The 1997 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 61st such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 36 countries participated in several levels of competition, while three other teams competed in an exhibition tournament to gain experience before joining on an official basis in the 1998 competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1998 competition.
The top Championship Group tournament took place in Finland from 26 April to 14 May 1997, with matches played in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku. Twelve teams took part, with the first round being split into two teams of six, and the six best teams going to a further group stage. Canada beat Sweden in the final game, best of three, where they won 2–1 in games, and became world champions for the 21st time.
Teams that had played each other in the first round carried those results forward. First and second place played off for gold, third and fourth for bronze.
Teams that had played each other in the first round carried those results forward. Last place was not relegated to Group B, instead they had to play against three qualifiers from Group B for the last two openings in the 1998 Group A tournament. This was Germany's lowest finish since 1965.[1]
Played 12–21 April in Katowice (Spodek) and Sosnowiec (Stadion Zimowy).[2] With the announcement that Group A would be expanding from twelve to sixteen nations, Group B would also undergo significant changes. The winner and next year's host (Switzerland) were promoted. In addition, the remaining three best teams would win the opportunity to play in a qualifying tournament against the last place team from Group A, where the top two would be included in the Group A tournament.[1]
Belarus, as winner, was promoted to Group A. Switzerland, as host, was also promoted to Group A. Kazakhstan, Austria, and Poland were all promoted to the Qualifying tournament for Group A, along with Norway. No one was relegated.
Played 22–28 March in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve. Along with the expansion of Group A, a provision was made to allow the best "Far East" team to qualify directly. Beginning in 1999 there would be a tournament to decide who that would be. But for now, the top placing "Far East" hockey nation was able to proceed directly from Group C to Group A. For this year, as well, promotion to Group B was available to the top three European teams, and there was no relegation.[1]
^. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
Referencesedit
Complete results
Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 160–1.
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The 1997 Men s Ice Hockey World Championships was the 61st such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF Teams representing 36 countries participated in several levels of competition while three other teams competed in an exhibition tournament to gain experience before joining on an official basis in the 1998 competition The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1998 competition 1997 Men s Ice Hockey World ChampionshipsTournament detailsHost country FinlandVenue s 3 in 3 host cities Dates26 April 14 MayTeams12Final positionsChampions Canada 21st title Runner up SwedenThird place Czech RepublicFourth place RussiaTournament statisticsGames played52Goals scored302 5 81 per game Attendance526 000 10 115 per game Scoring leader s Martin Prochazka 14 points 19961998 or1998 Group A only The top Championship Group tournament took place in Finland from 26 April to 14 May 1997 with matches played in Helsinki Tampere and Turku Twelve teams took