1998 IIHF World Championship

1998 edition of the IIHF World Championship October 2021 1998 1998 IIHF World Championship logo.png 170 Switzerland 1–17 May Flavio Cotti 16 2 2 ih Sweden 7 Finland Czech Republic Switzerland 49 276 SWE Peter Forsberg (11 pts) 1997 All Groups 1999 1998 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships The 1998 IIHF World Championship was held in Switzerland from 1–17 May 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. Venues ZürichSwitzerland none 300 Switzerland 47.539722 7.618611 Basel bottom Switzerland 47.411389 8.551667 ZürichBasel HallenstadionCapacity: 12,500 St. JakobshalleCapacity: 9,000 200px 200px Qualifying Round (Austria) Played 6–9 November 1997 in Klagenfurt. The Kazakhs, Austrians, and Norwegians finished virtually even. In head-to-head match-ups they each had one win and one loss, they each had scored as many as they had allowed. The Kazakhs scored six goals, the other two both five, pushing them to first. The Norwegians had beaten Poland by three, on the final day the Austrians pushed their advantage over Poland to four, giving them the final spot in the World Championship.Qualifier explanation main WDL QR 2 KAZ KAZ AUT AUT NOR NOR POL POL 2 0 1 12 07 2 0 1 09 05 2 0 1 08 05 0 0 3 01 13 #ccffcc A A red1 R R complete Kazakhstan and Austria advanced to Group A, Norway and Poland competed in Group B. #eeeeee 6 November 1997 KAZ 6-1 POL #eeeeee 6 November 1997 AUT 1-3 NOR #eeeeee 8 November 1997 NOR 3-0 POL #eeeeee 8 November 1997 AUT 4-2 KAZ #eeeeee 9 November 1997 KAZ 4-2 NOR #eeeeee 9 November 1997 AUT 4-0 POL First round In each group, the top two nations advanced to the next round. Third place teams played a final round against each other to determine who escaped having to qualify for next year's tournament. Fourth place teams did not play further, they were automatically entered in qualifiers for next year's tournament. The highlight of the round was the French victory of the US, the first ever in an official match.Tournament summary at Passionhockey.com Group 1 main WDL QR 2 CZE CZE BLR BLR 1995 GER GER JPN JPN 3 0 0 20 05 2 0 1 12 10 1 0 2 08 13 0 0 3 07 19 #ccffcc A A red1 R complete Japan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship. #eeeeee 1 May CZE 8-2 JPN St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 1 May BLR 1995 4-2 GER St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 3 May BLR 1995 2-4 CZE St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 3 May GER 5-1 JPN St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 5 May JPN 4-6 BLR 1995 St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 5 May CZE 8-1 GER St. Jakobshalle, Basel Group 2 main WDL QR 2 CAN CAN SVK SVK ITA ITA AUT AUT 2 1 0 12 05 2 1 0 09 04 1 0 2 08 08 0 0 3 03 15 #ccffcc A A red1 R complete Austria was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship. #eeeeee 1 May CAN 5-1 AUT Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 1 May ITA 1-2 SVK Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 3 May SVK 2-2 CAN Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 3 May ITA 5-1 AUT Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 5 May AUT 1-5 SVK Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 5 May CAN 5-2 ITA Hallenstadion, Zürich Group 3 main WDL QR 2 SWE SWE SUI SUI USA USA FRA FRA 3 0 0 16 04 1 0 2 09 10 1 0 2 07 11 1 0 2 05 12 #ccffcc A A red1 R complete France was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship. #eeeeee 2 May USA 5-2 SUI Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 2 May SWE 6-1 FRA Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 4 May FRA 3-1 USA Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 4 May SWE 4-2 SUI Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 6 May USA 1-6 