# 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 to 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 |

## Top Division
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Belarus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (CET/UTC+1).

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Russia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (CET/UTC+1).

### Relegation round

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

### Final round

Source:
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| A2 | United States | 1 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Russia | 6 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Russia | 6 | B3 | Russia | 2$^†$ | | | |
| | | | B1 | Finland | 1 | | | |
| B1 | Finland | 3 | B1 | Finland | 1 | | | |
| A4 | Czech Republic | 1 | | | | | | |
| A4 | Czech Republic | 1 | | | | B3 | Russia | 5 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Canada | 4 |
| A1 | Slovakia | 2 | | | | | | | B2 | Canada | 4 |
| B4 | Switzerland | 3$^‡$ | | | |
| B4 | Switzerland | 3$^‡$ | B4 | Switzerland | 0 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | B2 | Canada | 4 |
| B2 | Canada | 5 | B2 | Canada | 4 | B1 | Finland | 5 |
| A3 | Sweden | 2 | | | | B4 | Switzerland | 1 |
† Overtime victory. ‡ Shootout victory.

#### Gold medal game
### 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 | Defencemen | Forwards | Forwards | Forwards |
| IIHF Directorate Awards | Kari Lehtonen | Igor Knyazev | Igor Knyazev | Mike Cammalleri | Mike Cammalleri | 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 Division I tournament was played in Kapfenberg and Zeltweg, Austria between December 9 and December 15, 2001.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 | Final round |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 4 | Final round |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | Placement round |
| 4 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 1 | Placement round |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | Final round |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 2 | Placement round |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 1 | Placement round |

### Placement round

Source:
| Consolation round | Consolation round | Consolation round | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| B3 | Italy | 4 | | | |
| A4 | Slovenia | 5 | | | |
| A4 | Slovenia | 5 | A4 | Slovenia | 6 |
| | | | A3 | Kazakhstan | 11 |
| A3 | Kazakhstan | 11 | A3 | Kazakhstan | 11 |
| B4 | Poland | 0 | 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | | B4 | Poland | 6 |
| | | | B3 | Italy | 0 |

### Final round

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 1st place game | 1st place game | 1st place game |
| B1 | Germany | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Norway | 1 | | | |
| A2 | Norway | 1 | B1 | Germany | 7 |
| | | | A1 | Austria | 1 |
| A1 | Austria | 9 | A1 | Austria | 1 |
| B2 | Ukraine | 1 | 3rd place game | 3rd place game | 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 Division II tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia between December 30, 2001 and January 3, 2002.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 6 | Promoted to the 2003 Division I |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 4 | Promoted to the 2003 Division I |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 2 | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 6 | Promoted to the 2003 Division I |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | Promoted to the 2003 Division I |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 0 | |

### Final round

Source:
All times local (CET/UTC+1).

#### 1st place game

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 Division III tournament was played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 5 and January 9, 2002.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Estonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 4 | +49 | 6 | Promoted to the 2003 Division II |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 4 | Promoted to the 2003 Division II |
| 3 | Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 2 | Promoted to the 2003 Division II |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 39 | −36 | 0 | Promoted to the 2003 Division II |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 6 | Promoted to the 2003 Division II |
| 2 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 4 | Promoted to the 2003 Division II |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 2 | Promoted to the 2003 Division II |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 30 | −22 | 0 | Promoted to the 2003 Division II |

### Final round

Source:
All times local (EET/UTC+2).

#### 1st place game

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.