part with the first round being split into two teams of six and the six best teams going to a further group stage Canada beat Sweden in the final game best of three where they won 2 1 in games and became world champions for the 21st time Contents 1 World Championship Group A Finland 1 1 First round 1 2 Group 1 1 3 Group 2 1 4 Second Round 1 6 Place 1 5 Consolation Round 7 12 Place 1 6 Final round 1 7 Match for third place 1 8 Final 2 World Championship Group B Poland 3 World Championship Group C Estonia 3 1 First round 3 2 Group 1 3 3 Group 2 3 4 Final Round 21 24 Place 3 5 Consolation Round 25 28 Place 4 World Championship Group D Andorra 4 1 First round 4 2 Group 1 4 3 Group 2 4 4 Final Round 29 32 Place 4 5 Consolation Round 33 36 Place 5 Unofficial Group E 6 Ranking and statistics 6 1 Tournament Awards 6 2 Final standings 6 3 Scoring leaders 6 4 Leading goaltenders 7 See also 8 Citations 9 ReferencesWorld Championship Group A Finland editFirst round edit Group 1 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 nbsp Czech Republic 5 4 0 1 18 9 9 8 2 nbsp Finland 5 4 0 1 25 9 16 8 3 nbsp Russia 5 3 1 1 19 16 3 7 4 nbsp Slovakia 5 1 1 3 10 14 4 3 5 nbsp France 5 1 0 4 13 26 13 2 6 nbsp Germany 5 1 0 4 4 15 11 2Source citation needed 26 AprilCzech Republic nbsp 2 1 nbsp Germany 26 AprilFinland nbsp 6 1 nbsp France 27 AprilRussia nbsp 2 2 nbsp Slovakia 27 AprilFinland nbsp 1 2 nbsp Czech Republic 28 AprilSlovakia nbsp 5 3 nbsp France 28 AprilGermany nbsp 1 5 nbsp Russia 29 AprilFinland nbsp 6 0 nbsp Germany 30 AprilRussia nbsp 5 4 nbsp France 30 AprilCzech Republic nbsp 3 1 nbsp Slovakia 1 MayCzech Republic nbsp 2 3 nbsp Russia 2 MayFrance nbsp 2 1 nbsp Germany 2 MayFinland nbsp 5 2 nbsp Slovakia 3 MayFrance nbsp 3 9 nbsp Czech Republic 3 MaySlovakia nbsp 0 1 nbsp Germany 3 MayFinland nbsp 7 4 nbsp Russia Group 2 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 nbsp Sweden 5 4 1 0 20 8 12 9 2 nbsp Canada 5 3 1 1 23 11 12 7 3 nbsp United States 5 3 0 2 14 15 1 6 4 nbsp Latvia 5 1 2 2 18 17 1 4 5 nbsp Italy 5 1 1 3 12 21 9 3 6 nbsp Norway 5 0 1 4 7 22 15 1Source citation needed 26 AprilCanada nbsp 7 0 nbsp Norway 26 AprilSweden nbsp 5 3 nbsp Italy 27 AprilUnited States nbsp 5 4 nbsp Latvia 27 AprilSweden nbsp 7 2 nbsp Canada 28 AprilItaly nbsp 5 4 nbsp Latvia 28 AprilNorway nbsp 1 3 nbsp United States 29 AprilSweden nbsp 4 1 nbsp Norway 30 AprilCanada nbsp 3 3 nbsp Latvia 30 AprilUnited States nbsp 4 2 nbsp Italy 1 MayCanada nbsp 5 1 nbsp United States 2 MayItaly nbsp 2 2 nbsp Norway 2 MaySweden nbsp 1 1 nbsp Latvia 3 MayItaly nbsp 0 6 nbsp Canada 3 MayUnited States nbsp 1 3 nbsp Sweden 3 MayLatvia nbsp 6 3 nbsp Norway Second Round 1 6 Place edit Teams that had played each other in the first round carried those results forward First and second place played off for gold third and fourth for bronze Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 nbsp Sweden 5 4 0 1 17 9 8 8 2 nbsp Canada 5 3 0 2 13 14 1 6 3 nbsp Russia 5 2 1 2 13 13 0 5 4 nbsp Czech Republic 5 2 0 3 12 12 0 4 5 nbsp Finland 5 2 0 3 12 12 0 4 6 nbsp United States 5 1 1 3 7 14 7 3Source citation needed 5 MayCzech Republic nbsp 3 4 nbsp United States 5 MaySweden nbsp 1 4 nbsp Russia 6 MayFinland nbsp 0 1 nbsp Canada 6 MayRussia nbsp 1 1 nbsp United States 7 MayCanada nbsp 3 5 nbsp Czech Republic 7 MayFinland nbsp 2 5 nbsp Sweden 8 MayCzech Republic nbsp 0 1 nbsp Sweden 9 MayCanada nbsp 2 1 nbsp Russia 9 MayUnited States nbsp 0 2 nbsp Finland Consolation Round 7 12 Place edit Teams that had played each other in the first round carried those results forward Last place was not relegated to Group B instead they had to play