2002 IIHF World U18 Championships

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 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.[1]

2002 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
DatesApril 11–21, 2002
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played48
Goals scored328 (6.83 per game)
Attendance93,914 (1,957 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Russia Alexander Ovechkin (18 points)

Championship results

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Russia 5 5 0 0 34 10 +24 10
2  Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 25 12 +13 8
3  Canada 5 3 2 0 21 17 +4 6
4  Norway 5 1 3 1 13 23 −10 3
5  Slovakia 5 1 4 0 10 19 −9 2
6  Germany 5 0 4 1 7 29 −22 1
Source:
Results[2]
11 April 2002
13:00		Norway 2–2
( 0–1, 2–1, 0–0 )		 Germany
11 April 2002
16:30		Slovakia 1–5
( 0–2, 0–2, 1–1 )		 Czech Republic
11 April 2002
20:00		Canada 4–8
( 3–2, 1–2, 0–4 )		 Russia
12 April 2002
13:00		Czech Republic 7–4
( 2–1, 2–2, 3–1 )		 Norway
12 April 2002
16:30		Russia 6–1
( 2–0, 2–1, 2–0 )		 Slovakia
12 April 2002
20:00		Germany 1–9
( 0–2, 1–3, 0–4 )		 Canada
14 April 2002
13:00		Czech Republic 6–1
( 4–0, 2–1, 0–0 )		 Germany
14 April 2002
16:30		Canada 3–1
( 2–0, 1–1, 0–0 )		 Slovakia
14 April 2002
20:00		Russia 7–0
( 1–0, 2–0, 4–0 )		 Norway
15 April 2002
13:00		Czech Republic 4–1
( 0–1, 1–0, 3–0 )		 Canada
15 April 2002
16:30		Slovakia 3–4
( 2–2, 0–0, 1–2 )		 Norway
15 April 2002
20:00		Germany 2–8
( 2–2, 0–3, 0–3 )		 Russia
17 April 2002
10:00		Norway 3–4
( 2–2, 0–0, 1–2 )		 Canada
17 April 2002
13:30		Russia 5–3
( 1–2, 3–0, 1–1 )		 Czech Republic
17 April 2002
17:00		Germany 1–4
( 1–2, 0–1, 0–1 )		 Slovakia

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 5 5 0 0 33 5 +28 10
2  Finland 5 4 1 0 22 7 +15 8
3  Belarus 5 2 3 0 14 21 −7 4
4  Sweden 5 2 3 0 16 16 0 4
5   Switzerland 5 2 3 0 18 21 −3 4
6  Ukraine 5 0 5 0 4 37 −33 0
Source:
Results[3]
11 April 2002
13:00		Belarus 0–9
( 0–2, 0–1, 0–6 )		 United States
11 April 2002
16:30		Sweden 0–2
( 0–0, 0–1, 0–1 )		 Finland
11 April 2002
20:00		Ukraine 0–10
( 0–4, 0–2, 0–4 )		  Switzerland
12 April 2002
13:00		Finland 4–3
( 1–0, 1–1, 2–2 )		 Belarus
12 April 2002
16:30		Switzerland 3–2
( 2–1, 0–1, 1–0 )		 Sweden
12 April 2002
20:00		United States 10–0
( 2–0, 3–0, 5–0 )		 Ukraine
14 April 2002
13:00		Ukraine 3–8
( 1–3, 2–3, 0–2 )		 Sweden
14 April 2002
16:30		Switzerland 3–6
( 1–1, 1–1, 1–4 )		 Belarus
14 April 2002
20:00		Finland 2–3
( 1–1, 0–0, 1–2 )		 United States
15 April 2002
13:00		Sweden 4–2
( 1–1, 1–0, 2–1 )		 Belarus
15 April 2002
16:30		Finland 6–0
( 0–0, 3–0, 3–0 )		 Ukraine
15 April 2002
20:00		United States 5–1
( 2–1, 2–0, 1–0 )		  Switzerland
17 April 2002
10:00		Belarus 3–1
( 2–1, 1–0, 0–0 )		 Ukraine
17 April 2002
13:30		United States 6–2
( 1–0, 1–1, 4–1 )		 Sweden
17 April 2002
17:00		Switzerland 1–8
( 1–3, 0–2, 0–3 )		 Finland

