Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 1996

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	Winner: Czech Republic

The A group of 60th World Ice Hockey Championships the men took place from 21st April bis 5. May 1996 in Vienna , Austria instead. A total of 36 teams took part in the four tournaments of the World Cup, three more were eliminated in the qualification for the D group.

Overview

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Vienna	Apr 21, 1996 - May 5, 1996 0	12	186,830	40	4,671
B world championship	Eindhoven	Apr 10, 1996 - Apr 20, 1996	8th		28
C world championship	Jesenice , Bled	22 Mar 1996 - March 31 1996	8th		28
D world championship	Kaunas , Elektrėnai	25th Mar 1996 - March 31 1996	8th		20th
Qualification for the D-WM, Oceania	Sydney	0Nov 5, 1995 - Nov 6, 1995 0	2		2
Qualification for the D-WM, Mediterranean	Metulla	Jan 27, 1996 - Jan 29, 1996	3		3

mode

There were few changes this year compared to last year . The C1 group played again with the nominal strength of eight teams (9 in the previous year) and was again called the C group. The C2 group was renamed again to the D group and reduced from ten to eight teams. This reduction made it necessary in the run-up to the D-WM qualifying matches.

A world championship

IIHF World Championship 1996
Number of nations	12
World Champion	Czech Republic
silver	Canada
bronze	United States
Relegated	Austria
Venue (s)	Vienna , Austria
opening	April 21, 1996
Endgame	May 5, 1996
spectator	(per game)
Gates	249 (6.23 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Roman Turek
Best defender	Alexei Schitnik
Best striker	Paul Kariya
Top scorer	Yanic Perreault (9 points)

The A-Group World Championship was held from April 21 to May 5, 1996 in the Austrian capital Vienna . The games were played in the Wiener Stadthalle (9,500 seats) and the Albert Schultz ice rink with 5,000 seats.

The tournament victory was achieved somewhat surprisingly by the Czech national team , which - including the successes of Czechoslovakia - achieved the seventh title win for their country. In the final there was a 4-2 victory over Canada . The USA national team won the bronze medal, the first ever medal at a world championship since 1962 .

Venues

Vienna
Wiener Stadthalle Capacity: 9,500	Vienna World championship venue	Albert Schultz ice rink Capacity: 5,000

Preliminary round

Group A

April 21, 1996

Russia

2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)

Germany

Vienna

April 21, 1996

Canada

3: 3 (0: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1)

Slovakia

Vienna

April 22, 1996

Austria

1: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 2)

United States

Vienna

April 22, 1996

Russia

6: 2 (2: 1, 0: 0, 4: 1)

Slovakia

Vienna

April 23, 1996

United States

4: 2 (1: 2, 1: 0, 2: 0)

Germany

Vienna

April 23, 1996

Austria

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 3, 0: 0)

Canada

Vienna

April 24, 1996

Canada

1: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 2)

Germany

Vienna

April 25, 1996

Austria

2: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Slovakia

Vienna

April 25, 1996

Russia

3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

United States

Vienna

April 26, 1996

Austria

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3)

Germany

Vienna

April 26, 1996

Russia

6: 4 (2: 2, 1: 1, 3: 1)

Canada

Vienna

April 27, 1996

United States

4: 3 (2: 1, 2: 0, 0: 2)

Slovakia

Vienna

April 28, 1996

Austria

0: 6 (0: 0, 0: 4, 0: 2)

Russia

Vienna

April 28, 1996

Canada

5: 1 (0: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0)

United States

Vienna

April 29, 1996

Germany

1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 3, 1: 1)

Slovakia

Vienna

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Russia	5	5	0	0	23: 08	+15	10-0
2.	United States	5	3	0	2	15:14	+1	06: 4
3.	Canada	5	2	1	2	17:15	+2	05: 5
4th	Germany	5	2	0	3	12:11	+1	04: 6
5.	Slovakia	5	1	1	3	13:16	-3	03: 7
6th	Austria	5	1	0	4th	03:19	-16	02: 8

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, Diff = goal difference
Explanations: quarter-final participants , play-down participants

Group B

April 21, 1996 4:00 p.m.

Sweden T. Sjödin (48:01)

1: 3 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 3)

Czech Republic R. Reichel (48:29) M. Procházka (53:54) V. Ujčík (57:43)

Albert Schultz ice rink , Vienna Spectators: 5,000

April 21, 1996 8:00 p.m.

