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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 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 56th such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing a record 32 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1993 competition.

The top Championship Group A tournament took place in Czechoslovakia from 28 April to 10 May 1992, with games played in Prague and Bratislava. This would be the last championship held in that nation before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia eight months later. Twelve teams took part, with the first round being split into two groups of six, with the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. 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.

The Championship Group A pools were drawn the same as the 1992 Olympics in Albertville two months earlier, but yielded much different results. Switzerland was able to tie both Russia and Canada to earn a spot in the quarter-finals. Germany, after an opening loss to Finland, won four straight to also advance to the quarter-finals, where they faced Switzerland. The Swiss prevailed, making the top 4 for the first time since 1953, 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, where the Finns had to come from behind to tie Czechoslovakia in the third period, then advanced to the finals with a shootout win. The Czechoslovaks, playing for the last time as that nation, beat the Swiss to settle for bronze, while Sweden, led by Mats Sundin, beat Finland for gold. [1] [2]

New entrants Greece, Israel, Luxembourg and Turkey iced 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 before the breakup of that nation. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia resumed Yugoslavia's former position in Group C in 1995, while breakaway nations 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Finland 5 5 0 0 32 8 +24 10
2   Germany 5 4 0 1 30 14 +16 8
3   United States 5 2 1 2 14 15 −1 5
4   Sweden 5 1 2 2 14 12 +2 4
5   Italy 5 1 1 3 10 18 −8 3
6   Poland 5 0 0 5 8 41 −33 0
Source: [ citation needed]
28 April Sweden 7–0  Poland
28 April Germany 3–6  Finland
28 April Italy 0–1  United States
29 April Finland 11–2  Poland
29 April United States 3–5  Germany
29 April Sweden 0–0  Italy
1 May Poland 5–7  Italy
1 May Germany 5–2  Sweden
1 May United States 1–6  Finland
3 May United States 5–0  Poland
3 May Italy 2–6  Germany
3 May Finland 3–1  Sweden
4 May Poland 1–11  Germany
4 May Finland 6–1  Italy
4 May Sweden 4–4  United States

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Russia 5 4 1 0 23 10 +13 9
2   Czechoslovakia 5 4 0 1 18 7 +11 8
3    Switzerland 5 2 2 1 12 11 +1 6
4   Canada 5 2 1 2 15 18 −3 5
5   Norway 5 1 0 4 8 16 −8 2
6   France 5 0 0 5 8 22 −14 0
Source: [ citation needed]
28 April Canada 4–3  France
28 April Switzerland 2–2  Russia
28 April Czechoslovakia 6–1  Norway
30 April Canada 1–1   Switzerland
30 April Czechoslovakia 3–0  France
30 April Russia 3–2  Norway
1 May France 5–6   Switzerland
1 May Norway 3–4  Canada
1 May Czechoslovakia 2–4  Russia
3 May Russia 8–0  France
3 May Switzerland 3–1  Norway
3 May Czechoslovakia 5–2  Canada
4 May France 0–1  Norway
4 May Canada 4–6  Russia
4 May Czechoslovakia 2–0   Switzerland

Consolation Round 11–12 Place

6 May France 3–1  Poland

Poland was relegated to Group B.

Playoff round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
6 May
 
 
  Russia0
 
9 May
 
  Sweden2
 
  Sweden4
 
7 May
 
   Switzerland1
 
  Germany1
 
10 May
 
   Switzerland3
 
  Sweden5
 
7 May
 
  Finland2
 
  Czechoslovakia8
 
9 May
 
  United States1
 
  Czechoslovakia2
 
6 May
 
  Finland ( GWS)3 Third place
 
  Finland4
 
10 May
 
  Canada3
 
  Czechoslovakia5
 
 
   Switzerland2
 

Quarterfinals

6 May Finland 4–3  Canada
6 May Russia 0–2  Sweden
7 May Germany 1–3   Switzerland
7 May Czechoslovakia 8–1  United States

