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The 2002 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2002 in Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden.

It was the 66th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Contents 1 Pool A 1.1 Far Eastern Qualification 1.2 Preliminary Round 1.2.1 Group A 1.2.2 Group B 1.2.3 Group C 1.2.4 Group D 1.3 Qualification Round 1.3.1 Group E 1.3.2 Group F 1.4 Relegation Round 1.4.1 Group G 1.5 Final Round 2 Division I 2.1 Group A 2.1.1 Scores 2.2 Group B 2.2.1 Scores 3 Division II 3.1 Group A 3.1.1 Scores 3.2 Group B 3.2.1 Scores 4 Division II Qualification 5 External links

Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between October 15 and October 17, 2001 in Harbin, China.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Japan	2	1	1	0	4	2	3
Korea	2	0	2	0	1	1	2
China	2	0	1	1	1	3	1

All times local

October 15, 2001 19:00
	Korea	1–1	Japan

October 16, 2001 19:00
	Japan	3–1	China

October 17, 2001 19:00
	China	0–0	Korea

In the preliminary round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the Qualifcation Round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the Relegation Round.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	17	8	6
Germany	3	2	0	1	17	9	4
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	5	9	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	6	19	0

All times local

April 26, 2002 15:15
	Germany	9–2	Japan

April 26, 2002 20:00
	Switzerland	0–5	Czech Republic

April 28, 2002 15:15
	Germany	3–0	Switzerland

April 28, 2002 19:00
	Czech Republic	5–3	Japan

April 29, 2002 16:00
	Japan	1–5	Switzerland

April 29, 2002 20:00
	Czech Republic	7–5	Germany

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	3	3	0	0	14	1	6
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	13	7	4
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	7	8	2
Poland	3	0	0	3	0	18	0

All times local

April 27, 2002 15:15
	Slovakia	7–0	Poland

April 27, 2002 19:00
	Ukraine	0–3	Finland

April 29, 2002 16:00
	Slovakia	5–4	Ukraine

April 29, 2002 20:00
	Finland	8–0	Poland

April 30, 2002 16:00
	Finland	3–1	Slovakia

April 30, 2002 20:00
	Poland	0–3	Ukraine

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	3	3	0	0	15	5	6
Russia	3	2	0	1	14	6	4
Austria	3	1	0	2	11	14	2
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	6	21	0

All times local

April 26, 2002 16:00
	Russia	8–1	Slovenia

April 26, 2002 20:15
	Austria	3–5	Sweden

April 28, 2002 15:15
	Russia	6–3	Austria

April 28, 2002 19:00
	Sweden	8–2	Slovenia

April 30, 2002 16:00
	Slovenia	3–5	Austria

April 30, 2002 20:00
	Sweden	2–0	Russia

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	11	2	6
United States	3	2	0	1	9	6	4
Latvia	3	1	0	2	7	8	2
Italy	3	0	0	3	3	14	0

All times local

April 27, 2002 15:15
	Italy	2–5	United States

April 27, 2002 19:05
	Canada	4–1	Latvia

April 29, 2002 16:00
	Canada	5–0	Italy

April 29, 2002 20:00
	United States	3–2	Latvia

April 30, 2002 16:00
	Latvia	4–1	Italy

April 30, 2002 20:00
	United States	1–2	Canada

In the qualification round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Playoff Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the Preliminary Round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	25	11	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	13	10	8
United States	5	2	2	1	13	11	5
Germany	5	2	2	1	14	14	5
Switzerland	5	1	4	0	8	18	2
Latvia	5	0	5	0	10	19	0

April 26, 2002 20:00
	Switzerland	0–5	Czech Republic

April 27, 2002 19:05
	Canada	4–1	Latvia

April 28, 2002 15:15
	Germany	3–0	Switzerland

April 29, 2002 20:00
	United States	3–2	Latvia

April 29, 2002 20:00
	Czech Republic	7–5	Germany

April 30, 2002 20:00
	United States	1–2	Canada

May 2, 2002 16:00
	United States	3–0	Switzerland

May 2, 2002 20:00
	Canada	3–1	Germany

May 2, 2002 20:00
	Czech Republic	3–1	Latvia

May 3, 2002 16:00
	Switzerland	2–3	Canada

May 3, 2002 20:00
	Germany	3–2	Latvia

May 4, 2002 15:15
	Czech Republic	5–4	United States

May 5, 2002 15:15
	United States	2–2	Germany

May 5, 2002 19:00
	Canada	1–5	Czech Republic

May 5, 2002 19:00
	Latvia	4–6	Switzerland

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the Preliminary Round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	5	4	1	0	19	7	8
Finland	5	4	1	0	12	6	8
Slovakia	5	4	1	0	20	15	8
Russia	5	1	3	1	13	15	3
Ukraine	5	1	3	1	10	20	3
Austria	5	0	5	0	12	23	0

April 26, 2002 20:15
	Austria	3–5	Sweden

April 27, 2002 19:00
	Ukraine	0–3	Finland

April 28, 2002 15:15
	Russia	6–3	Austria

April 29, 2002 16:00
	Slovakia	5–4	Ukraine

April 30, 2002 16:00
	Finland	3–1	Slovakia

April 30, 2002 20:00
	Sweden	2–0	Russia

May 2, 2002 16:00
	Finland	3–1	Austria

May 2, 2002 20:00
	Sweden	1–2	Slovakia

May 3, 2002 16:00
	Russia	3–3	Ukraine

May 3, 2002 20:00
	Slovakia	6–3	Austria

May 4, 2002 15:15
	Ukraine	0–7	Sweden

May 4, 2002 19:00
	Finland	1–0	Russia

May 5, 2002 19:00
	Sweden	4–2	Finland

May 6, 2002 16:00
	Austria	2–3	Ukraine

May 6, 2002 20:00
	Russia	4–6	Slovakia

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	12	5	6
Poland	3	2	0	1	12	7	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	7	11	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	7	15	0

