Ice hockey world championship of the U18 juniors 2002

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: USA

The 4th ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2002 in the age group of under-eighteen year olds (U18). Between March 5 and April 21, 2002, a total of 41 national teams took part in the five tournaments of the top division as well as divisions I to III and the Asia-Oceania division.

In its fourth edition, the competition was reformed. The top division was increased from ten to twelve teams, with the teams playing off three final round and three relegation round participants in two groups of six. For the first time since the premiere of the competition in 1999, the final round was not played in a knockout system . The Asia-Oceania Division was played for the last time. The three best teams were able to qualify for Division III for the following year .

The world champion was the United States team for the first time , which was just ahead of arch-rivals Russia and the Czech Republic in the final . The German team was relegated to Division I by a tenth place in the top division as one of three teams, while Switzerland took seventh place in the top division. Austria was third in Division I.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Piešťany Trnava	Apr 11, 2002 - Apr 21, 2002	12	93.914	48	1,957
Division I.	Maribor Celje	23 Mar 2002 - March 29th 2002	7th	7,643	15th	510
Division II	Briançon	22 Mar 2002 - March 29th 2002	8th	15,714	20th	786
Division III	Elektrėnai Kaunas	05th Mar 2002 - March 9th 2002 0	8th	6.227	16	389
Asia-Oceania Division	Auckland	10 Mar 2002 - Mar 15 2002	6th	4,500	15th	300

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 11-21, 2002 in Piešťany and Trnava , Slovakia

  Participants: Germany, Finland, Canada (newcomer) , Norway, Russia (defending champion) , Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, USA, Belarus (promoted)

• Division I: March 23-29, 2002 in Maribor and Celje , Slovenia

  Participants: Denmark, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Austria, Slovenia (promoted)

• Division II: March 22-29 , 2002 in Briançon , France

  Participants: Estonia, France, Great Britain, Croatia, Netherlands (promoted) , Poland, Romania (promoted) , Hungary

• Division III: March 5-9, 2002 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas , Lithuania

  Participants: Belgium, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Lithuania (relegated) , Spain, South Africa, South Korea (promoted) , Turkey (promoted)

• Asia-Oceania Division: March 10-15, 2002 in Auckland , New Zealand

  Participants: Australia, Republic of China (Taiwan) (promoted) , People's Republic of China, New Zealand, Mongolia (promoted) , Thailand (promoted)

North Korea did not register a team for the Division I tournament and was automatically relegated to Division II.

Top division

2002 World Cup for U18 Juniors
Number of nations	12
World Champion	United States
silver	Russia
bronze	Czech Republic
Relegated	Germany Norway Ukraine
Venue (s)	Piešťany & Trnava , Slovakia
opening	April 11, 2002
Endgame	April 21, 2002
spectator	93,914 (1,957 per game)
Gates	328 (6.83 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Lukáš refectory
Best defender	Ryan Suter
Best striker	Nikolai Scherdew
Top scorer	Alexander Ovetschkin (18 points)

The U18 World Cup was held from April 11 to April 21, 2002 in the Slovak cities Piešťany and Trnava . The game was played in the Zimný štadión (5,000 places) in Piešťany and the Zimný štadión in Trnava with 3,200 places.

Twelve national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of six teams each.

Group A	Group B
Russia	Switzerland
Czech Republic	Finland
Germany	United States
Slovakia	Sweden
Norway	Ukraine
Canada	Belarus

mode

After the group matches in the preliminary round, the teams in the first three places in each group qualify for the final round. The three teams in each group in the back seats took part in the relegation round. In both groups, the placements were then played out, including the results against the two direct competitors from the preliminary round. The winner of the final round won the world championship, the three worst-placed teams in the relegation round were relegated to Division I.

Venues

Piešťany	Piešťany Trnava World Championship venues	Trnava
Zimný štadión Piešťany Capacity: 5,000		Zimný štadión Trnava Capacity: 3,200

Preliminary round

Group A

April 11, 2002 1:00 p.m.