against three qualifiers from Group B for the last two openings in the 1998 Group A tournament This was Germany s lowest finish since 1965 1 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 7 nbsp Latvia 5 4 0 1 29 14 15 8 8 nbsp Italy 5 3 1 1 23 13 10 7 9 nbsp Slovakia 5 3 0 2 15 13 2 6 10 nbsp France 5 2 0 3 12 23 11 4 11 nbsp Germany 5 2 0 3 8 17 9 4 12 nbsp Norway 5 0 1 4 11 18 7 1Source citation needed Norway was sent to 1998 Group A Qualifier 6 MaySlovakia nbsp 2 1 nbsp Norway 6 MayLatvia nbsp 8 0 nbsp Germany 7 MayNorway nbsp 3 4 nbsp France 7 MayItaly nbsp 5 2 nbsp Germany 8 MayItaly nbsp 3 4 nbsp Slovakia 8 MayLatvia nbsp 6 2 nbsp France 9 MayGermany nbsp 4 2 nbsp Norway 10 MaySlovakia nbsp 4 5 nbsp Latvia 10 MayFrance nbsp 1 8 nbsp Italy Final round edit Match for third place edit 10 MayCzech Republic nbsp 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 nbsp RussiaHelsinki Attendance 13 249Referee nbsp Seppo MakelaRostislav Vlach 10 241 0Vladimir Vujtek 12 212 02 114 44 Alexander KorolyukMartin Prochazka 26 453 13 240 58 Alexei Yashin3 348 49 Aleksandr ProkopievJiri Dopita 58 104 3 Final edit 11 MaySweden nbsp 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 nbsp CanadaHelsinki Attendance 13 220Referee nbsp Don Adam0 110 54 Mark RecchiJonas Hoglund 15 291 1Niklas Sundblad 35 472 1Marcus Thuresson 56 053 13 259 22 Anson Carter 13 MaySweden nbsp 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 nbsp CanadaHelsinki Attendance 13 316Referee nbsp Gerhard Muller0 129 11 Geoff SandersonPer Eklund 30 561 11 238 09 Anson Carter1 347 42 Mark Recchi 14 MayCanada nbsp 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 nbsp SwedenHelsinki Attendance 13 181Referee nbsp Don AdamDean Evason 18 391 0Owen Nolan 21 562 02 158 43 Michael NylanderWorld Championship Group B Poland editPlayed 12 21 April in Katowice Spodek and Sosnowiec Stadion Zimowy 2 With the announcement that Group A would be expanding from twelve to sixteen nations Group B would also undergo significant changes The winner and next year s host Switzerland were promoted In addition the remaining three best teams would win the opportunity to play in a qualifying tournament against the last place team from Group A where the top two would be included in the Group A tournament 1 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 13 nbsp Belarus 7 7 0 0 48 21 27 14 14 nbsp Kazakhstan 7 5 1 1 31 21 10 11 15 nbsp Switzerland 7 3 2 2 26 22 4 8 16 nbsp Austria 7 2 3 2 22 22 0 7 17 nbsp Poland 7 2 2 3 19 24 5 6 18 nbsp Great Britain 7 2 1 4 28 22 6 5 19 nbsp Netherlands 7 2 1 4 21 38 17 5 20 nbsp Denmark 7 0 0 7 19 44 25 0Source citation needed Belarus as winner was promoted to Group A Switzerland as host was also promoted to Group A Kazakhstan Austria and Poland were all promoted to the Qualifying tournament for Group A along with Norway No one was relegated 12 AprilSwitzerland nbsp 8 3 nbsp Netherlands 12 AprilPoland nbsp 4 3 nbsp Great Britain 12 AprilKazakhstan nbsp 5 3 nbsp Austria 12 AprilBelarus nbsp 9 3 nbsp Denmark 13 AprilSwitzerland nbsp 6 4 nbsp Denmark 13 AprilKazakhstan nbsp 4 2 nbsp Great Britain 13 AprilAustria nbsp 2 2 nbsp Netherlands 13 AprilPoland nbsp 2 7 nbsp Belarus 15 AprilBelarus nbsp 4 3 nbsp Kazakhstan 15 AprilPoland nbsp 0 0 nbsp Switzerland 15 AprilAustria nbsp 3 1 nbsp Denmark 15 AprilGreat Britain nbsp 8 2 nbsp Netherlands 16 AprilKazakhstan nbsp 5 2 nbsp Switzerland 16 AprilGreat Britain nbsp 9 1 nbsp Denmark 16 AprilPoland nbsp 4 6 nbsp Austria 16 AprilBelarus nbsp 10 2 nbsp Netherlands 18 AprilSwitzerland nbsp 5 6 nbsp Belarus 18 AprilPoland nbsp 3 3 nbsp Kazakhstan 18 AprilAustria nbsp 