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World Hockey Championships

Men

The World Hockey Championships, held in Göteborg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden from April 26-May 11, 2002. Top three teams (*) in each group after preliminary round-robin advance to the second round. Fourth-place teams play in a consolation round. Top four teams from each group of the second round advance to the quarterfinals.

Final Round Robin Standings

GROUP A	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Czech Republic	3-0-0	6	17	8
*Germany	2-1-0	4	17	9
*Switzerland	1-2-0	2	5	9
Japan	0-3-0	0	6	19

GROUP B	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Finland	3-0-0	6	14	1
*Slovakia	2-1-0	4	13	7
*Ukraine	1-2-0	2	7	8
Poland	0-3-0	0	0	18

GROUP C	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Sweden	3-0-0	6	15	5
*Russia	2-1-0	4	14	6
*Austria	1-2-0	2	11	14
Slovenia	0-3-0	0	6	21

GROUP D	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Canada	3-0-0	6	11	2
*United States	2-1-0	4	9	6
*Latvia	1-2-0	2	7	8
Italy	0-3-0	0	3	14

Second Round

GROUP E	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Czech Republic	5-0-0	10	25	11
*Canada	4-1-0	8	13	10
*United States	2-2-1	5	13	11
*Germany	2-2-1	5	14	14
Switzerland	1-4-0	2	8	18
Latvia	0-5-0	0	10	19

GROUP F	W-L-T	Pts	GF	GA
*Sweden	4-1-0	8	19	7
*Finland	4-1-0	8	12	6
*Slovakia	4-1-0	8	20	15
*Russia	1-3-1	3	13	15
Ukraine	1-3-1	3	10	20
Austria	0-5-0	0	12	23

Note: Although they each finished the second round with three points, Russia advanced to the playoff round over Ukraine due to a better goal differential.

Quarterfinals

Finland 3		United States 1
Sweden 6		Germany 2
Russia 3		Czech Republic 1
Slovakia 3		Canada 2

Semifinals

Russia 3	OT*	Finland 2
Slovakia 3	OT*	Sweden 2

* After a scoreless overtime, Russia and Slovakia each won their game in a penalty shootout.

Bronze Medal Game

Sweden 5

Finland 3

Gold Medal Game

Slovakia 4

Russia 3

Scoring Leaders

	Gm	G	A	Pts	PM
Miroslav Satan, Slovakia	9	5	8	13	2
Kristian Huselius, Sweden	9	5	6	11	0
Peter Bondra, Slovakia	9	7	2	9	20
Jaromir Jagr, Czech Republic	7	4	4	8	2
Richard Lintner, Slovakia	9	4	4	8	22
Timo Parssinen, Finland	9	3	5	8	4
Jan Benda, Germany	7	1	7	8	14

Goaltending Leaders

(At least 200 minutes)	Gm	Min	Sv%	GAA
Jussi Markkanen, Finland	7	429	.937	1.40
Ryan Miller, United States	4	238	.950	1.76
Milan Hnilicka, Czech Republic	5	298	.917	1.81
J-S Giguere, Canada	5	253	.921	1.89
Tommy Salo, Sweden	7	429	.921	1.96

Tournament All-Star Team

(Selected by media)

First team: G—Maxim Sokolov, Russia; D—Richard Lintner, Slovakia; Thomas Rhodin, Sweden; F—Miroslav Satan, Slovakia (MVP); Niklas Hagman, Finland; Peter Bondra, Slovakia.

Note: Due to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, no IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships were held in 2002. For men's and women's Olympic hockey coverage, see pages 672-673.

Minor League Hockey

2001-2002 Season