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1997 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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1997 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Finland Finland
Dates 26 April – 14 May
Teams 12
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (21st title)
Runner-up   Sweden
Third place   Czech Republic
Fourth place  Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 52
Goals scored 302 (5.81 per match)
Attendance 526,000 (10,115 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the Czech Republic Martin Procházka 14 points
← 1996

The 1997 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 61st such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 36 countries participated in several levels of competition, while three other teams competed in an exhibition tournament to gain experience before joining on an official basis in the 1998 competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1998 competition.

The top Championship Group tournament took place in Finland from 26 April to 14 May 1997, with matches played in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku. Twelve teams took part, with the first round being split into two teams of six, and the six best teams going to a further group stage. Canada beat Sweden in the final game, best of three, where they won 2–1 in games, and became world champions for the 21st time.

World Championship Group A (Finland)[]

First round[]

Group 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Czech Republic 5 4 0 1 18 9 +9 8
2  Finland 5 4 0 1 25 9 +16 8
3  Russia 5 3 1 1 19 16 +3 7
4  Slovakia 5 1 1 3 10 14 −4 3
5  France 5 1 0 4 13 26 −13 2
6  Germany 5 1 0 4 4 15 −11 2
Source: [citation needed]
26 April Czech Republic  2-1
  Germany
26 April Finland  6-1
  France
27 April Russia  2-2
  Slovakia
27 April Finland  1-2
  Czech Republic
28 April Slovakia  5-3
  France
28 April Germany  1-5
  Russia
29 April Finland  6-0
  Germany
30 April Russia  5-4
  France
30 April Czech Republic  3-1
  Slovakia
1 May Czech Republic  2-3
  Russia
2 May France  2-1
  Germany
2 May Finland  5-2
  Slovakia
3 May France  3-9
  Czech Republic
3 May Slovakia  0-1
  Germany
3 May Finland  7-4
  Russia

Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 5 4 1 0 20 8 +12 9
2  Canada 5 3 1 1 23 11 +12 7
3  United States of America 5 3 0 2 14 15 −1 6
4  Latvia 5 1 2 2 18 17 +1 4
5  Italy 5 1 1 3 12 21 −9 3
6  Norway 5 0 1 4 7 22 −15 1
Source: [citation needed]
26 April Canada  7-0
  Norway
26 April Sweden  5-3
  Italy
27 April United States of America  5-4
  Latvia
27 April Sweden  7-2
  Canada
28 April Italy  5-4
  Latvia
28 April Norway  1-3
  United States of America
29 April Sweden  4-1
  Norway
30 April Canada  3-3
  Latvia
30 April United States of America  4-2
  Italy
1 May Canada  5-1
  United States of America
2 May Italy  2-2
  Norway
2 May Sweden  1-1
  Latvia
3 May Italy  0-6
  Canada
3 May United States of America  1-3
  Sweden
3 May Latvia  6-3
  Norway

Second Round 1–6 Place[]

Teams that had played each other in the first round carried those results forward. First and second place played off for gold, third and fourth for bronze.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 5 4 0 1 17 9 +8 8
2  Canada 5 3 0 2 13 14 −1 6
3  Russia 5 2 1 2 13 13 0 5
4  Czech Republic 5 2 0 3 12 12 0 4
5  Finland 5 2 0 3 12 12 0 4
6  United States of America 5 1 1 3 7 14 −7 3
Source: [citation needed]
5 May Czech Republic  3-4
  United States of America
5 May Sweden  1-4
  Russia
6 May Finland  0-1
  Canada
6 May Russia  1-1
  United States of America
7 May Canada  3-5
  Czech Republic
7 May Finland  2-5
  Sweden
8 May Czech Republic  0-1
  Sweden
9 May Canada  2-1
  Russia
9 May United States of America  0-2
  Finland

Consolation Round 7–12 Place[]

Teams that had played each other in the first round carried those results forward. Last place was not relegated to Group B, instead they had to play against three qualifiers from Group B for the last two openings in the 1998 Group A tournament. This was Germany's lowest finish since 1965.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7  Latvia 5 4 0 1 29 14 +15 8
8  Italy 5 3 1 1 23 13 +10 7
9  Slovakia 5 3 0 2 15 13 +2 6
10  France 5 2 0 3 12 23 −11 4
11  Germany 5 2 0 3 8 17 −9 4
12  Norway 5 0 1 4 11 18 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]

Norway was sent to 1998 Group A Qualifier.

