2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
# 2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship

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 | | | | — |

**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 | | | | — |

**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 | | | | — |

**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 | | | | — |

### 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 | — |

**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 | | | | — |

**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 | | | | — |

**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 | | | | — |
