1996 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

1996 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships November 2020 1996 Austria 21 April – 5 May 12 1 1 ih Czech Republic 1 Canada USA Russia 40 249 186830 CAN Yanic Perreault 9 points 1995 1997 The 1996 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 60th such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 36 countries participated in several levels of competition, with Slovakia making their first appearance in the top Champions Group A, in their fourth tournament since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and the formation of the separate Czech Republic and Slovakia men's national ice hockey teams. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1997 competition. The top Championship Group A tournament took place in Austria from 21 April to 5 May 1996, with all games played in Vienna. Twelve teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of six, with the first four from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. The Czech Republic beat Canada in the final to become World Champions for the first time. The final game was tied at two apiece before Martin Procházka scored with nineteen seconds left, followed by an empty net goal to seal the victory.Duplacey page 508 In the bronze medal game, Brian Rolston scored at 4:48 of overtime to win the first medal in 34 years for team USA.Podnieks page 160 The Russians, competing in their fifth tournament as an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, did not lose a game in regulation time in the entire tournament, but finished fourth. World Championship Group A (Austria) First round Group 1 main WDL QR 2 RUS RUS USA USA CAN CAN GER GER SVK SVK AUT AUT 5 0 0 23 08 3 0 2 15 14 2 1 2 17 15 2 0 3 12 11 1 1 3 13 16 1 0 4 03 19 #ccffcc A A A A red1 R complete #eeeeee 21 April GER 1–2 RUS #eeeeee 21 April CAN 3–3 SVK #eeeeee 22 April AUT 1–5 USA #eeeeee 22 April RUS 6–2 SVK #eeeeee 23 April USA 4–2 GER #eeeeee 23 April AUT 0–4 CAN #eeeeee 24 April GER 5–1 CAN #eeeeee 25 April AUT 2–1 SVK #eeeeee 25 April USA 1–3 RUS #eeeeee 26 April AUT 0–3 GER #eeeeee 26 April RUS 6–4 CAN #eeeeee 27 April USA 4–3 SVK #eeeeee 28 April AUT 0–6 RUS #eeeeee 28 April CAN 5–1 USA #eeeeee 29 April SVK 4–1 GER Group 2 main WDL QR 2 CZE CZE FIN FIN SWE SWE ITA ITA NOR NOR FRA FRA 4 1 0 27 12 2 2 1 23 15 2 2 1 14 12 2 1 2 20 26 1 2 2 06 11 0 0 5 12 26 #ccffcc A A A A red1 R complete #eeeeee 21 April CZE 3–1 SWE #eeeeee 21 April FIN 1–1 NOR #eeeeee 22 April FRA 5–6 ITA #eeeeee 23 April ITA 4–0 NOR #eeeeee 23 April FIN 2–4 CZE #eeeeee 24 April SWE 2–1 FRA #eeeeee 24 April NOR 2–2 CZE #eeeeee 25 April FRA 3–6 FIN #eeeeee 25 April SWE 3–3 ITA #eeeeee 26 April ITA 2–9 FIN #eeeeee 27 April CZE 9–2 FRA #eeeeee 27 April SWE 3–0 NOR #eeeeee 28 April ITA 5–9 CZE #eeeeee 28 April FIN 5–5 SWE #eeeeee 29 April NOR 3–1 FRA Playoff round N8 yes high yes Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Third place 30 April USA 3 SWE 2 1 May CZE 6 GER 1 30 April FIN 1 CAN 3 1 May RUS 5 ITA 2 3 May USA 0 CZE 5 3 May CAN (GWS) 3 RUS 2 5 May CZE 4 CAN 2 4 May RUS 3 USA (OT) 4 Quarterfinals #eeeeee 30 April USA 3–2 SWE #eeeeee 30 April FIN 1–3 CAN #eeeeee 1 May RUS 5–2 ITA #eeeeee 1 May CZE 6–1 GER Consolation round 11–12 place #eeeeee 1 May AUT 3–6 FRA #eeeeee 2 May AUT 3–6 FRA Austria was relegated to Group B. Semifinals #eeeeee 3 May USA 0–5 CZE #eeeeee 3 May CAN 3–2 (GWS) RUS Match for third place #FFDAB9 4 May RUS 3–4 (OT) USA Final 5 May 15:00 CZE CAN 4–2 (1–1, 1–1, 2–0) Roman Turek Curtis Joseph 0–11–12–12–23–24–2 Robert Lang – 07:49Robert Lang – 26:02Martin Procházka – 59:41Jiří Kučera – 59:54 05:29 − Steve Thomas29:40 − Steve Thomas GER Müller FIN Rautavuori SWE Rönnmark Wiener Stadthalle, Wien 9,500 #F7F6A8 World Championship Group B (Netherlands) Played 10–20 April in Eindhoven. Latvia won at this level for the first time. In