2002 Karjala Tournament (November)

2002 Karjala Tournament II

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	7-10 November 2002
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Finland (6th title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	33 (5.5 per game)
Attendance	40,331 (6,722 per game)
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The 2002 Karjala Tournament II was played between 7 and 10 November 2002. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. One game was played in Rosvalla, Pardubice , Czech Republic (Czech Republic vs Sweden) all the other games was played in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki. Finland won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 2002–03 Euro Hockey Tour.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	0	12	3	+9	9
2	Czech Republic	3	1	0	1	1	8	8	0	4
3	Sweden	3	1	0	0	2	8	11	−3	3
4	Russia	3	0	1	0	2	5	11	−6	2

Source: flashscore ^[1]

Games

Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Pardubice – (Central European Time – UTC+1)
Source ^[2]

7 November 2002 17:00

Czech Republic

5-2 (1-0, 1-2, 3-0)

Sweden

Tipsport Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 8,436

Game reference
	Adam Svoboda	Goalies	Mikael Sandberg	Referee: Petr Kaislehto Linesmen: Pavel Blumel Stanislav Barvir
	05:43 – Radek Duda (Josef Beránek) 1-0 1-1 22:24 – Peter Nordström (Thomas Rhodin) (PP) 23:59 – Jaroslav Hlinka (Petr Sykora) 2-1 2-2 35:27 – Magnus Johansson (Ronnie Sundin, Per Hållberg) (PP) 48:51 – Vaclav Pletka (Michal Sykora) (PP) 3-2 50:07 – Petr Sykora (Jirí Hudler) 4-2 51:17 – Pavel Kolarik (Petr Tenkrat) 5-2
	43 min	Penalties	35 min
	32	Shots	29

7 November 2002 18:30

Finland

5-0 (0-0, 1-0, 4-0)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,406

Game reference
	Kari Lehtonen	Goalies	Maksim Sokolov	Referee: Ulf Rådbjer Linesmen: Panu Bruun Torkel Saarnio
	33:40 – Jukka Hentunen (Petteri Nummelin) 1-0 41:37 – Jussi Tarvainen (Marko Kiprusoff, Petteri Nummelin) 2-0 45:00 – Eero Somervuori (Kimmo Rintanen, Petteri Nummelin) 3-0 45:31 – Rami Alanko (Marko Tuulola, Kimmo Rintanen) 4-0 45:11 – Tommi Santala (Kimmo Rintanen, Petteri Nummelin) 5-0
	14 min	Penalties	74 min
	30	Shots	19

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 4 N2 = 0 PN = 4

9 November 2002 15:00

Russia

1-3 (0-1,1-2,0-0)

Sweden

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 0,000

Game reference
	Maksim Sokolov	Goalies	Mikael Sandberg
	0-1 1-1 1-2 1-3

9 November 2002 18:30

Finland

2-0 (0-0, 0-0, 2-0)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 10,683

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena Kari Lehtonen	Goalies	Petr Briz	Referee: Ulf Rådbjer Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Serpoo Lindroos
	40:23 – Ville Peltonen (Tommi Turunen, Markku Tähtinen) 1-0 59:25 – Toni Porkka (Kimmo Rintanen, Jani Hassinen) (PP/EN) 2-0
	6 min	Penalties	43 min
	31	Shots	22

10 November 2002 15:00

Russia

4-3 OT (2-0, 0-2, 1-1) (OT: 0–0)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,211

Game reference
	Maksim Sokolov	Goalies	Petr Briza	Referee: Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Petri Nokisalmi
	09:08 – Sergueï Zinoviev (Igor Grigorenko) 1-0 15:17 – Denis Grebeshkov (Aleksei Chupin) (PP) 2-0 2-1 20:23 – Radek Duda (Josef Beránek) 2-2 37:15 – Josef Beránek (Frantisek Kucera, Radek Duda) (PP) 2-3 44:35 – Frantisek Kucera (Josef Marha, Marek Zidlický) (PP) 49:44 – Sergueï Zinoviev (PP)) 3-3 60:18 – Andrei Kovalenko (Sergueï Zinoviev) 4-3
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	25

10 November 2002 18:30

Finland

5-3 (2-1, 1-0, 2-2)

Sweden

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 10,595

Game reference
	Kari Lehtonen	Goalies	Rolf Wanhainen	Referee: Milan Minar Linesmen: Torkel Saarnio Panu Bruun
	01:16 – Jani Hassinen (Kimmo Rintanen) (PP) 1-0 1-1 06:57 – Niklas Nordgren (Jonas Rönnqvist, Niklas Anger) 15:10 – Tommi Santala (Marko Tuulola) 2-1 28:27 – Mikko Luoma (Esa Pirnes) 3-1 3-2 42:51 – Ulf Söderström (Ronnie Sundin, Mika Hannula) 3-3 49:11 – Niklas Nordgren (Per Hållberg, Jonas Rönnqvist) 51:04 – Tommi Santala (Petteri Nummelin, Antti Miettinen) (PP) 4-3 58:58 – Ville Peltonen (Esa Pirnes) 5-3
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	19

Best players

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2002 II: ^[3]

• Best goalkeeper: Kari Lehtonen
• Best defenceman: Petteri Nummelin
• Best forward: Radek Duda

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Kari Lehtonen
• Defence: Petteri Nummelin, Marko Tuulola
• Forwards: Kimmo Rintanen, Radek Duda, Ville Peltonen

References

1. "Karjala 2002 Standings". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2002-11-10. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
2. "Karjala 2002 Matches". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2002-11-10. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
3. "Best players by position".

External links

• Tournament on hockeyarchives.info