6 May Slovakia  2-1
  Norway
6 May Latvia  8-0
  Germany
7 May Norway  3-4
  France
7 May Italy  5-2
  Germany
8 May Italy  3-4
  Slovakia
8 May Latvia  6-2
  France
9 May Germany  4-2
  Norway
10 May Slovakia  4-5
  Latvia
10 May France  1-8
  Italy

Final round[]

Match for third place[]

10 May Czech Republic  4–3
(2-1, 1-0, 1-2) 		 Russia Helsinki
Attendance: 13,249

Final[]

11 May Sweden  3–2
(1-1, 1-0, 1-1) 		 Canada Helsinki
Attendance: 13,220
13 May Sweden  1–3
(0-0, 1-2, 0-1) 		 Canada Helsinki
Attendance: 13,316
14 May Canada  2–1
(1-0, 1-0, 0-1) 		 Sweden Helsinki
Attendance: 13,181

World Championship Group B (Poland)[]

Played 12–21 April in Katowice (Spodek) and Sosnowiec (Stadion Zimowy).[2] With the announcement that Group A would be expanding from twelve to sixteen nations, Group B would also undergo significant changes. The winner and next year's host (Switzerland) were promoted. In addition, the remaining three best teams would win the opportunity to play in a qualifying tournament against the last place team from Group A, where the top two would be included in the Group A tournament.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}|22x20px|border |link=Belarus]] Belarus 7 7 0 0 48 21 +27 14
14  Kazakhstan 7 5 1 1 31 21 +10 11
15  Switzerland 7 3 2 2 26 22 +4 8
16  Austria 7 2 3 2 22 22 0 7
17  Poland 7 2 2 3 19 24 −5 6
18  United Kingdom 7 2 1 4 28 22 +6 5
19  Netherlands 7 2 1 4 21 38 −17 5
20  Denmark 7 0 0 7 19 44 −25 0
Source: [citation needed]

Belarus, as winner, was promoted to Group A. Switzerland, as host, was also promoted to Group A. Kazakhstan, Austria, and Poland were all promoted to the Qualifying tournament for Group A, along with Norway. No one was relegated.

12 April Switzerland  8-3
  Netherlands
12 April Poland  4-3
  United Kingdom
12 April Kazakhstan  5-3
  Austria
12 April Belarus [[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}|22x20px|border |link=Belarus]] 9-3
  Denmark
13 April Switzerland  6-4
  Denmark
13 April Kazakhstan  4-2
  United Kingdom
13 April Austria  2-2
  Netherlands
13 April Poland  2-7
 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}|22x20px|border |link=Belarus]] Belarus
15 April Belarus [[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}|22x20px|border |link=Belarus]] 4-3
  Kazakhstan
15 April Poland  0-0
  Switzerland
15 April Austria  3-1
  Denmark
15 April United Kingdom  8-2
  Netherlands
16 April Kazakhstan  5-2
  Switzerland
16 April United Kingdom  9-1
  Denmark
16 April Poland  4-6
  Austria
16 April Belarus [[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}|22x20px|border |link=Belarus]] 10-2
  Netherlands
18 April Switzerland  5-6
 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}|22x20px|border |link=Belarus]] Belarus
18 April Poland  3-3
  Kazakhstan
18 April Austria  2-2
  United Kingdom
18 April Netherlands  6-4
  Denmark
20 April Belarus [[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}|22x20px|border |link=Belarus]] 6-4
  Austria
20 April Kazakhstan  6-4
  Denmark
20 April Switzerland  3-2
  United Kingdom
20 April Poland  1-3
  Netherlands
21 April Belarus [[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}|22x20px|border |link=Belarus]] 6-2
  United Kingdom
21 April Kazakhstan  5-3
  Netherlands
21 April Switzerland  2-2
  Austria
21 April Poland  5-2
  Denmark

World Championship Group C (Estonia)[]

Played 22–28 March in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve. Along with the expansion of Group A, a provision was made to allow the best "Far East" team to qualify directly. Beginning in 1999 there would be a tournament to decide who that would be. But for now, the top placing "Far East" hockey nation was able to proceed directly from Group C to Group A. For this year, as well, promotion to Group B was available to the top three European teams, and there was no relegation.[1]

First round[]

Group 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 11 3 +8 5
2  Estonia 3 1 2 0 18 12 +6 4
3  Hungary 3 1 1 1 11 11 0 3
4 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}|22x20px|border |link=Lithuania]] Lithuania 3 0 0 3 5 19 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
22 March Japan  3-0
 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}|22x20px|border |link=Lithuania]] Lithuania
22 March Hungary  5-5
  Estonia
23 March Hungary  5-0
 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}|22x20px|border |link=Lithuania]] Lithuania
23 March Estonia  2-2
  Japan
25 March Japan  6-1
  Hungary
25 March Lithuania [[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}|22x20px|border |link=Lithuania]] 5-11
  Estonia

Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 17 3 +14 6
2  Slovenia 3 2 0 1 18 4 +14 4
3  Romania 3 1 0 2 6 17 −11 2
4  China 3 0 0 3 7 24 −17 0
Source: [citation needed]
22 March Ukraine  7-1
  China
22 March Romania  0-5
  Slovenia
23 March Slovenia  11-1
  China
23 March Romania  0-7
  Ukraine
25 March China  5-6
  Romania
25 March Ukraine  3-2
  Slovenia

Final Round 21–24 Place[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
21  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 5
22  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 9 7 +2 3
23  Estonia 3 0 2 1 6 7 −1 2
24  Japan 3 0 2 1 5 8 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]

Japan was promoted to Group A as the "Far East Qualifier", Ukraine, Slovenia, and Estonia were all promoted to Group B.

