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The 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 52nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was also the 63rd ice hockey European Championships. Teams representing 24 countries participated in four levels of competition.

In the Division A Championship held April 17 to May 3 in Vienna, Austria, each team played each other once in the preliminary round. The four best placed teams then played each other once in a championship round and, in contrast to previous tournaments, the first round of results were not counted. Sweden won the gold medal for the fourth time and the Soviet Union won their 25th European title. In the European Championships, only the games between European teams counted. Switzerland was demoted to Division B.

In the Division B competition, Poland was promoted to the Division A Championship, while the Netherlands and China were demoted to Division C. In the Division C competition, Denmark and Japan were promoted, Belgium and Romania, by their own decision due to economic reasons, relegated to Division D. Australia won Division D and was promoted along with South Korea to Division C.

World Championship results[]

Preliminary round[]

	Team advanced to the championship round
	Team sent to compete in the relegation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	7	7	0	0	48	12	14
Czechoslovakia	7	5	1	1	24	15	11
Sweden	7	4	3	0	30	17	8
Canada	7	3	3	1	25	17	7
West Germany	7	3	4	0	18	28	6
Finland	7	3	4	0	17	24	6
United States of America	7	2	5	0	19	36	4
Switzerland	7	0	7	0	17	49	0

Results[]

All times local (GMT+1)

April 17, 1987

Soviet Union

13 – 5
( 6 - 1 , 3 - 2 , 4 - 2 )

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April 17, 1987

0 – 3
( 0 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

Sweden

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April 17, 1987

Czechoslovakia

5 – 2
( 3 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 1 )

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April 17, 1987

Canada

3 – 1
( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 1 )

United States of America

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April 18, 1987

Finland

3 – 2
( 1 - 1 , 2 - 1 , 0 - 0 )

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April 18, 1987

Sweden

6 – 2
( 1 - 0, 4 - 1, 1 - 1 )

United States of America

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April 18, 1987

Soviet Union

7 – 0
( 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 4 - 0 )

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April 18, 1987

1 – 1
( 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 1 - 1 )

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April 20, 1987

1 – 3
( 1 - 0, 0 - 3, 0 - 0 )

West Germany

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April 20, 1987

Soviet Union

11 – 2
( 5 - 1, 4 - 0, 2 - 1 )

United States of America

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April 20, 1987

Canada

6 – 1
( 2 - 0, 0 - 1, 4 - 0 )

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April 20, 1987

2 – 3
( 0 - 2, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )

Czechoslovakia

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April 21, 1987

3 – 5
( 0 - 1, 2 - 3, 1 - 1 )

West Germany

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April 21, 1987

Sweden

12 – 1
( 5 - 0, 5 - 0, 2 - 1 )

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April 21, 1987

Finland

5 – 2
( 2 - 0, 3 - 0, 0 - 2 )

United States of America

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April 21, 1987

Soviet Union

6 – 1
( 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 3 - 1 )

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April 23, 1987

Soviet Union

4 – 0
( 0 - 0, 2 - 0, 2 - 0 )

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April 23, 1987

4 – 6
( 1 - 0, 0 - 4, 3 - 2 )

United States of America

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April 23, 1987

Czechoslovakia

5 – 2
( 0 - 0, 2 - 2, 3 - 0 )

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April 23, 1987

Sweden

4 – 3
( 0 - 1, 3 - 0, 1 - 2 )

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April 24, 1987

1 – 4
( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 0 - 3 )

Finland

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April 24, 1987

Soviet Union

3 – 2
( 1 - 1, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )

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April 25, 1987

United States of America

6 – 3
( 2 - 0, 1 - 1, 3 - 2 )

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April 25, 1987

Czechoslovakia

5 – 2
( 1 - 0, 1 - 2, 3 - 0 )

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April 26, 1987

Canada

7 – 2
( 3 - 0, 2 - 1, 2 - 1 )

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April 26, 1987

Soviet Union

4 – 2
( 1 - 1, 2 - 1, 1 - 0 )

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April 27, 1987

West Germany

4 – 3
( 1 - 1, 2 - 2, 1 - 0 )

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April 27, 1987

Czechoslovakia

4 – 0¹
¹ USA lost match due to doping. Original score was 4-2 win for Czechoslovakia.

