1998 MEN'S WORLD ICE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 1998 IIHF World Hockey Championships were held in Switzerland from May 1-17, 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.

Contents

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Qualification Round

Classification Round

Group E

Group F

Semi-Finals

Bronze Medal Match

Gold Medal Match

Medal Standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	20	5	'6'
	3	2	1	0	12	10	'4'
	3	1	2	0	8	13	'2'
	3	0	3	0	7	19	'0'

Czech Republic 8-2 Japan

Belarus 4-2 Germany

Belarus 2-4 Czech Republic

Germany 5-1 Japan

Japan 4-6 Belarus

Czech Republic 8-1 Germany

Czech Republic and Belarus advanced to the next round, Germany is sent to the Qualification round.

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	2	0	1	12	5	'5'
	3	2	0	1	9	4	'5'
	3	1	2	0	8	8	'2'
	3	0	3	0	3	15	'0'

Canada 5-1 Austria

Italy 1-2 Slovakia

Slovakia 2-2 Canada

Italy 5-1 Austria

Austria 1-5 Slovakia

Canada 5-2 Italy

Canada and Slovakia advanced to the next round. Italy is sent to the Qualification round.

Group C

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	16	4	'6'
	3	1	2	0	9	10	'2'
	3	1	2	0	7	11	'2'
	3	1	2	0	5	12	'2'

USA 5-2 Switzerland

Sweden 6-1 France

France 3-1 USA

Sweden 4-2 Switzerland

USA 1-6 Sweden

Switzerland 5-1 France

Sweden and Switzerland advanced to the next round. USA is sent to the Qualification round.

Group D

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	19	11	'6'
	3	2	1	0	12	4	'4'
	3	1	2	0	12	15	'2'
	3	0	3	0	6	19	'0'

Russia 8-4 Kazakhstan

Finland 6-0 Latvia

Latvia 5-7 Russia

Finland 4-0 Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan 2-7 Latvia

Russia 4-2 Finland

Russia and Finland advanced to the next round. Latvia is sent to the Qualification round.

Qualification Round

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	2	0	1	9	3	'5'
	3	1	0	2	9	5	'4'
	3	0	1	2	5	10	'2'
	3	0	2	1	3	8	'1'

USA 1-1 Germany

Italy 1-1 Latvia

Italy 4-0 USA

Germany 0-5 Latvia

Germany 4-4 Italy

Latvia 3-2 USA

Classification Round

Group E

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	10	2	'6'
	3	1	1	1	8	6	'3'
	3	1	1	1	10	12	'3'
	3	0	3	0	5	13	'0'

Sweden 1-0 Finland

Belarus 2-6 Canada

Canada 3-3 Finland

Sweden 2-1 Belarus

Canada 1-7 Sweden

Finland 5-2 Belarus

Sweden and Finland advanced to the semi-finals.

Group F

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	2	0	1	6	3	'5'
	3	1	1	1	6	6	'3'
	3	1	1	1	10	7	'3'
	3	0	2	1	2	8	'1'

Slovakia 0-1 Czech Republic

Russia 2-4 Switzerland

Czech Republic 3-1 Switzerland

Russia 6-1 Slovakia

Czech Republic 2-2 Russia

Switzerland 1-1 Slovakia

Czech Republic and Switzerland advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-Finals

Sweden 4-1 Switzerland

Switzerland 2-7 Sweden



Czech Republic 1-4 Finland

Finland 2-2 Czech Republic

Bronze Medal Match

Czech Republic 4-0 Switzerland

Gold Medal Match

Finland 0-1 Sweden

Sweden 0-0 Finland

Medal Standings

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