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1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host nation Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Dates 23 April – 7 May
Teams 12
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Finland.svg Finland (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 40
Goals scored 229  (5.73 per game)
Attendance 326,571  (8,164 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Andrew McKim 14 points

The 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was played in Stockholm and Gävle Sweden, from 23 April to 7 May 1995. In the tournament finals, Finland won the gold medal by winning over Sweden 4–1 at the Globen arena in Stockholm. The Finnish goals were scored by Timo Jutila and Ville Peltonen, who scored a hat trick.

The gold medal was the first in Finland's history. Sweden had written a fight song, "Den glider in", which also was intended to be the official song of the championships. After the finals, the song became very popular in Finland.[1]

Because of the 1994–95 NHL lockout, it originally created a dream scenario for the tournament hosts. With a cancelled NHL season, all NHL players free from injuries would have been available.[2] But when the NHL season began in late January 1995, it instead created a scenario where less NHL players than usual became available. The Canadian and American teams would logically be hit the hardest, but the Americans found a way to lead their group in the first round. The Canadians, who struggled in the early tournament, beat the Americans in the quarter-finals, lost in overtime to the Swedes, and then beat the Czechs for the bronze. Andrew McKim, playing in the minors for the Adirondack Red Wings ended up being the tournament scoring leader.[3][4]

World Championship Group A (Sweden)[]

First round[]

Group 1[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5 5 0 0 26–10 10
2 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5 3 1 1 14–11 7
3 Flag of France.svg France 5 3 0 2 14–11 6
4 Flag of Canada.svg Canada 5 2 1 2 17–16 5
5 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 1 0 4 11–20 2
6 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 5 0 0 5 10–24 0
23 April France Flag of France.svg 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Gävle
Attendance: 3,167
23 April Russia Flag of Russia.svg 4–2
(1–0, 0–0, 3–2)
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Gävle
24 April Germany Flag of Germany.svg 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Gävle
Attendance: 2,696
24 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 3–5
(1–3, 2–0, 0–2)
Flag of Canada.svg Canada Gävle
Attendance: 2,909
25 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg 1–4
(1–3, 0–1, 0–0)
Flag of France.svg France Gävle
25 April Russia Flag of Russia.svg 8–0
(0–0, 5–0, 3–0)
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Gävle
Attendance: 3,442
26 April France Flag of France.svg 1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Gävle
Attendance: 3,040
27 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg 5–2
(1–1, 1–0, 3–1)
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Gävle
Attendance: 4,358
27 April Italy Flag of Italy.svg 3–2
(0–1, 1–1, 2–1)
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Gävle
Attendance: 3,956
28 April Germany Flag of Germany.svg 3–6
(1–0, 1–5, 1–1)
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Gävle
Attendance: 3,810
28 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of France.svg France Gävle
Attendance: 3,684
29 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg 2–2
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Gävle
Attendance: 4,962
30 April Germany Flag of Germany.svg 5–3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–2)
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Gävle
Attendance: 6,293
30 April Russia Flag of Russia.svg 5–4
(2–1, 1–1, 2–2)
Flag of Canada.svg Canada Gävle
Attendance: 6,293
1 May Italy Flag of Italy.svg 5–2
(1–0, 2–0, 2–2)
Flag of France.svg France Gävle
Attendance: 2,700

Group 2[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 3 2 0 17–11 8
2 Flag of Finland.svg Finland 5 3 1 1 22–14 7
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 5 3 1 1 17–9 7
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5 3 0 2 14–9 6
5 Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5 1 0 4 9–18 2
6 Flag of Austria.svg Austria 5 0 0 5 9–27 0
23 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 5–0
(0–0, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Stockholm
Attendance: 11,854
23 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Stockholm
Attendance: 11,462
24 April Austria Flag of Austria.svg 2–5
(1–3, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of the United States.svg United States Stockholm
Attendance: 6,817
25 April United States Flag of the United States.svg 2–1
(2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Stockholm
25 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 3–6
(1–0, 2–3, 0–3)
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
26 April Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 5–2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Stockholm
Attendance: 6,531
26 April Norway Flag of Norway.svg 2–5
(0–1, 0–2, 2–2)
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Stockholm
Attendance: 7,842
27 April Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2–4
(0–0, 0–2, 2–2)
Flag of the United States.svg United States Stockholm
Attendance: 7,452
27 April Austria Flag of Austria.svg 0–5
(0–1, 0–1, 0–3)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Stockholm
28 April United States Flag of the United States.svg 2–2
(1-2, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
29 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 7–2
(4–1, 3–0, 0–1)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Stockholm
Attendance: 10,438
29 April Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Stockholm
Attendance: 8,864
30 April United States Flag of the United States.svg 4–4
(1–0, 3–1, 0–3)
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
30 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
1 May Norway Flag of Norway.svg 5–3
(1–1, 4–2, 0–0)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Stockholm
Attendance: 7,347

Consolation round 11–12 place[]

2 May Austria Flag of Austria.svg 4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Gävle
Attendance: 2,968
4 May Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 4–4
(1–2, 1–1, 2–1)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Stockholm
Attendance: 7,418

Switzerland was relegate to Group B.

Playoff round[]

Quarterfinals[]

2 May Italy Flag of Italy.svg 0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
2 May Finland Flag of Finland.svg 5–0
(0–0, 4–0, 1–0)
Flag of France.svg France Stockholm
Attendance: 13,118
3 May Russia Flag of Russia.svg 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Stockholm
Attendance: 11,772
3 May United States Flag of the United States.svg 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Canada.svg Canada Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850

Semifinals[]

5 May Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 3–2 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Canada.svg Canada Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
5 May Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Stockholm
Attendance: 12,853

Match for third place[]

6 May Canada Flag of Canada.svg 4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Stockholm
Attendance: 12,175

Final[]

Time is local (UTC+2).

7 May
15:00
Finland Flag of Finland.svg 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850

World Championship Group B (Slovakia)[]

Played in Bratislava, 12–21 April. The hosts bettered their Group C record of the previous year, this time winning all their games. Thirty-eight-year-old Peter Stastny led the tournament in scoring.[3]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
13 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 7 7 0 0 60–15 14
14 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 7 6 0 1 65–16 12
15 Flag of Poland.svg Poland 7 4 0 3 29–30 8
16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 7 3 0 4 20–38 6
17 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 7 3 0 4 30–28 6
18 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7 2 0 5 26–45 4
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 7 2 0 5 19–35 4
20 Flag of Romania.svg Romania 7 1 0 6 15–57 2

Slovakia was promoted to Group A while Romania was relegated to Group C.

12 April Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 18–1
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
12 April Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 7–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
12 April Poland Flag of Poland.svg 8–1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
12 April Japan Flag of Japan.svg 1–5
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
13 April Romania Flag of Romania.svg 2–0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
13 April Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 9–3
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
13 April Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1–6
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
13 April Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg 1–3
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
15 April Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 3–2
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
15 April Japan Flag of Japan.svg 8–2
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
15 April Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 10–0
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
15 April Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 9–2
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
16 April Romania Flag of Romania.svg 3–6
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
16 April Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 4–3
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
16 April Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 4–3
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
16 April Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg 9–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
18 April Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg 6–2
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
18 April Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 5–3
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
18 April Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 6–2
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
18 April Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 3–4
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
19 April Romania Flag of Romania.svg 4–9
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
19 April Japan Flag of Japan.svg 2–15
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
19 April Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 13–4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
19 April Poland Flag of Poland.svg 3–4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
21 April Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg 2–3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
21 April Poland Flag of Poland.svg 7–5
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
21 April Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 4–8
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
21 April Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg 11–0
Flag of Romania.svg Romania

World Championship Group C1 (Bulgaria)[]

Played in Sofia 20–26 March. Nine teams took part this year because Yugoslavia was given the right to return to the group that they had last played in as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The consequence was that two teams were relegated.[3] They played in three groups of three where the first place teams contested promotion and the third place teams contested relegation. Two years after failing to qualify for Group C, Belarus got a rematch against Ukraine and Kazakhstan, this time coming out on top.