Relegation Round
Results[4]
18 April 2002
13:00		Sweden 4–0
( 2–0, 0–0, 2–0 )		 Germany
18 April 2002
16:30		Norway 2–7
( 0–3, 1–3, 1–1 )		  Switzerland
18 April 2002
20:00		Slovakia 3–0
( 2–0, 1–0, 0–0 )		 Ukraine
20 April 2002
11:00		Switzerland 5–2
( 0–1, 2–1, 3–0 )		 Germany
20 April 2002
14:30		Ukraine 5–2
( 1–1, 2–0, 2–1 )		 Norway
20 April 2002
18:00		Sweden 3–5
( 1–3, 2–1, 0–1 )		 Slovakia
21 April 2002
11:00		Germany 4–1
( 1–0, 3–0, 0–1 )		 Ukraine
21 April 2002
14:30		Slovakia 0–3
( 0–0, 0–3, 0–0 )		  Switzerland
21 April 2002
18:00		Norway 2–3
( 0–1, 2–1, 0–1 )		 Sweden

Final round
Results[5]
18 April 2002
13:00		Czech Republic 5–1
( 1–0, 2–1, 2–0 )		 Belarus
18 April 2002
16:30		United States 10–3
( 2–1, 5–2, 3–0 )		 Canada
18 April 2002
20:00		Russia 4–3
( 2–2, 1–1, 1–0 )		 Finland
20 April 2002
12:00		Finland 3–1
( 0–1, 1–0, 2–0 )		 Canada
20 April 2002
15:30		United States 0–1
( 0–0, 0–1, 0–0 )		 Czech Republic
20 April 2002
19:00		Belarus 0–11
( 0–2, 0–7, 0–2 )		 Russia
21 April 2002
12:00		Czech Republic 4–2
( 1–0, 1–1, 2–1 )		 Finland
21 April 2002
15:30		Canada 3–5
( 1–3, 2–0, 0–2 )		 Belarus
21 April 2002
19:00		Russia 1–3
( 0–2, 0–0, 1–1 )		 United States

Final standings
Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Czech Republic
4 Finland
5 Belarus
6 Canada
7  Switzerland
8 Slovakia
9 Sweden
10 Germany
11 Norway
12 Ukraine

 Germany,  Norway, and  Ukraine are relegated to Division I for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division I

The Division I tournament was played in Celje and Maribor, Slovenia, from 23 to 29 March 2002.[6] With the temporary expansion 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.[7]

First round
Group A (in Celje)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KAZ AUT ITA
1 Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 12 2 +10 4 6–1 6–1
2 Austria 2 1 0 1 4 7 −3 2 1–6 3–1
3 Italy 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0 1–6 1–3
Source:
Group B (in Maribor)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SLO LAT DAN JPN
1 Slovenia 3 2 1 0 11 6 +5 5 4–2 3–0 4–4
2 Latvia 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 3 2–4 4–2 2–2
3 Denmark 3 1 0 2 8 11 −3 2 0–3 2–4 6–4
4 Japan 3 0 2 1 10 12 −2 2 4–4 2–2 4–6
Source:

Consolation round (Places 5–7)
(in Celje)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ITA DAN JPN
1 Italy 2 1 0 1 7 6 +1 2 4–2 3–4
2 Denmark 2 1 0 1 8 8 0 2 2–4 (6–4)
3 Japan 2 1 0 1 8 9 −1 2 4–3 (4–6)
Source:

Play-off
Semifinal
27 March 2002
15:30		Kazakhstan 4–1
( 1–1, 3–0, 0–0 )		 Latvia
27 March 2002
19:00		Slovenia 3 – 2 OT
( 0–1, 1–1, 1–0 )
( 1–0 )		 Austria
Third-place play-off
29 March 2002
15:30		Latvia 1–4
( 1–1, 0–2, 0–1 )		 Austria
Final
29 March 2002
19:00		Slovenia 2–5
( 1–0, 1–3, 0–2 )		 Kazakhstan

 Kazakhstan were promoted to the top level, and no team was relegated for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II

The Division II tournament was played in Briançon, France, from 22 to 29 March 2002.[8] With North Korea's absence, Romania (the previous year's Division III runners-up) gained a late promotion into this tournament.

First round
Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FRA GBR CRO ROM
1 France 3 3 0 0 47 1 +46 6 10–0 17–1 20–0
2 Great Britain 3 2 0 1 16 11 +5 4 0–10 8–1 8–0
3 Croatia 3 1 0 2 9 27 −18 2 1–17 1–8 7–2
4 Romania 3 0 0 3 2 35 −33 0 0–20 0–8 2–7
Source:
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts POL EST NED HUN
1 Poland 3 3 0 0 25 3 +22 6 9–1 9–1 7–1
2 Estonia 3 2 0 1 13 11 +2 4 1–9 7–0 5–2
3 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 4 18 −14 2 1–9 0–7 3–2
4 Hungary 3 0 0 3 5 15 −10 0 1–7 2–5 2–3
Source:

Final round and Consolation round
Places 1–4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FRA POL GBR EST
1 France 3 3 0 0 36 1 +35 6 12–1 (10–0) 14–0
2 Poland 3 2 0 1 20 15 +5 4 1–12 10–2 (9–1)
3 Great Britain 3 1 0 2 10 22 −12 2 (0–10) 2–10 8–2
4 Estonia 3 0 0 3 3 31 −28 0 0–14 (1–9) 2–8
Source:
Places 5–8
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts NED HUN CRO ROM
1 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 12 7 +5 6 (3–2) 6–3 3–2
2 Hungary 3 2 0 1 13 7 +6 4 (2–3) 6–2 5–2
3 Croatia 3 1 0 2 12 14 −2 2 3–6 2–6 (7–2)
4 Romania 3 0 0 3 6 15 −9 0 2–3 2–5 (2–7)
Source:

With the forthcoming reorganization into twelve team divisions,  France,  Poland, and  Great Britain were all promoted to Division I, and no team was relegated for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania, from 5 to 9 March 2002.[9]

First round
Group A (in Elektrėnai)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KOR BEL LTU BUL
1 South Korea 3 3 0 0 36 1 +35 6 14–1 11–0 11–0
2 Belgium 3 2 0 1 11 19 −8 4 1–14 6–4 4–1
3 Lithuania 3 1 0 2 11 18 −7 2 0–11 4–6 7–1
4 Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 2 22 −20 0 0–11 1–4 1–7
Source:
Group B (in Kaunas)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts YUG ESP RSA TUR
1 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 42 5 +37 6 6–3 20–2 16–0
2 Spain 3 1 1 1 27 12 +15 3 3–6 4–4 20–2
3 South Africa 3 1 1 1 11 25 −14 3 2–20 4–4 5–1
4 Turkey 3 0 0 3 3 41 −38 0 0–16 2–20 1–5
Source:

With the forthcoming reorganization into twelve team divisions, everyone but  Turkey were promoted to Division II, and no team was relegated for the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Play-off round
7th-place play-off
9 March 2002
14:00		Bulgaria 6–3
( 2–1, 3–0, 1–2 )		 TurkeyKaunas
5th-place play-off
9 March 2002
18:00		Lithuania 3–5
( 3–0, 0–3, 0–2 )		 South AfricaKaunas
3rd-place play-off
9 March 2002
14:00		Belgium 4–7
( 0–1, 2–4, 2–2 )		 SpainElektrėnai
Final
9 March 2002
18:00		South Korea 11–1
( 3–1, 4–0, 4–0 )		 FR YugoslaviaElektrėnai

See also

References
  1. Sum, Karen (2011-11-18). "My Journey to the NHL". Vancouver Canucks. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
  2. Group A results
  3. Group B results
  4. Relegation Round results
  5. Final Round results
  6. Division I statistics
  7. 2002 under 18 commentary
  8. Division II statistics
  9. Division III statistics
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