their final game, superb goaltending by Artūrs Irbe kept them in it, and a late tying goal by Oļegs Znaroks sealed the tournament victory. The final game had high drama for the host crowd, the Japanese and Danish teams among them. If the Netherlands were to lose to Poland, they would finish last and be relegated, a tie and Japan would be last, a win and Denmark would be last. A third period goal by Poland sealed Japan's fate. main WDL QR 2 13 LAT LAT SUI SUI BLR BLR 1995 GBR GBR POL POL DEN DEN 3 head-to-head points NED NED 2 head-to-head points JPN JPN 1 head-to-head point 6 1 0 41 16 5 1 1 37 13 5 0 2 29 18 4 1 2 29 23 1 2 4 18 27 1 1 5 14 32 1 1 5 12 35 0 3 4 14 30 #ccffcc A red1 R complete Latvia was promoted to Group A while Japan was relegated to Group C. #eeeeee 10 April LAT 6–5 GBR #eeeeee 10 April POL 3–3 JPN #eeeeee 10 April NED 0–3 DEN #eeeeee 10 April SUI 2–4 BLR 1995 #eeeeee 11 April JPN 1–6 LAT #eeeeee 11 April GBR 2–7 SUI #eeeeee 12 April DEN 3–4 POL #eeeeee 12 April NED 2–3 BLR 1995 #eeeeee 13 April LAT 5–3 DEN #eeeeee 13 April SUI 7–2 JPN #eeeeee 13 April GBR 4–2 POL #eeeeee 14 April NED 2–6 GBR #eeeeee 14 April LAT 4–1 BLR 1995 #eeeeee 15 April DEN 1–10 SUI #eeeeee 15 April POL 3–6 BLR 1995 #eeeeee 15 April JPN 1–2 NED #eeeeee 16 April LAT 4–2 POL #eeeeee 16 April JPN 3–3 GBR #eeeeee 17 April BLR 1995 6–1 DEN #eeeeee 17 April SUI 5–1 NED #eeeeee 18 April POL 2–5 SUI #eeeeee 18 April NED 3–15 LAT #eeeeee 19 April BLR 1995 7–2 JPN #eeeeee 19 April GBR 5–1 DEN #eeeeee 20 April BLR 1995 2–4 GBR #eeeeee 20 April DEN 2–2 JPN #eeeeee 20 April SUI 1–1 LAT #eeeeee 20 April POL 2–2 NED World Championship Group C (Slovenia) Played 22–31 March in Jesenice and Kranj. For the fourth year in row the Kazakhs and Ukrainians met in Group C. For the first time the Kazakhs came out on top, and it was the difference in winning the tournament. main WDL QR 2 21 KAZ KAZ UKR UKR SVN SVN HUN HUN EST EST ROU ROU CHN CHN CRO CRO 6 0 1 51 10 6 0 1 40 13 5 0 2 41 19 3 1 3 34 25 3 1 3 36 29 3 0 4 32 27 1 0 6 17 68 0 0 7 11 71 #ccffcc A red1 R complete Kazakhstan was promoted to Group B while Croatia was relegated to Group D. #eeeeee 22 March ROU 9–2 CRO #eeeeee 22 March EST 13–2 CHN #eeeeee 22 March UKR 4–1 HUN #eeeeee 22 March SVN 2–4 KAZ #eeeeee 23 March HUN 2–7 KAZ #eeeeee 23 March SVN 4–1 ROU #eeeeee 23 March CHN 2–7 UKR #eeeeee 23 March EST 10–2 CRO #eeeeee 25 March SVN 6–3 EST #eeeeee 25 March UKR 11–1 CRO #eeeeee 25 March ROU 3–5 HUN #eeeeee 25 March KAZ 15–0 CHN #eeeeee 26 March CHN 3–11 ROU #eeeeee 26 March KAZ 12–0 CRO #eeeeee 26 March HUN 5–5 EST #eeeeee 26 March SVN 2–4 UKR #eeeeee 28 March ROU 2–3 EST #eeeeee 28 March CRO 4–6 CHN #eeeeee 28 March KAZ 3–2 UKR #eeeeee 28 March SVN 4–3 HUN #eeeeee 29 March UKR 7–2 ROU #eeeeee 29 March CRO 0–10 HUN #eeeeee 29 March EST 0–7 KAZ #eeeeee 29 March SVN 10–2 CHN #eeeeee 31 March UKR 5–2 EST #eeeeee 31 March SVN 13–2 CRO #eeeeee 31 March ROU 4–3 KAZ #eeeeee 31 March CHN 2–8 HUN World Championship Group D (Lithuania) Played in Kaunas and Elektrenai 25–31 March. To narrow the field of the bottom tier to eight nations, two regional qualifying tournaments were used. Qualifying round Group 1 (Australia) Played 5 and 6 November 1995 in Sydney. main WDL Q 2 AUS AUS NZL NZL 2 0 0 12 02 0 0 2 02 12 #ccffcc A complete #eeeeee 5 November 1995 AUS 6–0 NZL #eeeeee 6 November 1995 AUS 6–2 NZL Group 2 (Israel) Played 27–29 January 1996 in Metulla. The Greek team originally won both their games, but it was later found that they had used ineligible players. Both games were declared 5–0 forfeits in favour of the opposing team.Summary at Passionhockey.com main WDL Q 2 ISR ISR TUR TUR GRE GRE 2 0 0 24 00 1 0 1 05 19 0 0 2 00 10 #ccffcc A complete #eeeeee 27 January 1996 ISR 1–45–0 by default GRE #eeeeee 28 January 1996 TUR 0–195–0 by default GRE #eeeeee 29 January 1996 ISR 19–0 TUR First round Group 1 main WDL QR 2 YUG FR Yugoslavia