Finland J. Niinimaa (41:32)

1: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)

Norway O. Dahlstrøm (28:00)

Albert Schultz ice rink, Vienna Spectators: 1,500

April 22, 1996 4:00 p.m.

France S. Woodburn (5:48) F. Rozenthal (26:06) C. Pouget (43:43) F. Rozenthal (44:03) A. Briand (46:03)

5: 6 (1: 2, 1: 2, 3: 2) game report

Italy B. Zarillo (9:33) R. Nardella (15:22) R. Nardella (32:49) S. Figliuzzi (38:25) M. Chitaroni (47:34) C. Bartolone (58:38)

Albert Schultz ice rink, Vienna Spectators: 1,300

April 23, 1996

Italy

4: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0)

Norway

Vienna

April 23, 1996

Finland

2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1)

Czech Republic

Vienna

April 24, 1996

Sweden

2: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)

France

Vienna

April 24, 1996

Czech Republic

2: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)

Norway

Vienna

April 25, 1996

Finland

6: 3 (0: 0, 5: 1, 1: 2)

France

Vienna

April 25, 1996

Sweden

3: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1)

Italy

Vienna

April 26, 1996

Finland

9: 2 (3: 0, 1: 0, 5: 2)

Italy

Vienna

April 27, 1996

Czech Republic

9: 2 (2: 1, 6: 0, 1: 1)

France

Vienna

April 27, 1996

Sweden

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Norway

Vienna

April 28, 1996

Czech Republic

9: 5 (2: 1, 3: 2, 4: 2)

Italy

Vienna

April 28, 1996

Finland

5: 5 (1: 2, 3: 2, 1: 1)

Sweden

Vienna

April 29, 1996

Norway

3: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)

France

Vienna

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Czech Republic	5	4th	1	0	27:12	+15	9: 1
2.	Finland	5	2	2	1	23:15	+ 8	6: 4
3.	Sweden	5	2	2	1	14:12	+ 2	6: 4
4th	Italy	5	2	1	2	20:26	- 6	5: 5
5.	Norway	5	1	2	2	6:11	- 5th	4: 6
6th	France	5	0	0	5	12:26	-14	0:10

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, Diff = goal difference
Explanations: quarter-final participants , play-down participants

Play-downs

The French national team won both games of the play-downs 6: 3 against the host Austrians, who were relegated to group B at their home World Cup.

May 1, 1996 4:00 p.m.

France R. Dubé (6:34) P. Pousse (20:26) C. Pouget (25:42) R. Dubé (29:11) P. Bozon (59:36) A. Briand (59:46)

6: 3 (1: 0, 3: 3, 2: 0)

Austria D. Kalt (20:38) G. Ressmann (35:05) G. Lanzinger (37:33)

Albert Schultz ice rink, Vienna Spectators: 2,500

May 2, 1996 7:00 p.m.

Austria M. Schaden (8:18) M. Mühr (9:53) A. Marczell (46:55)

3: 6 (2: 2, 0: 3, 1: 1) game report

France R. Dubé (15:53) P. Bozon (16:31) S. Djelloul (30:49) F. Rozenthal (32:52) P. Dunn (38:06) C. Pouget (50:33)

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Spectators: 4,400

Play-offs

Quarter finals

April 30, 1996 4:00 p.m.

United States

3: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0)

Sweden

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Spectators: 4,600

April 30, 1996 8:00 p.m.

Finland

1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0)

Canada

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Spectators: 6,200

May 1, 1996

Russia

5: 2 (2: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1)

Italy

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna

May 1, 1996

Czech Republic

6: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 1)

Germany

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna

Semifinals

May 3, 1996 4:00 p.m.

Czech Republic M. Procházka (2:05) J. Kučera (2:32) O. Nejvoda (13:34) O. Vejvoda (50:15) P. Patera (53:13)

5: 0 (3: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0)

United States

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Spectators: 9,400

May 3, 1996 8:00 p.m.

Russia D. Kwartalnow (4:29) S. Brylin (16:32)

2: 3 n.P. (2: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)

Canada J. Dawe (21:40) Steve Duchesne (31:36) Yanic Perreault (PS)

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Spectators: 9,500

3rd place match

May 4, 1996 8:00 p.m.

USA B. Rolston (37:49) C. Tancill (38:18) D. Plante (43:22) B. Rolston (64:48)

4: 3 n.V. (0: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Russia A. Yashin (2:58) D. Kwartalnow (4:28) S. Beresin (29:49)

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Spectators: 9,400

final

May 5, 1996 3:00 p.m.

Czech Republic R. Lang (7:49) R. Lang (26:02) M. Procházka (59:41) J. Kučera (59:54)

4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)

Canada S. Thomas (5:29) S. Thomas (29:40)

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Spectators: 9,500

Final placement of the A-WM

RF	team
1	Czech Republic
2	Canada
3	United States
4th	Russia
5	Finland
6th	Sweden
7th	Italy
8th	Germany
9	Norway
10	Slovakia
11	France
12	Austria

Relegated:	Austria
Climbers	Latvia

Master teams

World champion Czech Republic	Roman Čechmánek , Petr Franěk , Roman Turek - Radek Bonk , Robert Reichel , Robert Lang , Michal Sykora , Otakar Vejvoda , Martin Procházka , Jiří Kučera , Drahomír Kadlec , Jiří Veber , Robert Kysela , Frantisek Kaberle , David Výborný , Jiri Dopita , Radek Bělohlav , Pavel Patera , Antonín Stavjaňa , Viktor Ujčík , Roman Meluzín , Stanislav Neckář , Petr Franěk , Jiří Vykoukal Coaching staff: Luděk Bukač , Slavomír Lener , Zdeněk Uher
Silver Canada	Andrew Verner , Curtis Joseph , Martin Brodeur - Garry Galley , Derek Mayer , Darryl Sydor , Douglas Bodger , Steve Duchesne , Luke Richardson - Jean-François Jomphe , Andrew Cassels , Jeff Friesen , Dean McAmmond , Jason Dawe , Steve Thomas , Paul Kariya , Ray Ferraro , Travis Green , Yanic Perreault , David Matsos , Brad May , Kelly Buchberger Coaching staff: Tom Renney , Mike Johnston
Bronze USA	John Grahame , Tim Thomas , Parris Duffus - Chris Luongo , Mike Crowley , Tom Pederson , Keith Aldridge , Mike Lalor , Scott Lachance , Tom O'Regan , Bobby Reynolds , Paul Stanton - Derek Plante , Brian Bonin , Marty McInnis , Dan Plante , Tom Chorske , Darby Hendrickson , Craig Johnson , Brian Rolston , Joe Sacco , Kevin Stevens , Chris Tancill Coaching staff: Ron Wilson , Ted Sator

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Roman Turek	Czech Republic
Best defender	Alexei Schitnik	Russia
Best striker	Paul Kariya	Canada

1st all-star team

Attack:	Otakar Vejvoda - Robert Reichel - Paul Kariya
Defense:	Michal Sýkora - Alexei Schitnik
Goal:	Roman Turek

2nd all-star team

Attack:	Sergei Beresin - Alexei Yashin - Kevin Stevens
Defense:	Drahomír Kadlec - Glen Wesley
Goal:	Curtis Joseph

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Yanic Perreault	Canada	8th	6th	3	9	0
Robert Lang	Czech Republic	8th	5	4th	9	2
Sergei Beresin	Russia	8th	4th	5	9	2
Alexei Yashin	Russia	8th	4th	5	9	4th
Teemu Selänne	Finland	6th	5	3	8th	0
Travis Green	Canada	8th	5	3	8th	8th
Bruno Zarrillo	Italy	6th	4th	4th	8th	4th
Robert Reichel	Czech Republic	8th	4th	4th	8th	0
Dmitri Kwartalnow	Russia	8th	4th	4th	8th	4th
Pavel Patera	Czech Republic	8th	3	5	8th	2

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, GTS = goals conceded , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	GTS	Sv%	S.	U	N
Andrei Trefilow	Russia	5	310	7th	1.35		4th	0	1
Curtis Joseph	Canada	8th	409	12	1.76
Roman Turek	Czech Republic	8th	480	15th	1.88	95.2	7th	0	1
Boo Ahl	Sweden	5			2.00
Parris Duffus	United States	7th	425	18th	2.54	94.8	4th	0	3
Jarmo Myllys	Finland	4th	238	12	3.03	90.0	0	2	2
Klaus Merk	Germany	5			3.21	93.4
Jaromír Dragan	Slovakia	5			3.43	90.8