2 2 nbsp Great Britain 18 AprilNetherlands nbsp 6 4 nbsp Denmark 20 AprilBelarus nbsp 6 4 nbsp Austria 20 AprilKazakhstan nbsp 6 4 nbsp Denmark 20 AprilSwitzerland nbsp 3 2 nbsp Great Britain 20 AprilPoland nbsp 1 3 nbsp Netherlands 21 AprilBelarus nbsp 6 2 nbsp Great Britain 21 AprilKazakhstan nbsp 5 3 nbsp Netherlands 21 AprilSwitzerland nbsp 2 2 nbsp Austria 21 AprilPoland nbsp 5 2 nbsp DenmarkWorld Championship Group C Estonia editPlayed 22 28 March in Tallinn and Kohtla Jarve Along with the expansion of Group A a provision was made to allow the best Far East team to qualify directly Beginning in 1999 there would be a tournament to decide who that would be But for now the top placing Far East hockey nation was able to proceed directly from Group C to Group A For this year as well promotion to Group B was available to the top three European teams and there was no relegation 1 First round edit Group 1 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 nbsp Japan 3 2 1 0 11 3 8 5 2 nbsp Estonia 3 1 2 0 18 12 6 4 3 nbsp Hungary 3 1 1 1 11 11 0 3 4 nbsp Lithuania 3 0 0 3 5 19 14 0Source citation needed 22 MarchJapan nbsp 3 0 nbsp Lithuania 22 MarchHungary nbsp 5 5 nbsp Estonia 23 MarchHungary nbsp 5 0 nbsp Lithuania 23 MarchEstonia nbsp 2 2 nbsp Japan 25 MarchJapan nbsp 6 1 nbsp Hungary 25 MarchLithuania nbsp 5 11 nbsp Estonia Group 2 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 nbsp Ukraine 3 3 0 0 17 3 14 6 2 nbsp Slovenia 3 2 0 1 18 4 14 4 3 nbsp Romania 3 1 0 2 6 17 11 2 4 nbsp China 3 0 0 3 7 24 17 0Source citation needed 22 MarchUkraine nbsp 7 1 nbsp China 22 MarchRomania nbsp 0 5 nbsp Slovenia 23 MarchSlovenia nbsp 11 1 nbsp China 23 MarchRomania nbsp 0 7 nbsp Ukraine 25 MarchChina nbsp 5 6 nbsp Romania 25 MarchUkraine nbsp 3 2 nbsp Slovenia Final Round 21 24 Place edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 21 nbsp Ukraine 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 5 22 nbsp Slovenia 3 1 1 1 9 7 2 3 23 nbsp Estonia 3 0 2 1 6 7 1 2 24 nbsp Japan 3 0 2 1 5 8 3 2Source citation needed Japan was promoted to Group A as the Far East Qualifier Ukraine Slovenia and Estonia were all promoted to Group B 27 MarchJapan nbsp 1 4 nbsp Slovenia 27 MarchEstonia nbsp 1 2 nbsp Ukraine 28 MarchJapan nbsp 2 2 nbsp Ukraine 28 MarchEstonia nbsp 3 3 nbsp Slovenia Consolation Round 25 28 Place edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 25 nbsp Romania 3 3 0 0 15 8 7 6 26 nbsp Hungary 3 2 0 1 12 5 7 4 27 nbsp China 3 1 0 2 14 16 2 2 28 nbsp Lithuania 3 0 0 3 6 18 12 0Source citation needed 27 MarchHungary nbsp 7 3 nbsp China 27 MarchRomania nbsp 7 3 nbsp Lithuania 28 MarchChina nbsp 6 3 nbsp Lithuania 28 MarchHungary nbsp 0 2 nbsp RomaniaWorld Championship Group D Andorra editPlayed 7 14 April in Canillo With Group A expansion four nations were promoted to Group C First round edit Group 1 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 nbsp Croatia 3 2 0 1 10 4 6 4 2 nbsp South Korea 3 2 0 1 12 8 4 4 3 nbsp Belgium 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 4 4 nbsp Australia 3 0 0 3 9 19 10 0Source citation needed Croatia and South Korea were promoted to Group C 7 AprilAustralia nbsp 2 7 nbsp Croatia 8 AprilBelgium nbsp 1 4 nbsp South Korea 10 AprilBelgium nbsp 4 2 nbsp Australia 10 AprilCroatia nbsp 2 0 nbsp South Korea 11 AprilAustralia nbsp 5 8 nbsp South Korea 11 AprilBelgium nbsp 2 1 nbsp Croatia Group 2 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 nbsp Spain 3 2 0 1 17 13 4 4 2 nbsp Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 11 11 0 3 3 nbsp Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 10 10 0 3 4 nbsp Israel 3 