1998 IIHF World Championship

The 1998 IIHF World Championship was held in Switzerland from 1–17 May 1998. The format expanded to 16 teams for the first time. The teams were divided into four groups of four with the top two teams in each advancing to the next round. The two groups of four then played a round robin with the top two teams in each moving on to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were a two game total goals for series as was the final.

1998 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Switzerland
Dates	1–17 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (7th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	49
Goals scored	276 (5.63 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Peter Forsberg (11 pts)
← 1997 All Groups 1999 →

Venues

Zürich	Basel Zurich	Basel
Hallenstadion Capacity: 12,500		St. Jakobshalle Capacity: 9,000

Qualifying Round (Austria)

Played 6–9 November 1997 in Klagenfurt. The Kazakhs, Austrians, and Norwegians finished virtually even. In head-to-head match-ups they each had one win and one loss, they each had scored as many as they had allowed. The Kazakhs scored six goals, the other two both five, pushing them to first. The Norwegians had beaten Poland by three, on the final day the Austrians pushed their advantage over Poland to four, giving them the final spot in the World Championship.[1]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal difference	Points
1	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	12 - 07	4
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	09 - 05	4
3	Norway	3	2	0	1	08 - 05	4
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	01 - 13	0

Kazakhstan and Austria advanced to Group A, Norway and Poland competed in Group B.

6 November 1997

6-1

6 November 1997

1-3

8 November 1997

3-0

8 November 1997

4-2

9 November 1997

4-2

9 November 1997

4-0

First round

In each group, the top two nations advanced to the next round. Third place teams played a final round against each other to determine who escaped having to qualify for next year's tournament. Fourth place teams did not play further, they were automatically entered in qualifiers for next year's tournament. The highlight of the round was the French victory of the USA, the first ever in an official match.[2]

Group 1

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal difference	Points
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	20 - 05	6
2	Belarus	3	2	0	1	12 - 10	4
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	08 - 13	2
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	07 - 19	0

Japan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

1 May

8-2

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

1 May

4-2

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

3 May

2-4

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

3 May

5-1

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

5 May

4-6

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

5 May

8-1

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

Group 2

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal difference	Points
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	12 - 05	5
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	09 - 04	5
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	08 - 08	2
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	03 - 15	0

Austria was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

1 May

5-1

Hallenstadion, Zurich

1 May

1-2

Hallenstadion, Zurich

3 May

2-2

Hallenstadion, Zurich

3 May

5-1

Hallenstadion, Zurich

5 May

1-5

Hallenstadion, Zurich

5 May

5-2

Hallenstadion, Zurich

Group 3

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal difference	Points
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	16 - 04	6
2	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	09 - 10	2
3	United States	3	1	0	2	07 - 11	2
4	France	3	1	0	2	05 - 12	2

France was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

2 May

5-2

Hallenstadion, Zurich

2 May

6-1

Hallenstadion, Zurich

4 May

3-1

Hallenstadion, Zurich

4 May

4-2

Hallenstadion, Zurich

6 May

1-6

Hallenstadion, Zurich

6 May

5-1

Hallenstadion, Zurich

Group 4

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal difference	Points
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	19 - 11	6
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	12 - 04	4
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	12 - 15	2
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	06 - 19	0

Kazakhstan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

2 May

8-4

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

2 May

6-0

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

4 May

5-7

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

4 May

4-0

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

6 May

2-7

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

6 May

4-2

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

Consolation Round 9-12 Place

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal difference	Points
9	Latvia	3	2	1	0	09 - 03	5
10	Italy	3	1	2	0	09 - 05	4
11	Germany	3	0	2	1	05 - 10	2
12	United States	3	0	1	2	03 - 08	1

Germany and the United States were relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

8 May

1-1

Hallenstadion, Zurich

8 May

1-1

Hallenstadion, Zurich

10 May

4-0

Hallenstadion, Zurich

10 May

0-5

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

11 May

4-4

Hallenstadion, Zurich

11 May

3-2

Hallenstadion, Zurich

Second round

Group 2 and 3 first place teams played against group 1 and 4 second place teams in group 5, group 1 and 4 first place teams played against group 2 and 3 second place teams. The top two, from each group, advanced to the semi-finals.

