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
 	4 	2	0	2	14	7 	6
 	4 	2	0	2	14	9 	6
 	4 	2	0	2	11	5 	6
 	4 	1	3	0	11	7 	2
 	4 	0	4	0	4 	26	0
All games at Pardubice
December 25
* 3-1 
* 0-5 
December 26
* 7-1 
December 27
* 0-1 
* 2-2 
December 28
* 1-9 
December 29
* 2-2 
* 5-2 
December 30
* 1-2 
* 4-4 
===Group B===
 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	3	1	0	14	5 	6
Canada	4 	3	1	0	27	7 	6
 	4 	2	2	0	12	8 	4
 	4 	2	2	0	12	10	4
 	4 	0	4	0	1 	36	0
All games at Hradec Králové
December 25
* 0-15 Canada
* 3-0 
December 26
* 5-1 
December 27
* Canada 6-1 
* 2-1 
December 28
* 0-8 
December 29
* Canada 5-2 
* 8-0 
December 30
* 4-0 
* 4-1 Canada 
===Playoffs===
Quarterfinals - January 1
* 1-6 @ Hradec Králové
* 2-3 @ Pardubice
* Canada 5-2 @ Hradec Králové
* 3-1 @ Pardubice
Semifinals - January 2
* 0-4 Canada @ Pardubice
* 2-1 (OT) @ Pardubice
Placement games - January 2
* 2-3 (SO) @ Hradec Králové
* 3-4 @ Hradec Králové
Placement games - January 4
*5th: 3-2 (OT) @ Hradec Králové
*7th: 2-6 @ Hradec Králové
Finals - January 4
*Gold: 5-4 Canada @ Pardubice
*Bronze: 5-1 @ Pardubice
===Relegation===
Best-of-two series<BR>
January 1
* 2-3 @ Hradec Králové
January 3
* 2-4 (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 	 	7 	3	6	9 	6
Marek Svatos 	 	7 	7	1	8 	6
Alexander Frolov 	 	7 	6	2	8 	4
Stanislav Chistov	 	7 	4	4	8 	0
Tomáš Kopecký 	 	7 	3	5	8 	22
Jussi Jokinen 	 	7 	2	6	8 	2
Jarkko Immonen 	 	7 	4	3	7 	6
Tomáš Plekanec 	 	7 	3	4	7 	0
===Goaltending leaders===
(Minimum 90 minutes played) 
Player 	Nationality	Mins	GA	GAA 	SO	Pct.
Kari Lehtonen 	 	359 	7 	1.17	1 	.943
Pascal Leclaire 	Canada 	299 	9 	1.80	2 	.937
Lucas Hronek 	 	355 	12	2.03	0 	.897
Henrik Lundqvist	 	419 	15	2.15	1 	.906
Peter Hamerlik 	 	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
 	3 	2	1	0	9 	5 	5
 	3 	2	0	1	12	10	4
 	3 	1	0	2	13	13	2
 	3 	0	1	2	6 	12	1
===Group B===
 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0	0	16	4 	6
 	3 	1	1	1	7 	7 	3
 	3 	0	2	1	10	17	2
 	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
 	3 	3	0	0	30	9 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	22	6 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	7 	19	2
 	3 	0	0	3	3 	28	0
===Group B===
 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0	0	25	6 	6
 	3 	1	1	1	14	14	3
 	3 	1	1	1	7 	10	3
 	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
 	3 	3	0	0	30	9 	6
Yugoslavia	3 	2	0	1	22	6 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	7 	19	2
 	3 	0	0	3	3 	28	0
===Group B===
 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0	0	20	7 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	21	10	4
 	3 	1	0	2	8 	10	2
 	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
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