First round[]

Group 1[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 20–1 4
2 Flag of China.svg China 2 1 0 1 4–14 2
3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 3–12 0
20 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2–4
Flag of China.svg China
21 March China Flag of China.svg 0–12
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
22 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1–8
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan

Group 2[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995) Belarus 2 2 0 0 11–5 4
2 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 2 1 0 1 7–9 2
3 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 2 0 0 2 7–11 0
20 March Estonia Flag of Estonia.svg 1–6
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995) Belarus
21 March Belarus Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995) 5–4
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
22 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 3–6
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia

Group 3[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 2 2 0 0 24–4 4
2 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2 1 0 1 10–10 2
3 Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2 4–24 0
20 March Yugoslavia Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg 3–15
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
21 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg 9–1
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
22 March Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg 9–1
Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia

Final round 21–23 place[]

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

Belarus was promoted to Group B.

24 March Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg 2–2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
25 March Belarus Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995) 3–1
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
26 March Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 1–2
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995) Belarus

Consolation round 24–26 place[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
24 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 2 2 0 0 15–7 4
25 Flag of China.svg China 2 1 0 1 9–12 2
26 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2 0 0 2 5–10 0
24 March Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg 3–4
Flag of China.svg China
25 March Estonia Flag of Estonia.svg 6–2
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
26 March China Flag of China.svg 5–9
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia

Consolation round 27–29 place[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
27 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 2 2 0 0 21–4 4
28 Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 9–7 2
29 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 1–20 0

Both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were relegated to group C2.

24 March Yugoslavia Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg 6–0
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
25 March Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg 7–3
Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia
26 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1–14
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia

World Championship Group C2 (South Africa)[]

Played in Johannesburg and Krugersdorp in South Africa from 21–30 March. Two groups of five played round robins where the top two from each contested promotion. The bottom five teams were relegated to qualification tournaments for 1996 Group D. Belgian player Joris Peusens was only fifteen years old.

First round[]

Group 1[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 4 4 0 0 40–8 8
2 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4 3 0 1 32–8 6
3 Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 4 1 1 2 18–19 3
4 Flag of Australia.svg Australia 4 1 0 3 16–24 2
5 Flag of Greece.svg Greece 4 0 1 3 9–56 1

Greece was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 March Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg 5–5
Flag of Greece.svg Greece
21 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg 3–4
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
22 March Greece Flag of Greece.svg 1–21
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
22 March Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg 10–2
Flag of Australia.svg Australia
24 March Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg 8–2
Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium
24 March Greece Flag of Greece.svg 2–10
Flag of Australia.svg Australia
26 March Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg 20–1
Flag of Greece.svg Greece
26 March Australia Flag of Australia.svg 2–4
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
27 March Australia Flag of Australia.svg 2–8
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
27 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg 4–1
Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium

Group 2[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 4 4 0 0 41–11 8
2 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 4 3 0 1 37–7 6
3 Flag of Israel.svg Israel 4 2 0 2 23–15 4
4 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 4 1 0 3 7–29 2
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 4 0 0 4 7–53 0

New Zealand was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 March Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg 19–5
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
21 March South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 2–8
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
22 March Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg 7–2
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
22 March New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg 0–13
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
24 March New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg 0–12
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
24 March South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 1–11
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
26 March South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg 7–1
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
26 March South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 3–2
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
27 March South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg 3–4
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
27 March South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 1–8
Flag of Israel.svg Israel

Final round 30–33 place[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
30 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 3 2 1 0 13–9 5
31 Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 3 2 1 0 12–8 5
32 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3 1 0 2 13–15 2
33 Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 3 0 0 3 10–16 0

Croatia only needed to tie Lithuania in their final game to earn promotion to Group C1, and they did so.

29 March Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg 5–2
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
29 March Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg 6–3
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
30 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg 7–5
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
30 March Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg 3–3
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia

Consolation round 34–37 place[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
34 Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 3 2 0 1 22–10 4
35 Flag of Israel.svg Israel 3 2 0 1 16–8 4
36 Flag of Australia.svg Australia 3 2 0 1 17–17 4
37 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 0 0 3 8–28 0

Israel, Australia, and South Africa, all were relegated to Group D qualification.

29 March South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 1–10
Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium
29 March Australia Flag of Australia.svg 5–1
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
30 March South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg 6–10
Flag of Australia.svg Australia
30 March Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg 2–7
Flag of Israel.svg Israel

Consolation round 38–39 place[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
38 Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1 1 0 0 10–7 2
39 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1 0 0 1 7–10 0
30 March Greece Flag of Greece.svg 10–7
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand

Ranking and statistics[]

 


 1995 IIHF World Championship Winners 
Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
1st title

Final standings[]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

Citations[]

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, 158–9. 


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