1998 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

1998 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championship December 2023 1998 March – May 1998 1997 1999 The 1998 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 62nd such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 40 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1999 competition. World Championship Group A 1998 IIHF World Championship The Championship took place between sixteen teams in Switzerland. 25em AUT (2nd, Qualification Tournament) BLR 1995 (Promoted from Group B) CAN CZE FIN FRA DEU ITA JPN (Far East Qualifier) KAZ (1st, Qualification Tournament) LAT RUS SVK SWE SUI (Host) USA World Championship Group B (Slovenia) Played 15–26 April in Ljubljana and Jesenice. Norway, as the next year's host, had already been awarded a spot in Group A. In addition, the top three other finishers advanced to qualifying tournaments for inclusion in Group A. The Estonians came into the final game knowing they could lose by four and still advance. Trailing by three after two, they hung on to edge the Danish team in the standings.Summary at Passionhockey.com main WDL QR 2 17 UKR UKR SVN SVN EST EST DEN DEN NOR NOR GBR GBR POL POL NED NED 7 0 0 38 13 5 1 1 28 15 3 1 3 15 19 2 3 2 18 24 3 0 4 21 19 3 0 4 32 27 2 1 4 21 28 0 0 7 12 40 #ccffcc A A A A red1 R complete Ukraine, Slovenia, and Estonia all advanced to qualifiers for Group A, the Netherlands was relegated to Group C. Norway was promoted to Group A as hosts. #eeeeee 15 April EST 2–1 NOR #eeeeee 15 April SVN 3–0 POL #eeeeee 15 April GBR 1–6 UKR #eeeeee 15 April NED 0–1 DEN #eeeeee 16 April NED 2–4 EST #eeeeee 16 April DEN 1–7 GBR #eeeeee 17 April UKR 6–3 POL #eeeeee 17 April SVN 4–3 NOR #eeeeee 18 April POL 5–5 DEN #eeeeee 18 April NOR 2–5 UKR #eeeeee 19 April SVN 6–1 NED #eeeeee 19 April GBR 4–5 EST #eeeeee 20 April UKR 10–1 NED #eeeeee 20 April DEN 2–1 NOR #eeeeee 21 April POL 3–0 EST #eeeeee 21 April SVN 5–3 GBR #eeeeee 22 April EST 3–3 DEN #eeeeee 22 April POL 3–4 GBR #eeeeee 23 April SVN 3–4 UKR #eeeeee 23 April NOR 4–1 NED #eeeeee 24 April GBR 3–4 NOR #eeeeee 24 April EST 1–3 UKR #eeeeee 25 April SVN 4–4 DEN #eeeeee 25 April NED 4–5 POL #eeeeee 26 April GBR 10–3 NED #eeeeee 26 April DEN 2–4 UKR #eeeeee 26 April NOR 6–2 POL #eeeeee 26 April SVN 3–0 EST World Championship Group C (Hungary) Played 22–28 March in Budapest, Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros. First round Group 1 main WDL Q 2 ROU ROU LTU LTU 1988 YUG FR Yugoslavia CRO CRO 3 0 0 20 07 2 0 1 08 11 0 1 2 04 08 0 1 2 04 10 #ccffcc A A #ffcccc E E complete #eeeeee 22 March ROU 5–3 FR Yugoslavia #eeeeee 22 March LTU 1988 3–2 CRO #eeeeee 23 March LTU 1988 2–0 FR Yugoslavia #eeeeee 23 March CRO 1–6 ROU #eeeeee 25 March CRO 1–1 FR Yugoslavia #eeeeee 25 March LTU 1988 3–9 ROU Group 2 main WDL Q 2 HUN HUN CHN CHN KOR KOR ESP ESP 3 0 0 19 02 2 0 1 14 11 1 0 2 01 12 0 0 3 05 14 #ccffcc A A #ffcccc E E complete #eeeeee 22 March HUN 7–1 CHN #eeeeee 22 March ESP 0–1 KOR #eeeeee 23 March HUN 6–1 ESP #eeeeee 23 March CHN 6–0 KOR #eeeeee 25 March HUN 6–0 KOR #eeeeee 25 March CHN 7–4 ESP Final Round 25–28 Place main WDL P 2 25 HUN HUN ROU ROU LTU LTU 1988 CHN CHN 3 0 0 24 03 2 0 1 20 09 1 0 2 08 27 0 0 3 08 21 green1 P complete Hungary was promoted to Group B. #eeeeee 27 March ROU 9–3 CHN #eeeeee 27 March HUN 14–0 LTU 1988 #eeeeee 28 March CHN 4–5 LTU 1988 #eeeeee 28 March HUN 3–2 ROU Consolation Round 29–32 Place main WDL R 2 29 CRO CRO YUG FR Yugoslavia KOR KOR ESP ESP 1 2 0 08 06 1 2 0 07 06 1 0 2 04 06 0 2 1 07 08 red1 R complete Spain was relegated to Group D. The Spanish led by two in both their final games, but tied them, and their earlier loss to South Korea sealed their fate. #eeeeee 27 March KOR 1–3 CRO #eeeeee 27 March FR Yugoslavia 3–3 ESP #eeeeee 28 March ESP 4–4 CRO #eeeeee 28 March FR Yugoslavia 3–2 KOR World Championship Group D (South Africa) Played 27 March to 2 April in Krugersdorp and Pretoria. First round Group 1 main WDL Q 2 ISR ISR BEL BEL RSA RSA GRE GRE 3 0 0 29 06 2 0 1 22 10 1 0 2 15 15 0 0 3 06 41 #ccffcc A A #ffcccc E E complete #eeeeee 27 March ISR 16–2 GRE #eeeeee 27 March RSA 3–5 BEL #eeeeee 28 March BEL 14–2 GRE #eeeeee 28 March RSA 1–8 ISR #eeeeee 30 March ISR 5–3 BEL #eeeeee 30 March RSA 11–2 GRE Group 2 main WDL Q 2 BUL BUL AUS AUS TUR TUR NZL NZL 2 1 0 42 05 2 1 0 28 06 1 0 2 05 37 0 0 3 05 32 #ccffcc A A #ffcccc E E complete #eeeeee 27 March AUS 14–1 TUR #eeeeee 27 March BUL 18–1 NZL #eeeeee 28 March BUL 20–0 TUR #eeeeee 28 March NZL 1–10 AUS #eeeeee 30 March TUR 4–3 NZL #eeeeee 30 March AUS 4–4 BUL Final Round 33–36 Place main WDL P 2 33 BUL BUL AUS AUS ISR ISR BEL BEL 2 1 0 12 06 1 1 1 11 13 1 0 2 10 13 1 0 2 09 10 green1 P complete Bulgaria was promoted to Group C. #eeeeee 1 April BUL 4–0 BEL #eeeeee 1 April ISR 3–6 AUS #eeeeee 2 April AUS 1–6 BEL #eeeeee 2 April ISR 2–4 BUL Consolation Round 37–40 Place main WDL 2 37 RSA RSA NZL NZL TUR TUR GRE GRE 3 0 0 28 07 1 0 2 13 11 1 0 2 11 22 1 0 2 11 23 complete #eeeeee 1 April RSA 5–2 NZL #eeeeee 1 April TUR 4–7 GRE #eeeeee 2 April GRE 2–8 NZL #eeeeee 2 April RSA 12–3 TUR 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 See also 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships