1998 IIHF World Championship

1998 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country   Switzerland
Dates 1–17 May
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Sweden (7th title)
Runner-up   Finland
Third place   Czech Republic
Fourth place   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 49
Goals scored 276 (5.63 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Sweden Peter Forsberg (11 pts)
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1999 →

The 1998 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships were held in Switzerland from 1–17 May 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.

Venues

Zürich Basel
Hallenstadion
Capacity: 12,500		 St. Jakobshalle
Capacity: 9,000

Qualifying Round (Austria)

Played 6–9 November 1997 in Klagenfurt. The Kazakhs, Austrians, and Norwegians finished virtually even. In head-to-head match-ups they each had one win and one loss, they each had scored as many as they had allowed. The Kazakhs scored six goals, the other two both five, pushing them to first. The Norwegians had beaten Poland by three, on the final day the Austrians pushed their advantage over Poland to four, giving them the final spot in the World Championship.[1]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 12 - 07 4
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 09 - 05 4
3  Norway 3 2 0 1 08 - 05 4
4  Poland 3 0 0 3 01 - 13 0

Kazakhstan and Austria advanced to Group A, Norway and Poland competed in Group B.

6 November 1997 Kazakhstan  6-1
  Poland
6 November 1997 Austria  1-3
  Norway
8 November 1997 Norway  3-0
  Poland
8 November 1997 Austria  4-2
  Kazakhstan
9 November 1997 Kazakhstan  4-2
  Norway
9 November 1997 Austria  4-0
  Poland

First Round

In each group, the top two nations advanced to the next round. Third place teams played a final round against each other to determine who escaped having to qualify for next year's tournament. Fourth place teams did not play further, they were automatically entered in qualifiers for next year's tournament. The highlight of the round was the French victory of the USA, the first ever in an official match.[2]

Group 1

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 20 - 05 6
2  Belarus 3 2 0 1 12 - 10 4
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 08 - 13 2
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 07 - 19 0

Japan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

1 May Czech Republic  8-2
  Japan St. Jakobshalle, Basel
1 May Belarus  4-2
  Germany St. Jakobshalle, Basel
3 May Belarus  2-4
  Czech Republic St. Jakobshalle, Basel
3 May Germany  5-1
  Japan St. Jakobshalle, Basel
5 May Japan  4-6
  Belarus St. Jakobshalle, Basel
5 May Czech Republic  8-1
  Germany St. Jakobshalle, Basel

Group 2

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Canada 3 2 1 0 12 - 05 5
2  Slovakia 3 2 1 0 09 - 04 5
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 08 - 08 2
4  Austria 3 0 0 3 03 - 15 0

Austria was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

1 May Canada  5-1
  Austria Hallenstadion, Zurich
1 May Italy  1-2
  Slovakia Hallenstadion, Zurich
3 May Slovakia  2-2
  Canada Hallenstadion, Zurich
3 May Italy  5-1
  Austria Hallenstadion, Zurich
5 May Austria  1-5
  Slovakia Hallenstadion, Zurich
5 May Canada  5-2
  Italy Hallenstadion, Zurich

Group 3

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 16 - 04 6
2   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 09 - 10 2
3  United States 3 1 0 2 07 - 11 2
4  France 3 1 0 2 05 - 12 2

France was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

2 May United States  5-2
   Switzerland Hallenstadion, Zurich
2 May Sweden  6-1
  France Hallenstadion, Zurich
4 May France  3-1
  United States Hallenstadion, Zurich
4 May Sweden  4-2
   Switzerland Hallenstadion, Zurich
6 May United States  1-6
  Sweden Hallenstadion, Zurich
6 May Switzerland   5-1
  France Hallenstadion, Zurich

Group 4

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Russia 3 3 0 0 19 - 11 6
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 12 - 04 4
3  Latvia 3 1 0 2 12 - 15 2
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 06 - 19 0

Kazakhstan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

2 May Russia  8-4
  Kazakhstan St. Jakobshalle, Basel
2 May Finland  6-0
  Latvia St. Jakobshalle, Basel
4 May Latvia  5-7
  Russia St. Jakobshalle, Basel
4 May Finland  4-0
  Kazakhstan St. Jakobshalle, Basel
6 May Kazakhstan  2-7
  Latvia St. Jakobshalle, Basel
6 May Russia  4-2
  Finland St. Jakobshalle, Basel

Consolation Round 9-12 Place

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
9  Latvia 3 2 1 0 09 - 03 5
10  Italy 3 1 2 0 09 - 05 4
11  Germany 3 0 2 1 05 - 10 2
12  United States 3 0 1 2 03 - 08 1

Germany and the USA were relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship.

8 May United States  1-1
  Germany Hallenstadion, Zurich
8 May Italy  1-1
  Latvia Hallenstadion, Zurich
10 May Italy  4-0
  United States Hallenstadion, Zurich
10 May Germany  0-5
  Latvia St. Jakobshalle, Basel
11 May Germany  4-4
  Italy Hallenstadion, Zurich
11 May Latvia  3-2
  United States Hallenstadion, Zurich

Second Round

Group 2 and 3 first place teams played against group 1 and 4 second place teams in group 5, group 1 and 4 first place teams played against group 2 and 3 second place teams. The top two, from each group, advanced to the semi-finals.

Group 5

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 10 - 02 6
2  Finland 3 1 1 1 08 - 06 3
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 10 - 12 3
4  Belarus 3 0 0 3 05 - 13 0
7 May Sweden  1-0
  Finland Hallenstadion, Zurich
7 May Belarus  2-6
  Canada Hallenstadion, Zurich
9 May Canada  3-3
  Finland Hallenstadion, Zurich
9 May Sweden  2-1
  Belarus Hallenstadion, Zurich
10 May Canada  1-7
  Sweden Hallenstadion, Zurich
10 May Finland  5-2
  Belarus Hallenstadion, Zurich

Group 6

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 06 - 03 5
2   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 06 - 06 3
3  Russia 3 1 1 1 10 - 07 3
4  Slovakia 3 0 1 2 02 - 08 1
7 May Slovakia  0-1
  Czech Republic St. Jakobshalle, Basel
7 May Russia  2-4
   Switzerland St. Jakobshalle, Basel
9 May Czech Republic  3-1
   Switzerland St. Jakobshalle, Basel
9 May Russia  6-1
  Slovakia St. Jakobshalle, Basel
10 May Czech Republic  2-2
  Russia St. Jakobshalle, Basel
10 May Switzerland   1-1
  Slovakia St. Jakobshalle, Basel

Final Round

Semifinals

12 May Sweden  4-1
(1–0, 0–0, 3–1)		   Switzerland Hallenstadion, Zurich
12 May Czech Republic  1-4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)		  Finland Hallenstadion, Zurich
14 May Switzerland   2-7
(0–3, 0–1, 2–2)		  Sweden Hallenstadion, Zurich
14 May Finland  2-2
(0–0, 0–1, 2–1)		  Czech Republic Hallenstadion, Zurich

Match for third place

15 May Czech Republic  4-0
(0-0, 3-0, 1-0)		   Switzerland Hallenstadion, Zurich

Final

16 May Finland  0-1
(0-0, 0-0, 0-1)		  Sweden Hallenstadion, Zurich
Attendance: 9,300
17 May Sweden  0-0
(0-0, 0-0, 0-0)		  Finland Hallenstadion, Zurich
Attendance: 12,500

Ranking and statistics

 


 1998 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Sweden
7th title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

Places eleven through sixteen were not relegated but had to play in qualifying tournaments for inclusion in the 1999 championship.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Sweden Peter Forsberg 7 5 6 11 +9 0 F
Sweden Mats Sundin 10 5 6 11 +13 6 F
Finland Raimo Helminen 10 2 9 11 0 0 F
Finland Ville Peltonen 10 4 6 10 0 8 F
Czech Republic Radek Bělohlav 9 6 3 9 +7 2 F
Czech Republic Pavel Patera 9 6 3 9 +6 12 F
Russia Viktor Kozlov 6 4 5 9 +5 0 F
Russia Sergei Berezin 6 6 2 8 +2 2 F
Latvia Oleg Znaroks 6 5 3 8 +4 2 F
Sweden Mikael Renberg 10 5 3 8 +6 6 F

Source: quanthockey.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP GA GAA SVS% SO
Sweden Tommy Salo 540 7 0.78 .959 3
Finland Ari Sulander 477 10 1.26 .956 2
Italy Mike Rosati 299 8 1.61 .950 1
Czech Republic Milan Hnilička 430 10 1.40 .940 2
France François Gravel 94 4 2.55 .938 0

Source: quanthockey.com

See also

Citations

  1. ↑ Qualifier explanation
  2. ↑ Tournament summary at Passionhockey.com

References

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