B world championship

in Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Games

April 10, 1996

Latvia

6: 5 (1: 1, 4: 4, 1: 0)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum , Eindhoven

April 10, 1996

Poland

3: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1)

Japan

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 10, 1996

Netherlands

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0)

Denmark

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 10, 1996

Switzerland

2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2)

Belarus

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 11, 1996

Latvia

6: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 1)

Japan

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 11, 1996

Switzerland

7: 2 (1: 1, 3: 0, 3: 1)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 12, 1996

Poland

4: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 1)

Denmark

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 12, 1996

Netherlands

2: 3 (0: 0, 2: 1, 0: 2)

Belarus

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 13, 1996

Latvia

5: 3 (1: 2, 3: 1, 1: 0)

Denmark

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 13, 1996

Switzerland

7: 2 (2: 1, 2: 1, 3: 0)

Japan

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 13, 1996

Poland

2: 4 (0: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 14, 1996

Netherlands

2: 6 (0: 2, 1: 3, 1: 1)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 14, 1996

Latvia

4: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 1: 0)

Belarus

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 15, 1996

Switzerland

10: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 6: 1)

Denmark

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 15, 1996

Poland

3: 6 (3: 2, 0: 2, 0: 2)

Belarus

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 15, 1996

Netherlands

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)

Japan

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 16, 1996

Latvia

4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)

Poland

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 16, 1996

Great Britain

3: 3 (3: 0, 0: 3, 0: 0)

Japan

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 17, 1996

Denmark

1: 6 (0: 0, 1: 5, 0: 1)

Belarus

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 17, 1996

Netherlands

1: 5 (0: 0, 0: 3, 1: 2)

Switzerland

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 18, 1996

Switzerland

5: 2 (1: 0, 2: 1, 2: 1)

Poland

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 18, 1996

Netherlands

3:15 (1: 8, 1: 4, 1: 3)

Latvia

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 19, 1996

Japan

2: 7 (1: 3, 1: 2, 0: 2)

Belarus

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 19, 1996

Great Britain

5: 1 (2: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)

Denmark

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 20, 1996

Great Britain

4: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)

Belarus

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 20, 1996

Denmark

2: 2 (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Japan

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 20, 1996

Switzerland

1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)

Latvia

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 20, 1996

Netherlands

2: 2 (2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)

Poland

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Latvia	7th	6th	1	0	41:16	+25	13: 01
2.	Switzerland	7th	5	1	1	37:13	+24	11: 03
3.	Belarus	7th	5	0	2	29:18	+11	10: 04
4th	Great Britain	7th	4th	1	2	29:23	+ 6	09: 05
5.	Poland	7th	1	2	4th	18:27	−9	04:10
6th	Denmark	7th	1	1	5	14:32	−18	03:11
7th	Netherlands	7th	1	1	5	12:35	−23	03:11
8th.	Japan	7th	0	3	4th	14:30	−16	03:11

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Peter Jaks	Switzerland	7th	4th	6th	10	2
Aljaksandr Andryjeuski	Belarus	7th	4th	6th	10	6th
Manuele Celio	Switzerland	7th	4th	5	9	6th
Aleksandrs Kerčs	Latvia	7th	3	6th	9	20th
Igors Pavlovs	Latvia	7th	3	6th	9	2
Harijs Vītoliņš	Latvia	7th	3	6th	9	2

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Reto Pavoni	Switzerland
Best defender	Samuel Balmer	Switzerland
Best striker	Aljaksandr Andryjeuski	Belarus

All-Star Team

Attack:	Oļegs Znaroks - Harijs Vītoliņš - Aljaksandr Andryjeuski
Defense:	Sergejs Čudinovs - Samuel Balmer
Goal:	Reto Pavoni

Ascent and descent

B-World Champion 1996:	Latvia
Promoted to the A group:	Latvia
Relegated from the A group:	Austria
Relegated to the C group:	Japan
Newcomers from the C group:	Kazakhstan

C world championship

The C group of the World Championship was held from March 22nd to 31st, 1996 in Jesenice and Bled , Slovenia. The venues were the Dvorana Podmežakla in Jesenice with a capacity of 4,500 spectators and the Hokejska dvorana Bled with 1,732 seats. The group win was secured by the Kazakh national ice hockey team , which was promoted to group B.

