1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	25 April – 8 May
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg	Canada (20th title)
Runner-up File:Silver medal blank.svg	Finland
Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svg	Sweden
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	39
Goals scored	267 (6.85 per game)
Attendance	154,210 (3,954 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Mats Sundin 14 points

The 1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 58th such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 35 countries participated in several levels of competition, with an additional two national teams failing to advance from a mid-season preliminary qualifying tournament. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1995 competition. The top Championship Group A tournament took place in Italy from 25 April to 8 May 1994, with games played in Bolzano, Canazei and Milan. 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. Canada beat Finland in a shootout to capture gold for the first time since 1961. This was Canada's 20th world title in ice hockey. Great Britain returned to Group A for the first time since 1962, but failed to even earn a point. Slovakia, Belarus, Croatia, and Estonia all debuted in Group C, the Slovaks winning the top group, the Estonians winning the bottom group that would be called Group D in two years.

World Championship Group A (Italy)

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	5	5	0	0	24	7	+17	10
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	30	7	+23	8
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	17	15	+2	6
4	Austria	5	1	1	3	15	15	0	3
5	Germany	5	1	1	3	9	14	−5	3
6	Great Britain	5	0	0	5	7	44	−37	0

Source:

25 April

Italy

1–4

Canada

Bolzano

25 April

Austria

2–2

Germany

Bolzano

26 April

Great Britain

3–12

Russia

Bolzano

26 April

Canada

6–1

Austria

Bolzano

27 April

Great Britain

0–4

Germany

Bolzano

27 April

Italy

0–7

Russia

Bolzano

28 April

Canada

3–2

Germany

Bolzano

29 April

Austria

1–4

Russia

Bolzano

29 April

Italy

10–2

Great Britain

Bolzano

30 April

Germany

0–6

Russia

Bolzano

30 April

Canada

8–2

Great Britain

Bolzano

1 May

Italy

3–1

Austria

Bolzano

2 May

Italy

3–1

Germany

Bolzano

2 May

Russia

1–3

Canada

Bolzano

3 May

Great Britain

0–10

Austria

Bolzano

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	5	4	1	0	29	11	+18	9
2	Sweden	5	3	1	1	22	11	+11	7
3	United States	5	3	0	2	21	19	+2	6
4	Czech Republic	5	1	2	2	15	17	−2	4
5	France	5	1	0	4	8	25	−17	2
6	Norway	5	0	2	3	9	21	−12	2

Source:

25 April

Sweden

3–3

Norway

Canazei

25 April

Finland

4–4

Czech Republic

Canazei

25 April

France

1–5

United States

Canazei

26 April

Czech Republic

5–2

France

Canazei

27 April

United States

7–2

Norway

Canazei

27 April

Sweden

3–5

Finland

Canazei

28 April

Czech Republic

3–5

United States

Canazei

28 April

France

0–6

Sweden

Canazei

29 April

Norway

1–5

Finland

Canazei

30 April

France

1–8

Finland

Canazei

30 April

Czech Republic

2–2

Norway

Canazei

30 April

United States

2–6

Sweden

Canazei

2 May

Norway

1–4

France

Canazei

2 May

United States

2–7

Finland

Canazei

• American Bill Lindsay tested positive for efedrin so official records indicate a final score of 7–0, however they also still add the two goals into the team totals.

2 May

Sweden

4–1

Czech Republic

Canazei

Playoff round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	5 May
	Finland	10
					7 May
	Austria	0
					Finland	8
	5 May
					United States	0
	Russia	1
									8 May
	United States	3
									Finland	1
	5 May
									Canada (GWS)	2
	Sweden	7
					7 May
	Italy	2
					Sweden	0
	5 May
					Canada	6			Third place
	Canada	3
									8 May
	Czech Republic	2
									Sweden	7
									United States	2

Quarterfinals

5 May

Russia

1–3

United States

Milan

5 May

Sweden

7–2

Italy

Milan

5 May

Canada

3–2

Czech Republic

Milan

5 May

Finland

10–0

Austria

Milan

Consolation round 11–12 place

6 May

Great Britain

2–5

Norway

Bolzano

				Referee: Daniel Murphy
	0–1 13:22 – Geir Hoff 0–2 15:56 – Anders Myrvold Ian Cooper – 28:09 1–2 Richard Fera – 36:38 2–2 2–3 52:13 – Morten Finstad 2–4 52:46 – Espen Knutsen 2–5 53:51 – Jörgen Salsten