As the Far Eastern qualifier, Japan avoids relegation. Therefore, Poland and Italy are relegated to Division I for the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

All times local

May 2, 2002 12:00
	Slovenia	4–3	Japan

May 2, 2002 16:00
	Poland	5–1	Italy

May 3, 2002 16:00
	Poland	2–4	Slovenia

May 3, 2002 20:00
	Japan	2–6	Italy

May 5, 2002 11:00
	Italy	0–4	Slovenia

May 5, 2002 15:15
	Japan	2–5	Poland

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	May 7
	Czech Republic	1
					May 9
	Russia	3
					Russia	3
	May 7
					Finland	2
	Finland	3
									May 11
	United States	1
									Russia	3
	May 7
									Slovakia	4
	Canada	2
					May 9
	Slovakia	3
					Slovakia	3			Third place
	May 7
					Sweden	2
	Sweden	6							Finland	3
	Germany	2							Sweden	5
									May 10

Group A was played in Eindhoven, The Netherlands between April 14 and April 20, 2002.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Belarus	5	5	0	0	45	10	10
France	5	4	0	1	27	6	8
Kazakhstan	5	3	0	2	30	14	6
The Netherlands	5	2	0	3	19	30	4
Croatia	5	1	0	4	6	32	2
Korea	5	0	0	5	7	42	0

Team	BLR	CRO	FRA	KAZ	KOR	NED
BLR		9–0	3–1	6–4	12–1	15–4
CRO	0–9		1–6	0–12	3–1	2–4
FRA	1–3	6–1		6–0	10–0	4–2
KAZ	4–6	12–0	0–6		10–0	4–2
KOR	1–12	1–3	0–10	0–10		5–7
NED	4–15	4–2	2–4	2–4	7–5

Belarus were promoted to Pool A and Korea were relegated to Division II for the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

Group B was played in Szekesfehervar and Dunaujvaros, Hungary between April 14 and April 20, 2002.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Denmark	5	5	0	0	40	10	10
Hungary	5	4	0	1	19	9	8
Norway	5	3	0	2	26	11	6
Great Britain	5	2	0	3	18	16	4
Romania	5	1	0	4	10	31	2
China	5	0	0	5	7	43	0

Team	CHN	DEN	GBR	HUN	NOR	ROM
CHN		0–13	3–8	0–6	2–12	2–4
DEN	13–0		5–3	6–2	4–3	12–2
GBR	8–3	3–5		1–4	1–2	5–2
HUN	6–0	2–6	4–1		3–1	4–1
NOR	12–2	3–4	2–1	1–3		8–1
ROM	4–2	2–12	2–5	1–4	1–8

Denmark was promoted to Pool A and China was relegated to Division II for the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

Group A was played in Cape Town, South Africa between March 31 and April 6, 2002.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Estonia	5	5	0	0	74	7	10
Belgium	5	4	0	1	37	11	8
Israel	5	3	0	2	14	22	6
Australia	5	2	0	3	32	39	4
South Africa	5	1	0	4	13	37	2
Turkey	5	0	0	5	3	57	0

Team	AUS	BEL	EST	ISR	RSA	TUR
AUS		4–9	4–20	5–6	8–4	11–0
BEL	9–4		3–4	3–1	10–0	12–2
EST	20–4	4–3		11–0	15–0	24–0
ISR	6–5	1–3	0–11		4–2	3–1
RSA	4–8	0–10	0–15	2–4		7–0
TUR	0–11	2–12	0–24	1–3	0–7

Estonia were promoted to Division I and Turkey were relegated to Division III for the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

Group B was played in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia between March 25 and March 31, 2002.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Lithuania	5	5	0	0	71	6	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	0	1	34	10	8
Spain	5	3	0	2	28	22	6
Bulgaria	5	2	0	3	30	29	4
Iceland	5	1	0	4	14	44	2
Luxembourg	5	0	0	5	2	68	0

Team	BUL	ISL	LTU	LUX	ESP	YUG
BUL		5–4	3–13	17–2	3–5	2–5
ISL	4–5		0–20	8–0	1–11	1–8
LTU	13–3	20–0		20–0	11–2	7–1
LUX	2–17	0–8	0–20		0–10	0–13
ESP	5–3	11–1	2–11	10–0		0–7
YUG	5–2	8–1	1–7	13–0	7–0

Lithuania was promoted to Division I and Luxembourg was relegated to Division III for the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

Divsion II Qualification for the tournament took place between April 11 and April 13, 2002 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
DPR Korea	2	2	0	0	18	4	4
Mexico	2	0	1	1	7	13	1
New Zealand	2	0	1	1	9	17	1

All times local

April 11, 2002 20:00
	DPR Korea	11–3	New Zealand

April 12, 2002 20:00
	Mexico	1–7	DPR Korea

April 13, 2002 20:00
	New Zealand	6–6	Mexico

North Korea and Mexico will compete in Division II of the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

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Preceded by 2001 World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships See also: 2002 Women's Championship, 2002 World Juniors

Succeeded by 2003 World Championships