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{{Infobox ice hockey game
| game_name = 2002 IIHF World Championship Final
| visitor = {{ih|RUS}}
| home = {{ih|SVK}}
| visitor_total = 3
| home_total = 4
| visitor_per1 = 0
| visitor_per2 = 1
| visitor_per3 = 2
| visitor_OT = 
| home_per1 = 2
| home_per2 = 1
| home_per3 = 1
| home_OT = 
| date = May 11, 2002
| arena = [[Scandinavium]]
| city = [[Göteborg]]
| attendance = 11,591
| previous = [[2001 IIHF World Championship Final|2001]]
| next = [[2003 IIHF World Championship Final|2003]]
}}
The '''2002 IIHF World Championship Final''' was an ice hockey match that took place on May 11, 2002 in [[Göteborg]], [[Sweden]], to determine the winner of the [[2002 IIHF World Championship]]. Slovakia defeated Russia to win its first championship.

== Details ==
{{IceHockeybox
|bg         = #F7F6A8
|date       = 11 May
|time       = 19:00
|team1      = {{ih-rt|RUS}}
|team2      = {{ih|SVK}}
|score      = 3 – 4
|periods    = (0–2, 1–1, 2–1) 
|progression= 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>2–3<br>3–3<br>3–4
|goalie1    = [[Maksim Sokolov|Sokolov]]
|goalie2    = [[Ján Lašák|Lašák]]
|goals1     = <br><br>23:27 [[Maxim Sushinsky|Sushinsky]] ([[Dmitry Zatonsky|Zatonsky]], [[Alexander Prokopiev|Prokopiev]])<br>42:09 [[Vladimir Antipov|Antipov]] ([[Valeri Karpov|Karpov]])<br>70:38 Sushinsky (Prokopiev)  
|goals2     = 0:22 [[Ľubomír Višňovský|Višňovský]] ([[Jozef Stumpel|Stumpel]])<br>12:10 [[Peter Bondra|Bondra]] ([[Miroslav Satan|Satan]]), [[Zigmund Palffy|Palffy]])<br>26:59 [[Miroslav Satan|Satan]] ([[Michal Handzus|Handzus]])<br>58:20 [[Peter Bondra|Bondra]] ([[Zigmund Palffy|Palffy]])
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 21
|shots2     = 21
|stadium    = [[Scandinavium]]
|attendance = 11,591
|official   = Pakaslahti
|official2  = Carpentier, Redding
|reference  = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/Ws/cs/pg000011.htm
}}

== See also ==
* [[2002 IIHF World Championship]]
* [[Slovakia men's national ice hockey team]]
* [[Russia men's national ice hockey team]]

== References ==
*[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/Ws/cs/pg000011.htm Official IIHF game report]
*[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/matches/2002/2002-05-11-Mondial.htm Game report] on hockeyarchives.info

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