 3, 2002

Germany

3: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0)

Latvia

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

May 4, 2002

Czech Republic

5: 4 (3: 1, 1: 3, 1: 0)

United States

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

May 5, 2002

United States

2: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)

Germany

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

May 5, 2002

Czech Republic

5: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 3: 1)

Canada

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

May 5, 2002

Switzerland

6: 4 (0: 0, 3: 1, 3: 3)

Latvia

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	25:11	10: 00
2.	Canada	5	4th	0	1	13:10	08: 02
3.	United States	5	2	1	2	13:11	05: 05
4th	Germany	5	2	1	2	14:14	05: 05
5.	Switzerland	5	1	0	4th	08:18	02: 08
6th	Latvia	5	0	0	5	10:19	00:10

Group F.

May 2, 2002

Finland

3: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1)

Austria

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

May 2, 2002

Sweden

1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2)

Slovakia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

May 3, 2002

Russia

3: 3 (0: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0)

Ukraine

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

May 3, 2002

Slovakia

6: 3 (3: 0, 0: 2, 3: 1)

Austria

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

May 4, 2002

Sweden

7: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0)

Ukraine

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

May 4, 2002

Finland

1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)

Russia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

May 5, 2002

Sweden

4: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 3: 0)

Finland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

May 5, 2002

Ukraine

3: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)

Austria

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

May 6, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Russia

4: 6 (0: 3, 3: 2, 1: 1) game report

Slovakia

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 2,867

The points from the direct comparisons of the preliminary round are taken over.

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	5	4th	0	1	19: 07	08: 02
2.	Finland	5	4th	0	1	12: 06	08: 02
3.	Slovakia	5	4th	0	1	20:15	08: 02
4th	Russia	5	1	1	3	13:15	03: 07
5.	Ukraine	5	1	1	3	10:20	03: 07
6th	Austria	5	0	0	5	12:23	00:10

Play-offs

Quarter finals

May 7, 2002 4:00 p.m.

Finland

3: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report

United States

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 9,341

May 7, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Sweden

6: 2 (1: 2, 2: 0, 3: 0) match report

Germany

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 10,064

May 7, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

1: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Russia

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping spectators: 4,903

May 7, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Canada

2: 3 (1: 0.1: 1.0: 2) game report

Slovakia

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad Spectators: 6,267

Semifinals

Record title holders Russia and Slovakia overturned the favorite Scandinavians and qualified for the final of the 66th World Cup. The "Sbornaja" "moved into a World Cup final for the first time since 1993, thanks to a 3-2 penalty shootout against vice world champions Finland. Russia's match winner was the outstanding goalkeeper Maxim Sokolow , who fought off 43 shots and then four penalties from the Finns Finns, on the other hand, who had lost in three finals in the last four world championships, continued to wait for their second title after 1995.

In an exciting game, the Finnish team was superior, especially in the first two thirds, and had better chances. But a brilliant Sokolow prevented more goals conceded than the outnumbered hits by the NHL legionnaires Jere Karalahti of the Nashville Predators and Niklas Hagman of the Florida Panthers . Somewhat surprisingly, the Russians equalized with Dmitri Satonski in the eleventh and Maxim Afinogenow in the 30th minute of the game. In the third period and in extra time, both teams played more defensively, but that didn't detract from the tension. In the shootout no Finnish player Sokolow could defeat while on the Russian side Valeri Karpov and Andrei Kovalenko the puck behind Jussi Markkanen sunk in goal.

May 9, 2002 4:00 p.m.	Finland J. Karalahti (4:37) N. Hagman (20:48)	2: 3 n.P. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report	Russia D. Satonsky (10:19) M. Afinogenow (29:40) W. Karpow (PS)	Scandinavium , Gothenburg Spectators: 9,797
May 9, 2002 8:00 p.m.	Sweden P. J. Axelsson (17:02) T. Johansson (31:44)	2: 3 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report	Slovakia V. Országh (35:32) M. Šatan (58:02) Ž. Palffý (PS)	Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 10,854

The second semi-final game between Sweden and Slovakia also ended 3-2 after a shootout. The Slovaks managed to win again over the "Tre Kronors", who were defeated in the second round. Sweden's unsuccessfulness continues in front of its own audience - the Swedish national team also failed in the ninth attempt to win the World Cup as host.