27 March Japan  1-4
  Slovenia
27 March Estonia  1-2
  Ukraine
28 March Japan  2-2
  Ukraine
28 March Estonia  3-3
  Slovenia

Consolation Round 25–28 Place[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
25  Romania 3 3 0 0 15 8 +7 6
26  Hungary 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 4
27  China 3 1 0 2 14 16 −2 2
28 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}|22x20px|border |link=Lithuania]] Lithuania 3 0 0 3 6 18 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
27 March Hungary  7-3
  China
27 March Romania  7-3
 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}|22x20px|border |link=Lithuania]] Lithuania
28 March China  6-3
 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}|22x20px|border |link=Lithuania]] Lithuania
28 March Hungary  0-2
  Romania

World Championship Group D (Andorra)[]

Played 7–14 April in Canillo. With Group A expansion, four nations were promoted to Group C.

First round[]

Group 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Croatia 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 4
2  South Korea 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4 4
3  Belgium 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 4
4  Australia 3 0 0 3 9 19 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]

Croatia and South Korea were promoted to Group C.

7 April Australia  2-7
  Croatia
8 April Belgium  1-4
  South Korea
10 April Belgium  4-2
  Australia
10 April Croatia  2-0
  South Korea
11 April Australia  5-8
  South Korea
11 April Belgium  2-1
  Croatia

Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Spain 3 2 0 1 17 13 +4 4
2  Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 11 11 0 3
3  Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 10 10 0 3
4  Israel 3 1 0 2 10 14 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]

Spain and Yugoslavia were promoted to Group C.

7 April Spain  4-5
  Bulgaria
8 April Israel  3-4
  Yugoslavia
10 April Bulgaria  2-2
  Yugoslavia
10 April Spain  7-3
  Israel
11 April Bulgaria  3-4
  Israel
11 April Spain  6-5
  Yugoslavia

Final Round 29–32 Place[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
29  Croatia 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 5
30  South Korea 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 4
31  Spain 3 1 0 2 10 11 −1 2
32  Yugoslavia 3 0 1 2 7 13 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
13 April Spain  3-4
  Croatia
13 April Yugoslavia  0-5
  South Korea
14 April Croatia  2-2
  Yugoslavia
14 April Spain  1-2
  South Korea

Consolation Round 33–36 Place[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
33  Israel 3 2 0 1 12 14 −2 4
34  Australia 3 1 1 1 13 10 +3 3
35  Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 10 9 +1 3
36  Belgium 3 1 0 2 9 11 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]
13 April Bulgaria  3-3
  Australia
13 April Belgium  3-5
  Israel
14 April Israel  3-8
  Australia
14 April Belgium  2-4
  Bulgaria

Unofficial Group E[]

Three men's teams that were going to be included in Group D in 1998 played a tournament in Ankara Turkey from 19 to 24 February 1997.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Africa 4 3 1 0 36 8 +28 7
2  New Zealand 4 2 1 1 23 20 +3 5
3  Turkey 4 0 0 4 14 45 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
Turkey  1-14
  South Africa
Turkey  7-9
  New Zealand
South Africa  4-4
  New Zealand
South Africa  5-1
  New Zealand
Turkey  2-13
  South Africa
Turkey  4-9
  New Zealand

Ranking and statistics[]

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 1997 IIHF World Championship winners 

Canada
21st title

Tournament Awards[]

Final standings[]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

1  Canada
2  Sweden
3  Czech Republic
4  Russia
5  Finland
6  United States of America
7  Latvia
8  Italy
9  Slovakia
10  France
11  Germany
12  Norway

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of the Czech Republic Martin Procházka 9 7 7 14 +10 4 F
Flag of the Czech Republic Vladimír Vůjtek 8 7 7 14 +11 31 F
Flag of Sweden Michael Nylander 11 6 5 11 +1 6 F
Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Patera 9 3 8 11 +8 4 F
Flag of France Roger Dubé 8 7 3 10 −10 2 F
Flag of Latvia Oleg Znaroks 8 3 7 10 −4 6 F
Flag of Italy Gates Orlando 8 5 4 9 −1 14 F
Flag of Italy Bruno Zarrillo 8 5 4 9 −1 4 F
Flag of Latvia Harijs Vītoliņš 8 4 5 9 −3 4 F
Flag of Canada Travis Green 11 3 6 9 +2 12 F

Source: [1]

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
Flag of Finland Jarmo Myllys 357 10 1.68 .938 1
Flag of Latvia Artūrs Irbe 300 10 2.00 .930 1
Flag of the Czech Republic Roman Čechmánek 479 17 2.13 .929 0
Flag of Russia Maxim Mikhailovsky 359 12 2.01 .929 0
Flag of Italy Mike Rosati 239 12 3.01 .925 0

Source: [2]

See also[]

Citations[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Summary at Passionhockey.com
  2. ↑ Historia hokeja w Polsce.

References[]

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