Semifinals

9 May Czechoslovakia 2–3 s.o.  Finland
9 May Sweden 4–1   Switzerland

Match for third place

10 May Czechoslovakia 5–2   Switzerland

Final

10 May Sweden 5–2
(1-0, 3-0, 1-2)		  Finland Prague
Attendance: 14,000
Referee:
Muench Canada
Peter Forsberg1-0
Mikael Andersson2-0
Roger Hansson3-0
Lars Karlsson4-0
4-1 Timo Peltomaa
4-2 Timo Jutila
Arto Blomsten5-2

Ranking and statistics


 1992 IIHF World Championship winners 

Sweden
6th title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

1st place, gold medalist(s)   Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   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]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13   Austria 7 7 0 0 73 4 +69 14
14   Netherlands 7 5 1 1 53 16 +37 11
15   Japan 7 4 0 3 30 24 +6 8
16   Denmark 7 4 0 3 23 24 −1 8
17   Bulgaria 7 3 0 4 14 38 −24 6
18   Romania 7 1 3 3 13 26 −13 5
19   China 7 1 1 5 15 50 −35 3
20   Yugoslavia 7 0 1 6 7 46 −39 1
Source: [ citation needed]

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

2 April Netherlands 12–2  China
2 April Yugoslavia 3–3  Romania
2 April Austria 18–0  Bulgaria
2 April Japan 4–2  Denmark
3 April China 4–1  Yugoslavia
3 April Austria 9–0  Romania
4 April Denmark 0–8  Netherlands
4 April Japan 2–5  Bulgaria
5 April Austria 16–0  China
5 April Japan 5–1  Romania
5 April Yugoslavia 2–4  Denmark
6 April Netherlands 7–1  Bulgaria
6 April China 3–3  Romania
7 April Yugoslavia 1–4  Bulgaria
7 April Austria 5–1  Denmark
8 April Romania 2–2  Netherlands
8 April China 3–10  Japan
9 April Bulgaria 1–7  Denmark
9 April Austria 3–0  Japan
9 April Yugoslavia 0–11  Netherlands
10 April Bulgaria 3–1  China
10 April Romania 2–4  Denmark
11 April Japan 6–0  Yugoslavia
11 April Austria 8–3  Netherlands
12 April Denmark 5–2  China
12 April Netherlands 10–3  Japan
12 April Bulgaria 0–2  Romania
12 April Austria 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]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
21   Great Britain 5 5 0 0 62 10 +52 10
22   North Korea 5 3 0 2 25 28 −3 6
23   Australia 5 2 1 2 24 26 −2 5
24   Hungary 5 2 0 3 18 33 −15 4
25   Belgium 5 2 0 3 17 24 −7 4
26   South Korea 5 0 1 4 18 43 −25 1
Source: [ citation needed]

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

18 March Belgium 5–4  North Korea
18 March South Korea 6–10  Hungary
18 March Great Britain 10–2  Australia
19 March Hungary 3–1  Belgium
19 March North Korea 8–3  Australia
19 March Great Britain 15–0  South Korea
21 March Australia 5–5  South Korea
21 March Hungary 1–4  North Korea
21 March Belgium 3–7  Great Britain
22 March Hungary 1–8  Australia
22 March South Korea 4–6  Belgium
22 March North Korea 2–16  Great Britain
24 March North Korea 7–3  South Korea
24 March Australia 6–2  Belgium
24 March Great 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]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
27   Spain 5 5 0 0 114 5 +109 10
28   South Africa 5 4 0 1 55 18 +37 8
29   Greece 5 3 0 2 36 31 +5 6
30   Israel 5 1 1 3 22 42 −20 3
31   Luxembourg 5 1 1 3 20 73 −53 3
32   Turkey 5 0 0 5 11 89 −78 0
Source: [ citation needed]

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

21 March South Africa 23–0  Luxembourg
21 March Turkey 3–15  Greece
22 March Israel 4–23  Spain
22 March South Africa 18–1  Turkey
23 March Luxembourg 5–9  Greece
24 March Israel 8–2  Turkey
24 March Spain 10–1  Greece
25 March South Africa 5–1  Israel
25 March Luxembourg 0–31  Spain
26 March Luxembourg 10–5  Turkey
26 March South Africa 9–4  Greece
27 March Greece 7–4  Israel
27 March Turkey 0–38  Spain
28 March South Africa 0–12  Spain
28 March Israel 5–5  Luxembourg

Citations

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

See also

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.
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