The hosts quickly took the lead in Scandinavium, which was not sold out with almost 11,000 fans. After the team had won 2-0 with goals by Per Johan Axelsson and Thomas Johansson and allowed the Slovaks few chances, the defense in front of goalkeeper Tommy Salo got into disarray after Vladimír Országh's 2-1 in the 36th minute of the game. One minute before the end succeeded NHL player Miroslav Šatan by the Buffalo Sabers in majority of the balance. In the penalty shootout, the Swedes did not score once against Ján Lašák , while Žigmund Pálffy and Richard Lintner converted their penalties.

3rd place match

In the game to win the bronze medal, the host Swedes faced the Finnish team. After just under 22 minutes, the latter were 3-0 ahead before the Swedish team started a chase. After Johan Davidsson's goal in the 24th minute of the game, the Swedes , led by former Cologne coach Hardy Nilsson , woke up and equalized through Mattias Weinhandl and Thomas Rhodin . In the last third of the game, Rhödin and Nichlas Falk again made the decision with a shot into the empty goal. In addition to the bronze medal, the “Tre Kronors” won a premium of the equivalent of 565,000 euros. Last year's World Cup finisher, Finland, came fourth and received a prize of 544,000 euros.

May 10, 2002 7:00 p.m.

Sweden J. Davidsson (23:22) M. Weinhandl (34:21) T. Rhodin (38:44) T. Rhodin (53:54) N. Falk (59:53)

5: 3 (0: 2, 3: 1, 2: 0)

Finland T. Kallio (4:39) N. Hagman (8:56) K. Rintanen (21:33)

Scandinavium , Gothenburg Spectators: 9,817

final

Slovakia and the Russian team met in the final. Slovakia took the lead through Ľubomír Višňovský in the first minute and Peter Bondra increased it to 2-0 after 12 minutes . So it was after the first third and Slovakia seemed to be the favorite in this final. In the second third nothing changed significantly, because after Russia had reduced to 1: 2 through Maxim Suschinski , Miroslav Šatan restored the two-goal lead. In the last third the game of the Russians got tougher and the Slovak team was impressed by this style of play. As a result, Wladimir Antipow could initially achieve the 2: 3 and again Maxim Suschinski to equalize. But Peter Bondra scored in front of 11,591 spectators in the Scandinavium, including the Slovakian President Rudolf Schuster and Russia's Sports Minister Vyacheslav Fetissov , with a hard slap shot shortly before the end of the game, the final score 4: 3. The best players of the final were Ľubomír Višňovský and the Russian goalkeeper Maxim Sokolow awarded.

May 11, 2002 7:00 p.m.

Slovakia L. Višňovský (0:22) P. Bondra (12:10) M. Šatan (26:59) P. Bondra (58:20)

4: 3 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2)

Russia M. Suschinski (23:27) W. Antipow (42:09) M. Suschinski (54:15)

Scandinavium , Gothenburg Spectators: 11,591

The Slovaks, with eleven players from the North American professional league NHL, were the superior team in terms of play and running. With this performance, the Slovak team achieved the young nation's first title win. Miroslav Šatan also won the top scorer's crown with 13 points, including five goals and eight assists, and was named Most Valuable Player . Beside him, Peter Bondra and were Richard Lintner into the All-Star team of the tournament called.

The Russian team, which including the title of the Soviet Union, had already won the world championship 23 times, achieved the first world championship medal since the last title win in 1993 in Munich and received a premium of 585,000 euros. The Slovak Ice Hockey Association received a prize of 619,000 euros.

