The 2002 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2002 World Junior Hockey Championships (''2002 WJHC''), was the 26th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Pardubice and

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, Czech Republic, from December 25, 2001 – January 4, 2002.

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won the gold medal with a 5–4 come-from-behind victory over

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in the championship game, while

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won the bronze medal with a 5–1 victory over Switzerland.

Venues

Rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

''All times local (

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Group B

''All times local (

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Relegation round

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Final round

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victory.

Quarterfinals

Consolation round

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

''Minimum 40% of team's ice time.''

Tournament awards

Final standings

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. This group played in Kapfenberg and

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between December 9 and December 15, 2001.

Group A

Group B

Placement round

Final round

'' was promoted to the Top Division for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Due to a restructuring of the tournament, no team was relegated from Division I, which in the 2003 tournament consisted of 12 teams in 2 groups.''

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in

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between December 30, 2001 and January 3, 2002.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

''All times local (

/UTC+1).''

7th place game

5th place game

3rd place game

1st place game

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Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament. This group played in Belgrade,

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between January 5 and January 9, 2002.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

''All times local (

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7th place game

5th place game

3rd place game

1st place game

''Due to a restructuring of the tournament, all teams were promoted to Division II for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, which consisted of 12 teams in 2 groups.''

External links

IIHF Official Results – Top Division

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