* Teams are listed by final ranking. W-L-T-PTS are calculated
from all games
played including preliminary, medal and consolation
rounds. Often teams
with superior W-L-T marks finish with inferior
rankings due to early
tournament losses that seed them in a lower bracket.
WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS - 1970 to 2000
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1970 Stockholm, Sweden
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
9 1
0 68
11 18
2 Sweden
10 7
2 1
45 21 15
3 Czechoslovakia 10 5
4 1
47 30 11
4 Finland 10
5 5
0 31
40 10
5 East Germany 10
2 7
1 20
50 5
6 Poland
10 0
9 1
11 70 1
* -Canada was to host their first World
Championship, with games set
for Montreal and Winnipeg.
Canadian officials however were convinced
that their top amateurs could
not compete with the other National teams.
The IIHF agreed to have Canada
select 9 professionals to play.
However, meetings later in
Geneva produced so many reciprocal claims
that Canada was forbidden
to allow professionals at all.
With so many players playing
from the NHL, AHL, IHL, Western Hockey League,
Central Hockey League and
Eastern Hockey League, Canada was losing close to
their top 600 players.
Meanwhile, all other countries
routinely sent their best players, while
still calling them amateurs.
The result, Canada withdrew
from WC competition until 1977. The tournament
was quickly moved to Stockholm.
Soviet Union vs Czechoslovakia
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1971 Berne, Switzerland
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
8 1
1 77
24 17
2 Czechoslovakia 10 7
2 1
44 20 15
3 Sweden
10 5
4 1
29 33 11
4 Finland 10
4 5
1 31
42 9
5 Germany 10
2 8
0 22
62 4
6 USA
10 2
8 0
31 53 4
* -World and European chamionships were
counted seperately. Games involving
North American teams did
not count for European title. USSR won WC, but
Czechoslovakia won European
title after games involving USA were removed.
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1972 Prague, Czechoslovakia
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Czechoslovakia 10 9
0 1
72 16 19
2 Soviet Union 10
7 1
2 78
17 16
3 Sweden
10 5
4 1
49 33 11
4 Finland 10
4 6
0 47
48 8
5 Germany 10
2 8
0 21
76 4
6 Switzerland 10
1 9
0 19
96 2
* -First time World and European chamionship
was played seperately
from Olympics. This was a
first step in bringing Canada back to the
WC's, since separation from
the Olympics made it possible to allow
participation by professionals.
-It was this tournament in Prague
that the final arrangements were made
for the Summit Series between
USSR and Canada. Canadians long believed
NHL players would easily
beat the Soviets.
The NHL pros scored 2 fast
goals in the first game of the 8 game series,
but lost 7-3 and were shocked.
Canada regrouped, and had
to win the last 3 games in Moscow to win the series
4-3-1.
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1973 Moscow, USSR
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
10 0
0 100 18
20
2 Sweden
10 7
2 1
53 23 15
3 Czechoslovakia 10 6
3 1
48 20 13
4 Finland 10
3 6
1 24
39 7
5 Poland
10 1
8 1
14 76 3
6 Germany 10
1 9
0 19
82 2
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1974 Helsinki, Finland
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
9 1
0 64
18 18
2 Czechoslovakia 10 7
3 0
57 20 14
3 Sweden
10 5
4 1
38 24 11
4 Finland 10
4 4
2 34
39 10
5 Poland
10 1
7 2
22 64 4
6 East Germany 10
1 8
1 21
71 3
* -Drug testing was introduced by the IIHF
in 1969, but made it's first
headlines in the 1974 WC's.
Ulf Nilsson from Sweden was
tested positive for ephedrine, which was
on the IOC's banned substance
list. Sweden's 4-1 win over Poland was
changed to a 5-0 loss, thus
keeping Poland in Pool A for 1975.
Finland goalie Stig Wetzell
also tested postive for ephedrine, and again,
a 5-2 win over Czechoslovakia
was changed to a 5-0 loss.
