2002 IIHF World U18 Championships

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.^[1]

2002 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 11–21, 2002
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	48
Goals scored	328 (6.83 per game)
Attendance	93,914 (1,957 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Alexander Ovechkin (18 points)
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Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	34	10	+24	10
2	Czech Republic	5	4	1	0	25	12	+13	8
3	Canada	5	3	2	0	21	17	+4	6
4	Norway	5	1	3	1	13	23	−10	3
5	Slovakia	5	1	4	0	10	19	−9	2
6	Germany	5	0	4	1	7	29	−22	1

Source: IIHF

Results^[2]

11 April 2002 13:00

Norway

2–2 ( 0–1, 2–1, 0–0 )

Germany

11 April 2002 16:30

Slovakia

1–5 ( 0–2, 0–2, 1–1 )

Czech Republic

11 April 2002 20:00

Canada

4–8 ( 3–2, 1–2, 0–4 )

Russia

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12 April 2002 13:00

Czech Republic

7–4 ( 2–1, 2–2, 3–1 )

Norway

12 April 2002 16:30

Russia

6–1 ( 2–0, 2–1, 2–0 )

Slovakia

12 April 2002 20:00

Germany

1–9 ( 0–2, 1–3, 0–4 )

Canada

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14 April 2002 13:00

Czech Republic

6–1 ( 4–0, 2–1, 0–0 )

Germany

14 April 2002 16:30

Canada

3–1 ( 2–0, 1–1, 0–0 )

Slovakia

14 April 2002 20:00

Russia

7–0 ( 1–0, 2–0, 4–0 )

Norway

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15 April 2002 13:00

Czech Republic

4–1 ( 0–1, 1–0, 3–0 )

Canada

15 April 2002 16:30

Slovakia

3–4 ( 2–2, 0–0, 1–2 )

Norway

15 April 2002 20:00

Germany

2–8 ( 2–2, 0–3, 0–3 )

Russia

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17 April 2002 10:00

Norway

3–4 ( 2–2, 0–0, 1–2 )

Canada

17 April 2002 13:30

Russia

5–3 ( 1–2, 3–0, 1–1 )

Czech Republic

17 April 2002 17:00

Germany

1–4 ( 1–2, 0–1, 0–1 )

Slovakia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	5	5	0	0	33	5	+28	10
2	Finland	5	4	1	0	22	7	+15	8
3	Belarus	5	2	3	0	14	21	−7	4
4	Sweden	5	2	3	0	16	16	0	4
5	Switzerland	5	2	3	0	18	21	−3	4
6	Ukraine	5	0	5	0	4	37	−33	0

Source: IIHF

Results^[3]

11 April 2002 13:00

Belarus

0–9 ( 0–2, 0–1, 0–6 )

United States

11 April 2002 16:30

Sweden

0–2 ( 0–0, 0–1, 0–1 )

Finland

11 April 2002 20:00

Ukraine

0–10 ( 0–4, 0–2, 0–4 )

Switzerland

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12 April 2002 13:00

Finland

4–3 ( 1–0, 1–1, 2–2 )

Belarus

12 April 2002 16:30

Switzerland

3–2 ( 2–1, 0–1, 1–0 )

Sweden

12 April 2002 20:00

United States

10–0 ( 2–0, 3–0, 5–0 )

Ukraine

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14 April 2002 13:00

Ukraine

3–8 ( 1–3, 2–3, 0–2 )

Sweden

14 April 2002 16:30

Switzerland

3–6 ( 1–1, 1–1, 1–4 )

Belarus

14 April 2002 20:00

Finland

2–3 ( 1–1, 0–0, 1–2 )

United States

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15 April 2002 13:00

Sweden

4–2 ( 1–1, 1–0, 2–1 )

Belarus

15 April 2002 16:30

Finland

6–0 ( 0–0, 3–0, 3–0 )

Ukraine

15 April 2002 20:00

United States

5–1 ( 2–1, 2–0, 1–0 )

Switzerland

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17 April 2002 10:00

Belarus

3–1 ( 2–1, 1–0, 0–0 )

Ukraine

17 April 2002 13:30

United States

6–2 ( 1–0, 1–1, 4–1 )

