2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
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The 2002 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2002 in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Karlstad
Karlstad
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 and Jönköping
Jönköping
-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...

, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

.

It was the 66th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...

 (IIHF).

Championship

The Championship division was contested from April 26 to May 11, 2002. Participants in this tournament were placed into groups of four with the top three teams in each group advancing to the qualifying round. Teams which finished last in the group were sent to the relegation round where the top bottom teams were relegated to the 2003 Division I tournament. Within the qualifying round teams where split into two groups of six with the top four advancing to the playoff round and the bottom two eliminated from advancing. The playoff round was a knockout stage towards the gold medal game. The Championship was played in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Slovakia won the gold medal game, defeating Russia 4–3. While Poland and Italy were relegated to Division I for 2003.

Final standings
  1. relegated to Division I for 2003
  2. relegated to Division I for 2003
  3. Far Eastern qualifier for 2003

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 Szekesfehervar
Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...

 and Dunaujvaros
Dunaújváros
Dunaújváros is a Hungarian city in Central Transdanubia, along the Danube river. It is in Fejér county.-History:Dunaújváros is one of the newest cities of the country...

, Hungary
Hungary
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 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
2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
-Relegation round: avoids relegation by defeating 4-1 in the 2004 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification game. and are demoted to Division I at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.-Scoring leaders:-Goaltending leaders:-Group A:...

, while and are relegated to Division II.

Group A

Group A was played in Cape Town
Cape Town
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, South Africa
South Africa
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 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
Novi Sad
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, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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 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 City
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, Mexico
Mexico
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.
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.

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See also: Women's Championship, 2002 World Juniors
2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2002 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2002 World Junior Hockey Championships , was the 26th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships...

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