2002 World Ice Hockey Championships

2002 World Hockey Championship

Gothenburg, Karlstad & Jonkoping, Sweden,
Apr 26 - May 11 2002

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History of International Hockey

Slovakia Wins World Championship

Slovakia won their first ever World Hockey Championship by defeating Russia 4-3 in the gold medal game.

Sweden took the bronze with a 5-3 victory over Finland.

Final round:

Quarterfinal
Finland - USA 3-1 (0-0, 2-0, 1-1)	Semifinal
Quarterfinal	Finland - Russia 2-3 (1-1, 1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)
Czech Rep. - Russia 1-3 (0-1, 1-1, 0-1)		Final
Quarterfinal		Slovakia - Russia 4-3 (2-0, 1-1, 1-2)
Sweden - Germany 6-2 (1-2, 2-0, 3-0)	Semifinal
Quarterfinal	Sweden - Slovakia 2-3 (0-1, 1-1, 1-0, 0-0, 0-1)
Canada - Slovakia 2-3 (1-0, 1-1, 0-2)

Teams were divided to four groups (A, B, C, D) for round-robin Preliminary Round.
Top three teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round in two groups (E,F).
Top four teams of each group will advance to Quarterfinals.

Note: Results from the Preliminary round among advancing teams carry over to the Qualifying round.

Qualifying Round:

May 2
Finland - Austria	3-1 (1-0, 0-0, 2-1)
USA - Switzerland	3-0 (2-0, 1-0, 0-0)
Sweden - Slovakia	1-2 (1-0, 0-0, 0-2)
Czech Rep. - Latvia	3-1 (2-0, 0-0, 1-1)
Canada - Germany	3-1 (1-1, 1-0, 1-0)
May 3
Russia - Ukraine	3-3 (0-2, 2-1, 1-0)
Switzerland - Canada	2-3 (0-0, 1-0, 1-3)
Slovakia - Austria	6-3 (3-0, 0-2, 3-1)
Germany - Latvia	3-2 (1-1, 0-1, 2-0)
May 4
Ukraine - Sweden	0-7 (0-2, 0-2, 0-3)
Czech Rep. - USA	5-4 (3-1, 1-3, 1-0)
Finland - Russia	1-0 (1-0, 0-0, 0-0)
May 5
USA - Germany	2-2 (1-0, 0-1, 1-1)
Sweden - Finland	4-2 (1-1, 0-1, 3-0)
Canada - Czech Republic	1-5 (0-2, 0-0, 1-3)
Latvia - Switzerland	4-6 (0-0, 1-3, 3-3)
May 6
Austria - Ukraine	2-3 (1-0, 1-1, 0-2)
Russia - Slovakia	4-6 (0-3, 3-2, 1-1)

Qualifying Round Standings:
Group E

TEAM	W	L	T	GF - GA	P
Czech Rep.	5	0	0	25 - 11	10
Canada	4	1	0	13 - 10	8
USA	2	2	1	13 - 11	5
Germany	2	2	1	14 - 14	5
Switzerland	1	4	0	8 - 18	2
Latvia	0	5	0	10 - 19	0

Group F

TEAM W L T GF - GA P

Sweden 4 1 0 19 - 7 8

Finland 4 1 0 12 - 6 8

Slovakia 4 1 0 20 - 15 8

Russia 1 3 1 13 - 15 3

Ukraine 1 3 1 10 - 20 3

Austria 0 5 0 12 - 23 0

Preliminary Round:

Apr 26
Germany - Japan	9-2 (2-0, 5-2, 2-0)
Russia - Slovenia	8-1 (3-0, 2-1, 3-0)
Austria - Sweden	3-5 (1-3, 0-1, 2-1)
Switzerland - Czech Republic	0-5 (0-1, 0-3, 0-1)
Apr 27
Slovakia - Poland	7-0 (2-0, 1-0, 4-0)
Italy - United States	2-5 (0-2, 0-1, 2-2)
Ukraine - Finland	0-3 (0-1, 0-1, 0-1)
Canada - Latvia	4-1 (1-1, 1-0, 2-0)
Apr 28
Russia - Austria	6-3 (3-0, 3-2, 0-1)
Germany - Switzerland	3-0 (1-0, 1-0, 1-0)
Sweden - Slovenia	8-2 (1-1, 4-0, 3-1)
Czech Republic - Japan	5-3 (0-1, 3-1, 2-1)
Apr 29
Slovakia - Ukraine	5-4 (2-1, 2-2, 1-1)
Japan - Switzerland	1-5 (1-1, 0-4, 0-0)
Canada - Italy	5-0 (0-0, 3-0, 2-0)
Finland - Poland	8-0 (3-0, 2-0, 3-0)
Czech Republic - Germany	7-5 (2-1, 2-2, 3-2)
United States - Latvia	3-2 (3-0, 0-1, 0-1)
Apr 30
Finland - Slovakia	3-1 (2-0, 1-0, 0-1)
Slovenia - Austria	3-5 (2-1, 1-0, 0-4)
Latvia - Italy	4-1 (2-0, 2-1, 0-0)
Sweden - Russia	2-0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0)
Poland - Ukraine	0-3 (0-1, 0-0, 0-2)
United States - Canada	1-2 (1-0, 0-0, 0-2)

Relegation round

Preliminary Round Standings:
Group A

TEAM	W	L	T	GF - GA	P
Czech Rep.	3	0	0	17 - 8	6
Germany	2	1	0	17 - 9	4
Switzerland	1	2	0	5 - 9	2
Japan	0	3	0	6 - 19	0

Group B

TEAM W L T GF - GA P

Finland 4 0 0 14 - 1 6

Slovakia 2 1 0 13 - 7 4

Ukraine 1 2 0 7 - 8 2

Poland 0 3 0 0 - 18 0

Group C

TEAM W L T GF - GA P

Sweden 3 0 0 15 - 5 6

Russia 2 1 0 14 - 6 4

Austria 1 2 0 11 - 14 2

Slovenia 0 3 0 6 - 21 0

Group D

TEAM W L T GF - GA P

Canada 3 0 0 11 - 2 6

USA 2 1 0 9 - 6 4

Latvia 1 2 0 7 - 8 2

Italy 0 3 0 3 - 14 0

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