Sweden

17 April 2002 17:00

Switzerland

1–8 ( 1–3, 0–2, 0–3 )

Finland

Relegation Round

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts 1   Switzerland 5 5 0 0 28 6 +22 10 2  Slovakia 5 3 2 0 15 11 +4 6 3  Sweden 5 3 2 0 20 13 +7 6 4  Germany 5 1 3 1 9 16 −7 3 5  Norway 5 1 3 1 12 20 −8 3 6  Ukraine 5 1 4 0 9 27 −18 2 Source: IIHF

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round: April 11, 2004:  Norway 2–2  Germany April 11, 2004:  Ukraine 0–10   Switzerland April 12, 2004:   Switzerland 3–2  Sweden April 14, 2004:  Ukraine 3–8  Sweden April 15, 2004:  Slovakia 3–4  Norway April 17, 2004:  Germany 1–4  Slovakia

Results^[4]

18 April 2002 13:00

Sweden

4–0 ( 2–0, 0–0, 2–0 )

Germany

18 April 2002 16:30

Norway

2–7 ( 0–3, 1–3, 1–1 )

Switzerland

18 April 2002 20:00

Slovakia

3–0 ( 2–0, 1–0, 0–0 )

Ukraine

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20 April 2002 11:00

Switzerland

5–2 ( 0–1, 2–1, 3–0 )

Germany

20 April 2002 14:30

Ukraine

5–2 ( 1–1, 2–0, 2–1 )

Norway

20 April 2002 18:00

Sweden

3–5 ( 1–3, 2–1, 0–1 )

Slovakia

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21 April 2002 11:00

Germany

4–1 ( 1–0, 3–0, 0–1 )

Ukraine

21 April 2002 14:30

Slovakia

0–3 ( 0–0, 0–3, 0–0 )

Switzerland

21 April 2002 18:00

Norway

2–3 ( 0–1, 2–1, 0–1 )

Sweden

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts 1  United States 5 4 1 0 27 7 +20 8 2  Russia 5 4 1 0 29 13 +16 8 3  Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 17 9 +8 8 4  Finland 5 2 3 0 14 15 −1 4 5  Belarus 5 1 4 0 9 32 −23 2 6  Canada 5 0 5 0 12 30 −18 0 Source: IIHF

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the final round: April 11, 2004:  Belarus 0–9  United States April 11, 2004:  Canada 4–8  Russia April 12, 2004:  Finland 4–3  Belarus April 14, 2004:  Finland 2–3  United States April 15, 2004:  Czech Republic 4–1  Canada April 17, 2004:  Russia 5–3  Czech Republic

Results^[5]

18 April 2002 13:00

Czech Republic

5–1 ( 1–0, 2–1, 2–0 )

Belarus

18 April 2002 16:30

United States

10–3 ( 2–1, 5–2, 3–0 )

Canada

18 April 2002 20:00

Russia

4–3 ( 2–2, 1–1, 1–0 )

Finland

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20 April 2002 12:00

Finland

3–1 ( 0–1, 1–0, 2–0 )

Canada

20 April 2002 15:30

United States

0–1 ( 0–0, 0–1, 0–0 )

Czech Republic

20 April 2002 19:00

Belarus

0–11 ( 0–2, 0–7, 0–2 )

Russia

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21 April 2002 12:00

Czech Republic

4–2 ( 1–0, 1–1, 2–1 )

Finland

21 April 2002 15:30

Canada

3–5 ( 1–3, 2–0, 0–2 )

Belarus

21 April 2002 19:00

Russia

1–3 ( 0–2, 0–0, 1–1 )

United States

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	United States
	Russia
	Czech Republic
4	Finland
5	Belarus
6	Canada
7	Switzerland
8	Slovakia
9	Sweden
10	Germany
11	Norway
12	Ukraine

 Germany,  Norway, and  Ukraine 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

First round

Group A (in Celje)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KAZ	AUT	ITA
1	Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	12	2	+10	4			6–1	6–1
2	Austria	2	1	0	1	4	7	−3	2		1–6		3–1
3	Italy	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0		1–6	1–3