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
Miroslav Šatan	Slovakia	9	5	8th	13	2	+2
Kristian Huselius	Sweden	9	5	6th	11	0	+7
Peter Bondra	Slovakia	9	7th	2	9	20th	+12
Jaromír Jágr	Czech Republic	7th	4th	4th	8th	2	+5
Richard Lintner	Slovakia	9	4th	4th	8th	22nd	+1
Timo Pärssinen	Finland	9	3	5	8th	4th	+3
Jan Benda	Germany	7th	1	7th	8th	14th	+4
Marcel Rodman	Slovenia	6th	6th	1	7th	2	−1
Ulf Dahlén	Sweden	9	5	2	7th	0	+5
Niklas Hagman	Finland	9	5	2	7th	2	+2
Martin Procházka	Czech Republic	7th	4th	3	7th	0	+4
Pavel Kubina	Czech Republic	7th	3	4th	7th	8th	+9
Leonard Soccio	Germany	7th	3	4th	7th	31	+4
Maxim Sushinsky	Russia	9	3	4th	7th	4th	+1
Mattias Weinhandl	Sweden	9	3	4th	7th	4th	+3

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), SOG = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals against goals , Sv% = catch rate ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	SO-CALLED	GT	SO	ATM	Sv%
Jussi Markkanen	Finland	7th	430	159	10	2	1.40	93.71
Ryan Miller	United States	4th	238	139	7th	1	1.76	94.96
Milan Hnilička	Czech Republic	5	299	109	9	1	1.81	91.74
Jean-Sébastien Giguère	Canada	5	254	101	8th	0	1.89	92.08
Tommy Salo	Sweden	7th	429	178	14th	1	1.96	92.13
Kostantyn Symchuk	Ukraine	5	267	134	9	1	2.02	93.28
Maxim Sokolov	Russia	5	291	167	11	0	2.27	93.41
Ján Lašák	Slovakia	6th	369	178	14th	0	2.28	92.13

Final placement of the World Cup

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

in the A-WM qualification :	Japan
Relegated:	Italy Poland
Climbers	Belarus Denmark

Master teams

World champion Slovakia	Ján Lašák , Miroslav Šimonovič , Rastislav Staňa - Jerguš Bača , Ladislav Čierny , Radoslav Hecl , Richard Lintner , Dusan Milo , Peter Smrek , Martin Štrbák , Ľubomír Višňovský - Peter Bondra , ľuboš bartečko , Michal Handzuš , Miroslav Hlinka , Ladislav Nagy , Vladimír Országh , Žigmund Pálffy , Rastislav Pavlikovský , Róbert Petrovický , Peter Pucher , Miroslav Šatan , Radovan Somík , Jozef Stümpel , Róbert Tomík , Marek Uram Coaching staff: Ján Filc , Ernest Bokroš , Vladimír Šťastný
Silver Russia	Yegor Podomazki , Maxim Sokolov , Viktor Tschistow - Dmitri Bykov , Alexander Guskov , Sergei Gusev , Alexander Yudin , Dmitri Kalinin , Dmitri Rjabykin , Sergei Zhukov , Anton Woltschenkow , Sergei Wyschedkewitsch - Maxim Afinogenov , Vladimir Antipov , Vyacheslav Buzajew , Ravil Gusmanow , Valeri Karpov , Alexei Kosnew , Andrei Kovalenko , Roman Lyaschenko , Alexander Prokopjew , Andrei Razin , Dmitri Satonsky , Alexander Savchenkov , Maxim Suschinski , Ivan Tkachenko Coaching staff: Boris Michailow , Valeri Belousov , Vladimir Krikunov
Bronze Sweden	Stefan Liv , Tommy Salo , Rolf Wanhainen - Per Gustafsson , Pierre Hedin , Magnus Johansson , Thomas Johansson , Kim Johnsson , Thomas Rhodin , Ronnie Sundin , Daniel Tjärnqvist - Niklas Andersson , Per Johan Axelsson , Ulf Dahlén , Johan Davidsson , Nichlas Falk , Kristian Huselius , Andreas Johansson , Mathias Johansson , Jonas Johnson , Jörgen Jönsson , Markus Näslund , Michael Nylander , Mattias Weinhandl , Henrik Zetterberg Coaching staff: Hardy Nilsson , Mats Waltin

