1991 World Championship

The main venue of the 1991 World Ice Hockey Championships; Turkuhalli.

The 1991 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Finland 19th April - 4th May. The games were played in Turku, Helsinki and Tampere. The main venue was Turkuhalli. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once. The four best teams then played each other once more. This was the 55th World Championships, and at the same time was the 66th and last European Championships. Sweden became world champions for the fifth time, and the Soviet Union won their 27th European title. In the European Championships, only matches between European teams were counted.

World Championships Medal Table

1991 World Championships	Country
Gold	Sweden
Silver	Canada
Bronze	Soviet Union
4	United States
5	Finland
6	Czechoslovakia
7	Switzerland
8	Germany

European Championships Medal Table

1991 European Championships	Country
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Sweden
Bronze	Finland
4	Czechoslovakia
5	Switzerland
6	Germany

World Championship Group A (Finland)

First Round

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	7	6	1	0	41 - 16	13
2	Sweden	7	3	4	0	30 - 21	10
3	Canada	7	4	1	2	24 - 20	9
4	United States	7	3	2	2	23 - 28	8
5	Finland	7	3	1	3	22 - 15	7
6	Czechoslovakia	7	3	0	4	19 - 19	6
7	Switzerland	7	1	0	6	13 - 26	2
8	Germany	7	0	1	6	13 - 40	1

19 April
	Finland	2-0	Czechoslovakia

19 April
	Canada	4-3	United States

19 April
	Soviet Union	3-1	Switzerland

19 April
	Sweden	8-1	Germany

20 April
	Canada	3-0	Switzerland

20 April
	Finland	4-4	Sweden

20 April
	Germany	3-7	Soviet Union

20 April
	United States	4-1	Czechoslovakia

22 April
	Canada	3-2	Germany

22 April
	Finland	0-3	Soviet Union

22 April
	Czechoslovakia	4-1	Switzerland

22 April
	Sweden	4-4	United States

23 April
	Germany	1-7	Czechoslovakia

23 April
	Finland	3-5	Canada

23 April
	Sweden	4-3	Switzerland

23 April
	United States	2-12	Soviet Union

25 April
	Sweden	2-1	Czechoslovakia

25 April
	Switzerland	2-4	United States

25 April
	Soviet Union	5-3	Canada

25 April
	Finland	6-0	Germany

26 April
	Canada	3-3	Sweden

26 April
	Germany	4-4	United States

26 April
	Czechoslovakia	2-6	Soviet Union

26 April
	Finland	6-1	Sweden

28 April
	Finland	1-2	United States

28 April
	Switzerland	5-2	Germany

28 April
	Soviet Union	5-5	Sweden

28 April
	Czechoslovakia	4-3	Canada

Final Round

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	13 - 08	5
2	Canada	3	1	2	0	15 - 10	4
3	Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	10 - 09	3
4	United States	3	0	0	3	12 - 23	0

30 April
	Soviet Union	6-4	United States

30 April
	Sweden	3-3	Canada

02 May
	United States	4-8	Sweden

02 May
	Canada	3-3	Soviet Union

04 May
	United States	4-9	Canada

04 May
	Sweden	2-1	Soviet Union

Consolation Round

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
5	Finland	10	6	1	3	35 - 21	13
6	Czechoslovakia	10	4	0	6	28 - 27	8
7	Switzerland	10	2	1	7	22 - 38	5
8	Germany	10	0	2	8	19 - 51	2

29 April
	Germany	2-4	Finland

29 April
	Switzerland	4-3	Czechoslovakia

01 May
	Czechoslovakia	4-1	Germany

01 May
	Finland	6-2	Switzerland

03 May
	Finland	3-2	Czechoslovakia

03 May
	Germany	3-3	Switzerland

World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
9	Italy	7	7	0	0	49 - 11	14
10	Norway	7	5	0	2	26 - 13	10
11	France	7	5	0	2	28 - 18	10
12	Poland	7	4	0	3	24 - 15	8
13	Austria	7	3	1	3	21 - 18	7
14	Yugoslavia	7	2	0	5	18 - 36	4
15	Netherlands	7	1	0	6	09 - 40	2
16	Japan	7	0	1	6	10 - 34	1

28 March
	Austria	2-2	Japan

28 March
	France	4-2	Poland

28 March
	Italy	13-0	Netherlands

28 March
	Norway	5-1	Yugoslavia

29 March
	Poland	2-1	Austria

29 March
	Netherlands	0-4	Norway

29 March
	France	4-2	Yugoslavia

29 March
	Japan	2-7	Italy

31 March
	France	9-1	Netherlands

31 March
	Italy	2-1	Poland

31 March
	Austria	6-1	Yugoslavia

31 March
	Norway	6-1	Japan

01 April
	Austria	6-4	Netherlands

01 April
	Italy	13-3	Yugoslavia

02 April
	Japan	3-5	France

02 April
	Poland	2-4	Norway

03 April
	Italy	5-1	Austria

03 April
	Yugoslavia	3-6	Poland

04 April
	Japan	1-2	Netherlands

04 April
	France	2-3	Norway

05 April
	Yugoslavia	5-1	Japan

05 April
	France	1-5	Italy

06 April
	Netherlands	1-4	Poland

06 April
	Austria	3-1	Norway

07 April
	Norway	3-4	Italy

07 April
	Yugoslavia	3-1	Netherlands

07 April
	Poland	7-0	Japan

07 April
	Austria	2-3	France

World Championship Group C (Denmark)

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
17	Denmark	8	7	1	0	71 - 13	15
18	China	8	6	1	1	44 - 24	13
19	Romania	8	6	0	2	51 - 22	12
20	Bulgaria	8	4	1	3	35 - 26	9
21	Great Britain	8	4	1	3	45 - 25	9
22	Hungary	8	3	1	4	37 - 32	7
23	North Korea	8	2	1	5	29 - 35	5
24	South Korea	8	1	0	7	19 - 64	2
25	Belgium	8	0	0	8	11 - 101	0

23 March
	Hungary	11-1	Belgium

23 March
	Denmark	15-1	South Korea

23 March
	China	6-5	Great Britain

24 March
	Romania	14-0	Belgium

24 March
	Great Britain	7-2	North Korea

24 March
	Bulgaria	3-4	China

25 March
	South Korea	4-9	Hungary

25 March
	Romania	7-2	North Korea

25 March
	Denmark	7-3	Bulgaria

26 March
	South Korea	7-2	Belgium

26 March
	Hungary	3-4	China

26 March
	Denmark	3-2	Great Britain

27 March
	Bulgaria	1-3	Romania

27 March
	Belgium	0-11	Great Britain

27 March
	North Korea	2-3	China

28 March
	Denmark	11-1	North Korea

28 March
	Bulgaria	4-3	Hungary

28 March
	Romania	11-3	South Korea

29 March
	Denmark	17-1	Belgium

29 March
	China	9-1	South Korea

29 March
	Hungary	3-3	Great Britain

30 March
	Belgium	0-12	North Korea

30 March
	Great Britain	4-5	Bulgaria

30 March
	Romania	3-1	China

31 March
	Denmark	8-2	Romania

31 March
	South Korea	2-4	Bulgaria

31 March
	North Korea	2-6	Hungary

01 April
	Denmark	8-1	Hungary

01 April
	Great Britain	7-1	South Korea

01 April
	Belgium	5-15	China

02 April
	Romania	5-6	Great Britain

02 April
	North Korea	1-1	Bulgaria

03 April
	Romania	6-1	Hungary

03 April
	Belgium	2-14	Bulgaria

03 April
	South Korea	0-7	North Korea

03 April
	Denmark	2-2	China