1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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.

1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
Dates28 April – 10 May
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (6th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played39
Goals scored242 (6.21 per match)
Attendance249,748 (6,404 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Jarkko Varvio 10 points
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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
Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Finland550032 - 0810
2 Germany540130 - 148
3 United States521214 - 155
4 Sweden512214 - 124
5 Italy511310 - 183
6 Poland500508 - 410
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 Russia541023 - 109
2 Czechoslovakia540118 - 078
3  Switzerland522112 - 116
4 Canada521215 - 185
5 Norway510408 - 162
6 France500508 - 220
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.

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

Semifinals
9 MayCzechoslovakia 2-3 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)		 FinlandPrague
Attendance: 14,000

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
Jarkko Varvio89110+34F
Mikko Mäkelä82810+110F
Dieter Hegen6729+310F
Tomáš Jelínek8459+1010F
Róbert Švehla8448+1214D
Mika Nieminen8358+52F
Mats Sundin8268+58F
Timo Saarikoski8347+44F
Rauli Raitanen7257+82F
Timo Jutila8257+1610D

Source:

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
Tommy Söderström30071.40.9362
David Delfino14972.82.9321
Markus Ketterer309132.52.9270
Petr Bříza490121.47.9212
Ron Hextall273132.86.9090

Source:

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 Austria770073 - 0414
14 Netherlands751153 - 1611
15 Japan740330 - 248
16 Denmark740323 - 248
17 Bulgaria730414 - 386
18 Romania713313 - 265
19 China711515 - 503
20 Yugoslavia701607 - 461

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 Britain550062 - 1010
22 North Korea530225 - 286
23 Australia521224 - 265
24 Hungary520318 - 334
25 Belgium520317 - 244
26 South Korea501418 - 431

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 Spain5500114 - 510
28 South Africa540155 - 188
29 Greece530236 - 316
30 Israel511322 - 423
31 Luxembourg511320 - 733
32 Turkey500511 - 890

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. 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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