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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name =IIHF World U18 Championship
 | year = 2002
 | other_titles =
 | image = 
 | size = 
 | caption = 
 | country =  Slovakia
 | dates = April 11–21, 2002
 | num_teams = 12
 | venues = 2
 | cities = 2
 | winners = United States
 | count = 1
 | games = 48
 | goals = 328
 | attendance = 93914
 | scoring_leader = {{flagicon|RUS}} [lexander Ovechkin (18 points)
 | mvp = 
 | prevseason = [[2001 IIHF World U18 Championships|2001]]
 | nextseason = [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championships|2003]]
}}
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 (Piestany)|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=My Journey to the NHL|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=602017|accessdate=2011-11-28|date=2011-11-18|publisher=Vancouver Canucks|author=Sum, Karen}}</ref>

==Championship results==

===Preliminary round===

====Group A====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=30|GP
!width=30|W
!width=30|L
!width=30|T
!width=30|GF
!width=30|GA
!width=30|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}
|5||5||0||0||34||10||'''10'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CZE}}
|5||4||1||0||25||12||'''8'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CAN}}
|5||3||2||0||21||17||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{NOR}}
|5||1||3||1||13||23||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SVK}}
|5||1||4||0||10||19||'''2'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GER}}
|5||0||4||1||7||29||'''1'''
|}

;Results<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18/cs/pg000004.htm Group A results]</ref>
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NOR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|GER}}
| score = 2 – 2
| periods = ( 0-1, 2-1, 0-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 11 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SVK}}
| team2 = {{ih18|CZE}}
| score = 1 – 5
| periods = ( 0-2, 0-2, 1-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CAN}}
| team2 = {{ih18|RUS}}
| score = 4 – 8
| periods = ( 3-2, 1-2, 0-4 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 12 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CZE}}
| team2 = {{ih18|NOR}}
| score = 7 – 4
| periods = ( 2-1, 2-2, 3-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 12 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RUS}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SVK}}
| score = 6 – 1
| periods = ( 2-0, 2-1, 2-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 12 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{ih18|CAN}}
| score = 1 – 9
| periods = ( 0-2, 1-3, 0-4 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 14 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CZE}}
| team2 = {{ih18|GER}}
| score = 6 – 1
| periods = ( 4-0, 2-1, 0-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 14 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CAN}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SVK}}
| score = 3 – 1
| periods = ( 2-0, 1-1, 0-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 14 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RUS}}
| team2 = {{ih18|NOR}}
| score = 7 – 0
| periods = ( 1-0, 2-0, 4-0 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 15 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CZE}}
| team2 = {{ih18|CAN}}
| score = 4 – 1
| periods = ( 0-1, 1-0, 3-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 15 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SVK}}
| team2 = {{ih18|NOR}}
| score = 3 – 4
| periods = ( 2-2, 0-0, 1-2 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 15 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{ih18|RUS}}
| score = 2 – 8
| periods = ( 2-2, 0-3, 0-3 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 17 April 2002
| time = 10:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NOR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|CAN}}
| score = 3 – 4
| periods = ( 2-2, 0-0, 1-2 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 17 April 2002
| time = 13:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RUS}}
| team2 = {{ih18|CZE}}
| score = 5 – 3
| periods = ( 1-2, 3-0, 1-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 17 April 2002
| time = 17:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SVK}}
| score = 1 – 4
| periods = ( 1-2, 0-1, 0-1 )
}}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=30|GP
!width=30|W
!width=30|L
!width=30|T
!width=30|GF
!width=30|GA
!width=30|PTS
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{USA}}
|5||5||0||0||33||5||'''10'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{FIN}}
|5||4||1||0||22||7||'''8'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BLR}}
|5||2||3||0||14||21||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SWE}}
|5||2||3||0||16||16||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SUI}}
|5||2||3||0||18||21||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{UKR}}
|5||0||5||0||4||37||'''0'''
|}

