The 1989 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Sweden from 15 April - 1 May. The games were played in Södertälje and Stockholm , in the newly built arena Globen . Eight teams took part, and each team played each other once. The four best teams then played each other again. This was the 53rd World Championships, and also the 64th ice hockey European Championships . The Soviet Union became world champions for the 21st time, and also European champions for the 26th time. In the European Championship, only games between European teams are counted.
World Championship Group A (Sweden)
First Round
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
1
Soviet Union
7
7
0
0
36 - 12
14
2
Sweden
7
4
2
1
29 - 20
10
3
Canada
7
5
0
2
45 - 18
10
4
Czechoslovakia
7
3
2
2
33 - 15
8
5
Finland
7
2
1
4
22 - 25
5
6
United States
7
2
1
4
20 - 29
5
7
Poland
7
1
0
6
10 - 59
2
8
West Germany
7
0
2
5
17 - 34
2
15 April
Canada
6-4
Finland
15 April
Czechoslovakia
3-3
West Germany
15 April
Soviet Union
4-2
United States
15 April
Sweden
5-1
Poland
16 April
Canada
11-0
Poland
16 April
Sweden
4-2
United States
16 April
Czechoslovakia
3-1
Finland
16 April
Soviet Union
5-1
West Germany
18 April
Canada
8-0
United States
18 April
Czechoslovakia
15-0
Poland
18 April
Soviet Union
4-1
Finland
18 April
Sweden
3-0
West Germany
19 April
Canada
8-2
West Germany
19 April
Soviet Union
12-1
Poland
19 April
Czechoslovakia
5-0
United States
19 April
Sweden
6-3
Finland
21 April
Sweden
6-5
Canada
21 April
Soviet Union
4-2
Czechoslovakia
21 April
Finland
7-2
Poland
21 April
United States
7-4
West Germany
22 April
Soviet Union
4-3
Canada
22 April
Czechoslovakia
3-3
Sweden
23 April
Finland
3-3
United States
23 April
Poland
5-3
West Germany
24 April
Canada
4-2
Czechoslovakia
24 April
Soviet Union
3-2
Sweden
25 April
United States
6-1
Poland
25 April
Finland
3-1
West Germany
Final Round
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
1
Soviet Union
3
3
0
0
11 - 04
6
2
Canada
3
2
0
1
12 - 11
4
3
Czechoslovakia
3
1
0
2
05 - 06
2
4
Sweden
3
0
0
3
05 - 12
0
27 April
Canada
5-3
Sweden
27 April
Soviet Union
1-0
Czechoslovakia
29 April
Soviet Union
5-3
Canada
29 April
Czechoslovakia
2-1
Sweden
01 May
Canada
4-3
Czechoslovakia
01 May
Soviet Union
5-1
Sweden
Consolation Round
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
5
Finland
10
5
1
4
35 - 27
11
6
United States
10
4
1
5
37 - 40
9
7
West Germany
10
1
2
7
22 - 41
4
8
Poland
10
1
0
9
12 - 76
2
26 April
United States
11-2
Poland
26 April
Finland
3-0
West Germany
28 April
United States
4-3
West Germany
28 April
Finland
4-0
Poland
30 April
Finland
6-2
United States
30 April
West Germany
2-0
Poland
World Championship Group B (Norway)
30 March
Austria
3-4
Italy
30 March
Norway
7-4
Japan
30 March
France
3-5
East Germany
30 March
Switzerland
6-3
Denmark
31 March
Norway
3-1
Italy
31 March
France
8-0
Denmark
01 April
Japan
0-10
Switzerland
01 April
East Germany
4-0
Austria
02 April
Austria
10-3
Denmark
02 April
Norway
5-2
East Germany
02 April
France
5-4
Japan
03 April
Switzerland
6-7
Italy
04 April
Italy
3-3
France
04 April
East Germany
0-3
Switzerland
04 April
Japan
2-4
Austria
04 April
Norway
3-2
Denmark
05 April
Norway
8-2
Austria
06 April
Denmark
0-9
East Germany
06 April
Switzerland
2-5
France
07 April
Denmark
0-6
Italy
07 April
Norway
1-1
France
08 April
Japan
8-1
East Germany
08 April
Austria
5-7
Switzerland
09 April
Denmark
1-2
Japan
09 April
East Germany
1-10
Italy
09 April
Austria
3-4
France
09 April
Norway
1-6
Switzerland
World Championship Group C (Australia)
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
17
Netherlands
7
7
0
0
48 - 15
14
18
Yugoslavia
7
6
0
1
55 - 15
12
19
China
7
4
1
2
31 - 29
9
20
Hungary
7
3
1
3
32 - 30
7
21
Bulgaria
7
3
1
3
35 - 35
7
22
North Korea
7
2
0
5
26 - 40
4
23
South Korea
7
1
1
5
27 - 46
3
24
Australia
7
0
0
7
14 - 58
0
18 March
Yugoslavia
8-1
Bulgaria
18 March
Hungary
6-3
North Korea
18 March
Netherlands
5-2
South Korea
18 March
Australia
1-3
China
19 March
Yugoslavia
11-2
South Korea
19 March
Australia
2-9
Hungary
20 March
Bulgaria
3-3
China
20 March
Netherlands
3-1
North Korea
21 March
China
5-3
Hungary
21 March
Netherlands
4-1
Bulgaria
21 March
North Korea
7-4
South Korea
21 March
Australia
2-8
Yugoslavia
22 March
Hungary
0-3
Yugoslavia
22 March
Australia
2-6
South Korea
23 March
China
5-8
Netherlands
23 March
Bulgaria
8-4
North Korea
24 March
South Korea
4-10
China
24 March
Yugoslavia
14-1
North Korea
24 March
Hungary
7-4
Bulgaria
24 March
Australia
1-12
Netherlands
26 March
Bulgaria
6-4
South Korea
26 March
China
1-8
Yugoslavia
26 March
Netherlands
8-2
Hungary
26 March
Australia
1-8
North Korea
27 March
North Korea
2-4
China
27 March
South Korea
5-5
Hungary
27 March
Yugoslavia
3-8
Netherlands
27 March
Australia
5-12
Bulgaria
World Championship Group D (Belgium)
16 March
New Zealand
0-26
Great Britain
16 March
Belgium
3-8
Romania
17 March
Spain
23-0
New Zealand
17 March
Great Britain
6-6
Romania
18 March
Belgium
8-2
Spain
19 March
New Zealand
1-52
Romania
19 March
Great Britain
5-6
Belgium
20 March
Spain
0-11
Romania
21 March
Spain
4-8
Great Britain
21 March
Belgium
21-2
New Zealand
World Championships medal table
European Championships medal table