2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

The 2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the sixth IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship,^[1] the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place in Nuremberg and Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany, with the gold-medal game played on July 27, 2002.

2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	July 2002
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Germany
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Championship

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FIN	SLO	HUN	BRA
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	0	54	6	+48	9		—	14–2	16–2	24–2
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	0	1	21	17	+4	6			—	12–1	7–2
3	Hungary	3	1	0	0	2	11	34	−23	3				—	8–6
4	Brazil	3	0	0	0	3	10	39	−29	0					—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		USA	AUT	GBR	NZL
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	54	5	+49	9		—	8–2	19–0	27–2
2	Austria	3	2	0	0	1	33	10	+23	6			—	13–1	18–1
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	0	2	6	34	−28	3				—	5–2
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	5	50	−45	0					—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GER	CZE	ARG	BEL
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	0	75	8	+67	9		—	11–6	27–1	37–1
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	57	19	+38	6			—	25–2	26–6
3	Argentina	3	1	0	0	2	11	59	−48	3				—	8–7
4	Belgium	3	0	0	0	3	14	71	−57	0					—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SWE	SVK	JPN	CHI
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	79	4	+75	9		—	7–3	14–1	58–0
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	0	1	37	14	+23	6			—	9–5	25–2
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	28	26	+2	3				—	22–3
4	Chile	3	0	0	0	3	5	105	−100	0					—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second round

Games against common opponents carried over from preliminary round

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FIN	SWE	SVK	SLO
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	0	34	10	+24	9		—	12–3		8–5
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	19	13	+6	6			—
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	19	23	−4	3				—
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	0	3	8	34	−26	0			2–7	4–13	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GER	CZE	USA	AUT
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	0	32	13	+19	9		—		5–4	16–3
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	21	18	+3	6			—	5–3	10–4
3	United States	3	1	0	0	2	15	12	+3	3				—
4	Austria	3	0	0	0	3	9	34	−25	0					—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		JPN	HUN	BRA	CHI
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	0	34	9	+25	9		—
2	Hungary	3	2	0	0	1	26	11	+15	6		2–3	—		16–2
3	Brazil	3	1	0	0	2	18	20	−2	3		4–9		—	8–3
4	Chile	3	0	0	0	3	8	46	−38	0					—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GBR	NZL	ARG	BEL
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	0	0	17	11	+6	9		—		5–4	7–5
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	0	1	29	15	+14	6			—	13–4	14–6
3	Argentina	3	1	0	0	2	16	25	−9	3				—
4	Belgium	3	0	0	0	3	18	29	−11	0					—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff round

Placement games

15th place game

July 26, 2002

Belgium

13 - 4

Chile

13th place game

July 26, 2002

Brazil

16 - 2

Argentina

9th-12th place qualifiers

July 26, 2002

Japan

10 - 3

New Zealand

July 26, 2002

Hungary

8 - 3

Great Britain

11th place game

July 27, 2002

New Zealand

9 - 7

Great Britain

9th place game

July 27, 2002

Hungary

9 - 6

Japan

7th place game

July 26, 2002

Slovenia

7 - 4

Austria

5th place game

July 26, 2002

United States

8 - 6

Slovakia

Semifinals

July 26, 2002

Finland

6 - 3

Czech Republic

July 26, 2002

Sweden

6 - 1

Germany

Bronze medal game

July 27, 2002

Germany

9 - 6

Czech Republic

Gold medal game

July 27, 2002

Sweden

6 - 5 OT

Finland