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 ArénaCapacity: 10,194 Zimní StadionCapacity: 7,700 – Pardubice – Hradec Králové
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:
† Overtime victory. ‡ Shootout victory.
Quarterfinals
Consolation round
Semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountry 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. RankPlayerCountrySaves 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 Kari Lehtonen Igor Knyazev Mike Cammalleri Media All-Star Team Pascal Leclaire Jay Bouwmeester Igor Knyazev Mike Cammalleri Marek Svatoš Stanislav Chistov
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:
Final round Source:
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
External links Results (Hockey Canada)