2002 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Piešťany and Trnava, Slovakia. The championships began on April 11, 2002 and finished on April 21, 2002. Games were played at Zimny Stadion in Piešťany and Zimny Stadion in Trnava. The United States finished first in the final round to capture the gold, while Russia and the Czech Republic captured the silver and bronze medal respectively.
==Championship results==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	34	10	10
 	5 	4	1	0	25	12	8
Canada	5 	3	2	0	21	17	6
 	5 	1	3	1	13	23	3
 	5 	1	4	0	10	19	2
 	5 	0	4	1	7 	29	1
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	33	5 	10
 	5 	4	1	0	22	7 	8
 	5 	2	3	0	14	21	4
 	5 	2	3	0	16	16	4
 	5 	2	3	0	18	21	4
 	5 	0	5	0	4 	37	0
===Relegation Round===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	28	6 	10
 	5 	3	2	0	15	11	6
 	5 	3	2	0	20	13	6
 	5 	1	3	1	9 	16	3
 	5 	1	3	1	12	20	3
 	5 	1	4	0	9 	27	2
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
*April 11th, 2004: 2-2 
*April 11th, 2004: 0-10 
*April 12th, 2004: 3-2 
*April 14th, 2004: 3-8 
*April 15th, 2004: 3-4 
*April 17th, 2004: 1-4 
===Final round===
Team 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	1	0	27	7 	8
 	5 	4	1	0	29	13	8
 	5 	4	1	0	17	9 	8
 	5 	2	3	0	14	15	4
 	5 	1	4	0	9 	32	2
Canada	5 	0	5	0	12	30	0
===Final standings===
Rk. 	Team
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6 	Canada
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11 	
12 	
, , and are relegated to Division I for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.
==External links==
*Official Championship results and statistics
Category:2002 in hockey
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships