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1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host nation Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Dates 18 April – 2 May
Teams 12
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Russia.svg Russia (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 41
Goals scored 235  (5.73 per game)
Attendance 226,379  (5,521 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Eric Lindros 17 points

The 1993 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Germany 18 April - 2 May. The games were played in Munich and Dortmund. Twelve teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of six, and the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. This was the 57th World Championships, and Russia beat the reigning world champions Sweden to win the World Championships for the first time.[1] The bronze medal was won by the Czech Republic, defeating Canada in their first major tournament as an independent country after their split with Slovakia at the beginning of the calendar year.

While Latvia had last competed in 1939, this year marked the World Championship debut of three national teams. Kazakhstan, Slovenia, and Ukraine, played for the first time, in Group C. Belarus, Croatia, Estonia, and Lithuania all did not make it out of the autumn qualifiers and had to wait at least another year. Also waiting until the following year was Slovakia, who made their World Championship debut in Group C1 in 1994.

Eleven of the twelve openings for the Lillehammer Olympics were established in Group A. Switzerland, by being relegated, was excluded, and the final nation had to qualify in a tournament the next fall. The top two teams from Group B, the Group C champion, the top Asian nation, and Slovakia all were given the opportunity to fill the final vacancy.[2]

World Championship Group A (Germany)[]

First Round[]

Group 1[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Canada.svg Canada 5 5 0 0 31–4 10
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 5 3 0 2 17–14 6
3 Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5 2 1 2 15–12 5
4 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5 1 2 2 8–20 4
5 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 5 2 0 3 11–14 4
6 Flag of Austria.svg Austria 5 0 1 4 4–22 1
18 April Italy Flag of Italy.svg 2–2
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Munich
18 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 1–0
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Munich
19 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg 2–0
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Munich
19 April Russia Flag of Russia.svg 4–2
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Munich
20 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 1–4
Flag of Canada.svg Canada Munich
20 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 0–1
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Munich
21 April Italy Flag of Italy.svg 2–6
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Munich
22 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 0–6
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Munich
22 April Austria Flag of Austria.svg 0–11
Flag of Canada.svg Canada Munich
23 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 5–1
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Munich
24 April Russia Flag of Russia.svg 2–5
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Munich
24 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg 11–2
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Munich
25 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 4–6
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Munich
25 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg 3–1
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Munich
26 April Italy Flag of Italy.svg 1–1
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Munich

Group 2[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 17–4 9
2 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 4 0 1 20–12 8
3 Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 2 2 1 14–10 6
4 Flag of Finland.svg Finland 5 2 1 2 7–7 5
5 Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5 1 0 4 6–17 2
6 Flag of France.svg France 5 0 0 5 10–24 0
18 April Germany Flag of Germany.svg 6–0
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Dortmund
18 April United States Flag of the United States.svg 1–1
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Dortmund
19 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 2–0
Flag of France.svg France Dortmund
19 April Germany Flag of Germany.svg 0–5
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Dortmund
20 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 1–1
Flag of the United States.svg United States Dortmund
21 April Germany Flag of Germany.svg 5–3
Flag of France.svg France Dortmund
21 April Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2–0
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Dortmund
20 April United States Flag of the United States.svg 6–1
Flag of France.svg France Dortmund
20 April Norway Flag of Norway.svg 0–2
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Dortmund
23 April Germany Flag of Germany.svg 3–1
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Dortmund
23 April Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 6–2
Flag of France.svg France Dortmund
24 April United States Flag of the United States.svg 3–1
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Dortmund
25 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 1–3
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Dortmund
25 April Germany Flag of Germany.svg 6–3
Flag of the United States.svg United States Dortmund
26 April France Flag of France.svg 4–5
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Dortmund

Quarterfinals[]

27 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 5–2
Flag of the United States.svg United States Munich
27 April Germany Flag of Germany.svg 1–5
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Munich
28 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg 5–1
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Munich
28 April Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 8–1
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Munich

Consolation Round 9-12 Place[]

29 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 1–3
Flag of France.svg France Munich
29 April Norway Flag of Norway.svg 2–6
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Munich

Semifinals[]

30 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 4–3 (OT)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Munich
30 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg 4–7
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Munich

Consolation Round 11-12 Place[]

1 May Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 2–5
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Munich

Switzerland was relegated to the Group B.

Third Place match[]

1 May Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 5–1
Flag of Canada.svg Canada Munich

Final[]

2 May Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 1-3
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Munich

World Championship Group B (Netherlands)[]

Played in Eindhoven 25 March to 4 April. The British team, just promoted from Group C, won all their games. Their first game was won by either keen strategy, or controversy, depending on how you view it. With the score against tournament favorite Poland tied three all, the British coach, Alex Dampier, asked the referee to measure the opposing goalie's stick. It was found to be illegal, and Great Britain scored the winning goal on the ensuing powerplay.[3]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 7 7 0 0 50–13 14
14 Flag of Poland.svg Poland 7 6 0 1 71–12 12
15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 7 5 0 2 47–20 10
16 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 7 4 0 3 38–24 8
17 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7 3 0 4 34–31 6
18 Flag of Romania.svg Romania 7 2 0 5 20–44 4
19 Flag of China.svg China 7 1 0 6 12–79 2
20 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 7 0 0 7 9–58 0

Great Britain was promoted to the Group A while Bulgaria was relegated to the Group C.

25 March Poland Flag of Poland.svg 3–4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
25 March Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg 5–1
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
25 March Japan Flag of Japan.svg 8–1
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
25 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 15–1
Flag of China.svg China
26 March China Flag of China.svg 1–21
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
26 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 4–2
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
27 March Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg 0–4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
27 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1–7
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
28 March Poland Flag of Poland.svg 13–0
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
28 March Japan Flag of Japan.svg 4–5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
28 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 14–0
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
29 March Romania Flag of Romania.svg 5–3
Flag of China.svg China
29 March Poland Flag of Poland.svg 7–3
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
30 March Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 10–0
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
30 March Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg 13–0
Flag of China.svg China
30 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 5–3
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
31 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2–13
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
31 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
1 April Romania Flag of Romania.svg 3–4
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
1 April China Flag of China.svg 3–8
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2 April Japan Flag of Japan.svg 1–7
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
2 April Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 6–4
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
3 April Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 10–4
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
3 April China Flag of China.svg 4–3
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
4 April Japan Flag of Japan.svg 3–9
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
4 April Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1–7
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
4 April Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2–5
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
4 April Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 14–0
Flag of China.svg China

World Championship Group C (Slovenia)[]

Qualifying Round[]

All qualifiers were played from 6 to 8 November 1992.

Group 1 (Latvia)[]

Played in Riga. The winner would play in Group C, the other two nations had to play each other the following year for inclusion into Group C2.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 2 2 0 0 19–5 4
2 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 2 1 0 1 9–7 2
3 Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 2 0 0 2 3–19 0

Latvia qualified for the Group C.

6 November 1992 Estonia Flag of Estonia.svg 6–1
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
7 November 1992 Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 13–2
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
8 November 1992 Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 6–3
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia

Group 2 (Belarus)[]

Played in Minsk. The top two teams moved on to Group C in the spring, last place was included in Group C1 in 1994. Azerbaijan had the option of playing in this group, but did not.[3]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 2 1 0 1 8–6 2
2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 6–7 2
3 Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995) Belarus 2 1 0 1 4–5 2

Ukraine and Kazakhstan both qualified for Group C.

6 November 1992 Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 5–4
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
7 November 1992 Belarus Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995) 1–4
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
8 November 1992 Belarus Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995) 3–1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan

Group 3 (Croatia/Slovenia)[]

Played as a home and home series in Zagreb and Ljubljana. The winner would go on to Group C, the loser would have to try to qualify next year for Group C2. Originally Luxembourg was to play in this group but declined.[3]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 2 2 0 0 22–3 4
2 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2 0 0 2 3–22 0

Slovenia qualified for the Group C.

7 November 1992 Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg 1–15
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
8 November 1992 Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 7–2
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia

Group 4 (Turkey)[]

Played in Ankara. Originally South Africa was to be in this group as well, but they went directly to the Group C instead.[3]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Israel.svg Israel 2 2 0 0 22–6 4
2 Flag of Greece.svg Greece 2 1 0 1 12–10 2
3 Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 2 0 0 2 6–24 0

Israel qualified for Group C.

6 November 1992 Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg 2–10
Flag of Greece.svg Greece
7 November 1992 Greece Flag of Greece.svg 2–8
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
8 November 1992 Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg 4–14
Flag of Israel.svg Israel

First Round[]

Played from 12–18 March. The first and second place from each group of six advanced to the semifinals, and then finals, with the winner gaining promotion to the Group B. The three other semi-finalists, together with the two third place teams, would remain to form Group C1 in 1994. The remaining six nations would comprise Group C2, effectively being relegated. At the time of this tournament, the expected format for 1994 was different. South Korea beat Spain seven to three to win what was expected to be a battle to remain in the Group C. Instead, Group C was divided into two parts putting them both in the bottom tier.[3]

Group 1[]

Played in Bled.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 5 4 1 0 102–10 9
2 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 5 4 1 0 94–8 9
3 Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 5 3 0 2 30–26 6
4 Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 5 2 0 3 19–74 4
5 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 5 1 0 4 16–60 2
6 Flag of Israel.svg Israel 5 0 0 5 8–91 0

Belgium, South Korea, and Israel were relegated to the Group C2.

12 March North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg 14–2
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
12 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg 16–1
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
12 March Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 26–3
Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium
13 March South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg 8–5
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
13 March Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg 2–37
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
13 March North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg 0–4
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
15 March Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg 5–3
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
15 March Israel Flag of Israel.svg 0–32
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
15 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg 15–2
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
16 March Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg 8–1
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
16 March South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg 4–7
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
16 March Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 5–5
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
18 March South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg 0–27
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
18 March Israel Flag of Israel.svg 0–29
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
18 March North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg 7–1
Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium

Group 2[]

Played in Ljubljana.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 5 5 0 0 74–4 10
2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 5 4 0 1 76–6 8
3 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 5 3 0 2 36–31 6
4 Flag of Australia.svg Australia 5 2 0 3 19–51 4
5 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5 1 0 4 18–39 2
6 Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 South Africa 5 0 0 5 8–100 0

Australia, Spain, and South Africa were relegated to the Group C2.

12 March South Africa Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 2–20
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
12 March Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 14–0
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
12 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 15–2
Flag of Australia.svg Australia
13 March Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg 1–7
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
13 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 12–0
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
13 March Australia Flag of Australia.svg 9–3
Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 South Africa
15 March Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 23–1
Flag of Australia.svg Australia
15 March Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg 6–5
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
15 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 29–0
Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 South Africa
16 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg 3–4
Flag of Australia.svg Australia
16 March South Africa Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 0–32
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
16 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 14–2
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
18 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg 10–3
Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 South Africa
18 March Australia Flag of Australia.svg 3–7
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
18 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 4–0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan

Semifinals[]

19 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg 3–2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
19 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 1–5
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia

Relegation match[]

21 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg 3–7
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

Third Place match[]

21 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 3–7
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan

Final[]

21 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg 0–2
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia

Latvia was promoted to the Group B.

Ranking and statistics[]

 


 1993 IIHF World Championship Winners 
Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
1st title

Final standings[]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Gold medal icon Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Silver medal icon Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Bronze medal icon Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
4 Flag of Canada.svg Canada
5 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
6 Flag of the United States.svg United States
7 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
8 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
9 Flag of Austria.svg Austria
10 Flag of France.svg France
11 Flag of Norway.svg Norway
12 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland

Citations[]

  1. Podnieks pg.15. Note that the IIHF encyclopedia does not group Russian and Soviet Union medals in ice hockey, however their writers often do, which would make this their 23rd title.
  2. Olympic qualifier
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Summary at Passionhockey.com

References[]

  • Complete results
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 156–7. 


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