SWE Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 6 May SUI 5-1 FRA Hallenstadion, Zürich Group 4 main WDL QR 2 RUS RUS FIN FIN LAT LAT KAZ KAZ 3 0 0 19 11 2 0 1 12 04 1 0 2 12 15 0 0 3 06 19 #ccffcc A A red1 R complete Kazakhstan was relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship. #eeeeee 2 May RUS 8-4 KAZ St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 2 May FIN 6-0 LAT St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 4 May LAT 5-7 RUS St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 4 May FIN 4-0 KAZ St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 6 May KAZ 2-7 LAT St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 6 May RUS 4-2 FIN St. Jakobshalle, Basel Consolation Round 9-12 Place main WDL R 2 9 LAT LAT ITA ITA GER GER USA USA 2 1 0 09 03 1 2 0 09 05 0 2 1 05 10 0 1 2 03 08 red1 R R complete Germany and the United States were relegated to the qualifiers for the 1999 IIHF World Championship. #eeeeee 8 May USA 1-1 GER Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 8 May ITA 1-1 LAT Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 10 May ITA 4-0 USA Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 10 May GER 0-5 LAT St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 11 May GER 4-4 ITA Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 11 May LAT 3-2 USA Hallenstadion, Zürich Second round Group 2 and 3 first place teams played against group 1 and 4 second place teams in group 5, and group 1 and 4 first place teams played against group 2 and 3 second place teams in group 6. The top two, from each group, advanced to the semi-finals. Group 5 main WDL Q 2 SWE SWE FIN FIN CAN CAN BLR BLR 1995 3 0 0 10 02 1 1 1 08 06 1 1 1 10 12 0 0 3 05 13 #ccffcc A A complete #eeeeee 7 May SWE 1-0 FIN (0-0, 1-0, 0-0) 1-0 25:28 (PP1) − Mattias Öhlund Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 7 May BLR 1995 2-6 CAN Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 9 May CAN 3-3 FIN Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 9 May SWE 2-1 BLR 1995 Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 10 May CAN 1-7 SWE Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 10 May FIN 5-2 BLR 1995 Hallenstadion, Zürich Group 6 main WDL Q 2 CZE CZE SUI SUI RUS RUS SVK SVK 2 1 0 06 03 1 1 1 06 06 1 1 1 10 07 0 1 2 02 08 #ccffcc A A complete #eeeeee 7 May SVK 0-1 CZE St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 7 May RUS 2-4 SUI St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 9 May CZE 3-1 SUI St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 9 May RUS 6-1 SVK St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 10 May CZE 2-2 RUS St. Jakobshalle, Basel #eeeeee 10 May SUI 1-1 SVK St. Jakobshalle, Basel Final round thumb| medal of the tournament Bracket main 2 3 yes high Semifinals Finals Bronze medal game 12 and 14 May – Zürich SWE 4 7 2 SUI 1 2 0 12 and 14 May – Zürich CZE 1 2 0 FIN 4 2 1 16 and 17 May – Zürich SWE 1 0 1 FIN 0 0 0 15 May – Zürich CZE 4 SUI 0 Semifinals 12 May SWE SUI 4–1 (1–0, 0–0, 3–1) Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 12 May CZE FIN 1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2) Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 14 May SUI SWE 2–7 (0–4, 0–1, 2–2) Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee 14 May FIN CZE 2–2 (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) Hallenstadion, Zürich #eeeeee Match for third place 15 May CZE SUI 4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0) Hallenstadion, Zürich #FFDAB9 Final 16 May FIN SWE 0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) Ari Sulander Tommy Salo 0–1 50:07 − Johan Tornberg USA Alex Dell Hallenstadion, Zürich 9,300 #F7F6A8 17 May SWE FIN 0–0 (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) Tommy Salo Ari Sulander