Norway

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

Germany

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 950

April 11, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Czech Republic

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 3,574

April 11, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Canada

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

Russia

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,800

April 12, 2002 1 p.m.

Czech Republic

7: 4 (2: 1, 2: 2, 3: 1)

Norway

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 1,250

April 12, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Slovakia

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 3,950

April 12, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Germany

1: 9 (0: 2, 1: 3, 0: 4)

Canada

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 1,750

April 14, 2002 1 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Germany

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 1,800

April 14, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Canada

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

Slovakia

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 3,800

April 14, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Norway

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,450

April 15, 2002 1 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Canada

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,350

April 15, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Norway

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 3,300

April 15, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Russia

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,840

April 17, 2002 1 p.m.

Norway

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

Canada

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,500

April 17, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Czech Republic

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,960

April 17, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Slovakia

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 3,500

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	5	5	0	0	34:10	10
2.	Czech Republic	5	4th	0	1	25:12	8th
3.	Canada	5	3	0	2	21:17	6th
4th	Norway	5	1	1	3	13:23	3
5.	Slovakia	5	1	0	4th	03:34	2
6th	Germany	5	0	1	4th	07:29	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the final round , qualification for the relegation round

Group B

April 11, 2002 1:00 p.m.

Belarus

0: 9 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 6)

United States

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 850

April 11, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Finland

Zimný štadión, Trnava spectators: 900

April 11, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Switzerland

Zimný štadión, Trnava spectators: 900

April 12, 2002 1 p.m.

Finland

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

Belarus

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 950

April 12, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Trnava spectators: 1,100

April 12, 2002 8:00 p.m.

United States

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

Ukraine

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 950

April 14, 2002 1 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 980

April 14, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Belarus

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 1,200

April 14, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Finland

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

United States

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 2,000

April 15, 2002 1 p.m.

Sweden

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

Belarus

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 910

April 15, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Finland

6: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 3: 0)

Ukraine

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 990

April 15, 2002 8:00 p.m.

United States

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

Switzerland

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 1,700

April 17, 2002 1 p.m.

Belarus

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

Ukraine

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 850

April 17, 2002 4:30 p.m.

United States

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

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 1.120

April 17, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Finland

Zimný štadión, Trnava spectators: 1,350

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	5	5	0	0	33: 05	10
2.	Finland	5	4th	0	1	22: 07	8th
3.	Belarus	5	2	0	3	14:21	4th
4th	Sweden	5	2	0	3	16:16	4th
5.	Switzerland	5	2	0	3	18:21	4th
6th	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	04:37	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the final round , qualification for the relegation round

Relegation round

April 18, 2002 1:00 p.m.

Sweden

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

Germany

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 950

April 18, 2002 4:30 p.m.

Norway

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

Switzerland

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 1,050

April 18, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Ukraine

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 1,500

April 20, 2002 11:00 a.m.

Switzerland

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

Germany

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 980

April 20, 2002 2:30 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Norway

Zimný štadión, Trnava spectators: 1,000

April 20, 2002 6:00 p.m.

Sweden

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

Slovakia

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 2,800

April 21, 2002 11:00 a.m.

Germany

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

Ukraine

Zimný štadión, Trnava spectators: 900

April 21, 2002 2:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Switzerland

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 2,700

April 21, 2002 6:00 p.m.

Norway

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

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Trnava Spectators: 950

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Switzerland	5	5	0	0	28: 06	10
2.	Slovakia	5	3	0	2	15:11	6th
3.	Sweden	5	3	0	2	20:13	6th
4th	Germany	5	1	1	3	09:16	3
5.	Norway	5	1	1	3	12:20	3
6th	Ukraine	5	1	0	4th	09:27	2

Note: The preliminary round matches against the respective opponent are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Relegated to Division I.

Final round

April 18, 2002 1:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Belarus

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 1,600

April 18, 2002 4:30 p.m.

