1998 World Championship

The 1998 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships were held in Switzerland from May 1-17, 1998. The format expanded to 16 teams for the first time. The teams were divided into four groups of four with the top two teams in each advancing to the next round. The two groups of four then played a round robin with the top two teams in each moving on to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were a two game total goals for series as was the final.

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	20	5	6
Belarus	3	2	1	0	12	10	4
Germany	3	1	2	0	8	13	2
Japan	3	0	3	0	7	19	0

Czech Republic 8-2 Japan
Belarus 4-2 Germany
Belarus 2-4 Czech Republic
Germany 5-1 Japan
Japan 4-6 Belarus
Czech Republic 8-1 Germany

Czech Republic and Belarus advanced to the next round, Germany is sent to the Qualification round.

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	3	2	0	1	12	5	5
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	9	4	5
Italy	3	1	2	0	8	8	2
Austria	3	0	3	0	3	15	0

Canada 5-1 Austria
Italy 1-2 Slovakia
Slovakia 2-2 Canada
Italy 5-1 Austria
Austria 1-5 Slovakia
Canada 5-2 Italy

Canada and Slovakia advanced to the next round. Italy is sent to the Qualification round.

Group C

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	16	4	6
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	9	10	2
United States of America	3	1	2	0	7	11	2
France	3	1	2	0	5	12	2

USA 5-2 Switzerland
Sweden 6-1 France
France 3-1 USA
Sweden 4-2 Switzerland
USA 1-6 Sweden
Switzerland 5-1 France

Sweden and Switzerland advanced to the next round. USA is sent to the Qualification round.

Group D

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	19	11	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	12	4	4
Latvia	3	1	2	0	12	15	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	6	19	0

Russia 8-4 Kazakhstan
Finland 6-0 Latvia
Latvia 5-7 Russia
Finland 4-0 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan 2-7 Latvia
Russia 4-2 Finland

Russia and Finland advanced to the next round. Latvia is sent to the Qualification round.

Qualification Round

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Latvia	3	2	0	1	9	3	5
Italy	3	1	0	2	9	5	4
Germany	3	0	1	2	5	10	2
United States of America	3	0	2	1	3	8	1

USA 1-1 Germany
Italy 1-1 Latvia
Italy 4-0 USA
Germany 0-5 Latvia
Germany 4-4 Italy
Latvia 3-2 USA

Classification Round

Group E

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	10	2	6
Finland	3	1	1	1	8	6	3
Canada	3	1	1	1	10	12	3
Belarus	3	0	3	0	5	13	0

Sweden 1-0 Finland
Belarus 2-6 Canada
Canada 3-3 Finland
Sweden 2-1 Belarus
Canada 1-7 Sweden
Finland 5-2 Belarus

Sweden and Finland advanced to the semi-finals.

Group F

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	6	3	5
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	6	6	3
Russia	3	1	1	1	10	7	3
Slovakia	3	0	2	1	2	8	1

Slovakia 0-1 Czech Republic
Russia 2-4 Switzerland
Czech Republic 3-1 Switzerland
Russia 6-1 Slovakia
Czech Republic 2-2 Russia
Switzerland 1-1 Slovakia

Czech Republic and Switzerland advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-Finals

Sweden 4-1 Switzerland
Switzerland 2-7 Sweden

Czech Republic 1-4 Finland
Finland 2-2 Czech Republic

Bronze Medal Match

Czech Republic 4-0 Switzerland

Gold Medal Match

Finland 0-1 Sweden
Sweden 0-0 Finland

Medal Standings

Rk.	Team
	Sweden
	Finland
	Czech Republic
4.	Switzerland
5.	Russia
6.	Canada
7.	Slovakia
8.	Belarus
9.	Latvia
10.	Italy
11.	Germany
12.	United States of America
13.	France
14.	Kazakhstan
15.	Austria
16.	Japan

Team Photos

Sweden

Team rosters

Sweden

1. Goaltenders: Tommy Salo, Johan Hedberg, Thomas Eriksson. Defenders: Mattias Öhlund, Kim Johnsson, Jan Mertzig, Niclas Hävelid, Mattias Norström, Hans Jonsson, Johan Tornberg. Forwards: Christer Olsson, Anders Huusko, Mikael Johansson, Tommy Westlund, Mats Sundin, Nichlas Falk, Jonas Bergqvist, Mikael Renberg, Peter Forsberg, Ulf Dahlén, Peter Nordström, Patric Kjellberg, Jörgen Jönsson, Fredrik Modin, Niklas Sundström. Coaches: Kent Forsberg, Tommy Tomth.

Finland

2. Goaltenders: Ari Sulander, Jarmo Myllys, Vesa Toskala. Defencemen: Kimmo Timonen, Jere Karalahti, Marko Kiprusoff, Toni Lydman, Janne Laukkanen, Petteri Nummelin, Antti-Jussi Niemi, Kaj Linna. Forwards: Raimo Helminen, Ville Peltonen, Sami Kapanen, Antti Törmänen, Juah Ikonen, Mika Alatalo, Mikko Eloranta, Kimmo Rintanen, Jarkko Ruutu, Joni Lius, Olli Jokinen, Marko Tuomainen, Toni Mäkiaho. Coaches: Hannu Aravirta, Esko Nokelainen, Jari Kaarela.

Czech Republic

3. Goaltenders: Milan Hnilička, Roman Čechmánek, Martin Prusek. Defencemen: František Kučera, František Kaberle, Jiří Vykoukal, Libor Procházka, Robert Kántor, Jiří Šlégr, Jiří Veber, Václav Burda. Forwards: Radek Bělohlav, Pavel Patera, Martin Procházka, David Výborný, Ladislav Lubina, Jiří Dopita, Marián Kacíř, Jan Hlaváč, Robert Reichel, Petr Sýkora, Josef Beránek, David Moravec, Patrik Eliáš, Milan Hejduk. Coaches: Ivan Hlinka, Slavomír Lener, Vladimír Martinec.

Russia

5. Goaltenders: Yegor Podomatsky, Maxim Sokolov, Oleg Shevtsov. Defencemen: Marat Davydov, Sergei Fokin, Dmitri Yerofeyev, Dmitri Yushkevich, Daniil Markov, Andrei Skopintsev, Sergei Zhukov. Forwards: Sergei Berezin, Oleg Belov, Aleksei Chupin, Alexei Kovalev, Viktor Kozlov, Alexei Kudashov, Aleksey Morozov, Andrei Nazarov, Sergei Nemchinov, Sergei Petrenko, Oleg Petrov, Vitali Prokhorov, Mikhail Sarmatin. Coach: Alexander Yakushev.

Slovakia

7. Goaltenders: Pavol Rybár, Miroslav Šimonovič, Miroslav Michalek. Defencemen: Jerguš Bača, Róbert Pukalovič, Ľubomír Višňovský, Ľubomír Sekeráš, Stanislav Jasečko, Ivan Droppa, Róbert Švehla. Forwards: Roman Stantien, Peter Pucher, Jozef Stümpel, René Pucher, Jozef Voskár, Zdeno Cíger, Branislav Jánoš, Igor Rataj, Ján Pardavý, Peter Bartoš, Radoslav Kropáč, Richard Kapuš, Jozef Daňo. Coaches: Ján Šterbák, František Hossa.