World Hockey Championships

Updated September 13, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

The World Hockey Championships, held in Göteborg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden from April 26-May 11, 2002. Top three teams (*) in each group after preliminary round-robin advance to the second round. Fourth-place teams play in a consolation round. Top four teams from each group of the second round advance to the quarterfinals.

Final Round Robin Standings

GROUP A W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Czech Republic 3-0-0 6 17 8
*Germany 2-1-0 4 17 9
*Switzerland 1-2-0 2 5 9
Japan 0-3-0 0 6 19
GROUP B W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Finland 3-0-0 6 14 1
*Slovakia 2-1-0 4 13 7
*Ukraine 1-2-0 2 7 8
Poland 0-3-0 0 0 18
GROUP C W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Sweden 3-0-0 6 15 5
*Russia 2-1-0 4 14 6
*Austria 1-2-0 2 11 14
Slovenia 0-3-0 0 6 21
GROUP D W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Canada 3-0-0 6 11 2
*United States 2-1-0 4 9 6
*Latvia 1-2-0 2 7 8
Italy 0-3-0 0 3 14

Second Round

GROUP E W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Czech Republic 5-0-0 10 25 11
*Canada 4-1-0 8 13 10
*United States 2-2-1 5 13 11
*Germany 2-2-1 5 14 14
Switzerland 1-4-0 2 8 18
Latvia 0-5-0 0 10 19
GROUP F W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Sweden 4-1-0 8 19 7
*Finland 4-1-0 8 12 6
*Slovakia 4-1-0 8 20 15
*Russia 1-3-1 3 13 15
Ukraine 1-3-1 3 10 20
Austria 0-5-0 0 12 23
Note: Although they each finished the second round with three points, Russia advanced to the playoff round over Ukraine due to a better goal differential.

Quarterfinals

Finland 3 United States 1
Sweden 6 Germany 2
Russia 3 Czech Republic 1
Slovakia 3 Canada 2

Semifinals

Russia 3 OT* Finland 2
Slovakia 3 OT* Sweden 2
* After a scoreless overtime, Russia and Slovakia each won their game in a penalty shootout.

Bronze Medal Game

Sweden 5 Finland 3

Gold Medal Game

Slovakia 4 Russia 3

Scoring Leaders

  Gm G A Pts PM
Miroslav Satan, Slovakia 9 5 8 13 2
Kristian Huselius, Sweden 9 5 6 11 0
Peter Bondra, Slovakia 9 7 2 9 20
Jaromir Jagr, Czech Republic 7 4 4 8 2
Richard Lintner, Slovakia 9 4 4 8 22
Timo Parssinen, Finland 9 3 5 8 4
Jan Benda, Germany 7 1 7 8 14

Goaltending Leaders

(At least 200 minutes) Gm Min Sv% GAA
Jussi Markkanen, Finland 7 429 .937 1.40
Ryan Miller, United States 4 238 .950 1.76
Milan Hnilicka, Czech Republic 5 298 .917 1.81
J-S Giguere, Canada 5 253 .921 1.89
Tommy Salo, Sweden 7 429 .921 1.96

Tournament All-Star Team

(Selected by media)

First team: G—Maxim Sokolov, Russia; D—Richard Lintner, Slovakia; Thomas Rhodin, Sweden; F—Miroslav Satan, Slovakia (MVP); Niklas Hagman, Finland; Peter Bondra, Slovakia.

 

Note: Due to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, no IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships were held in 2002. For men's and women's Olympic hockey coverage, see pages 672-673.

 

Minor League Hockey 2001-2002 Season  

 

 
 
2001-2002 Season for Professional and College Hockey
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