1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1997 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Finland from 21 April to 5 May 1997. The matches were 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. This was the 61st World Championships, and 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)

Group 1

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Czech Republic	5	4	0	1	18 - 09	8
2	Finland	5	4	0	1	25 - 09	8
3	Russia	5	3	1	1	19 - 16	7
4	Slovakia	5	1	1	3	10 - 14	3
5	France	5	1	0	4	13 - 26	2
6	Germany	5	1	0	4	04 - 15	2

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

01 May
	Czech Republic	2-3	Russia

02 May
	France	2-1	Germany

02 May
	Finland	5-2	Slovakia

03 May
	France	3-9	Czech Republic

03 May
	Slovakia	0-1	Germany

03 May
	Finland	7-4	Russia

Group 2

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Sweden	5	4	1	0	20 - 08	9
2	Canada	5	3	1	1	23 - 11	7
3	United States of America	5	3	0	2	14 - 15	6
4	Latvia	5	1	2	2	18 - 17	4
5	Italy	5	1	1	3	12 - 21	3
6	Norway	5	0	1	4	07 - 22	1

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

01 May
	Canada	5-1	United States of America

02 May
	Italy	2-2	Norway

02 May
	Sweden	1-1	Latvia

03 May
	Italy	0-6	Canada

03 May
	United States of America	1-3	Sweden

03 May
	Latvia	6-3	Norway

Second Round 1-6 Place

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Sweden	5	4	0	1	17 - 09	8
2	Canada	5	3	0	2	13 - 14	6
3	Russia	5	2	1	2	13 - 13	5
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	12 - 12	4
5	Finland	5	2	0	3	12 - 12	4
6	United States of America	5	1	1	3	07 - 14	3

05 May
	Czech Republic	3-4	United States of America

05 May
	Sweden	1-4	Russia

06 May
	Finland	0-1	Canada

06 May
	Russia	1-1	United States of America

07 May
	Canada	3-5	Czech Republic

07 May
	Finland	2-5	Sweden

08 May
	Czech Republic	0-1	Sweden

09 May
	Canada	2-1	Russia

09 May
	United States of America	0-2	Finland

Consolation Round 7-12 Place

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
7	Latvia	5	4	0	1	29 - 14	8
8	Italy	5	3	1	1	23 - 13	7
9	Slovakia	5	3	0	2	15 - 13	6
10	France	5	2	0	3	12 - 23	4
11	Germany	5	2	0	3	08 - 17	4
12	Norway	5	0	1	4	11 - 18	1

06 May
	Slovakia	2-1	Norway

06 May
	Latvia	8-0	Germany

07 May
	Norway	3-4	France

07 May
	Italy	5-2	Germany

08 May
	Italy	3-4	Slovakia

08 May
	Latvia	6-2	France

09 May
	Germany	4-2	Norway

10 May
	Slovakia	4-5	Latvia

10 May
	France	1-8	Italy

Match for third place

10 May
	Russia	3-4	Czech Republic

Final

11 May
	Canada	2-3	Sweden

13 May
	Sweden	1-3	Canada

14 May
	Canada	2-1	Sweden

World Championship Group B (Poland)

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
13	Belarus	7	7	0	0	48 - 21	14
14	Kazakhstan	7	5	1	1	31 - 21	11
15	Switzerland	7	3	2	2	26 - 22	8
16	Austria	7	2	3	2	22 - 22	7
17	Poland	7	2	2	3	19 - 24	6
18	United Kingdom	7	2	1	4	28 - 22	5
19	Netherlands	7	2	1	4	21 - 38	5
20	Denmark	7	0	0	7	19 - 44	0

12 April
	Switzerland	8-3	Netherlands

12 April
	Poland	4-3	United Kingdom

12 April
	Kazakhstan	5-3	Austria

12 April
	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	Belarus

15 April
	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	10-2	Netherlands

18 April
	Switzerland	5-6	Belarus

18 April
	Poland	3-3	Kazakhstan

18 April
	Austria	2-2	United Kingdom

18 April
	Netherlands	6-4	Denmark

20 April
	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	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)

Group 1

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	11 - 03	5
2	Estonia	3	1	2	0	18 - 12	4
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	11 - 11	3
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	05 - 19	0

22 March
	Japan	3-0	Lithuania

22 March
	Hungary	5-5	Estonia

23 March
	Hungary	5-0	Lithuania

23 March
	Estonia	2-2	Japan

25 March
	Japan	6-1	Hungary

25 March
	Lithuania	5-11	Estonia

Group 2

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	17 - 03	6
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	18 - 04	4
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	06 - 17	2
4	China	3	0	0	3	07 - 24	0

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

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
21	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	07 - 05	5
22	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	09 - 07	3
23	Estonia	3	0	2	1	06 - 07	2
24	Japan	3	0	2	1	05 - 08	2

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

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
25	Romania	3	3	0	0	15 - 08	6
26	Hungary	3	2	0	1	12 - 05	4
27	China	3	1	0	2	14 - 16	2
28	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	06 - 18	0

27 March
	Hungary	7-3	China

27 March
	Romania	7-3	Lithuania

28 March
	China	6-3	Lithuania

28 March
	Hungary	0-2	Romania

World Championship Group D (Andorra)

Group 1

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Croatia	3	2	0	1	10 - 04	4
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	12 - 08	4
3	Belgium	3	2	0	1	07 - 07	4
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	09 - 19	0

07 April
	Australia	2-7	Croatia

08 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

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	17 - 13	4
2	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	11 - 11	3
3	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	10 - 10	3
4	Israel	3	1	0	2	10 - 14	2

07 April
	Spain	4-5	Bulgaria

08 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

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
29	Croatia	3	2	1	0	08 - 05	5
30	South Korea	3	2	0	1	07 - 03	4
31	Spain	3	1	0	2	10 - 11	2
32	Yugoslavia	3	0	1	2	07 - 13	1

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

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
33	Israel	3	2	0	1	12 - 14	4
34	Australia	3	1	1	1	13 - 10	3
35	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	10 - 09	3
36	Belgium	3	1	0	2	09 - 11	2

13 April
	Bulgaria	3-3	Australia

13 April
	Belgium	3-5	Israel

14 April
	Israel	3-8	Australia

14 April
	Belgium	2-4	Bulgaria

VM 1997	Land
Gold	Canada
Silver	Sweden
Bronze	Czech Republic
4	Russia
5	Finland
6	United States
7	Latvia
8	Italy
9	Slovakia
10	France
11	Germany
12	Norway

Team Photos

Sweden

Australia