1990 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

1990 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships November 2020 1990 Switzerland 16 April – 2 May 8 2 2 ih USSR 22 Sweden Czechoslovakia Canada 40 276 250309 CAN Steve Yzerman 19 points 1989 1991The 1990 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 54th such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), and at the same time served as the 65th Ice Hockey European Championships. Teams representing 28 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1991 competition. The top Championship Group A tournament took place in Switzerland from 16 April to 2 May 1990, with games played in Bern and Fribourg. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once. The four best teams then played each other once more. The Soviet Union became world champions for the 22nd and last time, and Sweden won their tenth European title. In the European Championships, only matches between European teams in the first round were counted towards scoring. Group B saw East Germany participate in the World Championships for the final time. World Championship Group A (Switzerland) First round main WDL QR 2 CAN CAN SWE SWE URS URS TCH TCH USA USA FIN FIN NOR NOR FRG FRG 6 1 0 36 16 6 0 1 29 11 5 1 1 38 12 4 0 3 28 18 3 0 4 23 37 1 1 5 18 27 1 1 5 19 45 0 0 7 11 36 #ccffcc A A A A red1 R R R R complete #eeeeee 16 April CAN 5–1 FRG #eeeeee 16 April URS 9–1 NOR #eeeeee 16 April TCH 7–1 USA #eeeeee 16 April SWE 4–2 FIN #eeeeee 17 April CAN 6–3 USA #eeeeee 17 April URS 5–2 FRG #eeeeee 17 April SWE 4–3 NOR #eeeeee 17 April TCH 4–2 FIN #eeeeee 19 April CAN 6–5 FIN #eeeeee 19 April URS 10–1 USA #eeeeee 19 April TCH 9–1 NOR #eeeeee 19 April SWE 6–0 FRG #eeeeee 20 April CAN 8–0 NOR #eeeeee 20 April SWE 6–1 USA #eeeeee 20 April TCH 3–0 FRG #eeeeee 20 April URS 6–1 FIN #eeeeee 22 April CAN 5–3 TCH #eeeeee 22 April SWE 3–1 URS #eeeeee 22 April USA 6–3 FRG #eeeeee 22 April NOR 3–3 FIN #eeeeee 23 April USA 9–4 NOR #eeeeee 23 April FIN 4–2 FRG #eeeeee 24 April CAN 3–1 SWE #eeeeee 24 April URS 4–1 TCH #eeeeee 25 April NOR 7–3 FRG #eeeeee 25 April USA 2–1 FIN #eeeeee 26 April CAN 3–3 URS #eeeeee 26 April SWE 5–1 TCH Final Round main WDL 2 URS URS SWE SWE TCH TCH CAN CAN 3 0 0 15 01 1 1 1 11 12 1 1 1 08 12 0 0 3 07 16 gold 1ST silver 2ND #cc9966 3RD complete #eeeeee 28 April TCH 3–2 CAN #eeeeee 28 April URS 3–0 SWE #eeeeee 30 April URS 7–1 CAN #eeeeee 30 April SWE 5–5 TCH #eeeeee 2 May SWE 6–4 CAN #eeeeee 2 May URS 5–0 TCH Consolation round main WDL R 2 5 USA USA FIN FIN FRG FRG NOR NOR 6 0 4 35 43 2 2 6 29 32 1 1 8 19 42 1 1 8 21 61 red1 R complete Norway needing to keep their final game within four goals, lost four to nothing to the Germans, and were relegated. Following the reunification of Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany ceased being referred to as West Germany and, starting in 1991, was simply referred to as Germany #eeeeee 27 April FIN 8–1 NOR #eeeeee 27 April USA 5–3 FRG #eeeeee 29 April FIN 1–1 FRG #eeeeee 29 April USA 4–1 NOR #eeeeee 1 May USA 3–2 FIN #eeeeee 1 May FRG 4–0 NOR World Championship Group B (France) Played in Lyon and Megève 29 March to 8 April. main WDL Q 2 9 SUI SUI ITA ITA AUT AUT FRA FRA GDR GDR POL POL JPN JPN NED NED 5 2 0 30 14 5 1 1 41 18 4 2 1 30 14 4 1 2 19 20 2 2 3 22 19 2 2 3 25 25 0 1 6 13 41 0 1 6 14 43 #ccffcc A complete Switzerland was promoted to Group A. The Netherlands would have been relegated but gained a reprieve when East Germany ceased to participate because of the reunification of Germany. #eeeeee 29 March FRA 4–3 AUT #eeeeee 29 March ITA 7–1 JPN #eeeeee 29 March POL 7–1 NED #eeeeee 29 March SUI 2–2 GDR #eeeeee 30 March SUI 6–1 NED #eeeeee 31 March GDR 2–3 FRA #eeeeee 31 March AUT 3–3 ITA #eeeeee 31 March JPN 2–8 POL #eeeeee 1 April FRA 4–2 NED #eeeeee 1 April ITA 6–3 GDR #eeeeee 1 April SUI 6–1 JPN #eeeeee 2 April POL 1–4 AUT #eeeeee 3 April ITA 8–3 NED #eeeeee 3 April GDR 1–1 POL #eeeeee 3 April JPN 2–3 FRA #eeeeee 3 April AUT 2–2 SUI #eeeeee 5 April NED 3–6 GDR #eeeeee 5 April AUT 7–2 JPN #eeeeee 5 April POL 3–5 SUI #eeeeee 5 April ITA 4–1 FRA #eeeeee 6 April NED 0–8 AUT #eeeeee 6 April JPN 1–6 GDR #eeeeee 7 April SUI 5–4 ITA #eeeeee 7 April FRA 3–3 POL #eeeeee 8 April GDR 2–3 AUT #eeeeee 8 April NED 4–4 JPN #eeeeee 8 April FRA 1–4 SUI #eeeeee 8 April POL 2–9 ITA World Championship Group C (Hungary) Played in Budapest Hungary 28 March to 8 April. main WDL Q 2 