title: 2002 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
text: # 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 | | | | — |
  