The top Championship Group A tournament took place in Czechoslovakia from 28 April to 10 May 1992, with games played in Prague and Bratislava. This would be the last championship held in that nation before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia eight months later. Twelve teams took part, with the first round being split into two groups of six, with the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. Sweden retained their title, beating Finland 5–2 in the final, and becoming world champions for the sixth time. This was Finland's first medal in a World Championship.
The Championship Group A pools were drawn the same as the 1992 Olympics in Albertville two months earlier, but yielded much different results. Switzerland was able to tie both Russia and Canada to earn a spot in the quarter-finals. Germany, after an opening loss to Finland, won four straight to also advance to the quarter-finals, where they faced Switzerland. The Swiss prevailed, making the top 4 for the first time since 1953, and moved on to meet a Swedish team that had shut-out the Russians. The Swedes led by three after the first and easily moved on to the gold medal game. There was nothing easy about the other semi-final, where the Finns had to come from behind to tie Czechoslovakia in the third period, then advanced to the finals with a shootout win. The Czechoslovaks, playing for the last time as that nation, beat the Swiss to settle for bronze, while Sweden, led by Mats Sundin, beat Finland for gold.[1][2]
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
Sweden
Finland
Czechoslovakia
4
Switzerland
5
Russia
6
Germany
7
United States
8
Canada
9
Italy
10
Norway
11
France
12
Poland
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player
GP
G
A
Pts
+/−
PIM
POS
Jarkko Varvio
8
9
1
10
+3
4
F
Mikko Mäkelä
8
2
8
10
+11
0
F
Dieter Hegen
6
7
2
9
+3
10
F
Tomáš Jelínek
8
4
5
9
+10
10
F
Róbert Švehla
8
4
4
8
+12
14
D
Mika Nieminen
8
3
5
8
+5
2
F
Mats Sundin
8
2
6
8
+5
8
F
Timo Saarikoski
8
3
4
7
+4
4
F
Rauli Raitanen
7
2
5
7
+8
2
F
Timo Jutila
8
2
5
7
+16
10
D
Source: [1]
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 50% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player
MIP
GA
GAA
SVS%
SO
Tommy Söderström
300
7
1.40
.936
2
David Delfino
149
7
2.82
.932
1
Markus Ketterer
309
13
2.52
.927
0
Petr Bříza
490
12
1.47
.921
2
Ron Hextall
273
13
2.86
.909
0
Source: [2]
World Championship Group B (Austria)
Played in Klagenfurt Austria 2–12 April. The hosts went undefeated to return to Group A for the first time since 1957.[1]
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
13
Austria
7
7
0
0
73 - 04
14
14
Netherlands
7
5
1
1
53 - 16
11
15
Japan
7
4
0
3
30 - 24
8
16
Denmark
7
4
0
3
23 - 24
8
17
Bulgaria
7
3
0
4
14 - 38
6
18
Romania
7
1
3
3
13 - 26
5
19
China
7
1
1
5
15 - 50
3
20
Yugoslavia
7
0
1
6
07 - 46
1
Austria was promoted to Group A, while Yugoslavia was relegated to Group C but would not play there until 1995.
2 April
Netherlands
12–2
China
2 April
Yugoslavia
3–3
Romania
2 April
Austria
18–0
Bulgaria
2 April
Japan
4–2
Denmark
3 April
China
4–1
Yugoslavia
3 April
Austria
9–0
Romania
4 April
Denmark
0–8
Netherlands
4 April
Japan
2–5
Bulgaria
5 April
Austria
16–0
China
5 April
Japan
5–1
Romania
5 April
Yugoslavia
2–4
Denmark
6 April
Netherlands
7–1
Bulgaria
6 April
China
3–3
Romania
7 April
Yugoslavia
1–4
Bulgaria
7 April
Austria
5–1
Denmark
8 April
Romania
2–2
Netherlands
8 April
China
3–10
Japan
9 April
Bulgaria
1–7
Denmark
9 April
Austria
3–0
Japan
9 April
Yugoslavia
0–11
Netherlands
10 April
Bulgaria
3–1
China
10 April
Romania
2–4
Denmark
11 April
Japan
6–0
Yugoslavia
11 April
Austria
8–3
Netherlands
12 April
Denmark
5–2
China
12 April
Netherlands
10–3
Japan
12 April
Bulgaria
0–2
Romania
12 April
Austria
14–0
Yugoslavia
World Championship Group C1 (Great Britain)
Played in Hull Great Britain 18–24 March. The hosts, led by Scot Tony Hand and Canadian Kevin Conway, won all five games easily.[1]
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
21
Great Britain
5
5
0
0
62 - 10
10
22
North Korea
5
3
0
2
25 - 28
6
23
Australia
5
2
1
2
24 - 26
5
24
Hungary
5
2
0
3
18 - 33
4
25
Belgium
5
2
0
3
17 - 24
4
26
South Korea
5
0
1
4
18 - 43
1
Great Britain was promoted to Group B while no team was relegated.
18 March
Belgium
5–4
North Korea
18 March
South Korea
6–10
Hungary
18 March
Great Britain
10–2
Australia
19 March
Hungary
3–1
Belgium
19 March
North Korea
8–3
Australia
19 March
Great Britain
15–0
South Korea
21 March
Australia
5–5
South Korea
21 March
Hungary
1–4
North Korea
21 March
Belgium
3–7
Great Britain
22 March
Hungary
1–8
Australia
22 March
South Korea
4–6
Belgium
22 March
North Korea
2–16
Great Britain
24 March
North Korea
7–3
South Korea
24 March
Australia
6–2
Belgium
24 March
Great Britain
14–3
Hungary
World Championship Group C2 (South Africa)
Played in Johannesburg South Africa 21–28 March. Though called 'C2' it was no different from being in 'Group D'. Spain completely dominated, playing against five essentially new hockey nations. Only South Africa had participated before, and they last played in 1966.[1]
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
27
Spain
5
5
0
0
114 - 5
10
28
South Africa
5
4
0
1
55 - 18
8
29
Greece
5
3
0
2
36 - 31
6
30
Israel
5
1
1
3
22 - 42
3
31
Luxembourg
5
1
1
3
20 - 73
3
32
Turkey
5
0
0
5
11 - 89
0
Spain and later South Africa qualified for 1993 Group C. The others had to play in qualification tournaments in November 1992.
21 March
South Africa
23–0
Luxembourg
21 March
Turkey
3–15
Greece
22 March
Israel
4–23
Spain
22 March
South Africa
18–1
Turkey
23 March
Luxembourg
5–9
Greece
24 March
Israel
8–2
Turkey
24 March
Spain
10–1
Greece
25 March
South Africa
5–1
Israel
25 March
Luxembourg
0–31
Spain
26 March
Luxembourg
10–5
Turkey
26 March
South Africa
9–4
Greece
27 March
Greece
7–4
Israel
27 March
Turkey
0–38
Spain
28 March
South Africa
0–12
Spain
28 March
Israel
5–5
Luxembourg
Citations
^ a b c dSummary at Passionhockey.com
^Duplacey page 508
References
Complete results
Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 155–6.
See also: World Juniors, Women's Championships
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