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2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | IIHF World U20 Championship |
| year | 2002 |
| image | 2002 WJHC logo.svg |
| size | 240px |
| country | Czech Republic |
| dates | December 25, 2001 – January 4, 2002 |
| num_teams | 10 |
| venues | 2 |
| cities | 2 |
| type | ihj |
| winners | RUS |
| count | 2 |
| second | CAN |
| third | FIN |
| fourth | SUI |
| games | 34 |
| goals | 201 |
| attendance | 111128 |
| scoring_leader | CAN Mike Cammalleri |
| points | 11 |
| prevseason | [2001](2001-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships) |
| nextseason | [2003](2003-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships) |
The 2002 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2002 World Junior Hockey Championships (2002 WJHC), was the 26th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Pardubice and Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, from December 25, 2001 to January 4, 2002.
Russia won the gold medal with a 5–4 come-from-behind victory over Canada in the championship game, while Finland won the bronze medal with a 5–1 victory over Switzerland.
Venues
| ČEZ Aréna | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity: 10,194 | Zimní Stadion | ||||
| Capacity: 7,700 | CZE – Pardubice | CZE – Hradec Králové | |||
| [[File:Pardubice, Sukova str.jpg | 150px]] | [[File:Hradec Králové, zimní stadion.jpg | 150px]] |
Rosters
Main article: 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
Top Division
Preliminary round
Group A
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
Group B
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
Relegation round
- was relegated to Division I for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.*
Final round
Source:
| RD1-seed1 = A2 | RD1-team1 = | RD1-score1 = 1 | RD1-seed2 = B3 | RD1-team2 = **** | RD1-score2 = 6 | RD1-seed3 = B1 | RD1-team3 = **** | RD1-score3 = 3 | RD1-seed4 = A4 | RD1-team4 = | RD1-score4 = 1 | RD1-seed5 = A1 | RD1-team5 = | RD1-score5 = 2 | RD1-seed6 = B4 | RD1-team6 = **** | RD1-score6 = 3‡ | RD1-seed7 = B2 | RD1-team7 = **** | RD1-score7 = 5 | RD1-seed8 = A3 | RD1-team8 = | RD1-score8 = 2 | RD2-seed1 = B3 | RD2-team1 = **** | RD2-score1 = 2† | RD2-seed2 = B1 | RD2-team2 = | RD2-score2 = 1 | RD2-seed3 = B4 | RD2-team3 = | RD2-score3 = 0 | RD2-seed4 = B2 | RD2-team4 = **** | RD2-score4 = 4 | RD3-seed1 = B3 | RD3-team1 = **** | RD3-score1 = 5 | RD3-seed2 = B2 | RD3-team2 = | RD3-score2 = 4 | RD3b-seed1 = B1 | RD3b-team1 = **** | RD3b-score1 = 5 | RD3b-seed2 = B4 | RD3b-team2 = | RD3b-score2 = 1 † Overtime victory. ‡ Shootout victory.
Quarterfinals
Stoll (Sutherby, Ott) - 18:59 Boyes (Bouwmeester (PP) - 30:36 Murray (Upshall) - 34:56 Sutherby (Stoll) (SH-EN) - 59:02 16:06 - Hedlund (Sundqvist) (PP)
Consolation round
Semifinals
32:27 - Cammalleri (Sutherby) 33:35 - Sutherby (Ott) 58:28 - Ott (Schultz, Popovic)
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Chistov (Volchenkov) – 25:16 Polushin – 31:32 Trubachyov (Grogorenko) – 33:15 Volchenkov (Nepryaev) – 46:51 7:12 – Kobasew (Murray) 20:37 – Upshall (Spezza) 44:31 – Kobasew (Hamhuis) (PP)
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Cammalleri | F | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +9 | |
| 2 | Brad Boyes | F | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | +8 | |
| 3 | Jared Aulin | F | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | +8 | |
| 4 | Aleš Hemský | F | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | -1 | |
| 5 | Marek Svatoš | F | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +5 | |
| 6 | Alexander Frolov | F | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +5 | |
| 7 | Stanislav Chistov | F | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | +2 | |
| 8 | Tomáš Kopecký | F | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | +6 | |
| 9 | Jussi Jokinen | F | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +3 | |
| 10 | Jarkko Immonen | F | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +3 |
Goaltending leaders
Minimum 40% of team's ice time.
| Rank | Player | Country | TOI | SOG | GA | GAA | Saves | Sv % | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kari Lehtonen | 359:36 | 123 | 7 | 1.17 | 116 | 94.31 | 1 | |
| 2 | Pascal Leclaire | 299:25 | 143 | 9 | 1.80 | 134 | 93.71 | 2 | |
| 3 | Peter Hamerlík | 207:31 | 101 | 8 | 2.31 | 93 | 92.08 | 0 | |
| 4 | Peter Budaj | 212:29 | 136 | 11 | 3.11 | 125 | 91.91 | 1 | |
| 5 | Henrik Lundqvist | 419:15 | 160 | 15 | 2.15 | 145 | 90.63 | 1 |
Tournament awards
| Goaltender | Defencemen | Forwards |
|---|---|---|
| IIHF Directorate Awards | FIN Kari Lehtonen | RUS Igor Knyazev |
| Media All-Star Team | CAN Pascal Leclaire | CAN Jay Bouwmeester |
Final standings
| Team |
|---|
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6 |
| 7 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 10 |
Division I

The Division I tournament was played in Kapfenberg and Zeltweg, Austria between December 9 and December 15, 2001.
Group A
Group B
Placement round
Source: | RD1-seed1 = B3 | RD1-team1 = | RD1-score1 = 4 | RD1-seed2 = A4 | RD1-team2 = **** | RD1-score2 = 5 | RD1-seed3 = A3 | RD1-team3 = **** | RD1-score3 = 11 | RD1-seed4 = B4 | RD1-team4 = | RD1-score4 = 0 | RD2-seed1 = A4 | RD2-team1 = | RD2-score1 = 6 | RD2-seed2 = A3 | RD2-team2 = **** | RD2-score2 = 11 | RD2b-seed1 = B4 | RD2b-team1 = **** | RD2b-score1 = 6 | RD2b-seed2 = B3 | RD2b-team2 = | RD2b-score2 = 0
Final round
Source: | RD1-seed1 = B1 | RD1-team1 = **** | RD1-score1 = 3 | RD1-seed2 = A2 | RD1-team2 = | RD1-score2 = 1 | RD1-seed3 = A1 | RD1-team3 = **** | RD1-score3 = 9 | RD1-seed4 = B2 | RD1-team4 = | RD1-score4 = 1 | RD2-seed1 = B1 | RD2-team1 = **** | RD2-score1 = 7 | RD2-seed2 = A1 | RD2-team2 = | RD2-score2 = 1 | RD2b-seed1 = A2 | RD2b-team1 = **** | RD2b-score1 = 7 | RD2b-seed2 = B2 | RD2b-team2 = | RD2b-score2 = 1
- was promoted to the Top Division for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Due to a restructuring of the tournament, no team was relegated from Division I, which in the 2003 tournament consisted of 12 teams in 2 groups.*
Division II

The Division II tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia between December 30, 2001 and January 3, 2002.
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Final round
Source:
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
7th place game
5th place game
3rd place game
1st place game
, , , and were promoted to Division I for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Due to a restructuring of the tournament, no team was relegated from Division II, which in the 2003 tournament consisted of 12 teams in 2 groups.
Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between January 5 and January 9, 2002.
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Final round
Source:
All times local (EET/UTC+2).
7th place game
5th place game
3rd place game
1st place game
Due to a restructuring of the tournament, all teams were promoted to Division II for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, which consisted of 12 teams in 2 groups.
References
References
- "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Top Division statistics".
- "Playoffs results".
- "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I statistics".
- "Playoff round position 5–8 results".
- "Playoff round position 1–4 results".
- "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II statistics".
- "Playoffs results".
- "2002 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III statistics".
- "Playoffs results".
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