2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships


The 2002 Men's Ice Hockey World 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. The competition also served as qualification for division placements in the 2003 competition.

Championship

The Championship division was contested from April 26 to May 11, 2002. Participants in this tournament were placed into groups of four with the top three teams in each group advancing to the qualifying round. Teams which finished last in the group were sent to the relegation round where the top bottom teams were relegated to the 2003 Division I tournament. Within the qualifying round teams where split into two groups of six with the top four advancing to the playoff round and the bottom two eliminated from advancing. The playoff round was a knockout stage towards the gold medal game. The Championship was played in Gothenburg, Sweden. Slovakia won the gold medal game, defeating Russia 4–3. While Poland and Italy were relegated to Division I for 2003.
;Final standings
  14. — relegated to Division I for 2003
  15. — relegated to Division I for 2003
  16. — Far Eastern qualifier for 2003

    Division I

Group A

Group A was played in Eindhoven, The Netherlands between April 14 and April 20, 2002.
TeamGPWTLGFGAPTS
5500451010
54012768
530230146
520319304
51046322
50057420

Scores

Team
9–03–16–412–115–4
0–9 1–60–123–12–4
1–36–1 6–010–04–2
4–612–00–6 10–04–2
1–121–30–100–10 5–7
4–154–22–42–47–5

Group B

Group B was played in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary between April 14 and April 20, 2002.
TeamGPWTLGFGAPTS
5500401010
54011998
530226116
520318164
510410312
50057430

Scores

Team
0–133–80–62–122–4
13–0 5–36–24–312–2
8–33–5 1–41–25–2
6–02–64–1 3–14–1
12–23–42–11–3 8–1
4–22–122–51–41–8

and are promoted to the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, while and are relegated to Division II.

Division II

To integrate a new Division III being added for the 2003 Championships, the bottom team in each pool was relegated to the 2003 inaugural Division III competition.

Group A

Group A was played in Cape Town, South Africa between March 31 and April 6, 2002.
TeamGPWTLGFGAPTS
550074710
540137118
530214226
520332394
510413372
50053570

Scores

Team
4–94–205–68–411–0
9–4 3–43–110–012–2
20–44–3 11–015–024–0
6–51–30–11 4–23–1
4–80–100–152–4 7–0
0–112–120–241–30–7

Group B

Group B was played in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia between March 25 and March 31, 2002.
TeamGPWTLGFGAPTS
550071610
540134108
530228226
520330294
510414442
50052680

Scores

Team
5–43–1317–23–52–5
4–5 0–208–01–111–8
13–320–0 20–011–27–1
2–170–80–20 0–100–13
5–311–12–1110–0 0–7
5–28–11–713–07–0

and are promoted to Division I, while and are relegated to Division III.

Division II Qualification

In anticipation of a Division III being added for the 2003 Championships, a pseudo-Division III tournament was held in 2002, to determine two teams that would earn qualification to Division II in 2003. This Division II Qualification tournament took place between April 11 and April 13, 2002 in Mexico City, Mexico.
TeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
22001844
20117131
20119171

All times local
and are promoted to Division II.