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1975 Germany
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
10 0
0 90
23 20
2 Czechoslovakia 10 8
2 0
55 19 16
3 Sweden
10 5
5 0
51 34 10
4 Finland 10
5 5
0 36
34 10
5 Poland
10 2
8 0
18 78 4
6 USA
10 0
10 0
22 84 0
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1976 Katowice, Poland
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Czechoslovakia 10 9
0 1
67 14 19
2 Soviet Union 10
6 3
1 50
23 13
3 Sweden 10
6 4
0 36
29 12
4 USA
10 3
6 1
24 42 7
5 Finland 10
2 4
4 35
41 8
6 Germany 10
3 5
2 26
41 8
7 Poland
10 3
5 2
32 47 8
8 East Germany 10
2 7
1 19
52 5
* -Dr.Gunther Sabetski was apointed president
of the IIHF, and declared
that professional players
would be allowed to play in the WC's in 1976.
This was to allow Canada
back in, which they did the following year.
-With 8 teams in Pool A, a new format
was introduced splitting the
nations in 2 groups of 4.
The top 2 nations of each division would
then continue to the medal
round.
The USA used the new rules
by getting 7 players from the NHL and WHA,
and after going winless the
previous year, finished in the top 4 for
the first time since 1962.
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1977 Vienna, Austria
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Czechoslovakia 10 7
2 1
54 32 15
2 Sweden
10 7
3 0
43 19 14
3 Soviet Union 10
7 3
0 77
24 14
4 Canada
10 6
3 1
47 35 13
5 Finland 10
5 5
0 45
43 10
6 USA
10 3
6 1
29 43 7
7 Germany 10
2 7
1 23
58 5
8 Romania 10
1 9
0 20
84 2
* -Canada returns to WC's. The players
were selected from 6 NHL clubs
that failed to qualify for
the Stanley Cup playoffs.
-The tournament starts 2 weeks later than other WC's, played in mid-April.
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1978 Prague, Czechoslovakia
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
9 1
0 61
26 18
2 Czechoslovakia 10 9
1 0
54 21 18
3 Canada
10 5
5 0
38 36 10
4 Sweden
10 4
6 0
39 37 8
5 Germany 10
3 4
3 35
43 9
6 USA
10 2
6 2
38 58 6
7 Finland 10
2 6
2 37
44 6
8 East Germany 10
1 6
3 20
57 5
* -The start date was pushed back more,
from late April to early May.
This allowed for more professionals
to attend from the NHL. For the
first time, teamates from
NHL clubs were now opponents when they
joined their respective nation.
ie: Minnesota North Stars had 2
Canadians, 3 played for Sweden,
4 played for USA.
Previously, this had only
happened in soccer's (football) World Cup.
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1979 Moscow, Soviet Union
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 8
8 0 0
61 14 16
2 Czechoslovakia 8
4 2
2 32
32 10
3 Sweden
8 3
4 1
33 46 7
4 Canada
8 3
5 0
31 43 6
5 Finland 8
4 3
1 27
27 9
6 Germany 8
3 4
1 32
31 7
7 USA
8 2
3 3
27 28 7
8 Poland
8 0
6 2
20 42 2
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1981 Sweden
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 8
6 0
2 55
14 14
2 Sweden
8 5
2 1
24 30 11
3 Czechoslovakia 8
4 2
2 37
26 10
4 Canada
8 2
5 1
28 34 5
5 USA
8 4
3 1
39 43 9
6 Finland 8
3 3
2 37
32 8
7 Germany 8
3 4
1 44
40 7
8 Holland 8
0 8
0 24
69 0
* -Holland jumped from Pool C to Pool A in just 2 seasons.
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1982 Helsinki, Finland
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
9 0
1 58
20 19
2 Czechoslovakia 10 5
3 2
38 20 12
3 Canada
10 5
3 2
46 30 12
4 Sweden
10 3
4 3
26 35 9
5 Finland 7
3 3
1 21
31 7
6 Germany 7
2 4
1 19
30 5
7 Italy
7 1
5 1
20 44 3
8 USA
7 0
6 1
21 39 1
* -Canada cried foul and rightfully so.
The WC turned into a farce as
Canada needed the Soviet
Union to defeat Czechoslovakia to claim
a Silver medal. The Soviets
and Czechs played to a 0-0 tie with
both teams getting under
10 shots on net each. Canada settled for the
Bronze medal.
* -Canada stocked it's team with junior
players, and waited for NHL teams
to be eliminated from Stanley
Cup playoffs to get players.
It gave Canada it's strongest
team since rejoining in 1977, although
they only had one practice
before play began.
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1983 Germany
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
9 0
1 54
10 19
2 Czechoslovakia 10 6
2 2
40 21 14
3 Canada
10 6
4 0
35 30 12
4 Sweden
10 4
5 1
28 32 9
5 Germany 10
5 4
1 31
34 11
6 East Germany 10
3 7
0 29
40 6
7 Finland 10
2 6
2 30
40 6
8 Italy
10 1
8 1
16 56 3
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1985 Czechoslovakia
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Czechoslovakia 10 7
2 1
48 22 15
2 Canada
10 6
3 1
42 31 13
3 Soviet Union 10
8 2
0 64
16 16
4 USA
10 4
5 1
31 58 9
5 Finland 10
4 4
2 39
33 10
6 Sweden
10 4
6 0
37 40 8
7 Germany 10
3 6
1 28
41 7
8 East Germany 10
0 8
2 16
64 2
* -Sweden's 6th place finish worst since 1931.
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1986 Moscow, Soviet Union
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
10 0
0 50
15 20
2 Sweden
10 6
2 2
46 30 14
3 Canada
10 4
6 0
37 38 8
4 Finland 10
4 3
3 35
34 11
5 Czechoslovakia 10 5
4 1
38 21 11
6 USA
10 4
6 0
41 43 8
7 Germany 10
2 7
1 23
52 5
8 Poland
10 1
8 1
26 63 3
* -Czechoslovakia failed to make the medal
round, first time since 1967 they
finished out of the medals.
-Brett Hull makes international
debut for USA. This would cause an uproar
in later years as he turned
into one of the best snipers in NHL history,
and would play against his
native Canada in World Cup's and Olympic games.
Hull was born in Belleville,Ontario
but has dual citizenship.
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1987 Vienna, Austria
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Sweden
10 5
3 2
44 22 12
2 Soviet Union 10
8 0
2 52
15 18
3 Czechoslovakia 10 6
2 2
32 22 14
4 Canada
10 3
5 2
27 30 8
5 Finland 10
5 4
1 32
34 11
6 Germany 10
4 5
1 31
37 9
7 USA
10 4
6 0
36 49 8
8 Switzerland 10
0 10
0 26
71 0
* -With more nations entering the IIHF, Pool D makes it's debut.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1989 Stockholm, Sweden
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
10 0
0 47
16 20
2 Canada
10 7
3 0
57 29 14
3 Czechoslovakia 10 4
4 2
38 21 10
4 Sweden
10 4
4 2
34 32 10
5 Finland 10
5 4
1 35
27 11
6 USA
10 4
5 1
37 40 9
7 Germany 10
1 7
2 22
41 4
8 Poland
10 1
9 0
12 76 2
* -1989 marked the last appearance of the
"Green Unit", the USSR's
famous line of Viacheslav
Fetisov, Alexei Kasatonov, Sergei Makarov,
Igor Larionov and Vladimir
Krutov. All went on to play in the NHL
the following year.
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1990 Berne, Switzerland
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union 10
8 1
1 53
13 17
2 Sweden
10 7
2 1
40 23 15
3 Czechoslovakia 10 5
4 1
36 30 11
4 Canada
10 6
3 1
43 32 13
5 USA
10 6
4 0
35 43 12
6 Finland 10
2 6
2 29
32 6
7 Germany 10
1 8
1 19
42 3
8 Norway
10 1
8 1
21 61 3
* -Czechoslovak Dominik Hasek named to
the tournament's all-star team for
the 3rd consecutive season.
He joined the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks the
next season. It would take
a few more season's before he established
himself as one of the best
goaltenders of all-time with the Buffalo
Sabres. Hasek also carried
his team to Gold in the 1998 Olympics.
-Norway returns to Pool A for the first time since 1965.
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1991 Turku, Finland
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Sweden
10 5
0 5
43 29 15
2 Canada
10 5
2 3
29 30 13
3 Soviet Union 10
7 1
2 51
25 16
4 USA
10 3
5 2
35 51 8
5 Finland 10
6 3
1 35
21 13
6 Czechoslovakia 10 4
6 0
28 27 8
7 Switzerland 10
2 7
1 22
38 5
8 Germany 10
0 8
2 19
51 2
* -Last year where 8 teams played. Tournament
to grow to 12 teams for
1992.
-The hockey world changed drastically
during this time. With the breakup
of the Soviet Union, the
longtime hockey power would play as Russia,
with many other countries
playing independently, ie; Belarus, Kazakhstan
to name a few. These new
countries had no choice but to start play in
the lower Pool C and D of
international hockey, and work their way up. This
caused very mismatched tourneys,
since most of these nations were already
Pool A and B teams.
East and West Germany also
merged during this time, giving them a stronger
team also.
More nations now faced the
same problem Canada had always faced. They
had to wait until NHL clubs
were eliminated from Stanley Cup play to
join their respective nations.
This was an especially new problem for
Russia, and somewhat for
the Czechs. Sweden and Finland had NHL players
for years, but now Russia
was losing players at an early age.
There would be no more "Big
Red Machine", as they could not keep an all-star
team year-round.
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1992 Prague, Czechoslovakia
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Sweden
8 4
2 2
25 15 10
2 Finland 8
7 1
0 41
18 14
3 Czechoslovakia 8
6 2
0 33
13 12
4 Switzerland 8
3 3
2 18 21
8
5 Russia
6 4
1 1
23 12 9
6 Germany 6
4 2
0 31
17 8
7 Canada
6 2
3 1
18 22 5
8 USA
6 2
3 1
15 23 5
9 Italy
5 1
3 1
10 18 3
10 Norway 5
1 4
0 8
16 2
11 France 6
1 5
0 11
23 2
12 Poland 6
0 6
0 9
44 0
* -A 1 game elimination playoff system
was introduced. Both Canada and
Russia were eliminated.
-Greece, Luxembourg, Israel and
Turkey made their international debut
in Pool C.
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1993 Germany
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Russia
8 5
2 1
30 18 11
2 Sweden
8 5
3 0
27 22 10
3 Czech Rep. 8
6 1
1 33
10 13
4 Canada
8 6
2 0
41 17 12
5 Germany 6
4 2
0 21
17 8
6 USA
6 2
2 2
16 15 6
7 Finland 6
2 3
1 8
12 5
8 Italy
6 1
3 2
9 28
4
9 Norway
7 2
5 0
13 25 5
10 Switzerland 7
2 5
0 14
22 4
11 Austria 6
1 4
1 10
24 2
12 France 6
1 5
0 13
25 2
* -Old and new faces; Viktor Tikhonov was
replaced as coach of Soviet/Russia
after 15 years.. A 20 year
old Eric Lindros led the tournament in goals
and points for Canada, was
named best forward and voted to the all-star team.
-Czech Republic replaced Czechoslovakia..
Former Soviet republics make their
debut; Slovenia, Ukraine,
Kazakhstan and Latvia. Latvia had previously played
independently, last in 1939.
All start play in Pool C.
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1994 Italy
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Canada
8 8
0 0
35 10 16
2 Finland 8
6 1
1 48
11 13
3 Sweden
8 5
2 1
36 21 11
4 USA
8 4
4 0
24 35 8
5 Russia
6 4
2 0
31 10 8
6 Italy
6 3
3 0
19 22 6
7 Czech Rep. 6
1 3
2 17
20 4
8 Austria 6
1 4
1 15
25 3
9 Germany 5
1 3
1 9
14 3
10 France 5
1 4
0 8 25
2
11 Norway 6
1 3
2 14
23 4
12 Great Britain 6
0 6 0
9 49
0
* -Canada's first WC win since the Trail
Smoke Eaters won in 1961.
Luc Robitaille scores shootout
goal versus Finland for title.
-Great Britain's first appearance in Pool A since 1951.
-Slovakia, Belarus, Estonia and Croatia make their debut in Pool C.
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1995 Sweden
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Finland 8
6 1
1 34
15 13
2 Sweden
8 6
1 1
28 12 13
3 Canada
8 4
3 1
27 23 9
4 Czech Rep. 8
4 5
0 17
16 8
5 Russia
6 5
1 0
26 12 10
6 USA
6 3
1 2
18 15 8
7 Italy
6 3
2 1
14 18 7
8 France
6 3
3 0
14 16 6
9 Germany 5
1 4
0 11
20 2
10 Norway 5
1 4
0 9
18 2
11 Austria 7
1 5
1 17
31 3
12 Switzerland 7
0 6
1 14
32 1
* -For the first time in 20 years, no NHL
players played in the WC's.
A lock-out forced the NHL
season to start much later, and teams
were still playing and were
unable to release players.
-Lithuania returns to the World
Championships for the first time
since 1938, competing in
Pool C.
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1996 Austria
GP W
L T
GF GA PTS
1 Czech Rep. 8
7 0
1 37
12 15
2 Canada 8
4 3
1 25
22 9
3 USA
8 5
2 1
22 22 11
4 Russia 8
5 2
1 31
17 10
5 Finland 6
2 2
2 24
18 6
6 Sweden 6
2 2
2 16
15 6
7 Italy
6 2
3 1
19 26 5
8 Germany 6
2 4
0 13
18 4
9 Slovakia 5
1 3
1 14
16 3
10 Norway 5
1 2
2 6
11 4
11 France 7
2 5
0 24
33 4
12 Austria 7
1 6
0 9
31 2
* -A new winner for the 5th consecutive year.
-First win for players representing
Czech Republic. (Czechoslovakia
last won in 1985) Slovakia
also makes first appearance in Pool A.
-With the growth of hockey worldwide,
and with political change,
36 nations now play in the
4 groups: Pools A, B, C and D.
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1997 Finland
GROUP A
G W L T
GF GA PTS
*Czech Republic 5
4 1 0 18
9 8
*Finland
5 4 1 0
25 9 8
*Russia
5 3 1 1
19 16 7
Slovakia
5 1 3 1
10 14 3
France
5 1 4 0
13 26 2
Germany
5 1 4 0
4 15 2
GROUP B
*Sweden
5 4 0 1
20 8 9
*Canada
5 3 1 1
23 11 7
*USA
5 3 2 0
14 15 6
Latvia
5 1 2 2
15 16 4
Italy
5 1 3 1
12 18 3
Norway
5 0 4 1
7 22 1
*Top 3 teams in each group go to playoff round, bottom 3 to relegation.
Games between the top and bottom 3 teams carry over.
PLAYOFF ROUND
Sweden
5 4 1 0
17 9 8
Canada
5 3 2 0
13 14 6
Russia
5 2 2 1
13 13 5
Czech Republic 5
2 3 0 13
11 4
Finland
5 2 3 0
12 12 4
USA
5 1 3 1
7 14 3
*Top 2 teams play best-of-3 final.
May 5
Russia 4, Sweden 1
USA 4, Czech Rep. 3
(Not in standings) Medal games
May 6
May 10 BRONZE
Canada 1, Finland 0
--Czech Rep. 4, Russia 3
Russia 1, USA 1
GOLD (Best-of-3)
May 7
May 11 --Sweden 3, Canada 2
Czech Rep. 5, Canada 3
13 --Canada 3, Sweden 1
Sweden 5, Finland 2
14 --Canada 2, Sweden 1
(Canada wins 2-1)
May 8
Sweden 1, Czech Rep. 0
May 9
Canada 2, Russia 1
Finland 2, USA 0
**************************
RELEGATION
Latvia
5 4 1 0
29 14 8
Slovakia
5 3 2 0
15 13 6
Italy
5 2 1 2
23 16 6
Germany
5 2 2 1
11 17 5
France
5 2 3 0
12 23 4
Norway
5 0 4 1
11 18 1
May 6
Slovakia 2, Norway 1
Latvia 8, Germany 0
May 7
France 4, Norway 3
Italy 5, Germany 5
May 8
Slovakia 4, Italy 3
Latvia 6, France 2
May 9
Germany 4, Norway 2
May 10
Latvia 5, Slovakia 4
Italy 8, France 1
* -Latvia returns to play with world's
best hockey nations for the first
time since 1939.
Attendance: 526,000* (attendance record)
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1998
Round Robin
Group A
G W L T
GF GA PTS
*Czech Republic 3
3 0 0 20
5 6
*Belarus
3 2 1 0
12 10 4
Germany
3 1 2 0
8 13 2
Japan
3 0 3 0
7 19 0
Group B
*Canada
3 2 0 1
12 5 5
*Slovakia
3 2 0 1
9 4 5
Italy
3 1 2 0
8 8 2
Austria
3 0 3 0
3 15 0
Group C
*Sweden
3 3 0 0
16 4 6
*Switzerland 3
1 2 0 9
10 2
USA
3 1 2 0
7 11 2
France
3 1 2 0
5 12 2
Group D
*Russia
3 3 0 0
19 11 6
*Finland
3 2 1 0
12 4 4
Latvia
3 1 2 0
12 15 2
Kazakhstan
3 0 3 0
6 19 0
*Top 2 teams in each group advance to Groups E & F.
Group E
G W L T
GF GA PTS
*Sweden
3 3 0 0
10 2 6
*Finland
3 1 1 1
8 6 3
Canada
3 1 1 1
10 12 3
Belarus
3 0 3 0
5 13 0
Group F
*Czech Republic 3
2 0 1 6
3 5
*Switzerland 3
1 1 1 6
6 3
Russia
3 1 1 1
10 7 3
Slovakia
3 0 2 1
2 8 1
*Top 2 teams in each group advance in playoffs
2-game total point series;
-Sweden 4, Switzerland 1
-Sweden 7, Switzerland 2 (Sweden wins 4-0)
-Finland 4, Czech Rep 1
-Finland 2, Czech Rep 2 (Finland wins 3-1)
BRONZE MEDAL
-Czech Rep 4, Switzerland 0
GOLD MEDAL
-Sweden 1, Finland 0
-Sweden 0, Finland 0 (Sweden wins 3-1)
RELEGATION
Group G
Latvia
3 2 0 1
9 3 5
Italy
3 1 0 2
9 5 4
Germany
3 0 1 2
5 10 2
USA
3 0 2 1
3 8 1
* -Tournament expanded to 16 teams.
-Parity continues during the 1990's
as Switzerland defeats Russia 4-2
in the quarter-final pool.
This would have been unheard of just
a few years ago. Switzerland
had finished 3rd in Pool B in 1997
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1999 Oslo, Hamar, Lillehammer, Norway
Round Robin
Group A
G W L T
GF GA PTS
*Canada
3 3 0 0
12 6 6
*Slovakia
3 2 1 0
17 9 4
Norway
3 1 2 0
9 14 2
Italy
3 0 3 0
8 17 0
Group B
*Sweden
3 3 0 0
14 5 6
*Switzerland 3
2 1 0 12
9 4
Latvia
3 1 2 0
14 14 2
France
3 0 3 0
6 18 0
Group C
*Czech Republic 3
3 0 0 23
5 6
*USA
3 2 1 0
15 7 4
Austria
3 1 2 0
6 14 2
Japan
3 0 3 0
5 23 0
Group D
*Finland
3 2 0 1
10 5 5
*Russia
3 1 0 2
9 6 4
Belarus
3 1 1 1
9 7 3
Ukraine
3 0 3 0
3 13 0
*Top 2 teams in each pool advance to Groups
E & F.
Group E
G W L T
GF GA PTS
*Finland
3 3 0 0
13 6 6
*Canada
3 2 1 0
14 7 4
USA
3 1 2 0
7 8 2
Switzerland
3 0 3 0
3 16 0
Group F
*Czech Republic 3
2 1 0 11
8 4
*Sweden
3 2 1 0
6 4 4
Russia
3 1 1 1
9 7 3
Slovakia
3 0 2 1
5 12 1
2-Game total point series;
-Finland 3, Sweden 1
-Sweden 2, Finland 1
-Tiebreaker: Finland 1, Sweden 0 (Finland wins OT, 1-0,
to advance)
-Canada 2, Czech Rep. 1
-Czech Rep. 6, Canada 4
-Tiebreaker: Czech Rep. 1, Canada 0
(0-0 OT, Czech wins shootout 4-3 to advance)
BRONZE MEDAL
-Sweden 3, Canada 2
GOLD MEDAL (2 game series)
-Czech Rep. 3, Finland 1
-Finland 4, Czech Rep. 1
-Czech Rep. 1, Finland 0 (20 minute OT mini-game) (Czech Rep.
wins series)
Group G
Belarus
3 3 0 0
7 3 6
Austria
3 2 1 0
10 5 4
Latvia
3 1 2 0
10 8 2
Norway
3 0 3 0
1 12 0
* -As the tournament nations are now more
evenly matched, many playoff
games featured a 20 minute
overtime, which was in fact a 1 period mini-game.
If still tied, then a shootout
decided the winner.
