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1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates28 April – 10 May
Teams12
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (6th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played39
Goals scored242 (6.21 per game)
Attendance249,748 (6,404 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Jarkko Varvio 10 points
← 1991
1993 →

The 1992 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Czechoslovakia from 28 April to 10 May. The games were played in Prague and Bratislava. Twelve teams took part, with the first round consisting of two groups of six, with the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. This was the 56th World Championships, and Sweden retained their title, beating Finland 5-2 in the final, and becoming world champions for the sixth time. This was Finland's first medal in a World Championship, but should have come as no surprise with their success in Calgary and the most recent Canada Cup.

The pools were drawn the same as the Olympics in Albertville, but yielded much different results. The Swiss were able to tie both the Russians and the Canadians to earn their way into the quarterfinals. The Germans, after an opening loss to Finland, won four straight to earn a second-place finish. More importantly, they earned a single game elimination against Switzerland with the winner going to the semi-finals. The Swiss prevailed, and moved on to meet a Swedish team that had shut-out the Russians. The Swedes led by three after the first and easily moved on to the gold medal game. There was nothing easy about the other semi-final. Tying it at two in the third, the Finns clinched their first World medal in a shootout. The Czechoslovaks, playing for the last time as a unified nation, beat the Swiss to settle for bronze, while Sweden, led by Mats Sundin, beat Finland for gold.[1][2]

A record thirty-two nations competed in 1992, with new entrants Greece, Israel, Luxembourg and Turkey icing teams in a secondary tier of Group C. South Africa appeared for the first time since 1966. In Group B, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia made their final World Championship appearance. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia resumed Yugoslavia's former position in Group C in 1995. Croatia and Slovenia would appear in the qualifiers for Group C of the 1993 World Championship.

World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)

First Round

Group 1

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Finland 5 5 0 0 32 - 08 10
2  Germany 5 4 0 1 30 - 14 8
3  United States 5 2 1 2 14 - 15 5
4  Sweden 5 1 2 2 14 - 12 4
5  Italy 5 1 1 3 10 - 18 3
6  Poland 5 0 0 5 08 - 41 0
28 AprilSweden 7-0 Poland
28 AprilGermany 3-6 Finland
28 AprilItaly 0-1 United States
29 AprilFinland 11-2 Poland
29 AprilUnited States 3-5 Germany
29 AprilSweden 0-0 Italy
1 MayPoland 5-7 Italy
1 MayGermany 5-2 Sweden
1 MayUnited States 1-6 Finland
3 MayUnited States 5-0 Poland
3 MayItaly 2-6 Germany
3 MayFinland 3-1 Sweden
4 MayPoland 1-11 Germany
4 MayFinland 6-1 Italy
4 MaySweden 4-4 United States

Group 2

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Russia 5 4 1 0 23 - 10 9
2  Czechoslovakia 5 4 0 1 18 - 07 8
3   Switzerland 5 2 2 1 12 - 11 6
4  Canada 5 2 1 2 15 - 18 5
5  Norway 5 1 0 4 08 - 16 2
6  France 5 0 0 5 08 - 22 0
28 AprilCanada 4-3 France
28 AprilSwitzerland 2-2 Russia
28 AprilCzechoslovakia 6-1 Norway
30 AprilCanada 1-1  Switzerland
30 AprilCzechoslovakia 3-0 France
30 AprilRussia 3-2 Norway
1 MayFrance 5-6  Switzerland
1 MayNorway 3-4 Canada
1 MayCzechoslovakia 2-4 Russia
3 MayRussia 8-0 France
3 MaySwitzerland 3-1 Norway
3 MayCzechoslovakia 5-2 Canada
4 MayFrance 0-1 Norway
4 MayCanada 4-6 Russia
4 MayCzechoslovakia 2-0  Switzerland

Consolation Round 11-12 Place

6 MayFrance 3-1 Poland

Poland was relegated to Group B.

Quarterfinals

6 MayFinland 4-3 Canada
6 MayRussia 0-2 Sweden
7 MayGermany 1-3  Switzerland
7 MayCzechoslovakia 8-1 United States

Semifinals

9 MayCzechoslovakia 2-2
0-2 s.o.		 Finland
9 MaySweden 4-1  Switzerland

Match for third place

10 MayCzechoslovakia 5-2  Switzerland

Final

10 MaySweden 5-2
(1-0, 3-0, 1-2)		 FinlandPraha
Attendance: 14,000
Referee:
Muench Canada
Peter Forsberg1-0
Mikael Andersson2-0
Roger Hansson3-0
Lars Karlsson4-0
Arto Blomsten5-0
5-1Timo Peltomaa
5-2Timo Jutila

Ranking and statistics

 


 1992 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Sweden
6th title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

 Sweden
 Finland
 Czechoslovakia
4   Switzerland
5  Russia
6  Germany
7  United States
8  Canada
9  Italy
10  Norway
11  France
12  Poland

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Finland Jarkko Varvio 8 9 1 10 +3 4 F
Finland Mikko Mäkelä 8 2 8 10 +11 0 F
Germany Dieter Hegen 6 7 2 9 +3 10 F
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Jelínek 8 4 5 9 +10 10 F
Czechoslovakia Róbert Švehla 8 4 4 8 +12 14 D
Finland Mika Nieminen 8 3 5 8 +5 2 F
Sweden Mats Sundin 8 2 6 8 +5 8 F
Finland Timo Saarikoski 8 3 4 7 +4 4 F
Finland Rauli Raitanen 7 2 5 7 +8 2 F
Finland Timo Jutila 8 2 5 7 +16 10 D

Source: [1]

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 50% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP GA GAA SVS% SO
Sweden Tommy Söderström 300 7 1.40 .936 2
Italy David Delfino 149 7 2.82 .932 1
Finland Markus Ketterer 309 13 2.52 .927 0
Czechoslovakia Petr Bříza 490 12 1.47 .921 2
Canada Ron Hextall 273 13 2.86 .909 0

Source: [2]

World Championship Group B (Austria)

Played in Klagenfurt Austria 2–12 April. The hosts went undefeated to return to Group A for the first time since 1957.[1]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
13  Austria 7 7 0 0 73 - 04 14
14  Netherlands 7 5 1 1 53 - 16 11
15  Japan 7 4 0 3 30 - 24 8
16  Denmark 7 4 0 3 23 - 24 8
17  Bulgaria 7 3 0 4 14 - 38 6
18  Romania 7 1 3 3 13 - 26 5
19  China 7 1 1 5 15 - 50 3
20  Yugoslavia 7 0 1 6 07 - 46 1

Austria was promoted to Group A, while Yugoslavia was relegated to Group C but would not play there until 1995.

2 AprilNetherlands 12-2 China
2 AprilYugoslavia 3-3 Romania
2 AprilAustria 18-0 Bulgaria
2 AprilJapan 4-2 Denmark
3 AprilChina 4-1 Yugoslavia
3 AprilAustria 9-0 Romania
4 AprilDenmark 0-8 Netherlands
4 AprilJapan 2-5 Bulgaria
5 AprilAustria 16-0 China
5 AprilJapan 5-1 Romania
5 AprilYugoslavia 2-4 Denmark
6 AprilNetherlands 7-1 Bulgaria
6 AprilChina 3-3 Romania
7 AprilYugoslavia 1-4 Bulgaria
7 AprilAustria 5-1 Denmark
8 AprilRomania 2-2 Netherlands
8 AprilChina 3-10 Japan
9 AprilBulgaria 1-7 Denmark
9 AprilAustria 3-0 Japan
9 AprilYugoslavia 0-11 Netherlands
10 AprilBulgaria 3-1 China
10 AprilRomania 2-4 Denmark
11 AprilJapan 6-0 Yugoslavia
11 AprilAustria 8-3 Netherlands
12 AprilDenmark 5-2 China
12 AprilNetherlands 10-3 Japan
12 AprilBulgaria 0-2 Romania
12 AprilAustria 14-0 Yugoslavia

World Championship Group C1 (Great Britain)

Played in Hull Great Britain 18–24 March. The hosts, led by Scot Tony Hand and Canadian Kevin Conway, won all five games easily.[1]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
21  Great Britain 5 5 0 0 62 - 10 10
22  North Korea 5 3 0 2 25 - 28 6
23  Australia 5 2 1 2 24 - 26 5
24  Hungary 5 2 0 3 18 - 33 4
25  Belgium 5 2 0 3 17 - 24 4
26  South Korea 5 0 1 4 18 - 43 1

Great Britain was promoted to Group B while no team was relegated.

18 MarchBelgium 5-4 North Korea
18 MarchSouth Korea 6-10 Hungary
18 MarchGreat Britain 10-2 Australia
19 MarchHungary 3-1 Belgium
19 MarchNorth Korea 8-3 Australia
19 MarchGreat Britain 15-0 South Korea
21 MarchAustralia 5-5 South Korea
21 MarchHungary 1-4 North Korea
21 MarchBelgium 3-7 Great Britain
22 MarchHungary 1-8 Australia
22 MarchSouth Korea 4-6 Belgium
22 MarchNorth Korea 2-16 Great Britain
24 MarchNorth Korea 7-3 South Korea
24 MarchAustralia 6-2 Belgium
24 MarchGreat Britain 14-3 Hungary

World Championship Group C2 (South Africa)

Played in Johannesburg South Africa 21–28 March. Though called 'C2' it was no different from being in 'Group D'. Spain completely dominated, playing against five essentially new hockey nations. Only South Africa had participated before, and they last played in 1966.[1]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
27  Spain 5 5 0 0 114 - 5 10
28  South Africa 5 4 0 1 55 - 18 8
29  Greece 5 3 0 2 36 - 31 6
30  Israel 5 1 1 3 22 - 42 3
31  Luxembourg 5 1 1 3 20 - 73 3
32  Turkey 5 0 0 5 11 - 89 0

Spain and later South Africa qualified for 1993 Group C. The others had to play in qualification tournaments in November 1992.

21 MarchSouth Africa 23-0 Luxembourg
21 MarchTurkey 3-15 Greece
22 MarchIsrael 4-23 Spain
22 MarchSouth Africa 18-1 Turkey
23 MarchLuxembourg 5-9 Greece
24 MarchIsrael 8-2 Turkey
24 MarchSpain 10-1 Greece
25 MarchSouth Africa 5-1 Israel
25 MarchLuxembourg 0-31 Spain
26 MarchLuxembourg 10-5 Turkey
26 MarchSouth Africa 9-4 Greece
27 MarchGreece 7-4 Israel
27 MarchTurkey 0-38 Spain
28 MarchSouth Africa 0-12 Spain
28 MarchIsrael 5-5 Luxembourg

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Summary at Passionhockey.com
  2. ^ Duplacey page 508

References

  • Complete results
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 155–6.

See also: World Juniors, Women's Championships

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