2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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.

2002 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
DatesDecember 25, 2001 – January 4, 2002
Teams10
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 played34
Goals scored201 (5.91 per match)
Attendance111,128 (3,268 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Mike Cammalleri
(11 points)
← 2001
2003 →

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
Main article: 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Group A
Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Slovakia 42201476
 United States 42201496
 Sweden 42201156
 Czech Republic 41031172
 Belarus 40044260

All times local (CET/UTC+1).

December 25, 2001
14:00		United States 3 – 1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicPardubice
Attendance: 8,500
December 25, 2001
17:30		Belarus 0 – 5
(0–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 SwedenPardubice
Attendance: 3,800
December 26, 2001
17:00		Slovakia 7 – 1
(1–0, 4–1, 2–0)		 BelarusPardubice
Attendance: 2,780
December 27, 2001
17:30		Czech Republic 0 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 SlovakiaPardubice
Attendance: 9,170
December 27, 2001
20:15		Sweden 2 – 2
(0–0, 0–2, 2–0)		 United StatesPardubice
Attendance: 6,300
December 28, 2001
17:00		Belarus 1 – 9
(1–3, 0–1, 0–5)		 Czech RepublicPardubice
Attendance: 6,715
December 29, 2001
15:30		Sweden 2 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)		 SlovakiaPardubice
Attendance: 3,093
December 29, 2001
19:00		United States 5 – 2
(0–1, 2–1, 3–0)		 BelarusPardubice
Attendance: 1,275
December 30, 2001
14:00		Czech Republic 1 – 2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 SwedenPardubice
Attendance: 9,300
December 30, 2001
17:00		Slovakia 4 – 4
(2–3, 1–0, 1–1)		 United StatesPardubice
Attendance: 7,530

Group B
Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Finland 43011456
 Canada 43012776
 Russia 42021284
  Switzerland 420212104
 France 40041360

All times local (CET/UTC+1).

December 25, 2001
15:300		France 0 – 15
(0–4, 0–5, 0–6)		 CanadaHradec Králové
Attendance: 300
December 25, 2001
19:00		Switzerland  3 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 FinlandHradec Králové
Attendance: 462
December 26, 2001
17:00		Russia 5 – 1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–1)		 FranceHradec Králové
Attendance: 302
December 27, 2001
15:30		Canada 6 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)		  SwitzerlandHradec Králové
Attendance: 1,800
December 27, 2001
19:00		Finland 2 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 RussiaHradec Králové
Attendance: 2,200
December 28, 2001
17:00		France 0 – 8
(0–3, 0–3, 0–2)		 FinlandHradec Králové
Attendance: 300
December 29, 2001
15:30		Canada 5 – 2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0)		 RussiaHradec Králové
Attendance: 4,600
December 29, 2001
19:00		Switzerland  8 – 0
(3–0, 4–0, 1–0)		 FranceHradec Králové
Attendance: 856
December 30, 2001
15:30		Russia 4 – 0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandHradec Králové
Attendance: 850
December 30, 2001
19:00		Finland 4 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 CanadaHradec Králové
Attendance: 3,500

Relegation round
January 1, 2002
11:00		Belarus 2 – 3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)		 FranceHradec Králové
Attendance: 300
January 3, 2002
17:00		France 2 – 4 GWS
(0–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 BelarusPardubice

 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)		 RussiaHradec Králové
Attendance: 1,500
January 1, 2002
14:30		Slovakia 2 – 3 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)		  SwitzerlandPardubice
Attendance: 3,200
January 1, 2002
18:00		Canada 5 – 2
(2–2, 2–0, 1–0)		 SwedenHradec Králové
Attendance: 1,200
January 1, 2002
18:00		Finland 3 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicPardubice
Attendance: 5,725

Consolation round
January 2, 2002
15:30		Slovakia 2 – 3
(2–0, 0–0, 0–3)		 SwedenHradec Králové
Attendance: 400
January 2, 2002
19:00		Czech Republic 3 – 4
(2–1, 0–2, 1–1)		 United StatesHradec Králové
Attendance: 1,700

Semifinals
January 2, 2002
17:00		Switzerland  0 – 4
(0–0, 0–3, 0–1)		 CanadaPardubice
Attendance: 2,270
January 2, 2002
20:30		Russia 2 – 1 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 FinlandPardubice
Attendance: 2,820

7th place game
January 4, 2002
15:30		Slovakia 2 – 6
(0–1, 1–3, 1–2)		 Czech RepublicHradec 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)		 SwedenHradec Králové
Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game
January 4, 2002
16:30		 Finland 5 – 1
(3–0, 2–1, 0–0)		  SwitzerlandPardubice
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 +/−
1Mike Cammalleri CanadaF7741110+9
2Brad Boyes CanadaF754916+8
3Jared Aulin CanadaF74594+8
4Aleš Hemský Czech RepublicF73696-1
5Marek Svatoš SlovakiaF77186+5
6Alexander Frolov RussiaF76284+5
7Stanislav Chistov RussiaF74480+2
8Tomáš Kopecký SlovakiaF735822+6
9Jussi Jokinen FinlandF72682+3
10Jarkko Immonen FinlandF74376+3

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

Rank Player Country TOI SOG GA GAA Saves Sv % SO
1Kari Lehtonen Finland359:3612371.1711694.311
2Pascal Leclaire Canada299:2514391.8013493.712
3Peter Hamerlík Slovakia207:3110182.319392.080
4Peter Budaj Slovakia212:29136113.1112591.911
5Henrik Lundqvist Sweden419:15160152.1514590.631

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 3210955
 Norway 320112104
 Kazakhstan 310213132
 Slovenia 30126121

Group B
Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Germany 33001646
 Ukraine 3111733
 Italy 302110172
 Poland 301210151

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.

Group A
Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Denmark 33003096
 Latvia 32012264
 Great Britain 31027192
 Netherlands 30033280

Group B
Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Japan 33002566
 Croatia 311114143
 Hungary 31117103
 Lithuania 30037230

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)		 LithuaniaDom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 300

5th place game
January 3, 2002
13:30		Great Britain 9 – 4
(2–0, 2–3, 5–1)		 HungaryDom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 300

3rd place game
January 3, 2002
16:30		Latvia 10 – 1
(5–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 CroatiaDom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,200

1st place game
January 3, 2002
20:00		Denmark 2 – 5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)		 JapanDom 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.

Group A
Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Estonia 33005346
 FR Yugoslavia 32012314
 Iceland 31027322
 Bulgaria 30033390

Group B
Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Spain 33002076
 Romania 320121104
 South Africa 31028102
 Mexico 30038300

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)		 BulgariaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

5th place game
January 9, 2002
14:30		South Africa 4 – 3
(3–0, 0–2, 1–1)		 IcelandHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 300

3rd place game
January 9, 2002
17:30		FR Yugoslavia 4 – 1
(2–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 RomaniaHala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,000

1st place game
January 9, 2002
20:30		Estonia 12 – 1
(3–0, 7–0, 2–1)		 SpainHala 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.

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