;Results<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18/cs/pg000005.htm Group B results]</ref>
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BLR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|USA}}
| score = 0 – 9
| periods = ( 0-2, 0-1, 0-6 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 11 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWE}}
| team2 = {{ih18|FIN}}
| score = 0 – 2
| periods = ( 0-0, 0-1, 0-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|UKR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SWI}}
| score = 0 – 10
| periods = ( 0-4, 0-2, 0-4 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 12 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|FIN}}
| team2 = {{ih18|BLR}}
| score = 4 – 3
| periods = ( 1-0, 1-1, 2-2 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 12 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWI}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SWE}}
| score = 3 – 2
| periods = ( 2-1, 0-1, 1-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 12 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|USA}}
| team2 = {{ih18|UKR}}
| score = 10 – 0
| periods = ( 2-0, 3-0, 5-0 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 14 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|UKR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SWE}}
| score = 3 – 8
| periods = ( 1-3, 2-3, 0-2 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 14 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWI}}
| team2 = {{ih18|BLR}}
| score = 3 – 6
| periods = ( 1-1, 1-1, 1-4 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 14 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|FIN}}
| team2 = {{ih18|USA}}
| score = 2 – 3
| periods = ( 1-1, 0-0, 1-2 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 15 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWE}}
| team2 = {{ih18|BLR}}
| score = 4 – 2
| periods = ( 1-1, 1-0, 2-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 15 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|FIN}}
| team2 = {{ih18|UKR}}
| score = 6 – 0
| periods = ( 0-0, 3-0, 3-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 15 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|USA}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SWI}}
| score = 5 – 1
| periods = ( 2-1, 2-0, 1-0 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 17 April 2002
| time = 10:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BLR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|UKR}}
| score = 3 – 1
| periods = ( 2-1, 1-0, 0-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 17 April 2002
| time = 13:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|USA}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SWE}}
| score = 6 – 2
| periods = ( 1-0, 1-1, 4-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 17 April 2002
| time = 17:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWI}}
| team2 = {{ih18|FIN}}
| score = 1 – 8
| periods = ( 1-3, 0-2, 0-3 )
}}

===Relegation Round===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=30|GP
!width=30|W
!width=30|L
!width=30|T
!width=30|GF
!width=30|GA
!width=30|PTS
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SUI}}
|5||5||0||0||28||6||'''10'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SVK}}
|5||3||2||0||15||11||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{SWE}}
|5||3||2||0||20||13||'''6'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{GER}}
|5||1||3||1||9||16||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{NOR}}
|5||1||3||1||12||20||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{UKR}}
|5||1||4||0||9||27||'''2'''
|}
{{Col-2}}
<small>Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
*April 11, 2004: {{NOR}} 2-2 {{GER}}
*April 11, 2004: {{UKR}} 0-10 {{SUI}}
*April 12, 2004: {{SUI}} 3-2 {{SWE}}
*April 14, 2004: {{UKR}} 3-8 {{SWE}}
*April 15, 2004: {{SVK}} 3-4 {{NOR}}
*April 17, 2004: {{GER}} 1-4 {{SVK}}</small>
{{Col-end}}

;Results<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18/cs/pg000068.htm Relegation Round results]</ref>
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 18 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWE}}
| team2 = {{ih18|GER}}
| score = 4 – 0
| periods = ( 2-0, 0-0, 2-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 18 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NOR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SWI}}
| score = 2 – 7
| periods = ( 0-3, 1-3, 1-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 18 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SVK}}
| team2 = {{ih18|UKR}}
| score = 3 – 0
| periods = ( 2-0, 1-0, 0-0 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 20 April 2002
| time = 11:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWI}}
| team2 = {{ih18|GER}}
| score = 5 – 2
| periods = ( 0-1, 2-1, 3-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 20 April 2002
| time = 14:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|UKR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|NOR}}
| score = 5 – 2
| periods = ( 1-1, 2-0, 2-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 20 April 2002
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SWE}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SVK}}
| score = 3 – 5
| periods = ( 1-3, 2-1, 0-1 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 21 April 2002
| time = 11:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{ih18|UKR}}
| score = 4 – 1
| periods = ( 1-0, 3-0, 0-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 21 April 2002
| time = 14:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SVK}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SWI}}
| score = 0 – 3
| periods = ( 0-0, 0-3, 0-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 21 April 2002
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NOR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|SWE}}
| score = 2 – 3
| periods = ( 0-1, 2-1, 0-1 )
}}

