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1993 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Germany Germany
1992
1994

The 1993 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Germany 18 April - 2 May. The games were played in Munich and Dortmund. Twelve teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of six, and the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. This was the 57th World Championships, and Russia beat the reigning world champions Sweden to win the World Championships for the first time. The bronze medal was won by the Czech Republic, defeating Canada in their first major tournament as an independent country after their split with Slovakia at the beginning of the calendar year.

While Latvia had last competed in 1939, this year marked the World Championship debut of three national teams. Kazakhstan, Slovenia, and the Ukraine, played for the first time, in Group C. Belarus, Croatia, Estonia, and Lithuania all did not make it out of the autumn qualifiers and had to wait at least another year. Also waiting until the following year was Slovakia, who did however debut a youth team.

Eleven of the twelve openings for the Lillehammer Olympics were established in Group A. Switzerland, by being relegated, was excluded, and the final nation had to qualify in a tournament the next fall. The top two teams from Group B, the Group C champion, the top Asian nation, and Slovakia all were given the opportunity to fill the final vacancy.[1]

Medal table[]

Rank Country
Gold Flag of Russia 1991-1993 Russia
Silver Flag of Sweden Sweden
Bronze Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
4 Flag of Canada Canada
5 Flag of Germany Germany
6 Flag of the United States United States of America
7 Flag of Finland Finland
8 Flag of Italy Italy
9 Flag of Austria Austria
10 Flag of France France
11 Flag of Norway Norway
12 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland

World Championship Group A (Germany)[]

First Round[]

Group 1[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Canada Canada 5 5 0 0 31 - 04 10
2 Flag of Sweden Sweden 5 3 0 2 17 - 14 6
3 Flag of Russia Russia 5 2 1 2 15 - 12 5
4 Flag of Italy Italy 5 1 2 2 08 - 20 4
5 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 5 2 0 3 11 - 14 4
6 Flag of Austria Austria 5 0 1 4 04 - 22 1
18 April Italy Flag of Italy 2-2
Flag of Russia Russia
18 April Sweden Flag of Sweden 1-0
Flag of Austria Austria
19 April Canada Flag of Canada 2-0
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
19 April Russia Flag of Russia 4-2
Flag of Austria Austria
20 April Sweden Flag of Sweden 1-4
Flag of Canada Canada
20 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 0-1
Flag of Italy Italy
21 April Italy Flag of Italy 2-6
Flag of Sweden Sweden
22 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 0-6
Flag of Russia Russia
22 April Austria Flag of Austria 0-11
Flag of Canada Canada
23 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 5-1
Flag of Austria Austria
24 April Russia Flag of Russia 2-5
Flag of Sweden Sweden
24 April Canada Flag of Canada 11-2
Flag of Italy Italy
25 April Sweden Flag of Sweden 4-6
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
25 April Canada Flag of Canada 3-1
Flag of Russia Russia
26 April Italy Flag of Italy 1-1
Flag of Austria Austria

Group 2[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 17 - 04 9
2 Flag of Germany Germany 5 4 0 1 20 - 12 8
3 Flag of the United States United States of America 5 2 2 1 14 - 10 6
4 Flag of Finland Finland 5 2 1 2 07 - 07 5
5 Flag of Norway Norway 5 1 0 4 06 - 17 2
6 Flag of France France 5 0 0 5 10 - 24 0
18 April Germany Flag of Germany 6-0
Flag of Norway Norway
18 April United States of America Flag of the United States 1-1
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
19 April Finland Flag of Finland 2-0
Flag of France France
19 April Germany Flag of Germany 0-5
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
20 April Finland Flag of Finland 1-1
Flag of the United States United States of America
21 April Germany Flag of Germany 5-3
Flag of France France
21 April Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 2-0
Flag of Norway Norway
20 April United States of America Flag of the United States 6-1
Flag of France France
20 April Norway Flag of Norway 0-2
Flag of Finland Finland
23 April Germany Flag of Germany 3-1
Flag of Finland Finland
23 April Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 6-2
Flag of France France
24 April United States of America Flag of the United States 3-1
Flag of Norway Norway
25 April Finland Flag of Finland 1-3
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
25 April Germany Flag of Germany 6-3
Flag of the United States United States of America
26 April France Flag of France 4-5
Flag of Norway Norway

Quarterfinals[]

27 April Sweden Flag of Sweden 5-2
Flag of the United States United States of America
27 April Germany Flag of Germany 1-5
Flag of Russia Russia
28 April Canada Flag of Canada 5-1
Flag of Finland Finland
28 April Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 8-1
Flag of Italy Italy

Consolation Round 9-12 Place[]

29 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 1-3
Flag of France France
29 April Norway Flag of Norway 2-6
Flag of Austria Austria

Semifinals[]

30 April Sweden Flag of Sweden 4-3 (OT)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
30 April Canada Flag of Canada 4-7
Flag of Russia Russia

Consolation Round 11-12 Place[]

01 May Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 2-5
Flag of Norway Norway

Switzerland was relegated to Group B.

