2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2002 WJHC) were held in Pardubice and Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. The championships began on December 25, 2001, and finished on January 4, 2002. Russia was the winner, overcoming a 3-1 second period deficit to defeat Canada 5-4 in the gold medal game.

Teams

Group A

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

All games at Pardubice

December 25

•  United States 3-1  Czech Republic
•  Belarus 0-5  Sweden

December 26

•  Slovakia 7-1  Belarus

December 27

•  Czech Republic 0-1  Slovakia
•  Sweden 2-2  United States

December 28

•  Belarus 1-9  Czech Republic

December 29

•  Sweden 2-2  Slovakia
•  United States 5-2  Belarus

December 30

•  Czech Republic 1-2  Sweden
•  Slovakia 4-4  United States

Group B

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

All games at Hradec Králové

December 25

•  France 0-15 Canada
•  Switzerland 3-0  Finland

December 26

•  Russia 5-1  France

December 27

• Canada 6-1  Switzerland
•  Finland 2-1  Russia

December 28

•  France 0-8  Finland

December 29

• Canada 5-2  Russia
•  Switzerland 8-0  France

December 30

•  Russia 4-0  Switzerland
•  Finland 4-1 Canada

Playoffs

Quarterfinals - January 1

•  United States 1-6  Russia @ Hradec Králové
•  Slovakia 2-3  Switzerland @ Pardubice
• Canada 5-2  Sweden @ Hradec Králové
•  Finland 3-1  Czech Republic @ Pardubice

Semifinals - January 2

•  Switzerland 0-4 Canada @ Pardubice
•  Russia 2-1  Finland (OT) @ Pardubice

Placement games - January 2

•  Slovakia 2-3  Sweden (SO) @ Hradec Králové
•  Czech Republic 3-4  United States @ Hradec Králové

Placement games - January 4

• 5th:  United States 3-2  Sweden (OT) @ Hradec Králové
• 7th:  Slovakia 2-6  Czech Republic @ Hradec Králové

Finals - January 4

• Gold:  Russia 5-4 Canada @ Pardubice
• Bronze:  Finland 5-1  Switzerland @ Pardubice

Relegation

Best-of-two series
January 1

•  Belarus 2-3  France @ Hradec Králové

January 3

•  France 2-4  Belarus (SO) @ Pardubice

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

Scoring leaders

Player	Nationality	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mike Cammalleri	Canada	7	7	4	11	10
Brad Boyes	Canada	7	5	4	9	16
Jared Aulin	Canada	7	4	5	9	4
Aleš Hemský	Czech Republic	7	3	6	9	6
Marek Svatos	Slovakia	7	7	1	8	6
Alexander Frolov	Russia	7	6	2	8	4
Stanislav Chistov	Russia	7	4	4	8	0
Tomáš Kopecký	Slovakia	7	3	5	8	22
Jussi Jokinen	Finland	7	2	6	8	2
Jarkko Immonen	Finland	7	4	3	7	6
Tomáš Plekanec	Czech Republic	7	3	4	7	0

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 90 minutes played)

Player	Nationality	Mins	GA	GAA	SO	Pct.
Kari Lehtonen	Finland	359	7	1.17	1	.943
Pascal Leclaire	Canada	299	9	1.80	2	.937
Lucas Hronek	Czech Republic	355	12	2.03	0	.897
Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	419	15	2.15	1	.906
Peter Hamerlik	Slovakia	207	8	2.31	0	.921

Division I

Held December 9-15, 2001 in Kapfenberg & Zeltweg, Austria

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	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

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

Germany advances to the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. No other team is relegated due to a restructuring of the divisions in the 2003 tournament, where Division I will consist of 12 teams in 2 groups.

Division II

Held December 30, 2001 - January 3, 2002 in Zagreb, Croatia

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	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

	GP	W	L	T	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

Japan, Denmark, Latvia, and Croatia advance to Division I of the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Due to a restructuring of the tournament, the remaining four teams will remain in Division II, which will consist of 12 teams in two groups.

Division III

Held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia January 5-9, 2002

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Estonia	3	3	0	0	30	9	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	22	6	4
Iceland	3	1	0	2	7	19	2
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	3	28	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	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

Due to a restructuring of the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, all Division III teams will be moved to Division II, which will have 12 teams in 2 groups.

External links

• Official results at the IIHF Official Site
• Results at Hockey Canada

Preceded by 2001 World Juniors

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2002 World Championships

Succeeded by 2003 World Juniors