United States of America

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Relegation round[]

The top three teams in the standings after the round-robin were invited back to the 1988 World Championships, while the last placed team was relegated to the 1988 Division B Tournament.

	Team relegated to Division B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	10	5	4	1	32	34	11
West Germany	10	4	5	1	31	37	9
United States of America	10	4	6	0	36	49	8
Switzerland	10	0	10	0	26	71	0

Results from preliminary round games among the relegation round teams carry over.

Results[]

All times local (GMT+1)

April 28, 1987

West Germany

8 – 1
( 4 - 0, 2 - 0, 2 - 1 )

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April 28, 1987

Finland

6 – 4
( 1 - 2, 4 - 2, 1 - 0 )

United States of America

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April 30, 1987

Finland

7 – 4
( 1 - 1, 4 - 3, 2 - 0 )

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April 30, 1987

3 – 6
( 1-2, 1-2, 1-2 )

United States of America

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May 2, 1987

United States of America

7 – 4
( 2 - 0, 2 - 3, 3 - 1 )

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May 2, 1987

2 – 2
( 1 - 2, 1 - 0, 0 - 0 )

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Championship round[]

The top team in the standings after the round-robin was titled the World Champion. The results from the preliminary round were not carried over to the championship round.

	Gold medal
	Silver medal
	Bronze medal

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	1	0	2	14	5	4
Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	4	3	4
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	8	7	3
Canada	3	0	2	1	2	13	1

Results[]

All times local (GMT+1)

April 29, 1987

0 – 0
( 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 0 )

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April 29, 1987

3 – 3
( 3 - 1, 0 - 1, 0 - 1 )

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May 1, 1987

Czechoslovakia

4 – 2
( 2 - 1, 0 - 1, 2 - 0 )

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May 1, 1987

2 – 2
( 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 1 - 1 )

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May 3, 1987

Sweden

9 – 0
( 3 - 0, 2 - 0, 4 - 0 )

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May 3, 1987

2 – 1
( 0 - 1, 0 - 0, 2 - 0 )

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Champions[]

1987 IIHF World Championship Winners
Sweden 4^th title

Final standings[]

The final standings of the tournament.

Rk.	Team
	Sweden
	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
4.	Canada
5.	Finland
6.	West Germany
7.	United States of America
8.	Switzerland

Leading scorers[]

Player		G	A	Pts
	Vladimir Krutov	11	4	15
	Sergei Makarov	4	10	14
	Igor Larionov	4	8	12
	Vyacheslav Bykov	5	6	11
	Aaron Broten	5	6	11
	Gerd Truntschka	3	8	11
	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	3	8	11
	Helmut Steiger	5	5	10
	Tomas Sandström	5	5	10
	Viacheslav Fetisov	5	5	10

European Championship final standings[]

The final standings of the European teams in the tournament.

Rk.	Team
	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Finland
4.	Sweden
5.	West Germany
6.	Switzerland

Division B[]

The Division B tournament was held in Canazei, Italy, from March 26 to April 5. Poland was promoted to the Division A tournament in 1988, while Netherlands and China were relegated to the Division C tournament.