Match for third place[]

01 May Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 5-1
Flag of Canada Canada

Final[]

02 May Sweden Flag of Sweden 1-3
Flag of Russia Russia

World Championship Group B (Netherlands)[]

Played in Eindhoven March 25th to April 4th. The British team, just promoted from Group C, won all their games. Their first game was won by either keen strategy, or controversy, depending on how you view it. With the score against tournament favorite Poland tied three all, the British coach, Alex Dampier, asked the referee to measure the opposing goalie's stick. It was found to be illegal, and Great Britain scored the winning goal on the ensuing powerplay.[2]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
13 Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 7 7 0 0 50 - 13 14
14 Flag of Poland Poland 7 6 0 1 71 - 12 12
15 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 7 5 0 2 47 - 20 10
16 Flag of Denmark Denmark 7 4 0 3 38 - 24 8
17 Flag of Japan Japan 7 3 0 4 34 - 31 6
18 Flag of Romania Romania 7 2 0 5 20 - 44 4
19 Flag of China China 7 1 0 6 12 - 79 2
20 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 7 0 0 7 09 - 58 0

Great Britain was promoted to Group A while Bulgaria was relegated to Group C.

25 March Poland Flag of Poland 3-4
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom
25 March Denmark Flag of Denmark 5-1
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
25 March Japan Flag of Japan 8-1
Flag of Romania Romania
25 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 15-1
Flag of China China
26 March China Flag of China 1-21
Flag of Poland Poland
26 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 4-2
Flag of Romania Romania
27 March Denmark Flag of Denmark 0-4
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom
27 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 1-7
Flag of Japan Japan
28 March Poland Flag of Poland 13-0
Flag of Romania Romania
28 March Japan Flag of Japan 4-5
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom
28 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 14-0
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
29 March Romania Flag of Romania 5-3
Flag of China China
29 March Poland Flag of Poland 7-3
Flag of Denmark Denmark
30 March United Kingdom Flag of Great Britain 10-0
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
30 March Denmark Flag of Denmark 13-0
Flag of China China
30 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 5-3
Flag of Japan Japan
31 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 2-13
Flag of Poland Poland
31 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 2-3
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom
01 April Romania Flag of Romania 3-4
Flag of Denmark Denmark
01 April China Flag of China 3-8
Flag of Japan Japan
02 April Japan Flag of Japan 1-7
Flag of Poland Poland
02 April Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 6-4
Flag of Denmark Denmark
03 April United Kingdom Flag of Great Britain 10-4
Flag of Romania Romania
03 April China Flag of China 4-3
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
04 April Japan Flag of Japan 3-9
Flag of Denmark Denmark
04 April Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 1-7
Flag of Poland Poland
04 April Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 2-5
Flag of Romania Romania
04 April United Kingdom Flag of Great Britain 14-0
Flag of China China

World Championship Group C (Slovenia)[]

Qualifying Round[]

All qualifiers were played from November 6th to 8th, 1992.

Group 1 (Latvia)[]

Played in Riga. The winner would play in Group C, the other two nations had play each other the following year for inclusion into Group C2.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Latvia Latvia 2 2 0 0 19 - 05 4
2 Flag of Estonia Estonia 2 1 0 1 09 - 07 2
3 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 2 0 0 2 03 - 19 0

Latvia qualified for Group C.

06 November 1992 Estonia Flag of Estonia 6-1
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
07 November 1992 Latvia Flag of Latvia 13-2
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
08 November 1992 Latvia Flag of Latvia 6-3
Flag of Estonia Estonia

Group 2 (Belarus)[]

Played in Minsk. The top two teams move on to Group C in the spring, last place was included in Group C1 in 1994. Azerbaijan had the option of playing in this group, but did not.[2]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 2 1 0 1 08 - 06 2
2 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 06 - 07 2
3 Flag of Belarus Belarus 2 1 0 1 04 - 05 2

Ukraine and Kazakhstan both qualified for Group C.

06 November 1992 Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 5-4
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
07 November 1992 Belarus Flag of Belarus 1-4
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
08 November 1992 Belarus Flag of Belarus 3-1
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Group 3 (Croatia/Slovenia)[]

Played as a home and home series in Zagreb and Ljubljana. The winner would go on to Group C, the loser would have to try to qualify next year for Group C2. Originally Luxembourg was to play in this group but declined.[2]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 2 2 0 0 22 - 03 4
2 Flag of Croatia Croatia 2 0 0 2 03 - 22 0

Slovenia qualified for Group C.

