# 2002 IIHF World Championship

The 2002 IIHF World Championship was held between 26 April and 11 May 2002 in Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden.
It was the 66th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

## Qualification Tournament

Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between October 15 and October 17, 2001 in Harbin, China.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
All times local

## Venues

| GothenburgJönköpingKarlstad | Scandinavium Capacity: 12,044 | Kinnarps Arena Capacity: 6,236 | Löfbergs Lila Arena Capacity: 8,647 |
| GothenburgJönköpingKarlstad | Gothenburg | Jönköping | Karlstad |

## Final tournament

In the first round, the top three teams from each group progressed to the second round, whilst the last-placed team progressed to the consolation round.

### First round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 6 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 4 |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 |

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |

### Second round

In the second round, the top three teams from each group progressed to the final round, whilst the bottom two teams were eliminated.

#### Group E

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 10 |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 8 |
| United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 5 |
| Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 2 |
| Latvia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 0 |

#### Group F

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 8 |
| Finland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 8 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 8 |
| Russia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 3 |
| Austria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 0 |

### Consolation round 13–16 place
#### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 0 |
As the Far Eastern qualifier, Japan avoided relegation. Therefore, Poland and Italy were relegated to Division I for the 2003 Championships.

### Final round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 7 May | 7 May | | | |
| Finland | 3 | | | |
| Finland | 3 | 9 May | 9 May | | |
| United States | 1 | 9 May | 9 May | |
| United States | 1 | Finland | 2 | |
| 7 May | 7 May | | Finland | 2 | |
| 7 May | 7 May | Russia | 3 | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | Russia | 3 | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Russia | 3 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Russia | 3 | | | | Russia | 3 |
| 7 May | 7 May | | | | | Russia | 3 |
| 7 May | 7 May | | | | Slovakia | 4 |
| Sweden | 6 | | | | Slovakia | 4 |
| Sweden | 6 | 9 May | 9 May | | | |
| Germany | 2 | 9 May | 9 May | | | |
| Germany | 2 | Sweden | 2 | | | |
| 7 May | 7 May | | Sweden | 2 | | | |
| 7 May | 7 May | Slovakia | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Canada | 2 | Slovakia | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Canada | 2 | | | | 10 May | 10 May |
| Slovakia | 3 | | | | 10 May | 10 May |
| Slovakia | 3 | | | | Finland | 3 |
| | | | | | Sweden | 5 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Dany Heatley 12:45 Ryan Smyth 23:59 | Goals | 39:59 Peter Bondra 43:47 Miroslav Šatan 44:37 Peter Bondra |

#### Semifinals

| | 0–1 | 04:37 – Jere Karalahti |
| Dmitry Zatonsky – 10:19 | 1–1 | |
| | 1–2 | 20:48 – Niklas Hagman |
| Maxim Afinogenov – 29:40 | 2–2 | |
| Per-Johan Axelsson 17:02 | 1–0 | |
| Thomas Johansson 31:44 | 2–0 | |
| | 2–1 | 35:32 Vladimír Országh |
| | 2–2 | 58:02 Miroslav Šatan |

#### Match for third place

| Tomi Kallio − 04:39 | 1–0 | |
| Niklas Hagman − 08:56 | 2–0 | |
| Kimmo Rintanen − 21:33 | 3–0 | |
| | 3–1 | 23:22 − Johan Davidsson |
| | 3–2 | 34:21 − Mattias Weinhandl |
| | 3–3 | 38:44 − Thomas Rhodin |
| | 3–4 | 53:54 − Thomas Rhodin |
| | 3–5 | 59:53 − Nichlas Falk |

#### Final
## Ranking and statistics

* 2002 IIHF World Championship winners
* Slovakia 1st title

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Maxim Sokolov
** Best Defenceman: Daniel Tjärnqvist
** Best Forward: Niklas Hagman
** Most Valuable Player: Miroslav Šatan
* Media All-Star Team:
** Goaltender: Maxim Sokolov
** Defence: Richard Lintner, Thomas Rhodin
** Forwards: Peter Bondra, Niklas Hagman, Miroslav Šatan

### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| | Slovakia |
| | Russia |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Finland |
| 5 | Czech Republic |
| 6 | Canada |
| 7 | United States |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | Ukraine |
| 10 | Switzerland |
| 11 | Latvia |
| 12 | Austria |
| 13 | Slovenia |
| 14 | Poland |
| 15 | Italy |
| 16 | Japan |

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, then (fewer) games played.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Miroslav Šatan | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +2 | 2 | F |
| Kristian Huselius | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +7 | 0 | F |
| Peter Bondra | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +12 | 20 | F |
| Jaromír Jágr | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Richard Lintner | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +1 | 22 | D |
| Timo Pärssinen | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +3 | 4 | F |
| Jan Benda | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +4 | 14 | D |
| Marcel Rodman | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | –1 | 2 | F |
| Ulf Dahlén | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +5 | 0 | F |
| Niklas Hagman | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +2 | 2 | F |
Source: IIHF.com

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Ryan Miller | 238:13 | 139 | 7 | 1.76 | 94.96 | 1 |
| Jussi Markkanen | 429:42 | 159 | 10 | 1.40 | 93.71 | 2 |
| Maxim Sokolov | 291:05 | 167 | 11 | 2.27 | 93.41 | 0 |
| Kostyantyn Simchuk | 268:25 | 134 | 9 | 2.02 | 93.28 | 1 |
| Tommy Salo | 429:00 | 178 | 14 | 1.96 | 92.13 | 1 |
Source: IIHF.com