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2002 IIHF World U18 Championships

Field	Value
tourney_name	IIHF World U18 Championship
year	2002
image	2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.png
size	220px
country	Slovakia
dates	April 11–21, 2002
num_teams	12
venues	2
cities	2
type	ih18
winners	United States
second	Russia
third	Czech Republic
fourth	Finland
count	1
games	48
goals	328
attendance	93914
scoring_leader	RUS Alexander Ovechkin (18 points)
prevseason	2001
nextseason	2003

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

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Group B

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Relegation Round

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

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Final round

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

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Final standings

Rk.	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

, , and are relegated to Division I for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division I

The Division I tournament was played in Celje and Maribor, Slovenia, from 23 to 29 March 2002. With the temporary expansion 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.

First round

Consolation round (Places 5–7)

Play-off

;Semifinal ( 1–0 ) ;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. With North Korea's absence, Romania (the previous year's Division III runners-up) gained a late promotion into this tournament.

First round

Final round and Consolation round

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.

First round

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

References

Sum, Karen. (2011-11-18). "My Journey to the NHL". [[Vancouver Canucks]].
[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18/cs/pg000004.htm Group A results]
[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18/cs/pg000005.htm Group B results]
[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18/cs/pg000068.htm Relegation Round results]
[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18/cs/pg000067.htm Final Round results]
[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18I/0102/pg000001.htm Division I statistics]
[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/articles/2002-04-U18.htm 2002 under 18 commentary]
[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18II/0102/pg000001.htm Division II statistics]
[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18III/0102/pg000001.htm Division III statistics]

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