2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesJuly 2002
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runners-up  Finland
Third place  Germany
← 2001
2003 →

The 2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the sixth IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, 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.

Championship

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  FIN  SLO  HUN  BRA
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 0 54 6 +48 9 — 14–2 16–2 24–2
2  Slovenia 3 2 0 0 1 21 17 +4 6 — 12–1 7–2
3  Hungary 3 1 0 0 2 11 34 −23 3 — 8–6
4  Brazil 3 0 0 0 3 10 39 −29 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  USA  AUT  GBR  NZL
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 54 5 +49 9 — 8–2 19–0 27–2
2  Austria 3 2 0 0 1 33 10 +23 6 — 13–1 18–1
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 0 2 6 34 −28 3 — 5–2
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 5 50 −45 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  GER  CZE  ARG  BEL
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 0 75 8 +67 9 — 11–6 27–1 37–1
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 57 19 +38 6 — 25–2 26–6
3  Argentina 3 1 0 0 2 11 59 −48 3 — 8–7
4  Belgium 3 0 0 0 3 14 71 −57 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  SWE  SVK  JPN  CHI
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 0 79 4 +75 9 — 7–3 14–1 58–0
2  Slovakia 3 2 0 0 1 37 14 +23 6 — 9–5 25–2
3  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 28 26 +2 3 — 22–3
4  Chile 3 0 0 0 3 5 105 −100 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Second round

Games against common opponents carried over from preliminary round

Group E

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  FIN  SWE  SVK  SLO
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 0 34 10 +24 9 — 12–3 8–5
2  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 19 13 +6 6 —
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 19 23 −4 3 —
4  Slovenia 3 0 0 0 3 8 34 −26 0 2–7 4–13 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group F

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  GER  CZE  USA  AUT
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 0 32 13 +19 9 — 5–4 16–3
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 21 18 +3 6 — 5–3 10–4
3  United States 3 1 0 0 2 15 12 +3 3 —
4  Austria 3 0 0 0 3 9 34 −25 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group G

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  JPN  HUN  BRA  CHI
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 0 34 9 +25 9 —
2  Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 26 11 +15 6 2–3 — 16–2
3  Brazil 3 1 0 0 2 18 20 −2 3 4–9 — 8–3
4  Chile 3 0 0 0 3 8 46 −38 0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group H

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  GBR  NZL  ARG  BEL
1  Great Britain 3 3 0 0 0 17 11 +6 9 — 5–4 7–5
2  New Zealand 3 2 0 0 1 29 15 +14 6 — 13–4 14–6
3  Argentina 3 1 0 0 2 16 25 −9 3 —
4  Belgium 3 0 0 0 3 18 29 −11 0 —
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

References