2002 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2002 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Slovakia
Dates April 11–21, 2002
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of the United States.svg.png United States (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 48
Goals scored 328  (6.83 per game)
Attendance 93,914  (1,957 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Russia [lexander Ovechkin (18 points)

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]

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Russia 5 5 0 0 34 10 10
 Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 25 12 8
 Canada 5 3 2 0 21 17 6
 Norway 5 1 3 1 13 23 3
 Slovakia 5 1 4 0 10 19 2
 Germany 5 0 4 1 7 29 1
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
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
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
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
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

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 United States 5 5 0 0 33 5 10
 Finland 5 4 1 0 22 7 8
 Belarus 5 2 3 0 14 21 4
 Sweden 5 2 3 0 16 16 4
 Switzerland 5 2 3 0 18 21 4
 Ukraine 5 0 5 0 4 37 0
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
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
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
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
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

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Switzerland 5 5 0 0 28 6 10
 Slovakia 5 3 2 0 15 11 6
 Sweden 5 3 2 0 20 13 6
 Germany 5 1 3 1 9 16 3
 Norway 5 1 3 1 12 20 3
 Ukraine 5 1 4 0 9 27 2

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

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
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
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

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 United States 5 4 1 0 27 7 8
 Russia 5 4 1 0 29 13 8
 Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 17 9 8
 Finland 5 2 3 0 14 15 4
 Belarus 5 1 4 0 9 32 2
 Canada 5 0 5 0 12 30 0

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the final round:

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
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
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
Gold medal icon.png  United States
Silver medal icon.png  Russia
Bronze medal icon.png  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 expanison 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)
Teams KAZ AUT ITA Score Pts
1. Kazakhstan 6:1 6:1 12:2 4
2. Austria 1:6 3:1 4:7 2
3. Italy 1:6 1:3 2:9 0
Group B (in Maribor)
Teams SLO LAT DAN JPN Score Pts
1. Slovenia 4:2 3:0 4:4 11:6 5
2. Latvia 2:4 4:2 2:2 8:8 3
3. Denmark 0:3 2:4 6:4 8:11 2
4. Japan 4:4 2:2 4:6 10:12 2

Consolation Round (Places 5–7)

(in Celje)
Teams ITA DAN JPN Score Pts
1. Italy 4:2 3:4 7:6 2
2. Denmark 2:4 (6:4) 8:8 2
3. Japan 4:3 (4:6) 8:9 2

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
Teams FRA GBR CRO ROM Score Pts
1. France 10:0 17:1 20:0 47:1 6
2. Great Britain 0:10 8:1 8:0 16:11 4
3. Croatia 1:17 1:8 7:2 9:27 2
4. Romania 0:20 0:8 2:7 2:35 0
Group B
Teams POL EST NED HUN Score Pts
1. Poland 9:1 9:1 7:1 25:3 6
2. Estonia 1:9 7:0 5:2 13:11 4
3. Netherlands 1:9 0:7 3:2 4:18 2
4. Hungary 1:7 2:5 2:3 5:15 0

Final round and Consolation round

Places 1–4
Teams FRA POL GBR EST Score Pts
1. France 12:1 (10:0) 14:0 36:1 6
2. Poland 1:12 10:2 (9:1) 20:15 4
3. Great Britain (0:10) 2:10 8:2 10:24 2
4. Estonia 0:14 (1:9) 2:8 3:31 0
Places 5–8
Teams NED HUN CRO ROM Score Pts
1. Netherlands (3:2) 6:3 3:2 12:7 6
2. Hungary (2:3) 6:2 5:2 13:7 4
3. Croatia 3:6 2:6 (7:2) 12:14 2
4. Romania 2:3 2:5 (2:7) 6:15 0

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)
Teams KOR BEL LTU BUL Score Pts
1. South Korea 14:1 11:0 11:0 36:1 6
2. Belgium 1:14 6:4 4:1 11:19 4
3. Lithuania 0:11 4:6 7:1 11:18 2
4. Bulgaria 0:11 1:4 1:7 2:22 0
Group B (in Kaunas)
Teams YUG ESP RSA TUR Score Pts
1. Yugoslavia 6:3 20:2 16:0 42:5 6
2. Spain 0:11 3:6 4:4 20:2 3
3. South Africa 2:20 4:4 5:1 11:25 3
4. Turkey 0:16 2:20 1:5 3:41 0

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

References

  1. ↑ Sum, Karen. "My Journey to the NHL", Vancouver Canucks, 2011-11-18. Retrieved on 2011-11-28. 
  2. ↑ Group A results
  3. ↑ Group B results
  4. ↑ Relegation Round results
  5. ↑ Final Round results
  6. ↑ Division I statistics
  7. ↑ 2002 under 18 commentary
  8. ↑ Division II statistics
  9. ↑ Division III statistics

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