Semifinals

7 May

Finland

8–0

United States

Milan

7 May

Sweden

0–6

Canada

Milan

Match for third place

8 May

Sweden

7–2

United States

Milan

Final

8 May 20:00

Finland

1–2 (GWS) (0–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Canada

Milan

				Referee: Danko Linesmen: Burt Karabanov
	Esa Keskinen – 46:51 1–0 1–1 55:17 − Rod Brind’Amour

World Championship Group B (Denmark)

Played in Copenhagen and Aalborg 7–17 April. As in Group C1, a two to one score on the final day sealed victory over a former Soviet nation. This time Switzerland narrowly defeated Latvia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Switzerland	7	6	1	0	52	9	+43	13
14	Latvia	7	6	0	1	61	9	+52	12
15	Poland	7	5	1	1	45	21	+24	11
16	Japan	7	3	1	3	37	38	−1	7
17	Denmark	7	3	0	4	31	27	+4	6
18	Netherlands	7	2	1	4	23	33	−10	5
19	Romania	7	1	0	6	18	43	−25	2
20	China	7	0	0	7	11	98	−87	0

Source:

Switzerland was promoted to Group A while China was relegated to Group C1.

7 April

Latvia

12–0

Romania

7 April

Poland

6–1

Japan

7 April

Switzerland

20–1

China

7 April

Denmark

5–3

Netherlands

8 April

Latvia

22–0

China

8 April

Poland

6–4

Netherlands

8 April

Switzerland

10–3

Japan

9 April

Denmark

4–2

Romania

10 April

Netherlands

8–3

China

10 April

Denmark

2–5

Poland

10 April

Latvia

9–3

Japan

10 April

Switzerland

5–0

Romania

11 April

Switzerland

10–0

Netherlands

12 April

Denmark

12–2

China

12 April

Latvia

7–0

Poland

12 April

Romania

4–7

Japan

13 April

Denmark

1–2

Switzerland

13 April

Poland

10–2

Romania

14 April

Japan

14–2

China

14 April

Netherlands

2–4

Latvia

15 April

Romania

7–1

China

15 April

Denmark

2–6

Latvia

15 April

Switzerland

3–3

Poland

16 April

Netherlands

2–2

Japan

17 April

Poland

15–2

China

17 April

Denmark

5–7

Japan

17 April

Switzerland

2–1

Latvia

17 April

Netherlands

4–3

Romania

World Championship Group C1 (Slovakia)

Played in Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves 18–27 March. The hosts, shortly after losing in the quarterfinals of the Olympics, were expected to have a relatively easy time playing in Group C. However, all three former Soviet republics gave them very tough games, and prevailing by a single goal in the final game sealed their victory. North Korea was supposed to be the eighth team in this tournament, but did not participate.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
21	Slovakia	6	4	2	0	43	3	+40	10
22	Belarus	6	5	0	1	35	11	+24	10
23	Ukraine	6	3	2	1	49	7	+42	8
24	Kazakhstan	6	3	2	1	52	12	+40	8
25	Slovenia	6	2	0	4	26	27	−1	4
26	Hungary	6	1	0	5	14	47	−33	2
27	Bulgaria	6	0	0	6	3	115	−112	0

Source:

Slovakia was promoted to Group B while absent North Korea was relegated to Group C2

18 March

Slovakia

20–0

Bulgaria

18 March

Belarus

4–2

Ukraine

18 March

Slovenia

8–2

Hungary

19 March

Belarus

13–1

Bulgaria

19 March

Kazakhstan

14–5

Hungary

19 March

Slovakia

9–0

Slovenia

21 March

Belarus

6–3

Slovenia

21 March

Ukraine

8–0

Hungary

21 March

Slovakia

0–0

Kazakhstan

22 March

Belarus

6–3

Kazakhstan

22 March

Hungary

7–2

Bulgaria

22 March

Slovakia

2–2

Ukraine

24 March

Slovenia

13–0

Bulgaria

24 March

Ukraine

0–0

Kazakhstan

24 March

Slovakia

10–0

Hungary

25 March

Kazakhstan

31–0

Bulgaria

25 March

Belarus

5–0

Hungary

25 March

Ukraine

6–1

Slovenia

27 March

Ukraine

31–0

Bulgaria

27 March

Slovakia

2–1

Belarus

27 March

Kazakhstan

4–1

Slovenia

World Championship Group C2 (Spain)

Qualifying round

Played in November 1993. Two groups played to qualify for the final two spots in Spain.

