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2002 IIHF World Championship

2002 edition of the IIHF World Championship

Field	Value
year	2002
image	2002 IIHF World Championship logo.png
size	130px
country	Sweden
dates	26 April – 11 May
opened	Carl XVI Gustaf
num_teams	16
venues	3
cities	3
type	ih
winners	Slovakia
count	1
games	56
second	Russia
third	Sweden
fourth	Finland
goals	340
attendance	305541
scoring_leader	SVK Miroslav Šatan
points	13
prevseason	[2001](2001-iihf-world-championship)
nextseason	[2003](2003-iihf-world-championship)

Main article: 2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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.

All times local

19:00

Venues

Scandinavium
Capacity: 12,044	Kinnarps Arena
Capacity: 6,236	Löfbergs Lila Arena
Capacity: 8,647	Gothenburg	Jönköping	Karlstad
{{location map+	Sweden Southern	float=left	width=200	caption=	places=
[[File:Scandinavium at night.jpg	150px]]	[[File:Kinnarps Arena from east.jpg	150px]]	[[File:Löfbergs Lila Arena 060824.jpg	150px]]

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

15:15

20:03

15:15

19:00

16:00

15:15

Group B

15:15

19:00

16:00

20:00

16:00

20:00

Group C

16:00

20:15

15:15

19:00

16:00

20:00

Group D

15:15

19:05

16:00

20:00

16:00

20:00

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.

20:03

19:05

15:15

20:00

15:15

20:00

16:00

20:00

16:00

20:00

15:15

19:00

Group F

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

20:15

19:00

15:15

16:00

20:00

16:00

20:00

16:00

20:00

15:15

19:00

16:00

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Consolation round 13–16 place

Group G

As the Far Eastern qualifier, Japan avoided relegation. Therefore, Poland and Italy were relegated to Division I for the 2003 Championships.

12:00

16:00

20:00

11:00

15:15

Final round

|7 May|| 3 || 1 |7 May|| 1 || 3 |7 May|| 6 || 2 |7 May|| 2 || 3 |9 May|| 2 || 3 |9 May|| 2 || 3 |11 May|| 3 || 4 |10 May|| 3 || 5

Quarterfinals

Ryan Smyth 23:59

39:59 Peter Bondra 43:47 Miroslav Šatan 44:37 Peter Bondra

Semifinals

1–1 1–2 2–2

Dmitry Zatonsky – 10:19

Maxim Afinogenov – 29:40

20:48 – Niklas Hagman 2–0 2–1 2–2 Thomas Johansson 31:44

35:32 Vladimír Országh 58:02 Miroslav Šatan

Match for third place

2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–3 3–4 3–5 Niklas Hagman − 08:56 Kimmo Rintanen − 21:33

23:22 − Johan Davidsson 34:21 − Mattias Weinhandl 38:44 − Thomas Rhodin 53:54 − Thomas Rhodin 59:53 − Nichlas Falk

Final

0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–3 3–4

23:27 Sushinsky (Zatonsky, Prokopiev)

42:09 Antipov (Karpov) 54:15 Sushinsky (Prokopiev) 12:10 Bondra (Šatan), (Pálffy)

26:59 Šatan (Handzuš)

58:20 Bondra (Pálffy)

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

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

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, then (fewer) games played.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
SVK Miroslav Šatan	9	5	8	13	+2	2	F
SWE Kristian Huselius	9	5	6	11	+7	0	F
SVK Peter Bondra	9	7	2	9	+12	20	F
CZE Jaromír Jágr	7	4	4	8	+5	2	F
SVK Richard Lintner	9	4	4	8	+1	22	D
FIN Timo Pärssinen	9	3	5	8	+3	4	F
GER Jan Benda	7	1	7	8	+4	14	D
SLO Marcel Rodman	6	6	1	7	–1	2	F
SWE Ulf Dahlén	9	5	2	7	+5	0	F
FIN Niklas Hagman	9	5	2	7	+2	2	F

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
USA Ryan Miller	238:13	139	7	1.76	94.96	1
FIN Jussi Markkanen	429:42	159	10	1.40	93.71	2
RUS Maxim Sokolov	291:05	167	11	2.27	93.41	0
UKR Kostyantyn Simchuk	268:25	134	9	2.02	93.28	1
SWE Tommy Salo	429:00	178	14	1.96	92.13	1

IIHF honors and awards

The 2002 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Gothenburg during the World Championships. Pat Marsh of Great Britain was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

Ernest Aljančič, Slovenia
Ivan Hlinka, Czech Republic
Matti Keinonen, Finland
Nils Nilsson, Sweden
Peter Patton, Great Britain
Gord Renwick, Canada
William Thayer Tutt, United States
Vladimir Yurzinov, Russia

References

(14 March 2002). "Canadian in IIHF Hall of Fame". [[Windsor Star]].
"Patricia Marsh".
"Umrl je Nestl Aljančič". [[Siol]].
(14 March 2002). "Hlinka in international hall". [[The News & Observer]].
(1987). "Jääkiekkoleijonat: Keinonen Matti".
(2017). "Nisse Nilsson".
"Peter Patton".
(14 March 2002). "Hockey". [[Star Tribune]].
(19 March 2002). "Юрзинов избран в Зал славы ИИХФ". Sports.ru.

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