United States

10: 3 (2: 1, 5: 2, 3: 0)

Canada

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,500

April 18, 2002 8:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Finland

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,740

April 20, 2002 12:00 p.m.

Finland

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

Canada

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,200

April 20, 2002 3:30 p.m.

United States

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

Czech Republic

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 3,120

April 20, 2002 7:00 p.m.

Belarus

0:11 (0: 2, 0: 7, 0: 2)

Russia

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 2,000

April 21, 2002 12:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Finland

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 3,800

April 21, 2002 3:30 p.m.

Canada

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

Belarus

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 3,800

April 21, 2002 7:00 p.m.

Russia

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

United States

Zimný štadión, Piešťany spectators: 3,800

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	5	4th	0	1	25: 07	8th
2.	Russia	5	4th	0	1	29:13	8th
3.	Czech Republic	5	4th	0	1	17: 09	8th
4th	Finland	5	2	0	3	14:15	4th
5.	Belarus	5	1	0	4th	09:32	2
6th	Canada	5	0	0	5	12:30	0

Note: The preliminary round matches against the respective opponent are included in the table.
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats

statistics

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
Alexander Ovechkin	Russia	8th	14th	4th	18th	+14	0
Alexander Syomin	Russia	8th	8th	7th	15th	+13	16
Patrick O'Sullivan	United States	8th	7th	8th	15th	+8	37
Kevin Romy	Switzerland	8th	9	5	14th	+6	4th
Jiří Hudler	Czech Republic	8th	7th	7th	14th	+5	8th
Brett Sterling	United States	8th	9	3	12	+9	4th
Sean Bergenheim	Finland	8th	8th	4th	12	+7	6th
Pierre-Marc Bouchard	Canada	8th	4th	8th	12	+4	16
Patrick Eaves	United States	8th	4th	8th	12	+10	45
Nikolai Scherdew	Russia	8th	6th	5	11	+3	22nd

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Fat: tournament best

player	team	GP	Min	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Jimmy Howard	United States	6th	360: 00	8th	1	95.43	1.33
Lukáš refectory	Czech Republic	7th	420: 00	11	1	94.66	1.57
Tommi Tervo	Finland	4th	237: 37	7th	1	93.27	1.77
Hannu Toivonen	Finland	5	242: 23	9	1	92.97	2.23
Denis Khudyakov	Russia	6th	354: 48	16	0	91.35	2.71

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	United States
2	Russia
3	Czech Republic
4th	Finland
5	Belarus
6th	Canada
7th	Switzerland
8th	Slovakia
9	Sweden
10	Germany
11	Norway
12	Ukraine

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USA

Noah Babin , David Booth , Matthew Carle , Patrick Eaves , Tyler Hirsch , Jimmy Howard , Ryan Kesler , Greg Moore , Ray Ortiz , Patrick O'Sullivan , Zach Parise , Corey Potter , Nate Raduns , Tim Roth , Tom Sawatske , Evan Shaw , Brett Sterling , Mark Stuart , Ryan Suter , Tim Wallace , Stephen Werner , James Wisniewski Trainers: Mike Eaves

Silver Russia

Sergei Anschakow , Anton Babtschuk , Konstantin Barulin , Denis Khudyakov , Denis Grot , Igor Ignatuschkin , Yevgeny Isakov , Denis Yezhov , Dmitri Kasionow , Konstantin Korneyev , Dmitri Kosmatschow , Dmitry Kostyuk , Ilya Krikunov , Alexander Ovechkin , Sergei Schemetow , Nikolai Scherdew , Alexander Schinin , Alexei Schkotow , Maxim Schtschewjew , Alexander Sjomin , Alexei Stonkus , Evgeni Tunik Trainer: Rawil Ischakow

