Talk:Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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Anyone know if the As and C again member of one of the teams actually means anything or is this just meaning vandalism. If it means something please someone add a legend. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page)  09:02, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Assistant Captians and Captians, of course. -- Earl Andrew - talk 00:56, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the input on this answer - but where on the page does this become obvious. As this arena is meant to be an educational aid, it would be nice to have a "key" somewhere to these code. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page)  22:47, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * "A" actually stands for "Alternate", not "Assistant". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Djob (talk • contribs) 22:35, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Location
why doesn't the article say in the very top where (which country) the games were held?!John wesley 14:12, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Reference to 1994 Stanley Cup Finals
In my opinion, using Bob Cole's final call of the 2002 tournament is relevant, as is the note that it was the highest-rated sports show in Canadian history. Referring to the previous record (the '94 Finals) is vaguely relevant. But adding Cole's final call of that is just going too far down that tangent. If anybody cares about that information, they can click on the link to the 1994 Finals or Bob Cole.Djob (talk) 10:25, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Since nobody objected, I removed the tangent (again).Djob (talk) 10:15, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Summary
As far as I am aware, the team captain of Canada's women's team was Cassie Campbell, and not Hayley Wickenheiser. Can somebody factcheck this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.6.250.133 (talk) 13:16, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

number of titles
it is true that Canada won their seventh title, but according to the IIHF (here) that did not tie them for first. No source has been presented that makes any other claim other use of WP:OR.18abruce (talk) 16:21, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

I'm glad that you have initiated that dialogue. Thank you. As far as I'm concerned, the IOC doesn't combine medals of the Soviet Union (Soviet Union at the Olympics tells that) and Unified team, hence the USSR won seven gold medals and it can be checked on IOC's website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.170.74.124 (talk) 16:30, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Source: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games As you can see, the Soviets have seven gold medals, hence Canada tied them, winning seventh in 2002. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.170.75.113 (talk) 16:42, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Here you can check official stats — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.170.75.113 (talk) 16:45, 15 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Since it is plainly controversial, and the governing bodies themselves do not seem to agree, we need something definitive from a source that is discussing number of championships if we wish to make a definitive statement.18abruce (talk) 18:23, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Ranking of teams that lost in the men's quarterfinal round
According to the regulations of the 1998 and 2002 Olympic tournaments agreed upon by the IOC, the IIHF and the NHL, classification games to determine 5th-8th places were not scheduled and the losing teams in the quarterfinal round were all ranked equal. This is confirmed by the Official Reports and also by the IOC results database.

The NHL requested that such classification games not take place in order to prevent players (specifically, the top six seeded teams) from being injured in games that had no bearing on the medals.

The IOC preferred to keep these classification games in place in order to separate the teams into 5th-8th places for purposes of awarding diplomas, while the IIHF wanted to keep all classification games in place to separate all the teams into 5th-14th places.

Neither the IOC nor the IIHF wanted to separate the teams according to the criteria used at the IIHF World Championships, as this would set a precedent, rendering future classification games unnecessary.

Despite this, the IIHF does in fact maintain separate rankings for these quarterfinalists based on their World Championship criteria. They elected to separate the 1998 quarterfinalists in order to determine the six teams that would skip the preliminary round at the 2002 Olympics; and they separated the 2002 quarterfinalists so that results in the Olympics and World Championships would receive equal weight in the IIHF World Rankings, which debuted in 2003.

After the 2002 Olympics, the classification games for 5th-8th places and all other places were completely eliminated. The World Championship criteria were implemented at the 2006 Olympics to determine all rankings below 4th place, and this continues until present. Joel225sp (talk) 19:46, 10 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Two things: 1. there is a lot of information there, some of it would need considerable sourcing to validate the motivations of the IOC and the IIHF, and 2. what is the point of all this for you? What is it that you want to happen?  The IIHF immediately, officially, ranked 5th through 8th, as had been their practice since 1992.  They ranked those places every year (except 1997 which had a different format) without placement games. It is doubtful that a common practice, that had also been used for 1998 Olympic ranking, was in any way unusual or unexpected for this tournament.  It is true that the IOC chooses to rank 5th through 8th as equal for 1998 and 2002, so what.  Source it and notate the table if you want.18abruce (talk) 22:34, 11 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the feedback! My aim is to indicate on the Article pages for the 1998 and 2002 Olympics that the IOC/NAOC/SLOC rankings exist and are as valid as the IIHF rankings. I won't try to prove the motivations of any organization, but I think good arguments can be made.


 * Indeed, the IIHF's practice of immediately releasing their tournament rankings upon completion of the World Championships, using criteria to determine 5th-8th places, was in place from 1992 until present (except the aforementioned 1997 tournament). But the Olympics were a different story: At Albertville 1992 and at Lillehammer 1994, a full set of four placement games were played to determine 5th-8th places. The lack of such placement games at Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake 2002 resulted in the disparate rankings.Joel225sp (talk) 23:49, 19 September 2019 (UTC)


 * I was able to find the official NHL records as well, they rank QF losers equal in their 'guide and record book.' When I get some time I will source and notate the standings to demonstrate the issue. Thank you.18abruce (talk) 10:17, 20 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Interesting! I commend the NHL for observing the event regulations. Joel225sp (talk) 20:28, 25 September 2019 (UTC)


 * I notated the standings. If better sources for the Olympics are available please replace, but the Olympic.org site is missing the standings.18abruce (talk) 22:17, 1 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you 18abruce.Joel225sp (talk) 19:41, 7 October 2019 (UTC)