Group 5

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal difference	Points
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	10 - 02	6
2	Finland	3	1	1	1	08 - 06	3
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	10 - 12	3
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	05 - 13	0

7 May

1-0
(0-0, 1-0, 0-0)

Hallenstadion, Zurich

25:28 (PP1) − Mattias Öhlund

1-0

7 May

2-6

Hallenstadion, Zurich

9 May

3-3

Hallenstadion, Zurich

9 May

2-1

Hallenstadion, Zurich

10 May

1-7

Hallenstadion, Zurich

10 May

5-2

Hallenstadion, Zurich

Group 6

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goal difference	Points
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	06 - 03	5
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	06 - 06	3
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	10 - 07	3
4	Slovakia	3	0	1	2	02 - 08	1

7 May

0-1

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

7 May

2-4

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

9 May

3-1

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

9 May

6-1

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

10 May

2-2

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

10 May

1-1

St. Jakobshalle, Basel

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals						Finals

	12 and 14 May – Zürich

	Sweden	4	7	11
							16 and 17 May – Zürich
	Switzerland	1	2	3
							Sweden	1	0	1
	12 and 14 May – Zürich
							Finland	0	0	0
	Czech Republic	1	2	3

	Finland	4	2	6
							Bronze medal game

							15 May – Zürich

							Czech Republic			4

							Switzerland			0

Semifinals

12 May

4-1
(1–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Hallenstadion, Zurich

12 May

1-4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Hallenstadion, Zurich

14 May

2-7
(0–3, 0–1, 2–2)

Hallenstadion, Zurich

14 May

2-2
(0–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Hallenstadion, Zurich

Match for third place

15 May

4-0
(0-0, 3-0, 1-0)

Hallenstadion, Zurich

Final

16 May

0-1
(0-0, 0-0, 0-1)

Hallenstadion, Zurich
Attendance: 9,300

Goalies

Referee:

Alex Dell

0-1

50:07 − Johan Tornberg

17 May

0-0
(0-0, 0-0, 0-0)

Hallenstadion, Zurich
Attendance: 12,500


	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Ari Sulander

Ranking and statistics

1998 IIHF World Championship Winners
Sweden 7th title

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Ari Sulander
- Best Defenceman: František Kučera
- Best Forward: Peter Forsberg
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Tommy Salo
- Defence: Jere Karalahti, František Kučera
- Forwards: Peter Forsberg, Ville Peltonen, Mats Sundin

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Sweden
	Finland
	Czech Republic
4	Switzerland
5	Russia
6	Canada
7	Slovakia
8	Belarus
9	Latvia
10	Italy
11	Germany
12	United States
13	France
14	Japan
15	Austria
16	Kazakhstan

Places eleven through sixteen were not relegated but had to play in qualifying tournaments for inclusion in the 1999 championship.

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Peter Forsberg	7	6	5	11	+9	0	F
Mats Sundin	10	5	6	11	+13	6	F
Raimo Helminen	10	2	9	11	0	0	F
Ville Peltonen	10	4	6	10	0	8	F
Radek Bělohlav	9	6	3	9	+7	2	F
Pavel Patera	9	6	3	9	+6	12	F
Viktor Kozlov	6	4	5	9	+5	0	F
Sergei Berezin	6	6	2	8	+2	2	F
Oleg Znaroks	6	5	3	8	+4	2	F
Mikael Renberg	10	5	3	8	+6	6	F

Source: quanthockey.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Tommy Salo	540	7	0.78	.959	3
Ari Sulander	477	10	1.26	.956	2
Mike Rosati	299	8	1.61	.950	1
Milan Hnilička	430	10	1.40	.940	2
François Gravel	94	4	2.55	.938	0

Source: quanthockey.com

See also

1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Citations

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. 161–3.
Archive Switzerland 1998
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