Games

March 22, 1996

Romania

9: 2 (2: 0, 2: 1, 5: 1)

Croatia

Hokejska dvorana , Bled

March 22, 1996

Estonia

13: 2 (4: 2, 4: 0, 5: 0)

China

Dvorana Podmežakla , Jesenice

March 22, 1996

Ukraine

4: 1 (0: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0)

Hungary

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 22, 1996

Slovenia

2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 1: 1)

Kazakhstan

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 23, 1996

Kazakhstan

7: 2 (2: 0, 4: 1, 1: 1)

Hungary

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 23, 1996

Slovenia

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)

Romania

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 23, 1996

Ukraine

7: 2 (3: 0, 0: 0, 4: 2)

China

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 23, 1996

Estonia

10: 2 (2: 1, 7: 1, 1: 0)

Croatia

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 25, 1996

Slovenia

6: 3 (3: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1)

Estonia

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 25, 1996

Ukraine

11: 1 (4: 0, 3: 1, 4: 0)

Croatia

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 25, 1996

Romania

3: 5 (1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 2)

Hungary

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 25, 1996

Kazakhstan

15: 0 (2: 0, 6: 0, 7: 0)

China

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 26, 1996

Romania

11: 3 (5: 0, 5: 3, 1: 0)

China

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 26, 1996

Kazakhstan

12: 0 (6: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0)

Croatia

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 26, 1996

Estonia

5: 5 (2: 0, 1: 2, 2: 3)

Hungary

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 26, 1996

Slovenia

2: 4 (1: 3, 0: 0, 1: 1)

Ukraine

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 28, 1996

Romania

2: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1)

Estonia

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 28, 1996

China

6: 4 (3: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2)

Croatia

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 28, 1996

Kazakhstan

3: 2 (0: 0, 2: 2, 1: 0)

Ukraine

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 28, 1996

Slovenia

4: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1)

Hungary

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 29, 1996

Ukraine

7: 2 (0: 2, 3: 0, 4: 0)

Romania

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 29, 1996

Hungary

10: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0, 5: 0)

Croatia

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 29, 1996

Kazakhstan

7: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)

Estonia

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 29, 1996

Slovenia

10: 2 (2: 1, 5: 0, 3: 1)

China

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 31, 1996

Ukraine

5: 2 (1: 1, 3: 0, 1: 1)

Estonia

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 31, 1996

Slovenia

13: 2 (4: 0, 6: 1, 3: 1)

Croatia

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

March 31, 1996

Romania

4: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1)

Kazakhstan

Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

March 31, 1996

Hungary

8: 2 (2: 1, 5: 0, 1: 1)

China

Hokejska dvorana, Bled

Final table of the C-WM

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	7th	6th	0	1	51:10	+41	12: 02
2.	Ukraine	7th	6th	0	1	40:13	+27	12: 02
3.	Slovenia	7th	5	0	2	41:19	+22	10: 04
4th	Hungary	7th	3	1	3	34:25	+9	07: 07
5.	Estonia	7th	3	1	3	36:29	+7	07: 07
6th	Romania	7th	3	0	4th	32:27	+5	06: 08
7th	People's Republic of China	7th	1	0	6th	17:68	−51	02:12
8th.	Croatia	7th	0	0	7th	11:71	−60	00:14

Ascent and descent

C World Champion 1996:	Kazakhstan
Moving up to the B group:	Kazakhstan
Relegated from group B:	Japan
Relegated to the D group:	Croatia
Newcomers to the C group:	Lithuania

Qualification for the D World Championship

Oceania group

November 5, 1995

Australia

6: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)

New Zealand

Sydney

November 6, 1995

Australia

6: 2 (4: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1)

New Zealand

Sydney

Mediterranean group

January 27, 1996

Israel

5: 0 W 1: 4 (0: 3, 0: 1, 1: 0)

Greece

Canada Center, Metulla

January 28, 1996

Turkey

5: 0 W 0:19 (0: 7, 0: 8, 0: 4)

Greece

Canada Center, Metulla

January 29, 1996

Israel

19: 0 (8: 0, 4: 0, 7: 0)

Turkey

Canada Center, Metulla

^W scored 0: 2 points and 0: 5 goals against Greece due to the use of unauthorized players (originally 4: 1 and 19: 0 for Greece).