Source: IIHF

Group B (in Maribor)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SLO	LAT	DAN	JPN
1	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	11	6	+5	5			4–2	3–0	4–4
2	Latvia	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3		2–4		4–2	2–2
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	8	11	−3	2		0–3	2–4		6–4
4	Japan	3	0	2	1	10	12	−2	2		4–4	2–2	4–6

Source: IIHF

Consolation round (Places 5–7)

(in Celje)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ITA	DAN	JPN
1	Italy	2	1	0	1	7	6	+1	2			4–2	3–4
2	Denmark	2	1	0	1	8	8	0	2		2–4		(6–4)
3	Japan	2	1	0	1	8	9	−1	2		4–3	(4–6)

Source: IIHF

Play-off

Semifinal

27 March 2002 15:30

Kazakhstan

4–1 ( 1–1, 3–0, 0–0 )

Latvia

27 March 2002 19:00

Slovenia

3 – 2 OT ( 0–1, 1–1, 1–0 ) ( 1–0 )

Austria

Third-place play-off

29 March 2002 15:30

Latvia

1–4 ( 1–1, 0–2, 0–1 )

Austria

Final

29 March 2002 19:00

Slovenia

2–5 ( 1–0, 1–3, 0–2 )

Kazakhstan

 Kazakhstan 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.^[8] With North Korea's absence, Romania (the previous year's Division III runners-up) gained a late promotion into this tournament.

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FRA	GBR	CRO	ROM
1	France	3	3	0	0	47	1	+46	6			10–0	17–1	20–0
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	16	11	+5	4		0–10		8–1	8–0
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	9	27	−18	2		1–17	1–8		7–2
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	2	35	−33	0		0–20	0–8	2–7

Source: IIHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		POL	EST	NED	HUN
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	25	3	+22	6			9–1	9–1	7–1
2	Estonia	3	2	0	1	13	11	+2	4		1–9		7–0	5–2
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	4	18	−14	2		1–9	0–7		3–2
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	5	15	−10	0		1–7	2–5	2–3

Source: IIHF

Final round and Consolation round

Places 1–4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FRA	POL	GBR	EST
1	France	3	3	0	0	36	1	+35	6			12–1	(10–0)	14–0
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	20	15	+5	4		1–12		10–2	(9–1)
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	10	22	−12	2		(0–10)	2–10		8–2
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	3	31	−28	0		0–14	(1–9)	2–8

Source: IIHF

Places 5–8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NED	HUN	CRO	ROM
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	12	7	+5	6			(3–2)	6–3	3–2
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	13	7	+6	4		(2–3)		6–2	5–2
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	12	14	−2	2		3–6	2–6		(7–2)
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	6	15	−9	0		2–3	2–5	(2–7)

Source: IIHF

With the forthcoming reorganization into twelve team divisions,  France,  Poland, and  Great Britain 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.^[9]

First round

Group A (in Elektrėnai)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KOR	BEL	LTU	BUL
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	36	1	+35	6			14–1	11–0	11–0
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	11	19	−8	4		1–14		6–4	4–1
3	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	11	18	−7	2		0–11	4–6		7–1
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	2	22	−20	0		0–11	1–4	1–7

Source: IIHF

Group B (in Kaunas)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		YUG	ESP	RSA	TUR
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	42	5	+37	6			6–3	20–2	16–0
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	27	12	+15	3		3–6		4–4	20–2
3	South Africa	3	1	1	1	11	25	−14	3		2–20	4–4		5–1
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	3	41	−38	0		0–16	2–20	1–5

Source: IIHF

With the forthcoming reorganization into twelve team divisions, everyone but  Turkey were promoted to Division II, and no team was relegated for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Play-off round

7th-place play-off

9 March 2002 14:00

Bulgaria

6–3 ( 2–1, 3–0, 1–2 )

Turkey

Kaunas

5th-place play-off

9 March 2002 18:00

Lithuania

3–5 ( 3–0, 0–3, 0–2 )

South Africa

Kaunas

3rd-place play-off

9 March 2002 14:00

Belgium

4–7 ( 0–1, 2–4, 2–2 )

Spain

Elektrėnai

Final

9 March 2002 18:00

South Korea

11–1 ( 3–1, 4–0, 4–0 )

Yugoslavia

Elektrėnai

See also

• 2002 World Junior Championships