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2000 St.Petersburg, Russia
Round Robin
Group A
G W L T
GF GA PTS
*Sweden
3 3 0 0
17 3 6
*Latvia
3 2 1 0
9 7 4
*Belarus
3 1 2 0
10 16 2
Ukraine
3 0 3 0
6 16 0
Group B
*Slovakia
3 2 0 1
10 4 5
*Finland
3 1 0 2
11 4 4
*Italy
3 1 2 0
5 12 2
Austria
3 0 2 1
3 8 1
Group C
*Czech Republic 3
3 0 0 12
4 6
*Norway
3 2 1 0
13 7 4
*Canada
3 1 2 0
10 6 2
Japan
3 0 3 0
3 21 0
Group D
*USA
3 2 0 1
9 5 5
*Switzerland 3
1 1 1 8
9 3
*Russia
3 1 2 0
10 7 2
France
3 1 2 0
7 13 2
*Top 3 teams in each Group advance to 2nd
round.
(Note: Team record carries forward to second
round, minus result
against team that failed to qualify)
Group E
April 6
Latvia 3, Russia 2
USA 1, Belarus 0
Sweden 1, Switzerland 1
April 7
Belarus 1, Russia 0
USA 1, Latvia 1
April 8
Switzerland 4, Latvia 1
USA 5, Sweden 3
April 9
Belarus 5, Switzerland 3
Russia 4, Sweden 2
Group E
G W L T
GF GA PTS
*USA
5 3 0 2
13 7 8
*Switzerland 5
2 1 2 14
12 6
*Sweden
5 2 2 1
16 11 5
*Latvia
5 2 2 1
12 13 5
Belarus
5 2 3 0
9 17 4
Russia
5 1 4 0
8 12 2
Group F
April 6
Canada 5, Finland 1
Czech Rep. 9, Italy 2
Slovakia 9, Norway 1
April 7
Canada 6, Italy 0
Finland 6, Czech Rep. 4
April 8
Finland 7, Norway 4
Czech Rep. 6, Slovakia 2
April 9
Norway 1, Italy 1
Canada 4, Slovakia 3
Group F
G W L T
GF GA PTS
*Czech Republic 5
4 1 0 25
11 8
*Finland
5 3 1 1
22 15 7
*Canada
5 3 2 0
19 10 6
*Slovakia
5 2 2 1
22 15 5
Norway
5 1 3 1
10 24 3
Italy
5 0 4 1
5 28 1
Playoffs
Quarter-finals:
Slovakia 4, USA 1
Finland 2, Sweden 1
Canada 5, Switzerland 3
Czech Rep. 3, Latvia 1
Semi-finals:
Slovakia 3, Finland 1
Czech Rep. 2, Canada 1
Bronze Medal:
Finland 2, Canada 1
Gold Medal:
Czech Rep. 5, Slovakia 3
Attendance: 318,449
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Group G
April 6
Ukraine 4, Japan 0
France 3, Austria 3
April 7
Ukraine 3, France 2
Austria 5, Japan 3
April 9
France 7, Japan 2
Austria 3, Ukraine 2
Group G
G W L T
GF GA PTS
Austria
3 2 0 1
11 8 5
Ukraine
3 2 1 0
9 5 4
France
3 1 1 1
12 8 3
Japan
3 0 3 0
5 16 0
Some notes from a strange 2000 World Championship; (tournament closer
every year)
-France defeats Switzerland 4-2, and appears
to be assured of remaining in the A Pool. Of course, Switzerland had
to lose the next game against the Russians. Nobody doubted that
would happen.
Switzerland beat the Russians (3-2)
and France had to play the relegation round.
-Austria ties Finland 3-3. It was their
first point ever in history against this opponent, and it ranked as one
of
the ten biggest upsets in hockey history. If you can hold the
Finns to a tie, you should also be able to win easily
against Italy and move on to the Qualifying Round... Italy
defated Austria 3-0, and moved to Relegation.
-Norway defeats Canada 4-3 for the first time ever.
-Russia. Where to start... Russia started the
tournament with an 8-1 win versus France,
and all seemed normal
enough. This was suposed to be a "Russian
Dream Team", with Pavel Bure, Alexei Yashin, Valery Kamenski and
Alexei Zhitnik among other NHL stars, playing
as host country.
Russia then lost 4 straight; 3-0 USA, 3-2
Switzerland, 3-2 Latvia, 1-0 Belarus.