17 YUG YUG DEN DEN CHN CHN ROU ROU PRK PRK BUL BUL 1971 HUN HUN BEL BEL KOR KOR 7 1 0 57 16 7 0 1 55 14 4 1 3 34 29 4 1 3 36 27 4 0 4 27 35 4 0 4 31 38 2 1 5 33 28 1 0 7 16 67 1 0 7 22 57 #ccffcc A complete Yugoslavia was promoted to Group B. Both Belgium and South Korea were reprieved from relegation as the reunification of Germany left Group B one team short, and Group D was shut down as there were not enough teams.1990 Summary at Passionhockey.com #eeeeee 28 March CHN 2–3 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 28 March HUN 11–0 BEL #eeeeee 28 March YUG 4–2 KOR #eeeeee 29 March DEN 15–1 BEL #eeeeee 29 March ROU 2–4 CHN #eeeeee 29 March BUL 1971 3–5 PRK #eeeeee 30 March YUG 6–3 ROU #eeeeee 30 March KOR 2–10 HUN #eeeeee 30 March DEN 8–0 PRK #eeeeee 31 March HUN 2–3 CHN #eeeeee 31 March BUL 1971 3–6 YUG #eeeeee 31 March KOR 1–6 BEL #eeeeee 1 April ROU 2–4 DEN #eeeeee 1 April PRK 6–3 CHN #eeeeee 1 April BEL 3–5 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 2 April YUG 8–2 PRK #eeeeee 2 April DEN 10–1 KOR #eeeeee 2 April ROU 2–2 HUN #eeeeee 3 April YUG 17–1 BEL #eeeeee 3 April CHN 10–3 KOR #eeeeee 3 April HUN 3–5 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 4 April BEL 0–3 PRK #eeeeee 4 April BUL 1971 2–7 ROU #eeeeee 4 April DEN 6–1 CHN #eeeeee 5 April KOR 4–6 ROU #eeeeee 5 April PRK 4–2 HUN #eeeeee 5 April YUG 5–1 DEN #eeeeee 6 April BUL 1971 8–5 KOR #eeeeee 6 April HUN 1–8 YUG #eeeeee 6 April BEL 4–8 CHN #eeeeee 7 April PRK 4–7 ROU #eeeeee 7 April DEN 7–2 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 8 April KOR 4–3 PRK #eeeeee 8 April BEL 1–7 ROU #eeeeee 8 April YUG 3–3 CHN #eeeeee 8 April DEN 4–2 HUN World Championship Group D (Great Britain) Played in Cardiff, Great Britain 20–25 March. main WDL Q 2 26 GBR GBR AUS AUS ESP ESP 4 0 0 57 07 0 2 2 10 34 0 2 2 11 37 #ccffcc A complete Great Britain was promoted to Group C. #eeeeee 20 March AUS 2–2 ESP #eeeeee 21 March GBR 14–0 AUS #eeeeee 22 March ESP 1–13 GBR #eeeeee 23 March ESP 5–5 AUS #eeeeee 24 March AUS 3–13 GBR #eeeeee 25 March GBR 17–3 ESP Ranking and statistics ih 1990 IIHF World Championship winners URS 22nd Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: URS Artūrs Irbe Best Defenceman: URS Mikhail Tatarinov Best Forward: CAN Steve Yzerman Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: CSK Dominik Hašek Defence: URS Viacheslav Fetisov, URS Mikhail Tatarinov Forwards: URS Andrei Khomutov, CSK Robert Reichel, CAN Steve Yzerman Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: URS SWE CSK4 CAN5 USA6 FIN7 FRG8 NOR European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg SWEImage:silver medal icon.svg URSImage:bronze medal icon.svg CSK4 FIN5 NOR6 FRG 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 Steve Yzerman 10 9 10 19 +6 8 FURS Andrei Khomutov 10 11 5 16 +18 4 FSWE Kent Nilsson 10 10 2 12 +12 6 FCSK Robert Reichel 10 5 6 11 +4 4 FSWE Håkan Loob 10 4 7 11 +10 10 FCAN Theoren Fleury 9 4 7 11 +9 10 FSWE Thomas Rundqvist 10 3 8 11 +9 6 FURS Mikhail Tatarinov 10 3 8 11 +23 20 DFRG Gerd Truntschka 10 4 6 10 −1 15 FURS Viacheslav Fetisov 8 2 8 10 +20 8 DSource: 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 Minutes played GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentage SO ShutoutsURS Artūrs Irbe 316 5 0.95 .950 2USA Jon Casey 335 15 2.69 .914 0SWE Rolf Ridderwall 419 16 2.29 .911 1CSK Dominik Hašek 480 20 2.50 .904 1FIN Sakari Lindfors 378 15 2.38 .903 0Source: Citations 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 153–4 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships I Men Category:April 1990 sports events in Europe Category:May 1990 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Bern Category:20th century in Bern Category:Fribourg Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by France Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Hungary Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the United Kingdom Category:1989–90 in French ice hockey Category:1989–90 in Hungarian ice hockey Category:1989–90 in British ice hockey Category:March 1990 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Lyon Category:20th century in Lyon Category:1990s in Budapest Category:International sports competitions in Budapest Category:Sports competitions in Cardiff Category:1990 in Welsh sport Category:1990s in Cardiff Category:Ice hockey competitions in Wales Category:International sports competitions hosted by Wales