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 US team finished first in the final round to capture the gold, while Russia and the Czech Republic captured the silver and bronze medal respectively. USA and Russia played the last game of the final round to determine the medals. Needing to beat Russia by two goals, USA led 2–1 with a minute remaining. They pulled their goalie, leading to Zach Parise's gold medal-winning goal with thirty seconds remaining.
==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
 	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
;ResultsGroup A results
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====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
;ResultsGroup B results
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===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 11, 2004: 2-2 
*April 11, 2004: 0-10 
*April 12, 2004: 3-2 
*April 14, 2004: 3-8 
*April 15, 2004: 3-4 
*April 17, 2004: 1-4 
;ResultsRelegation Round results
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===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
 	5 	0	5	0	12	30	0
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the final round:
*April 11, 2004: 0-9 
*April 11, 2004: 4-8 
*April 12, 2004: 4-3 
*April 14, 2004: 2-3 
*April 15, 2004: 4-1 
*April 17, 2004: 5-3 
;ResultsFinal Round results
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===Final standings===
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==Division I==
The Division I tournament was played in Celje and Maribor, Slovenia, from 23 to 29 March 2002.Division I statistics With the temporary expanison of the top level to twelve teams because of the late inclusion of Canada, Division I was left short one team. France, the previous year's runner up in Division II was invited, but failed to respond, so the tournament was played with only seven teams.2002 under 18 commentary
=== First round ===
 Group A (in Celje)
Teams 	KAZ	AUT	ITA	Score	Pts
1. Kazakhstan	 	6:1	6:1	12:2 	4
2. Austria 	1:6	 	3:1	4:7 	2
3. Italy 	1:6	1:3	 	2:9 	0
 Group B (in Maribor)
Teams 	SLO	LAT	DAN	JPN	Score	Pts
1. Slovenia	 	4:2	3:0	4:4	11:6 	5
2. Latvia 	2:4	 	4:2	2:2	8:8 	3
3. Denmark 	0:3	2:4	 	6:4	8:11 	2
4. Japan 	4:4	2:2	4:6	 	10:12	2
=== Consolation Round (Places 5–7) ===
 (in Celje)
Teams 	ITA	DAN 	JPN 	Score	Pts
1. Italy 	 	4:2 	3:4 	7:6 	2
2. Denmark	2:4	 	(6:4)	8:8 	2
3. Japan 	4:3	(4:6)	 	8:9 	2
=== Play-Off ===
;Semifinal
;Third-place Play-off
;Final
 were promoted to the top level, and no team was relegated for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.
==Division II==
The Division II tournament was played in Briançon, France, from 22 to 29 March 2002.Division II statistics With North Korea's absence, Romania (the previous year's Division III runners-up) gained a late promotion into this tournament.
=== First round ===
 Group A
Teams 	FRA 	GBR 	CRO 	ROM 	Score	Pts
1. France 	 	10:0	17:1	20:0	47:1 	6
2. Great Britain	0:10	 	8:1 	8:0 	16:11	4
3. Croatia 	1:17	1:8 	 	7:2 	9:27 	2
4. Romania 	0:20	0:8 	2:7 	 	2:35 	0
 Group B
Teams 	POL	EST	NED	HUN	Score	Pts
1. Poland 	 	9:1	9:1	7:1	25:3 	6
2. Estonia 	1:9	 	7:0	5:2	13:11	4
3. Netherlands	1:9	0:7	 	3:2	4:18 	2
4. Hungary 	1:7	2:5	2:3	 	5:15 	0
=== Final round and Consolation round===
 Places 1–4
Teams 	FRA 	POL 	GBR 	EST 	Score	Pts
1. France 	 	12:1 	(10:0)	14:0 	36:1 	6
2. Poland 	1:12 	 	10:2 	(9:1)	20:15	4
3. Great Britain	(0:10)	2:10 	 	8:2 	10:24	2
4. Estonia 	0:14 	(1:9)	2:8 	 	3:31 	0
 Places 5–8
Teams 	NED 	HUN 	CRO 	ROM 	Score	Pts
1. Netherlands	 	(3:2)	6:3 	3:2 	12:7 	6
2. Hungary 	(2:3)	 	6:2 	5:2 	13:7 	4
3. Croatia 	3:6 	2:6 	 	(7:2)	12:14	2
4. Romania 	2:3 	2:5 	(2:7)	 	6:15 	0
With the forthcoming reorganization into twelve team divisions, , , and were all promoted to Division I, and no team was relegated for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.
==Division III==
The Division III tournament was played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania, from 5 to 9 March 2002.Division III statistics
=== First round ===
 Group A (in Elektrėnai)
Teams 	KOR 	BEL 	LTU 	BUL 	Score	Pts
1. South Korea	 	14:1	11:0	11:0	36:1 	6
2. Belgium 	1:14	 	6:4 	4:1 	11:19	4
3. Lithuania 	0:11	4:6 	 	7:1 	11:18	2
4. Bulgaria 	0:11	1:4 	1:7 	 	2:22 	0
 Group B (in Kaunas)
Teams 	YUG 	ESP 	RSA 	TUR 	Score	Pts
1. Yugoslavia 	 	6:3 	20:2	16:0	42:5 	6
2. Spain 	0:11	 	3:6 	4:4 	20:2 	3
3. South Africa	2:20	4:4 	 	5:1 	11:25	3
4. Turkey 	0:16	2:20	1:5 	 	3:41 	0
With the forthcoming reorganization into twelve team divisions, everyone but were promoted to Division II, and no team was relegated for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.
=== Play-off round ===
;7th-place play-off
;5th-place play-off
;3rd-place play-off
;Final
==See also==
*2002 World Junior Championships
==References==
==External links==
*Official Championship results and statistics
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IIHF World U18 Championships