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Miroslav Šatan	Slovakia
Best goalkeeper	Maxim Sokolov	Russia
Best defender	Daniel Tjärnqvist	Sweden
Best striker	Niklas Hagman	Finland

All-Star Team

Attack:	Miroslav Šatan - Niklas Hagman - Peter Bondra
Defense:	Richard Lintner - Thomas Rhodin
Goal:	Maxim Sokolov

Division I.

Venues

Group A	Group B
Eindhoven	Székesfehérvár	Dunaújváros
IJssportcentrum Eindhoven Capacity: 1,800	Ice rink Székesfehérvár Capacity: 3,500	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok Capacity: 3,500

Group A

Games

April 14, 2002

Netherlands

2: 4 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 1)

Kazakhstan

Eindhoven

April 14, 2002

Belarus

12: 1 (5: 0, 3: 1, 4: 0)

South Korea

Eindhoven

April 14, 2002

France

6: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 3: 0)

Croatia

Eindhoven

April 15, 2002

Kazakhstan

10: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0)

South Korea

Eindhoven

April 15, 2002

Belarus

9: 0 (3: 0, 5: 0, 1: 0)

Croatia

Eindhoven

April 15, 2002

Netherlands

2: 4 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 3)

France

Eindhoven

April 17, 2002

Croatia

3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

South Korea

Eindhoven

April 17, 2002

France

6: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)

Kazakhstan

Eindhoven

April 17, 2002

Netherlands

4:15 (0: 7, 1: 5, 3: 3)

Belarus

Eindhoven

April 18, 2002

France

10: 0 (4: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0)

South Korea

Eindhoven

April 18, 2002

Belarus

6: 4 (2: 2, 2: 2, 2: 0)

Kazakhstan

Eindhoven

April 18, 2002

Netherlands

4: 2 (0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 1)

Croatia

Eindhoven

April 20, 2002

Netherlands

7: 5 (1: 2, 4: 2, 2: 1)

South Korea

Eindhoven

April 20, 2002

Kazakhstan

12: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 6: 0)

Croatia

Eindhoven

April 20, 2002

Belarus

3: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)

France

Eindhoven

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Belarus	5	5	0	0	45:10	+35	10-0
2	France	5	4th	0	1	27: 6	+21	8: 2
3	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	2	30:14	+16	6: 4
4th	Netherlands	5	2	0	3	7:30 p.m.	−11	4: 6
5	Croatia	5	1	0	4th	6:32	−26	2: 8
6th	South Korea	5	0	0	5	7:42	−35	0:10

Group B

Games

April 14, 2002

Norway

8: 1 (5: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)

Romania

Dunaújváros

April 14, 2002

Great Britain

3: 5 (1: 0, 2: 3, 0: 2)

Denmark

Dunaújváros

April 14, 2002

Hungary

6: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)

China

Dunaújváros

April 15, 2002

Denmark

12: 2 (6: 1, 3: 0, 3: 1)

Romania

Dunaújváros

April 15, 2002

Norway

12: 2 (3: 0, 5: 2, 4: 0)

China

Dunaújváros

April 15, 2002

Hungary

4: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 2: 0)

Great Britain

Dunaújváros

April 17, 2002

Denmark

13: 0 (5: 0, 5: 0, 3: 0)

China

Székesfehérvár

April 17, 2002

Great Britain

5: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 3: 1)

Romania

Székesfehérvár

April 17, 2002

Hungary

3: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Norway

Székesfehérvár

April 19, 2002

Great Britain

8: 3 (2: 0, 3: 2, 3: 1)

China

Székesfehérvár

April 19, 2002

Norway

3: 4 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 2)