Hallenstadion, Zürich 12,500 #F7F6A8 Ranking and statistics ih 1998 IIHF World Championship winners SWE 7th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: FIN Ari Sulander Best Defenceman: CZE František Kučera Best Forward: SWE Peter Forsberg Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: SWE Tommy Salo Defence: FIN Jere Karalahti, CZE František Kučera Forwards: SWE Peter Forsberg, FIN Ville Peltonen, SWE Mats Sundin Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: SWE FIN CZE4 SUI5 RUS6 CAN7 SVK8 BLR 19959 LAT10 ITA11 GER12 USA13 FRA14 JPN15 AUT16 KAZ Places eleven through sixteen were not relegated but had to play in qualifying tournaments for inclusion in the 1999 championship. 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 PositionSWE Peter Forsberg 7 6 5 11 +9 0 FSWE Mats Sundin 10 5 6 11 +13 6 FFIN Raimo Helminen 10 2 9 11 0 0 FFIN Ville Peltonen 10 4 6 10 0 8 FCZE Radek Bělohlav 9 6 3 9 +7 2 FCZE Pavel Patera 9 6 3 9 +6 12 FRUS Viktor Kozlov 6 4 5 9 +5 0 FRUS Sergei Berezin 6 6 2 8 +2 2 FLAT Oleg Znaroks 6 5 3 8 +4 2 FSWE Mikael Renberg 10 5 3 8 +6 6 FSource: quanthockey.com 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 ShutoutsSWE Tommy Salo 540 7 0.78 .959 3FIN Ari Sulander 477 10 1.26 .956 2ITA Mike Rosati 299 8 1.61 .950 1CZE Milan Hnilička 430 10 1.40 .940 2FRA François Gravel 94 4 2.55 .938 0Source: quanthockey.com IIHF honors and awards The 1998 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Zürich during the World Championships. Wolf-Dieter Montag of Germany was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.http://webarchive.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/the-iihf/iihf-hall-of-fame.html IIHF Hall of Fame International Ice Hockey Federation 20 March 2019 IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Canada: W. A. Hewitt,Talkin' Hockey Drinnan Gregg 5 June 1998 The Leader-Post Regina, Saskatchewan 23 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leader-post-hewitt-and-watson-1998/127353801/ 30 June 2023 Marshall Johnston,IIHF honors pair Drinnan Gregg 21 May 1998 The Leader-Post Regina, Saskatchewan 19 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leader-post-johnston-and-omalley-19/127353675/ 30 June 2023 Terry O'Malley, Harry Watson Czech Republic: Karel Gut,http://sport.lidovky.cz/cesky-hokej-prisel-o-velkou-osobnost-ve-veku-86-let-zemrel-karel-gut-1d9-/hokej.aspx?c=A140106_114150_ln-sport-hokej_lso Český hokej přišel o velkou osobnost, ve věku 86 let zemřel Karel Gut 6 January 2014 Lidové noviny Prague, Czech Republic cs 3 July 2023 Jiří Holečekhttps://www.olympijskytym.cz/athlete/648 Jiří Holeček 2023 Czech Olympic Committee cs 3 July 2023 Finland: Pekka Marjamäkihttp://www.iltasanomat.fi/jaakiekko/kiekkolegenda-pekka-marjamaki-on-kuollut/art-1288468114081.html Kiekkolegenda Pekka Marjamäki on kuollut Takala Kalle Ilta-Sanomat Helsinki, Finland 10 May 2012 3 July 2023 fi https://web.archive.org/web/20120512212838/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/jaakiekko/kiekkolegenda-pekka-marjamaki-on-kuollut/art-1288468114081.html 12 May 2012 dead France: Jacques Lacarrièrehttps://olympics.com/en/athletes/jacques-lacarriere Jacques Lacarrière biography 2023 International Olympic Committee 3 July 2023 Germany: Gustav Jaenecke,https://www.hall-of-fame-sport.de/mitglieder/detail/Gustav-Jaenecke/ Gustav Jaenecke 2023 Germany's Sports Hall of Fame de 3 July 2023 Xaver Unsinn"Mr. Eishockei" Xaver Unsinn verstorben 5 January 2012 Kicker de Nuremberg, Germany https://www.kicker.de/mr-eishockei-xaver-unsinn-verstorben-562848/artikel 3 July 2023 Great Britain: Carl Erhardthttps://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/carl-erhardt/ Carl Erhardt 2023 Ice Hockey UK 3 July 2023 12 