===Final round===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=30|GP
!width=30|W
!width=30|L
!width=30|T
!width=30|GF
!width=30|GA
!width=30|PTS
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{USA}}
|5||4||1||0||27||7||'''8'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{RUS}}
|5||4||1||0||29||13||'''8'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CZE}}
|5||4||1||0||17||9||'''8'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{FIN}}
|5||2||3||0||14||15||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BLR}}
|5||1||4||0||9||32||'''2'''
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CAN}}
|5||0||5||0||12||30||'''0'''
|}
{{Col-2}}
<small>Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the final round:
*April 11, 2004: {{BLR}} 0-9 {{USA}}
*April 11, 2004: {{CAN}} 4-8 {{RUS}}
*April 12, 2004: {{FIN}} 4-3 {{BLR}}
*April 14, 2004: {{FIN}} 2-3 {{USA}}
*April 15, 2004: {{CZE}} 4-1 {{CAN}}
*April 17, 2004: {{RUS}} 5-3 {{CZE}}</small>
{{Col-end}}

;Results<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18/cs/pg000067.htm Final Round results]</ref>
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 18 April 2002
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CZE}}
| team2 = {{ih18|BLR}}
| score = 5 – 1
| periods = ( 1-0, 2-1, 2-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 18 April 2002
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|USA}}
| team2 = {{ih18|CAN}}
| score = 10 – 3
| periods = ( 2-1, 5-2, 3-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 18 April 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RUS}}
| team2 = {{ih18|FIN}}
| score = 4 – 3
| periods = ( 2-2, 1-1, 1-0 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 20 April 2002
| time = 12:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|FIN}}
| team2 = {{ih18|CAN}}
| score = 3 – 1
| periods = ( 0-1, 1-0, 2-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 20 April 2002
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|USA}}
| team2 = {{ih18|CZE}}
| score = 0 – 1
| periods = ( 0-0, 0-1, 0-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 20 April 2002
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BLR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|RUS}}
| score = 0 – 11
| periods = ( 0-2, 0-7, 0-2 )
}}
----{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 21 April 2002
| time = 12:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CZE}}
| team2 = {{ih18|FIN}}
| score = 4 – 2
| periods = ( 1-0, 1-1, 2-1 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 21 April 2002
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CAN}}
| team2 = {{ih18|BLR}}
| score = 3 – 5
| periods = ( 1-3, 2-0, 0-2 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 21 April 2002
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RUS}}
| team2 = {{ih18|USA}}
| score = 1 – 3
| periods = ( 0-2, 0-0, 1-1 )
}}

===Final standings===
{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;font-size:90%" 
|-bgcolor="#E4E4E4"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=40|Rk.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=120|Team
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
|align="center"|{{goca}}||{{USA}}
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
|align="center"|{{sica}}||{{RUS}}
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
|align="center"|{{Brca}}||{{CZE}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|align="center"|4||{{FIN}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|align="center"|5||{{BLR}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|align="center"|6||{{CAN}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|align="center"|7||{{SUI}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;" 
|align="center"|8||{{SVK}}
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|align="center"|9||{{SWE}}
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|align="center"|10||{{GER}}
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|align="center"|11||{{NOR}}
|- style="background:#ffccff;" 
|align="center"|12||{{UKR}}
|}
<small>{{GER}}, {{NOR}}, and {{UKR}} are relegated to Division I for the [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championships]].</small>

==Division I==
The Division I tournament was played in [[Celje]] and [[Maribor]], [[Slovenia]], from 23 to 29 March 2002.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18I/0102/pg000001.htm Division I statistics]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/articles/2002-04-U18.htm 2002 under 18 commentary]</ref>

=== First round ===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>Group A</big> (in Celje)
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! KAZ !! AUT !! ITA !! Score !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Kazakhstan || style="background:#000000;" | ||6:1||6:1||12:2||4
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|2. Austria ||1:6|| style="background:#000000;" | ||3:1||4:7||2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3. Italy||1:6||1:3|| style="background:#000000;" | ||2:9||0
|}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>Group B</big> (in Maribor)
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! SLO !! LAT !! DAN !! JPN !! Score !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Slovenia || style="background:#000000;" | ||4:2||3:0||4:4||11:6||5
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|2.  Latvia||2:4|| style="background:#000000;" | ||4:2||2:2||8:8||3
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.   Denmark ||0:3||2:4|| style="background:#000000;" | ||6:4||8:11||2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.   Japan ||4:4||2:2||4:6|| style="background:#000000;" | ||10:12||2
|}
{{Col-end}}

=== Consolation Round (Places 5–7) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ (in Celje)
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! ITA !! DAN !! JPN !! Score !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Italy || style="background:#000000;" | ||4:2||3:4||7:6||2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|2.  Denmark ||2:4|| style="background:#000000;" | ||(6:4)||8:8||2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.   Japan ||4:3||(4:6)|| style="background:#000000;" | ||8:9||2
|}

=== Play-Off ===
;Semifinal
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 27 March 2002
| time = 15:30
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|KAZ}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|LAT}}
| score = 4 – 1
| periods = ( 1-1, 3-0, 0-0 )
}}
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 27 March 2002
| time = 19:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|SLO}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|AUT}}
| score = 3 – 2 <small>OT</small>
| periods = ( 0-1, 1-1, 1-0 )<br>( 1-0 )
}}
;Third-place Play-off
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 March 2002
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|AUT}}'''
| score = 1 – 4
| periods = ( 1-1, 0-2, 0-1 )
}}
;Final
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 29 March 2002
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SLO}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|KAZ}}'''
| score = 2 – 5
| periods = ( 1-0, 1-3, 0-2 )
}}
<small>{{ih18|KAZ}} were promoted to the top level, and no team was relegated for the [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championships]].</small>

==Division II==
The Division II tournament was played in [[Briançon]], France, from 22 to 29 March 2002.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18II/0102/pg000001.htm Division II statistics]</ref> With North Korea's absence, Romania (the previous year's Division III runners-up) gained a late promotion into this tournament.

=== First round ===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>Group A</big>
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! FRA !! GBR !! CRO !! ROM !! Score !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   France || style="background:#000000;" | ||10:0||17:1||20:0||47:1||6
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|2.  Great Britain ||0:10|| style="background:#000000;" | ||8:1||8:0||16:11||4
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.   Croatia ||1:17||1:8|| style="background:#000000;" | ||7:2||9:27||2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.   Romania ||0:20||0:8||2:7|| style="background:#000000;" | ||2:35||0
|}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>Group B</big>
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! POL !! EST !! NED !! HUN !! Score !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Poland|| style="background:#000000;" | ||9:1||9:1||7:1||25:3||6
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| align="left"|2.   Estonia||1:9|| style="background:#000000;" | ||7:0||5:2||13:11||4
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.   Netherlands||1:9||0:7|| style="background:#000000;" | ||3:2||4:18||2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.  Hungary ||1:7||2:5||2:3|| style="background:#000000;" | ||5:15||0
|}
{{Col-end}}