07 November 1992 Croatia Flag of Croatia 1-15
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
08 November 1992 Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 7-2
Flag of Croatia Croatia

Group 4 (Turkey)[]

Played in Ankara. Originally South Africa was to be in this group as well, but they went directly to Group C instead.[2]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Israel Israel 2 2 0 0 22 - 06 4
2 Flag of Greece Greece 2 1 0 1 12 - 10 2
3 Flag of Turkey Turkey 2 0 0 2 06 - 24 0

Israel qualified for Group C.

06 November 1992 Turkey Flag of Turkey 2-10
Flag of Greece Greece
07 November 1992 Greece Flag of Greece 2-8
Flag of Israel Israel
08 November 1992 Turkey Flag of Turkey 4-14
Flag of Israel Israel

First Round[]

Played from March 12-18. First and second place from each group of six advanced to the semi-finals, and then finals, with the winner gaining promotion to Group B. The three other semi-finalists, together with the two third place teams, would remain to form Group C1 in 1994. The remaining six nations would comprise Group C2, effectively being relegated. At the time of this tournament, the expected format for 1994 was different. South Korea beat Spain seven to three to win what was expected to be a battle to remain in Group C. Instead Group C was divided into two parts putting them both in the bottom tier.[2]

Group 1[]

Played in Bled.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 5 4 1 0 102 - 10 9
2 Flag of Latvia Latvia 5 4 1 0 94 - 08 9
3 Flag of North Korea North Korea 5 3 0 2 30 - 26 6
4 Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 2 0 3 19 - 74 4
5 Flag of Korea South Korea 5 1 0 4 16 - 60 2
6 Flag of Israel Israel 5 0 0 5 08 - 91 0

Belgium, South Korea, and Israel were relegated to Group C2.

12 March North Korea Flag of North Korea 14-2
Flag of Israel Israel
12 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 16-1
Flag of Korea South Korea
12 March Latvia Flag of Latvia 26-3
Flag of Belgium Belgium
13 March South Korea Flag of Korea 8-5
Flag of Israel Israel
13 March Belgium Flag of Belgium 2-37
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
13 March North Korea Flag of North Korea 0-4
Flag of Latvia Latvia
15 March Belgium Flag of Belgium 5-3
Flag of Korea South Korea
15 March Israel Flag of Israel 0-32
Flag of Latvia Latvia
15 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 15-2
Flag of North Korea North Korea
16 March Belgium Flag of Belgium 8-1
Flag of Israel Israel
16 March South Korea Flag of Korea 4-7
Flag of North Korea North Korea
16 March Latvia Flag of Latvia 5-5
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
18 March South Korea Flag of Korea 0-27
Flag of Latvia Latvia
18 March Israel Flag of Israel 0-29
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
18 March North Korea Flag of North Korea 7-1
Flag of Belgium Belgium

Group 2[]

Played in Ljubljana.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 5 5 0 0 74 - 04 10
2 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 5 4 0 1 76 - 06 8
3 Flag of Hungary Hungary 5 3 0 2 36 - 31 6
4 Flag of Australia Australia 5 2 0 3 19 - 51 4
5 Flag of Spain Spain 5 1 0 4 18 - 39 2
6 Flag of South Africa South Africa 5 0 0 5 08 - 100 0

Australia, Spain, and South Africa were relegated to Group C2.

12 March South Africa Flag of South Africa 2-20
Flag of Hungary Hungary
12 March Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 14-0
Flag of Spain Spain
12 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 15-2
Flag of Australia Australia
13 March Hungary Flag of Hungary 1-7
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
13 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 12-0
Flag of Spain Spain
13 March Australia Flag of Australia 9-3
Flag of South Africa South Africa
15 March Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 23-1
Flag of Australia Australia
15 March Hungary Flag of Hungary 6-5
Flag of Spain Spain
15 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 29-0
Flag of South Africa South Africa
16 March Spain Flag of Spain 3-4
Flag of Australia Australia
16 March South Africa Flag of South Africa 0-32
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
16 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 14-2
Flag of Hungary Hungary
18 March Spain Flag of Spain 10-3
Flag of South Africa South Africa
18 March Australia Flag of Australia 3-7
Flag of Hungary Hungary
18 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 4-0
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Semifinals[]

19 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 3-2
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
19 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 1-5
Flag of Latvia Latvia

Match for third place[]

21 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 3-7
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Final[]

21 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 0-2
Flag of Latvia Latvia

Latvia was promoted to Group B.

Team Photos[]

Citations[]

References[]

  • Complete results
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 156–7. 
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