Bronze Czech Republic

Michal Barinka , Roman Bílek , Marek Chvátal , Martin Čížek , Tomáš Csabi , Tomas Fleischmann , Jiri Hudler , Jiří Hunkes , Jakub Klepiš , Tomáš Kolafa , Jakub Koreis , Kamil Kreps , January Kubišta , Jakub Langhammer , Lukáš Mensator , Milan Michálek , Lukáš Musil , Ondřej Němec , Ctirad Ovčačík , Lukáš Pabiška , Jan Velich , Roman Vondráček Trainer: Břetislav Kopřiva

Relegated to Division I:	Germany, Norway, Ukraine
Promoted to the top division:	Kazakhstan

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Lukáš refectory	Czech Republic
Best defender	Ryan Suter	United States
Best striker	Nikolai Scherdew	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Alexander Ovechkin - Jiří Hudler - Nikolai Scherdew
Defense:	Konstantin Kornejew - Richard Stehlík
Goal:	Lukáš refectory

Division I.

in Celje and Maribor, Slovenia

Preliminary round

Group A (in Celje) Teams KAZ AUT ITA Gates Pt. 1. Kazakhstan 6: 1 6: 1 12: 2 4-0 2. Austria 1: 6 3: 1 4: 7 2: 2 3. Italy 1: 6 1: 3 2: 9 0: 4

Group B (in Maribor) Teams SLO LAT DAN JPN Gates Pt. 1. Slovenia 4: 2 3-0 4: 4 11: 6 5: 1 2. Latvia 2: 4 4: 2 2: 2 8: 8 3: 3 3. Denmark 0: 3 2: 4 6: 4 8:11 2: 4 4. Japan 4: 4 2: 2 4: 6 10:12 2: 4

Placement round for places 5–7

(Games in Celje)

Teams	ITA	DAN	JPN	Gates	Pt.
1. Italy		4: 2	3: 4	7: 6	2: 2
2. Denmark	2: 4		(6: 4)	8: 8	2: 2
3. Japan	4: 3	(4: 6)		8: 9	2: 2

Play-offs

Semifinals
March 27, 2002	Maribor	Kazakhstan	-	Latvia		4: 1 (1: 1.3: 0.0: 0)
March 27, 2002	Maribor	Slovenia	-	Austria		3: 2 n.V. (0: 1.1: 1.1: 0.1: 0)
3rd place match
March 29, 2002	Maribor	Austria	-	Latvia		4: 1 (1: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
final
March 29, 2002	Maribor	Slovenia	-	Kazakhstan		2: 5 (1: 0.1: 3.0: 2)

Final placement of Division I.

RF	team
1	Kazakhstan
2	Slovenia
3	Austria
4th	Latvia
5	Italy
6th	Denmark
7th	Japan
8th	North Korea waived

Moved up and down

Promoted to the World Cup group:	Kazakhstan
Relegated from the World Cup group:	Germany, Norway, Ukraine
Relegated from Division I:	North Korea
Promoted to Division I:	France, Poland, Great Britain

Division II

in Briançon, France

Preliminary round

Group A Teams FRA GBR CRO ROME Gates Pt. 1. France 10-0 17: 1 20: 0 47: 1 6-0 2. Great Britain 0:10 8: 1 8-0 16:11 4: 2 3. Croatia 1:17 1: 8 7: 2 9:27 2: 4 4. Romania 0:20 0: 8 2: 7 2:35 0: 6

Group B Teams POLE EST NED HUN Gates Pt. 1. Poland 9: 1 9: 1 7: 1 25: 3 6-0 2. Estonia 1: 9 7-0 5: 2 13:11 4: 2 3. Netherlands 1: 9 0: 7 3: 2 4:18 2: 4 4. Hungary 1: 7 2: 5 2: 3 5:15 0: 6

Placement and final round

Placement round for places 5–8 Teams NED HUN CRO ROME Gates Pt. 1. Netherlands (3: 2) 6: 3 3: 2 12: 7 6-0 2. Hungary (2: 3) 6: 2 5: 2 13: 7 4: 2 3. Croatia 3: 6 2: 6 (7: 2) 12:14 2: 4 4. Romania 2: 3 2: 5 (2: 7) 6:15 0: 6