Final standings[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Poland	7	6	1	0	39	11	12
Norway	7	5	1	1	33	25	11
Austria	7	6	2	0	41	27	10
France	7	4	2	1	37	26	9
East Germany	7	2	3	2	25	31	6
Italy	7	2	4	1	28	30	5
Netherlands	7	1	5	1	30	37	3
China	7	0	7	0	14	60	0

Scores[]

Team	AUT	CHN	DDR	FRA	ITA	NED	NOR	POL
AUT		11 – 3	7 – 3	6 – 5	3 – 7	6 – 5	3 – 5	4 – 6
CHN	3 – 11		1 – 5	3 – 12	3 – 7	2 – 7	2 – 4	0 – 14
DDR	3 – 7	5 – 1		2 – 5	5 – 5	6 – 6	2 – 6	2 – 1
FRA	5 – 6	12 – 3	5 – 2		3 – 1	5 – 3	5 – 5	2 – 6
ITA	7 – 3	7 – 3	5 – 5	1 – 3		8 – 6	4 – 5	2 – 4
NED	5 – 6	7 – 2	6 – 6	3 – 5	6 – 8		4 – 7	0 – 3
NOR	5 – 3	4 – 2	6 – 2	5 – 5	5 – 4	7 – 4		1 – 5
POL	6 – 4	14 – 0	1 – 2	6 – 2	4 – 2	3 – 0	5 – 1

Division C[]

The Division C tournament was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from March 20 to March 29. Japan and Denmark were promoted to the Division B tournament in 1988, while Belgium and Romania were relegated to the Division D tournament. Due to economic reasons, Romania chose to be relegated instead of Bulgaria.

Final standings[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	7	5	1	1	61	13	11
Denmark	7	5	1	1	47	23	11
Romania	7	5	1	1	48	22	11
Yugoslavia	7	3	0	4	60	23	10
Hungary	7	3	4	0	33	28	6
North Korea	7	2	5	0	13	45	4
Bulgaria	7	1	5	1	21	40	3
Belgium	7	0	7	0	8	97	0

20 March
	Bulgaria	3-7	Romania

20 March
	Japan	24-0	Belgium

20 March
	Yugoslavia	6-2	Hungary

20 March
	Denmark	9-1	North Korea

21 March
	Japan	11-2	Bulgaria

21 March
	Romania	19-1	Belgium

22 March
	North Korea	2-8	Yugoslavia

22 March
	Hungary	4-6	Denmark

23 March
	Romania	5-3	Japan

23 March
	Belgium	0-6	Bulgaria

23 March
	Hungary	9-3	North Korea

23 March
	Denmark	6-6	Yugoslavia

25 March
	Romania	7-1	North Korea

25 March
	Bulgaria	3-3	Yugoslavia

25 March
	Japan	3-1	Hungary

25 March
	Belgium	1-8	Denmark

26 March
	Yugoslavia	5-5	Japan

26 March
	Hungary	9-4	Belgium

26 March
	North Korea	3-2	Bulgaria

26 March
	Romania	2-8	Denmark

28 March
	Romania	4-2	Hungary

28 March
	Belgium	1-28	Yugoslavia

28 March
	Japan	9-0	North Korea

28 March
	Bulgaria	3-10	Denmark

29 March
	North Korea	3-1	Belgium

29 March
	Yugoslavia	4-4	Romania

29 March
	Hungary	6-2	Bulgaria

	Denmark	0-6	Japan
29 March

Division D[]

The Division D tournament was held in Perth, Australia, from March 13 to March 19. Australia and South Korea were promoted to the Division C tournament in 1988.

Final standings[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	6	5	0	1	177	6	11
South Korea	6	4	1	1	130	16	9
New Zealand	6	2	4	0	42	143	4
Hong Kong	6	0	6	0	1	185	0

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13 March
	Australia	37-0	Hong Kong

13 March
	South Korea	35-2	New Zealand

14 March
	Australia	58-0	New Zealand

14 March
	South Korea	44-0	Hong Kong

15 March
	New Zealand	19-0	Hong Kong

15 March
	Australia	7-2	South Korea

17 March
	Australia	42-0	Hong Kong

17 March
	South Korea	21-2	New Zealand

18 March
	Australia	29-0	New Zealand

18 March
	South Korea	24-1	Hong Kong

20 March
	Australia	4-4	South Korea

	New Zealand	19-0	Hong Kong
20 March

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