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Israel	2	2	0	0	24: 00	+24	4-0
2.	Turkey	2	1	0	1	05:19	−14	2: 2
3.	Greece	2	0	0	2	00:10	−10	0: 4

qualified for the D-WM:

Australia, Israel

D world championship

The D group of the World Championship was held from March 25 to 31, 1996 in Kaunas and Elektrėnai , Lithuania.

Initially, the Israeli team could only qualify for the D-WM by converting the defeats in the qualifying tournament against opponents Greece into 5-0 victories on the green table due to the use of unauthorized players on the Greek side. But Israel suffered the same fate at the D-WM. It lost the preliminary round matches against Bulgaria and Belgium at the green table with 0: 5, because with the Russia-Israelis Ariel Ben-Youri and Alex Vital, two players who were not eligible to play were used.

Preliminary round

Group A

March 25, 1996	Kaunas	Yugoslavia	-	Australia	7: 1
March 25, 1996	Kaunas	Spain	-	South Korea	1: 1
March 26, 1996	Kaunas	Spain	-	Australia	11: 1
March 26, 1996	Kaunas	Yugoslavia	-	South Korea	3: 1
March 28, 1996	Kaunas	South Korea	-	Australia	13: 6
March 28, 1996	Kaunas	Yugoslavia	-	Spain	4: 3

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	14: 05	+9	6-0
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	15: 06	+9	3: 3
3.	South Korea	3	1	1	1	15:10	+5	3: 3
4th	Australia	3	0	0	3	08:31	−23	0: 6

Group B

March 25, 1996	Elektrėnai	Bulgaria	-	Israel	+ 5: 0 wt.
March 25, 1996	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	Belgium	11: 2
March 26, 1996	Elektrėnai	Belgium	-	Bulgaria	3: 2
March 26, 1996	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	Israel	+ 5: 0 wt.
March 28, 1996	Elektrėnai	Belgium	-	Israel	5-0
March 28, 1996	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	Bulgaria	3-0

+ scored 0: 2 points and 0: 5 goals against Israel because of the use of unauthorized players

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Lithuania	3	3	0	0	19: 02	+17	6-0
2.	Belgium	3	2	0	1	10:13	−3	4: 2
3.	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	07: 06	+1	2: 4
4th	Israel	3	0	0	3	00:15	−15	0: 6

Placement round

(direct comparisons of the preliminary round have been adopted)

March 30, 1996	Kaunas	Bulgaria	-	Australia	5: 4
March 30, 1996	Kaunas	South Korea	-	Israel	3: 3
March 31, 1996	Kaunas	Israel	-	Australia	7: 2
March 31, 1996	Kaunas	South Korea	-	Bulgaria	6: 4

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	South Korea	3	2	1	0	22:13	+9	5: 1
2.	Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	14:10	+4	4: 2
3.	Israel	3	1	1	1	10:10	± 0	3: 3
4th	Australia	3	0	0	3	12:25	−13	0: 6

Final round

The results of the direct comparisons of the preliminary round were included in the final table.

March 30, 1996	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	Spain	11: 1
March 30, 1996	Elektrėnai	Yugoslavia	-	Belgium	5: 2
March 31, 1996	Elektrėnai	Spain	-	Belgium	6: 1
March 31, 1996	Elektrėnai	Lithuania	-	Yugoslavia	3: 1

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Lithuania	3	3	0	0	25: 04	+21	6-0
2.	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	10: 08	+2	4: 2
3.	Spain	3	1	0	2	10:16	−6	2: 4
4th	Belgium	3	0	0	3	05:22	−17	0: 6

Final placement of the D-WM

RF	team
1	Lithuania
2	Yugoslavia
3	Spain
4th	Belgium
5	South Korea
6th	Bulgaria
7th	Israel
8th	Australia

Ascent and descent

D World Champion 1996:	Lithuania
Newcomers to the C group:	Lithuania
Relegated from the C group:	Croatia

See also

• Junior Ice Hockey World Championship 1996
• Ice Hockey World Championship 1996 (overview)

Web links

• Mistrovství světa 1996 (1.část) at hokejbonus.estranky.cz
• Mistrovství světa 1996 (2.část) at hokejbonus.estranky.cz
• Championnats du monde 1996 at passionhockey.com
• World Senior Championship Pool A - D at hokej.sfrp.cz