1 0 2 10 14 4 2Source citation needed Spain and Yugoslavia were promoted to Group C 7 AprilSpain nbsp 4 5 nbsp Bulgaria 8 AprilIsrael nbsp 3 4 nbsp Yugoslavia 10 AprilBulgaria nbsp 2 2 nbsp Yugoslavia 10 AprilSpain nbsp 7 3 nbsp Israel 11 AprilBulgaria nbsp 3 4 nbsp Israel 11 AprilSpain nbsp 6 5 nbsp Yugoslavia Final Round 29 32 Place edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 29 nbsp Croatia 3 2 1 0 8 5 3 5 30 nbsp South Korea 3 2 0 1 7 3 4 4 31 nbsp Spain 3 1 0 2 10 11 1 2 32 nbsp Yugoslavia 3 0 1 2 7 13 6 1Source citation needed 13 AprilSpain nbsp 3 4 nbsp Croatia 13 AprilYugoslavia nbsp 0 5 nbsp South Korea 14 AprilCroatia nbsp 2 2 nbsp Yugoslavia 14 AprilSpain nbsp 1 2 nbsp South Korea Consolation Round 33 36 Place edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 33 nbsp Israel 3 2 0 1 12 14 2 4 34 nbsp Australia 3 1 1 1 13 10 3 3 35 nbsp Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 10 9 1 3 36 nbsp Belgium 3 1 0 2 9 11 2 2Source citation needed 13 AprilBulgaria nbsp 3 3 nbsp Australia 13 AprilBelgium nbsp 3 5 nbsp Israel 14 AprilIsrael nbsp 3 8 nbsp Australia 14 AprilBelgium nbsp 2 4 nbsp BulgariaUnofficial Group E editThree men s teams that were going to be included in Group D in 1998 played a tournament in Ankara Turkey from 19 to 24 February 1997 1 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 nbsp South Africa 4 3 1 0 36 8 28 7 2 nbsp New Zealand 4 2 1 1 23 20 3 5 3 nbsp Turkey 4 0 0 4 14 45 31 0Source citation needed Turkey nbsp 1 14 nbsp South Africa Turkey nbsp 7 9 nbsp New Zealand South Africa nbsp 4 4 nbsp New Zealand South Africa nbsp 5 1 nbsp New Zealand Turkey nbsp 2 13 nbsp South Africa Turkey nbsp 4 9 nbsp New ZealandRanking and statistics edit 1997 IIHF World Championship winners nbsp Canada21st title Tournament Awards edit Best players selected by the directorate Best Goaltender nbsp Tommy Salo Best Defenceman nbsp Rob Blake Best Forward nbsp Michael Nylander Media All Star Team Goaltender nbsp Tommy Salo Defence nbsp Rob Blake nbsp Teppo Numminen Forwards nbsp Michael Nylander nbsp Martin Prochazka nbsp Vladimir Vujtek Final standings edit The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF nbsp nbsp Canada nbsp nbsp Sweden nbsp nbsp Czech Republic 4 nbsp Russia 5 nbsp Finland 6 nbsp United States 7 nbsp Latvia 8 nbsp Italy 9 nbsp Slovakia 10 nbsp France 11 nbsp Germany 12 nbsp Norway Scoring leaders edit List shows the top skaters sorted by points then goals Player GP G A Pts PIM POS nbsp Martin Prochazka 9 7 7 14 10 4 F nbsp Vladimir Vujtek 8 7 7 14 11 31 F nbsp Michael Nylander 11 6 5 11 1 6 F nbsp Pavel Patera 9 3 8 11 8 4 F nbsp Roger Dube 8 7 3 10 10 2 F nbsp Oleg Znaroks 8 3 7 10 4 6 F nbsp Gates Orlando 8 5 4 9 1 14 F nbsp Bruno Zarrillo 8 5 4 9 1 4 F nbsp Harijs Vitolins 8 4 5 9 3 4 F nbsp Travis Green 11 3 6 9 2 12 FSource 1 Leading goaltenders edit 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 nbsp Jarmo Myllys 357 10 1 68 938 1 nbsp Arturs Irbe 300 10 2 00 930 1 nbsp Roman Cechmanek 479 17 2 13 929 0 nbsp Maxim Mikhailovsky 359 12 2 01 929 0 nbsp Mike Rosati 239 12 3 01 925 0Source 2 See also edit1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 1997 IIHF Women s World ChampionshipCitations edit a b c d Summary at Passionhockey com Historia hokeja w Polsce Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 3 January 2014 References editComplete 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 amp Record Book 2011 Moydart Press pp 160 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 Men 27s Ice Hockey World Championships amp oldid 1181944371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