Team USA frustrated the Russians, but they
just lost the game. Then, against the
Swiss, the Russians lost their motivation,
against the Latvians their courage and
against Belarus their honor.
On April 8, having a 1-4 record with one game
remaining versus Sweden, Russian officials held a news
conference with the entire team to apologize
for their poor showing.
Russian Head Coach Alexander Yakushev said: "On
behalf of the team, I
apologize for the pain caused by our miserable
performance. As for the reasons
why, it is hard to pinpoint. Hopefully, through
your questions and our answers, we
will hear reasons and not excuses."
Russia will have posted it's worst record ever. This year marks the
first time Russia will miss the quarter-finals
since it began competing at the World Championships in 1954.
Sources; http://www.ihwc.net/ (official tournament website)
Is this the craziest tournament of all time?
The history of the Ice Hockey World Championships
began 1920 in Antwerp. Since then, hockey fans have
experienced a million emotions and sensations while
watching the tournament. But no tournament has seen
as many surprising results as we've seen in only the
first week of this year's competition. I went through the
history of the World Championships and Olympics and
found out that the fans in St. Petersburg have
witnessed three of the ten most unexpected results of
all times.
1) USA - Soviet Union 4:3. The 1980 Olympics in Lake
Placid. Of course, the "Miracle on Ice" is number one
for me. No other hockey game has ever produced so
many emotions. For the first and only time in history, every American patriot
waved the Star Spangled Banner because of a hockey event. For a few days,
hockey was the number one sport in the United States. That's what NHL
commissioner Gary Bettman dreams about.
2) Poland - Soviet Union 6:4. The 1976 World Championships in Katowice.
In the
opening game of the tournament, the Big Red Machine lost a game against
a
lightweight for the first time. But this sensational win did not help the
underdog.
Poland was relegated to the B Pool.
3) Great Britain - Canada 2:1. The 1936 Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The first loss by Canada to a team from the Old World cost them the gold
medal.
4) Italy - Canada 3:3. The 1982 World Championships in Helsinki. Some of
the
biggest guns of all time like Wayne Gretzky, Darryl Sittler, Bobby Smith,
Mike
Gartner, Dale Hawerchuk, Bob Gainey and Bobby Clarke were not good enough
to produce a win against the brave Italian netminder Jim Corsi.
5) Switzerland - Russia 4:2. The 1998 World Championships in Basel. The
first
win for Team Switzerland against the Russians in a world championship
tournament put them into the semifinals, while the Russians had to travel
home.
6) Norway - Canada 4:3. The 2000 World Championships in St. Petersburg.
Was
Goaltender Fred Brathwaite's glove hand too fast? Three fluke goals allowed
Norway their first win ever over Canada in a world championship.
7) Poland - Czechoslovakia 2:1. The 1986 World Championships in Moscow.
Another stunning but useless win for Poland. They beat the defending world
champions but finished last and were relegated to the B Pool.
8) Austria-Finland 3:3. The 2000 World Championships in St. Petersburg.
The
Finns gave up a point against the Austrians for the first time in hockey
history.
But the Austrians lost their next game against Italy and now have to play
in the
relegation round.
9) Switzerland - Russia 3:2. The 2000 World Championships in St. Petersburg.
The Swiss celebrated this sensational win which came only 48 hours after
a 4-2
loss against France.
10) Austria-Sweden 2:1. The 1947 World Championships in Prague. Sweden's
2-1
victory over Czechoslovakia was marked by a cable of greetings from King
Gustav, but hardly had they finished celebrating when the unexpectedly
bowed to
Austria and lost the gold medal.
I hope I have to rewrite this list after the tournament to add some more
sensational results. Who knows? Some might say that before Latvia beats
Russia, a descendant of the Zarewitsch family will become governor of St.
Petersburg. Nobody should say that. The 2000 World Championships is the
craziest tournament of all time and on May 14th, the final day of this
tournament,
the governor has to be reelected...
Klaus Zaugg
Sixteen teams will take part at the World Championships. Every year
two teams
will get relegated to Division I. Division I and Division II will both
contain 12 teams.
Each division will be played in two groups containing six teams. The
winners of
the two groups will be promoted, a total of two teams, and the worst
teams
relegated. Both groups will be played in different countries.
The whole World Championships system will contain 40 teams. If other
countries
want to participate, they will have to play a qualification tournament
to enter Division II.