2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2002 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 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	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	1	1	0	4 	2 	3
 	2 	0	2	0	1 	1 	2
 	2 	0	1	1	1 	3 	1
All times local
==Final tournament==
In the First Round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the Second Round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the Consolation Round.
===First round===
====Group A====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	17	8 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	17	9 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	5 	9 	2
 	3 	0	0	3	6 	19	0
All times local
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	14	1 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	13	7 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	7 	8 	2
 	3 	0	0	3	0 	18	0
All times local
====Group C====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	15	5 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	14	6 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	11	14	2
 	3 	0	0	3	6 	21	0
All times local
====Group D====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	11	2 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	9 	6 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	7 	8 	2
 	3 	0	0	3	3 	14	0
All times local
===Second round===
In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.
====Group E====
Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	25	11	10
 	5 	4	0	1	13	10	8
 	5 	2	1	2	13	11	5
 	5 	2	1	2	14	14	5
 	5 	1	0	4	8 	18	2
 	5 	0	0	5	10	19	0
====Group F====
Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	0	1	19	7 	8
 	5 	4	0	1	12	6 	8
 	5 	4	0	1	20	15	8
 	5 	1	1	3	13	15	3
 	5 	1	1	3	10	20	3
 	5 	0	0	5	12	23	0
===Consolation Round 13-16 Place===
====Group G====
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	12	5 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	12	7 	4
 	3 	1	0	2	7 	11	2
 	3 	0	0	3	7 	15	0
As the Far Eastern qualifier, avoids relegation. Therefore, and are relegated to Division I for the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
All times local
===Final round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Match for third place====
====Final====
see also: 2002 IIHF World Championship Final
==Ranking and Statistics==
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===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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== Division I ==
=== Group A ===
Group A was played in Eindhoven, The Netherlands between April 14 and April 20, 2002.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	45	10	10
 	5 	4	0	1	27	6 	8
 	5 	3	0	2	30	14	6
 	5 	2	0	3	19	30	4
 	5 	1	0	4	6 	32	2
 	5 	0	0	5	7 	42	0
==== Scores ====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	
 	  	9–0 	3–1 	6–4 	12–1	15–4
 	0–9 	  	1–6 	0–12	3–1 	2–4
 	1–3 	6–1 	  	6–0 	10–0	4–2
 	4–6 	12–0	0–6 	  	10–0	4–2
 	1–12	1–3 	0–10	0–10	  	5–7
 	4–15	4–2 	2–4 	2–4 	7–5 	 
=== Group B ===
Group B was played in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary between April 14 and April 20, 2002.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	40	10	10
 	5 	4	0	1	19	9 	8
 	5 	3	0	2	26	11	6
 	5 	2	0	3	18	16	4
 	5 	1	0	4	10	31	2
 	5 	0	0	5	7 	43	0
==== Scores ====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	
 	  	0–13	3–8	0–6	2–12	2–4
 	13–0	  	5–3	6–2	4–3 	12–2
 	8–3 	3–5 	  	1–4	1–2 	5–2
 	6–0 	2–6 	4–1	  	3–1 	4–1
 	12–2	3–4 	2–1	1–3	  	8–1
 	4–2 	2–12	2–5	1–4	1–8 	 
 and are promoted to the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, while and are relegated to Division II.
== Division II ==
=== Group A ===
Group A was played in Cape Town, South Africa between March 31 and April 6, 2002.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	74	7 	10
 	5 	4	0	1	37	11	8
 	5 	3	0	2	14	22	6
 	5 	2	0	3	32	39	4
 	5 	1	0	4	13	37	2
 	5 	0	0	5	3 	57	0
==== Scores ====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	
 	  	4–9 	4–20	5–6 	8–4 	11–0
 	9–4 	  	3–4 	3–1 	10–0	12–2
 	20–4	4–3 	  	11–0	15–0	24–0
 	6–5 	1–3 	0–11	  	4–2 	3–1
 	4–8 	0–10	0–15	2–4 	  	7–0
 	0–11	2–12	0–24	1–3 	0–7 	 
=== Group B ===
Group B was played in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia between March 25 and March 31, 2002.
Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	5	0	0	71	6 	10
 	5 	4	0	1	34	10	8
 	5 	3	0	2	28	22	6
 	5 	2	0	3	30	29	4
 	5 	1	0	4	14	44	2
 	5 	0	0	5	2 	68	0
==== Scores ====
Team	 	 	 	 	 	
 	  	5–4 	3–13	17–2	3–5 	2–5
 	4–5 	  	0–20	8–0 	1–11	1–8
 	13–3	20–0	  	20–0	11–2	7–1
 	2–17	0–8 	0–20	  	0–10	0–13
 	5–3 	11–1	2–11	10–0	  	0–7
 	5–2 	8–1 	1–7 	13–0	7–0 	 
 and are promoted to Division I, while and are relegated to Division III.
== Division II Qualification ==
Division II Qualification for the tournament took place between April 11 and April 13, 2002 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	2 	2	0	0	18	4 	4
 	2 	0	1	1	7 	13	1
 	2 	0	1	1	9 	17	1
All times local
 and are promoted to Division II.
== External links ==
* IIHF Website
* Complete results at Passionhockey.com
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