Group 1 (Estonia/Lithuania)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Estonia	2	2	0	0	16	4	+12	4
2	Lithuania	2	0	0	2	4	16	−12	0

Source:

7 November 1993

Estonia

8–3

Lithuania

Tallinn

20 November 1993

Lithuania

1–8

Estonia

Elektrenai

Group 2 (Croatia)

Played in Zagreb

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Croatia	2	2	0	0	58	1	+57	4
2	Turkey	2	0	0	2	1	58	−57	0

Source:

19 November 1993

Croatia

34–1

Turkey

20 November 1993

Croatia

24–0

Turkey

Croatia and Estonia qualified for Group C2.

First round

Played in Barcelona

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	28	5	+23	6
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	7	11	−4	4
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	2
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	6	24	−18	0

Source:

13 March

Croatia

3–2

Australia

13 March

Spain

17–2

Israel

15 March

Australia

5–4

Israel

15 March

Spain

9–2

Croatia

16 March

Croatia

2–0

Israel

16 March

Spain

2–1

Australia

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Estonia	3	3	0	0	49	1	+48	6
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	9	14	−5	4
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	15	16	−1	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	4	46	−42	0

Source:

13 March

South Africa

2–6

South Korea

13 March

Belgium

0–12

Estonia

15 March

Belgium

13–1

South Africa

15 March

Estonia

10–0

South Korea

16 March

Belgium

2–3

South Korea

16 March

Estonia

27–1

South Africa

Final Round 28–31 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
28	Estonia	3	3	0	0	27	0	+27	6
29	Spain	3	1	1	1	11	13	−2	3
30	South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	13	−9	3
31	Croatia	3	0	0	3	3	19	−16	0

Source:

Estonia was promoted to Group C1

18 March

Estonia

8–0

Croatia

18 March

Spain

2–2

South Korea

19 March

South Korea

2–1

Croatia

18 March

Spain

0–9

Estonia

Consolation round 32–35 place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
32	Belgium	3	3	0	0	23	6	+17	6
33	Australia	3	2	0	1	17	11	+6	4
34	Israel	3	1	0	2	13	12	+1	2
35	South Africa	3	0	0	3	5	29	−24	0

Source:

18 March

Australia

9–2

South Africa

18 March

Belgium

5–2

Israel

19 March

South Africa

2–7

Israel

19 March

Australia

3–5

Belgium

Ranking and statistics

1994 IIHF World Championship winners
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 20th title

Tournament awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Bill Ranford
  • Best Defenceman: Magnus Svensson
  • Best Forward: Paul Kariya
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: Bill Ranford
  • Defence: Timo Jutila, Magnus Svensson
  • Forwards: Paul Kariya, Saku Koivu, Jari Kurri

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

1st place, gold medalist(s)	Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Sweden
4	United States
5	Russia
6	Italy
7	Czech Republic
8	Austria
9	Germany
10	France
11	Norway
12	Great Britain

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Mats Sundin	8	5	9	14	+13	4	F
Paul Kariya	8	5	7	12	+12	2	F
Saku Koivu	8	5	6	11	+14	4	F
Valeri Kamensky	6	5	5	10	+12	12	F
Jari Kurri	8	4	6	10	+11	2	F
Magnus Svensson	8	8	1	9	+9	8	D
Mikko Mäkelä	8	5	4	9	+13	6	F
Igor Fedulov	6	4	5	9	+11	6	F
Andrei Kovalenko	6	3	5	8	+10	2	F
Jere Lehtinen	6	3	5	8	+14	4	F
Jonas Bergqvist	8	3	5	8	+8	4	F

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
Mikhail Shtalenkov	296	5	1.01	.962	2
Bill Ranford	370	7	1.14	.956	1
Jarmo Myllys	410	9	1.32	.942	2
Michael Puschacher	271	9	1.99	.926	0
Guy Hebert	300	18	3.60	.907	0

Source: [2]

See also

• 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• 1994 IIHF Women's World Championship

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. 157–8.