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240412115126/https://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/carl-erhardt/ dead Latvia: Helmuts Balderishttps://lhf.lv/lv/article/5304/apsveicam-helmutu-balderi-65-gadu-dzimsanas-diena Apsveicam Helmutu Balderi 65 gadu dzimšanas dienā 31 July 2017 Latvian Ice Hockey Federation lv 3 July 2023 Romania: Eduard PanăO viață pentru hochei Enciu Alexandru 8 January 2018 Romanian Sports Press Association ro Bucharest, Romania https://apsmedia.ro/o-viata-pentru-hochei/ 3 July 2023 Russia: Anatoli Firsov,ХАРЛАМОВ, ВАСИЛЬЕВ, ФИРСОВ И ТИХОНОВ ИЗБРАНЫ В ЗАЛ СЛАВЫ ИИХФ 3 June 1988 Sport Express ru Moscow, Russia https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1998-06-02/1_3/ 3 July 2023 Valeri Kharlamov, Viktor Tikhonov, Valeri Vasiliev Slovakia: Vladimír Dzurilla,https://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/article/milovnik-hokeja-a-zivota-slovensky-hokejista-20-storocia-uz-25-rokov-nie-je-medzi-nami Milovník hokeja a života, slovenský Hokejista 20. storočia už 25 rokov nie je medzi nami Pašuth Peter 27 July 2020 Slovak Ice Hockey Federation sk 3 July 2023 Jozef GolonkaNarodil sa s hokejkou. Jozef Golonka je dieťa ľadu Dvořáková Helena 31 December 2018 Pravda sk Bratislava, Slovakia https://zurnal.pravda.sk/rozhovory/clanok/496610-narodil-sa-s-hokejkou-jozef-golonka-je-dieta-ladu/ 3 July 2023 Sweden: Lasse Björn,Legendaren firar 90 år 15 December 2021 Idrottens Affärer [Sports Affairs] sv Stockholm, Sweden https://idrottensaffarer.se/namn/2021/12/lasse-bjorn-ska-fira-90-ar 3 July 2023 Håkan Loob,https://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/h/hakan-loob.html Håkan Loob 2023 Swedish Olympic Committee sv 3 July 2023 Börje Salming,https://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/b/borje-salming.html Börje Salming 2023 Swedish Olympic Committee sv 3 July 2023 Arne Strömberghttps://www.swehockey.se/hockey-hall-of-fame/invalda-i-hhof/25-36/30-arne-stroemberg/ Arne Strömberg 17 May 2012 Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame sv 3 July 2023 Switzerland: Ferdinand Cattini,Richard "Bibi" Torriani – Mit Eiercognac zu 19 Meistertiteln 3 May 2021 Linth Zeitung de See-Gaster, Switzerland https://www.linthzeitung.ch/sport/eishockey/2021-05-03/richard-bibi-torriani-mit-eiercognac-zu-19-meistertiteln 3 July 2023 Hans Cattini, Cesar Lüthihttp://mobile.hockeyfans.ch/#/news/4254 Cesar W. Lüthi verstorben 23 July 2002 Hockeyfans.ch de 3 July 2023 United States: Bill Christian,Warroad player to be inducted 31 May 1998 Star Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota 36 https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-bill-christian/127510752/ 3 July 2023 Jack McCartan,https://www.hhof.com/IZone/izone.member.info.do?mem=38 2.38 Jack McCartan 2013 Hockey Hall of Fame 3 July 2023 3 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230703010941/https://www.hhof.com/IZone/izone.member.info.do?mem=38 dead Robert Ridder,https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-jun-26-2000-862370/ Media mogul was owner of hockey team Associated Press The Tribune-Democrat Johnstown, Pennsylvania 21 26 June 2000 3 July 2023 John P. Riley Jr.https://dartmouthsports.com/news/2016/2/3/210684565.aspx Hockey Legend Jack Riley '44 Passes Away at 95 3 February 2016 Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire 3 July 2023 See also 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 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 161–3 Archive Switzerland 1998 Qualifying tournament details Category:IIHF World Championship Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 1 World 1998 Category:May 1998 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Zurich Category:Sports competitions in Basel Category:20th century in Zurich Category:20th century in Basel