18-4-2002 World Championships 2002
Icehockey World Championships 2002 in Latvia start in just two days. There are 16 nations battling for the championship in the following two weeks. Many believe that the team of will make a good run for the gold.

Group A





Group B





Group C





Group D

25-4-2002 World Championships quarterfinals
World Championships have reached quarterfinal stage. Here are the final standings for the starting groups.

Group A PTS GF GA
6 17 8
Finland 2 13 14
Latvia 2 12 15
Slovenia 2 10 15

Group B PTS GF GA
Canada 6 19 8
Norway 4 12 15
Russia 2 13 14
Austria 0 10 17

Group C PTS GF GA
Italy 6 18 11
Japan 4 16 12
Switzerland 2 11 16
Slovakia 0 11 17

Group D PTS GF GA
Sweden 6 18 9
Czech 4 16 11
Germany 2 10 17
Belarussia 0 10 17

For quarterfinals, the pairs are:

-Czech
Sweden-Finland
Canada-Japan
Italy-Norway

27-4-2002 World Championships semifinals
World Championships have reached semifinal stage. In the first semifinal on April 29th, Team Czech will meet Team Italy . In the second clash, Team Canada will challenge Team Sweden. Winners from both games will meet on April 31st in the final game to decide the 2002 World Champion of icehockey.



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1-5-2002 Team Canada wins World Championship
Team Canada has beaten Team Czech in the final of the 2002 World Championships.

In the game for bronze medal, Team Sweden has beaten Team Italy.

Leading scorers in the tournament:
1. Michael Nylander () 5+8=13
2. Ulf Dahlen () 8+4=12
3. Jason Arnott () 3+8=11
4. Michal Pivonka () 3+8=11
5. Andrew Cassels () 5+5=10
6. Zarley Zalapski () 2+8=10
7. Taakashii Soonii () 2+8=10
8. Derek King () 4+5=9
9. Thomas Steen () 1+8=9
10. Jonas Grundvig () 4+4=8


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29-4-2002 World Championships finalists ready
Team Czech will meet Team Canada in the final of the 2002 World Championships. Both teams will make a good run for the championship in this exciting game.

In the game for the bronze medal, Team Italy meets Team Sweden.