Denmark

Székesfehérvár

April 19, 2002

Hungary

4: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)

Romania

Székesfehérvár

April 20, 2002

Norway

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)

Great Britain

Székesfehérvár

April 20, 2002

China

2: 4 (1: 3, 1: 0, 0: 1)

Romania

Székesfehérvár

April 20, 2002

Hungary

2: 6 (0: 2, 1: 3, 1: 1)

Denmark

Székesfehérvár

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Denmark	5	5	0	0	40:10	+30	10-0
2	Hungary	5	4th	0	1	19: 9	+10	8: 2
3	Norway	5	3	0	2	26:11	+15	6: 4
4th	United Kingdom	5	2	0	3	18:16	+ 2	4: 6
5	Romania	5	1	0	4th	10:31	−21	2: 8
6th	People's Republic of China	5	0	0	5	7:43	−36	0:10

Moved up and down

Promoted to the World Cup group:	Denmark, Belarus
Relegated from the World Cup group:	Poland, Italy
Relegated to Division II:	South Korea, China
Promoted from Division II:	Estonia, Lithuania

Division II

Group A (in Cape Town, South Africa)

Games

March 31, 2002

Belgium

9: 4 (3: 1, 3: 1, 3: 2)

Australia

Cape Town

March 31, 2002

South Africa

2: 4 (0: 0, 0: 2, 2: 2)

Israel

Cape Town

March 31, 2002

Estonia

24: 0 (7: 0, 5: 0, 12: 0)

Turkey

Cape Town

April 1, 2002

Belgium

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)

Israel

Cape Town

April 1, 2002

South Africa

0:15 (0: 5, 0: 3, 0: 7)

Estonia

Cape Town

April 1, 2002

Australia

11: 0 (4: 0, 5: 0, 2: 0)

Turkey

Cape Town

April 3, 2002

Estonia

4: 3 (3: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0)

Belgium

Cape Town

April 3, 2002

Israel

6: 5 (2: 1, 3: 3, 1: 1)

Australia

Cape Town

April 3, 2002

South Africa

7: 0 (4: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0)

Turkey

Cape Town

April 4, 2002

Estonia

20: 4 (7: 2, 9: 1, 4: 1)

Australia

Cape Town

April 4, 2002

South Africa

0:10 (0: 5, 0: 2, 0: 3)

Belgium

Cape Town

April 4, 2002

Israel

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)

Turkey

Cape Town

April 6, 2002

Belgium

12: 2 (6: 1, 5: 0, 1: 1)

Turkey

Cape Town

April 6, 2002

South Africa

4: 8 (1: 3, 2: 3, 1: 2)

Australia

Cape Town

April 6, 2002

Estonia

11: 0 (2: 0, 5: 0, 4: 0)

Israel

Cape Town

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Estonia	5	5	0	0	74: 7	+67	10-0
2	Belgium	5	4th	0	1	37:11	+26	8: 2
3	Israel	5	3	0	2	14:22	- 8th	6: 4
4th	Australia	5	2	0	3	32:39	- 7th	4: 6
5	South Africa	5	1	0	4th	13:37	−24	2: 8
6th	Turkey	5	0	0	5	3:57	−54	0:10

Group B (in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia)

Games

March 25, 2002

Spain

5: 3 (1: 1, 3: 2, 1: 0)

Bulgaria

Novi Sad

March 25, 2002

Lithuania

20: 0 (7: 0, 6: 0, 7: 0)

Luxembourg

Novi Sad

March 25, 2002

Yugoslavia

8: 1 (0: 0, 6: 1, 2: 0)

Iceland

Novi Sad

March 26, 2002

Lithuania

13: 3 (6: 2, 2: 1, 5: 0)

Bulgaria

Novi Sad

March 26, 2002

Spain

11: 1 (2: 0, 4: 0, 5: 1)

Iceland

Novi Sad

March 26, 2002

Yugoslavia

13: 0 (6: 0, 4: 0, 3: 0)