=== Final round and Consolation round===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>Places 1–4</big>
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! FRA !! POL !! GBR !! EST !! Score !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   France || style="background:#000000;" | ||12:1||(10:0)||14:0||36:1||6
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|2. Poland ||1:12|| style="background:#000000;" | ||10:2||(9:1)||20:15||4
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|3.  Great Britain||(0:10)||2:10|| style="background:#000000;" | ||8:2||10:24||2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.  Estonia ||0:14||(1:9)||2:8|| style="background:#000000;" | ||3:31||0
|}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>Places 5–8</big>
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! NED !! HUN !! CRO !! ROM !! Score !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|1.  Netherlands || style="background:#000000;" | ||(3:2)||6:3||3:2||12:7||6
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|2.  Hungary ||(2:3)|| style="background:#000000;" | ||6:2||5:2||13:7||4
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|3.   Croatia ||3:6||2:6|| style="background:#000000;" | ||(7:2)||12:14||2
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.   Romania ||2:3||2:5||(2:7)|| style="background:#000000;" | ||6:15||0
|}
{{Col-end}}
<small>With the forthcoming reorganization into twelve team divisions, {{ih18|FRA}}, {{ih18|POL}}, and {{ih18|GBR}} were all promoted to Division I, and no team was relegated for the [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championships]].</small>

==Division III==
The Division III tournament was played in [[Elektrėnai]] and [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]], from 5 to 9 March 2002.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18III/0102/pg000001.htm Division III statistics]</ref>

=== First round ===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>Group A</big> (in Elektrėnai)
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! KOR !! BEL !! LTU !! BUL !! Score !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|1.  South Korea || style="background:#000000;" | ||14:1||11:0||11:0||36:1||6
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|2.  Belgium ||1:14|| style="background:#000000;" | ||6:4||4:1||11:19||4
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|3.   Lithuania ||0:11||4:6|| style="background:#000000;" | ||7:1||11:18||2
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|4.   Bulgaria ||0:11||1:4||1:7|| style="background:#000000;" | ||2:22||0
|}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>Group B</big> (in Kaunas)
|-bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
! Teams !! YUG !! ESP !! RSA !! TUR !! Score !! Pts
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|1.   Yugoslavia || style="background:#000000;" | ||6:3||20:2||16:0||42:5||6
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|2.  Spain ||0:11|| style="background:#000000;" | ||3:6||4:4||20:2||3
|-bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| align="left"|3.  South Africa ||2:20||4:4|| style="background:#000000;" | ||5:1||11:25||3
|-bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| align="left"|4.  Turkey ||0:16||2:20||1:5|| style="background:#000000;" | ||3:41||0
|}
{{Col-end}}
<small>With the forthcoming reorganization into twelve team divisions, everyone but {{ih18|TUR}} were promoted to Division II, and no team was relegated for the [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championships]].</small>

=== Play-off round ===
;7th-place play-off
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 9 March 2002
| time = 14:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|BUL}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|TUR}}
| score = 6 – 3
| periods = ( 2-1, 3-0, 1-2 )
| stadium = [[Kaunas]]
}}
;5th-place play-off
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 9 March 2002
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LTU}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|RSA}}'''
| score = 3 – 5
| periods = ( 3-0, 0-3, 0-2 )
| stadium = [[Kaunas]]
}}
;3rd-place play-off
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 9 March 2002
| time = 14:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BEL}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|ESP}}'''
| score = 4 – 7
| periods = ( 0-1, 2-4, 2-2 )
| stadium = [[Elektrėnai]]
}}
;Final
{{Hockeybox2
| bg = #eeffff
| date = 9 March 2002
| time = 18:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|KOR}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|FR Yugoslavia}}
| score = 11 – 1
| periods = ( 3-1, 4-0, 4-0 )
| stadium = [[Elektrėnai]]
}}

==See also==
*[[2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2002 World Junior Championships]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/W18/0102/pg000001.htm Official Championship results and statistics]

{{World Junior Ice Hockey Championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}

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