ESP ESP KOR KOR AUS AUS 3 0 0 14 05 1 1 1 15 06 1 1 1 15 10 0 0 3 08 31 #ccffcc A A red1 R R complete #eeeeee 25 March FR Yugoslavia 7–1 AUS #eeeeee 25 March ESP 1–1 KOR #eeeeee 26 March ESP 11–1 AUS #eeeeee 26 March FR Yugoslavia 3–1 KOR #eeeeee 27 March KOR 13–6 AUS #eeeeee 27 March FR Yugoslavia 4–3 ESP Group 2 The Israeli team, that had qualified for the tournament after the Greek forfeits, had to forfeit its first two games because they used two Russian players who did not have the proper clearance to play. main WDL QR 2 LTU LTU 1988 BEL BEL BUL BUL ISR ISR 3 0 0 19 02 2 0 1 10 13 1 0 2 07 06 0 0 3 00 15 #ccffcc A A red1 R R complete #eeeeee 25 March BUL 3–35–0 by default ISR #eeeeee 25 March LTU 1988 11–2 BEL #eeeeee 26 March BEL 3–2 BUL #eeeeee 26 March LTU 1988 7–25–0 by default ISR #eeeeee 27 March BEL 5–0 ISR #eeeeee 27 March LTU 1988 3–0 BUL Final Round 29–32 Place main WDL Q 2 29 LTU LTU 1988 YUG FR Yugoslavia ESP ESP BEL BEL 3 0 0 25 04 2 0 1 10 08 1 0 2 10 16 0 0 3 05 22 #ccffcc A complete Host Lithuania won all five games to earn promotion to Group C. #eeeeee 29 March FR Yugoslavia 5–2 BEL #eeeeee 29 March LTU 1988 11–1 ESP #eeeeee 31 March ESP 6–1 BEL #eeeeee 31 March LTU 1988 3–1 FR Yugoslavia Consolation round 33–36 place main WDL 2 33 KOR KOR BUL BUL ISR ISR AUS AUS 2 1 0 22 13 2 0 1 14 10 1 1 1 10 10 0 0 3 12 25 complete #eeeeee 28 March BUL 5–4 AUS #eeeeee 28 March ISR 3–3 KOR #eeeeee 30 March ISR 7–2 AUS #eeeeee 30 March KOR 6–4 BUL Ranking and statistics ih 1996 IIHF World Championship winners CZE 1st/7thIf 6 World Championship titles won by Czechoslovakia are included, this total comes to 7. Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: CZE Roman Turek Best Defenceman: RUS Alexei Zhitnik Best Forward: CAN Yanic Perreault Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: CZE Roman Turek Defence: CZE Michal Sýkora, RUS Alexei Zhitnik Forwards: CAN Paul Kariya, CZE Robert Reichel, CZE Otakar Vejvoda Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: CZE CAN USA4 RUS5 FIN6 SWE7 ITA8 GER9 NOR10 SVK11 FRA12 AUT Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/− Plus/Minus PIM Penalties in minutes POS PositionCAN Yanic Perreault 8 6 3 9 +4 0 FCZE Robert Lang 8 5 4 9 +7 2 FRUS Sergei Berezin 8 4 5 9 +2 2 FRUS Alexei Yashin 8 4 5 9 +4 4 FCAN Travis Green 8 5 3 8 +2 8 FFIN Teemu Selänne 8 5 3 8 +7 0 FITA Bruno Zarrillo 6 4 4 8 +4 4 FRUS Dmitri Kvartalnov 8 4 4 8 0 4 FCZE Robert Reichel 8 4 4 8 +8 0 FCZE Pavel Patera 8 3 5 8 +1 2 FSource: 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 Minutes played GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentage SO ShutoutsNOR Rob Schistad 240 6 1.50 .971 0RUS Andrei Trefilov 310 6 1.16 .956 0CZE Roman Turek 480 15 1.88 .952 1SWE Boo Ahl 300 10 2.00 .942 1GER Klaus Merk 299 16 3.21 .938 1Source: Citations See also 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships References Complete results Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League 1998 Total Sports 0-8362-7114-9 498–528 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/498 Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 159–60 External links Official World Championship Group A website (via the Internet Archive) 1996 World Championships, Men World Championships, Men Category:April 1996 sports events in Europe Category:May 1996 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Vienna 1996, Ice Hockey World Championships, Men World Championships, Men World Championships, Men World Championships, Men World Championships, Men World Championships, Men World Championships, Men World Championships, Men Category:March 1996 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Kaunas 1996 Ice Hockey World Championships, Men Category:Sport in Elektrėnai Category:Sport in Kranj Category:Sport in Jesenice, Jesenice Category:Sports competitions in Eindhoven 1996 Ice Hockey World Championships, Men