Luxembourg

Novi Sad

March 28, 2002

Bulgaria

17: 2 (0: 1, 10: 0, 7: 1)

Luxembourg

Novi Sad

March 28, 2002

Lithuania

20: 0 (8: 0, 6: 0, 6: 0)

Iceland

Novi Sad

March 28, 2002

Yugoslavia

7: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)

Spain

Novi Sad

March 30, 2002

Spain

10: 0 (1: 0, 6: 0, 3: 0)

Luxembourg

Novi Sad

March 30, 2002

Bulgaria

5: 4 (0: 1, 2: 3, 3: 0)

Iceland

Novi Sad

March 30, 2002

Yugoslavia

1: 7 (0: 2, 1: 2, 0: 3)

Lithuania

Novi Sad

March 31, 2002

Iceland

8: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0)

Luxembourg

Novi Sad

March 31, 2002

Lithuania

11: 2 (5: 1, 4: 1, 2: 0)

Spain

Novi Sad

March 31, 2002

Yugoslavia

5: 2 (1: 1, 3: 0, 1: 1)

Bulgaria

Novi Sad

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Lithuania	5	5	0	0	71: 6	+65	10-0
2	Yugoslavia	5	4th	0	1	34:10	+24	8: 2
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	28:22	+ 6	6: 4
4th	Bulgaria	5	2	0	3	30:29	+ 1	4: 6
5	Iceland	5	1	0	4th	14:44	−30	2: 8
6th	Luxembourg	5	0	0	5	2:68	−66	0:10

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division I:	Estonia, Lithuania
Relegated from Division I:	South Korea, China
Relegated from Division II:	Luxembourg, Turkey
Promoted to Division II:	Mexico, North Korea

Qualification for Division II

venue

The qualifying tournament for promotion to Division II was held in Mexico City . The three games of the tournament were attended by a total of 2,400 spectators, with the match between Mexico and New Zealand being the best attended with 1,300 spectators.

Games

April 11, 2002

North Korea

11: 3 (3: 0, 6: 2, 2: 1)

New Zealand

Mexico city

April 12, 2002

Mexico

1: 7 (1: 2, 0: 4, 0: 1)

North Korea

Mexico city

April 13, 2002

Mexico

6: 6 (1: 3, 3: 3, 2: 0)

New Zealand

Mexico City spectators: 1,300

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	North Korea	2	2	0	0	18: 4	+12	4-0
2	Mexico	2	0	1	1	7:13	- 6	1: 3
3	New Zealand	2	0	1	1	9:17	- 8th	1: 3

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division II:	North Korea, Mexico
Relegated from Division II:	Luxembourg, Turkey

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2002 (overview)
• Ice hockey world championship of the U18 juniors 2002
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2002

literature

• Eckert, Horst: International Ice Hockey Guide 2002. Official IIHF Yearbook 2001/2002. Munich: Copress, 2001, ISBN 3-7679-0792-5 . ISSN  1616-5977 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Schwäbische Zeitung , Slovakia ice hockey world champion for the first time
2. ↑ ^{a b c} spiegel.de, Russia and Slovakia in the final
3. ↑ spiegel.de, Sweden takes bronze
4. ↑ ^{a b c} spiegel.de, Slovakia sensationally secures the title
5. ↑ ^{a b} Slovakia became ice hockey world champion in Sweden in 2002
6. ↑ iihf.com, Team Roster - Slovakia
7. ↑ iihf.com, Team Roster - Russia
8. ↑ iihf.com, Team Roster - Sweden
9. ↑ ^{a b} hokej.snt.cz, World Senior Championship Pool A ( memento of the original from February 12, 2013 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ iihf.com, 2003 IIHF World Championship Div II Qualification

Web links

• 2002 IIHF World Championship (Engl.)
• 2002 IIHF World Championship Div I, Group A
• 2002 IIHF World Championship Div I, Group B
• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2002 at hockeyarchives.info (French)