Final round for places 1–4 Teams FRA POLE GBR EST Gates Pt. 1. France 12: 1 (10: 0) 14: 0 36: 1 6-0 2. Poland 1:12 10: 2 (9: 1) 20:15 4: 2 3. Great Britain (0:10) 2:10 8: 2 10:24 2: 4 4. Estonia 0:14 (1: 9) 2: 8 3:31 0: 6

Final placement of Division II

RF	team
1	France
2	Poland
3	Great Britain
4th	Estonia
5	Netherlands
6th	Hungary
7th	Croatia
8th	Romania

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division I:	France, Poland, Great Britain
Relegated from Division I:	no relegation (North Korea withdrew)
Relegated from Division II:	no relegation
Promoted to Division II:	South Korea, Yugoslavia, South Africa, Lithuania, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria

Division III

in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania

Preliminary round

Group A (in Elektrėnai) Teams COR BEL LTU BUL Gates Pt. 1. South Korea 14: 1 11: 0 11: 0 36: 1 6-0 2. Belgium 1:14 6: 4 4: 1 11:19 4: 2 3. Lithuania 0:11 4: 6 7: 1 11:18 2: 4 4. Bulgaria 0:11 1: 4 1: 7 2:22 0: 6

Group B (in Kaunas) Teams YUG ESP RSA DOOR Gates Pt. 1. Yugoslavia 6: 3 20: 2 16: 0 42: 5 6-0 2. Spain 3: 6 4: 4 20: 2 27:12 3: 3 3. South Africa 2:20 4: 4 5: 1 11:25 3: 3 4. Turkey 0:16 2:20 1: 5 3:41 0: 6

Finals and placement games

Game for 7th place
March 9, 2002	Kaunas	Bulgaria	-	Turkey		6: 3 (2: 1.3: 0.1: 2)
Play for 5th place
March 9, 2002	Kaunas	Lithuania	-	South Africa		3: 5 (3: 0.0: 3.0: 2)
3rd place match
March 9, 2002	Elektrėnai	Spain	-	Belgium		7: 4 (1: 0.4: 2.2: 2)
final
March 9, 2002	Elektrėnai	South Korea	-	Yugoslavia		11: 1 (3: 1.4: 0.4: 0)

Final placement of Division III

RF	team
1	South Korea
2	Yugoslavia
3	Spain
4th	Belgium
5	South Africa
6th	Lithuania
7th	Bulgaria
8th	Turkey

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division II:	South Korea, Yugoslavia, South Africa, Lithuania, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria
Relegated from Division II:	no relegation
Relegated from Division III:	no relegation
Promoted to Division III:	Australia People's Republic of China, New Zealand, Mexico, Israel, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Asia-Oceania Division

in Auckland, New Zealand

Teams	OUT	CHN	NZL	MGL	TPE	THA	Gates	Pt.
1. Australia		7: 4	7: 2	9: 2	16: 1	38: 1	77:10	10-0
2. People's Republic of China	4: 7		5-0	17: 1	20: 0	31: 0	80: 5	8: 2
3. New Zealand	2: 7	0: 5		14: 1	16: 1	19: 0	51:14	6: 4
4. Mongolia	2: 9	1:17	1:14		5: 2	10: 4	19:46	4: 6
5. Republic of China (Taiwan)	1:16	0:20	1:16	2: 5		7: 2	11:59	2: 8
6. Thailand	1:38	0:31	0:19	4:10	2: 7		7: 105	0:10

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division III:	Australia People's Republic of China, New Zealand
Relegated from Division III:	no relegation

The Asia-Oceania Division was dissolved.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2002 at hockeyarchives.info (French)

Web links

• 2002 IIHF World U18 Championship
• 2002 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I
• 2002 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II
• 2002 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III
• 2002 IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship