2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship


The 2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the sixth IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship,[1] the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place in Nuremberg and Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany, with the gold-medal game played on July 27, 2002.

2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesJuly 2002
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Germany
← 2001
2003 →

Championship

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts FIN SLO HUN BRA
1  Finland33000546+48914–216–224–2
2  Slovenia320012117+4612–17–2
3  Hungary310021134−2338–6
4  Brazil300031039−290
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts USA AUT GBR NZL
1  United States33000545+4998–219–027–2
2  Austria320013310+23613–118–1
3  Great Britain31002634−2835–2
4  New Zealand30003550−450
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts GER CZE ARG BEL
1  Germany33000758+67911–627–137–1
2  Czech Republic320015719+38625–226–6
3  Argentina310021159−4838–7
4  Belgium300031471−570
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts SWE SVK JPN CHI
1  Sweden33000794+7597–314–158–0
2  Slovakia320013714+2369–525–2
3  Japan310022826+2322–3
4  Chile300035105−1000
Source: [citation needed]

Second round

Games against common opponents carried over from preliminary round

Group E

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts FIN SWE SVK SLO
1  Finland330003410+24912–38–5
2  Sweden320011913+66
3  Slovakia310021923−43
4  Slovenia30003834−2602–74–13
Source: [citation needed]

Group F

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts GER CZE USA AUT
1  Germany330003213+1995–416–3
2  Czech Republic320012118+365–310–4
3  United States310021512+33
4  Austria30003934−250
Source: [citation needed]

Group G

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts JPN HUN BRA CHI
1  Japan33000349+259
2  Hungary320012611+1562–316–2
3  Brazil310021820−234–98–3
4  Chile30003846−380
Source: [citation needed]

Group H

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts GBR NZL ARG BEL
1  Great Britain330001711+695–47–5
2  New Zealand320012915+14613–414–6
3  Argentina310021625−93
4  Belgium300031829−110
Source: [citation needed]

Playoff round

Placement games

15th place game
July 26, 2002Belgium  13 - 4  Chile
13th place game
July 26, 2002Brazil  16 - 2  Argentina
9th-12th place qualifiers
July 26, 2002Japan  10 - 3  New Zealand
July 26, 2002Hungary  8 - 3  Great Britain
11th place game
July 27, 2002New Zealand  9 - 7  Great Britain
9th place game
July 27, 2002Hungary  9 - 6  Japan
7th place game
July 26, 2002Slovenia  7 - 4  Austria
5th place game
July 26, 2002United States  8 - 6  Slovakia

Semifinals

July 26, 2002Finland  6 - 3  Czech Republic
July 26, 2002Sweden  6 - 1  Germany

Bronze medal game

July 27, 2002Germany  9 - 6  Czech Republic

Gold medal game

July 27, 2002Sweden  6 - 5 OT  Finland

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