1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates 25 April – 8 May
Teams 12
Final positions
Champions  Canada (20th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played 39
Goals scored 267 (6.85 per game)
Attendance 154,210 (3,954 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Mats Sundin 14 points

The 1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 58th such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 35 countries participated in several levels of competition, with an additional two national teams failing to advance from a mid-season preliminary qualifying tournament. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1995 competition.

The top Championship Group A tournament took place in Italy from 25 April to 8 May 1994, with games played in Bolzano, Canazei and Milan. Twelve teams took part, with the first round being split into two groups of six, with the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. Canada beat Finland in a shootout to capture gold for the first time since 1961. This was Canada's 20th world title in ice hockey.

Great Britain returned to Group A for the first time since 1962, but failed to even earn a point. Slovakia, Belarus, Croatia, and Estonia all debuted in Group C, the Slovaks winning the top group, the Estonians winning the bottom group that would be called Group D in two years.

World Championship Group A (Italy)

First round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Canada 5 5 0 0 24 7 +17 10
2 Russia 5 4 0 1 30 7 +23 8
3 Italy 5 3 0 2 17 15 +2 6
4 Austria 5 1 1 3 15 15 0 3
5 Germany 5 1 1 3 9 14 −5 3
6 Great Britain 5 0 0 5 7 44 −37 0
Source:
25 April Italy 1–4 Canada Bolzano
25 April Austria 2–2 Germany Bolzano
26 April Great Britain 3–12 Russia Bolzano
26 April Canada 6–1 Austria Bolzano
27 April Great Britain 0–4 Germany Bolzano
27 April Italy 0–7 Russia Bolzano
28 April Canada 3–2 Germany Bolzano
29 April Austria 1–4 Russia Bolzano
29 April Italy 10–2 Great Britain Bolzano
30 April Germany 0–6 Russia Bolzano
30 April Canada 8–2 Great Britain Bolzano
1 May Italy 3–1 Austria Bolzano
2 May Italy 3–1 Germany Bolzano
2 May Russia 1–3 Canada Bolzano
3 May Great Britain 0–10 Austria Bolzano

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Finland 5 4 1 0 29 11 +18 9
2 Sweden 5 3 1 1 22 11 +11 7
3 United States 5 3 0 2 21 19 +2 6
4 Czech Republic 5 1 2 2 15 17 −2 4
5 France 5 1 0 4 8 25 −17 2
6 Norway 5 0 2 3 9 21 −12 2
Source:
25 April Sweden 3–3 Norway Canazei
25 April Finland 4–4 Czech Republic Canazei
25 April France 1–5 United States Canazei
26 April Czech Republic 5–2 France Canazei
27 April United States 7–2 Norway Canazei
27 April Sweden 3–5 Finland Canazei
28 April Czech Republic 3–5 United States Canazei
28 April France 0–6 Sweden Canazei
29 April Norway 1–5 Finland Canazei
30 April France 1–8 Finland Canazei
30 April Czech Republic 2–2 Norway Canazei
30 April United States 2–6 Sweden Canazei
2 May Norway 1–4 France Canazei
2 May United States 2–7 Finland Canazei
  • American Bill Lindsay tested positive for efedrin so official records indicate a final score of 7–0, however they also still add the two goals into the team totals.
2 May Sweden 4–1 Czech Republic Canazei

Playoff round

 
 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
                    
 
 5 May
 
 
 Finland 10
 
 7 May
 
 Austria 0
 
 Finland 8
 
 5 May
 
 United States 0
 
 Russia 1
 
 8 May
 
 United States 3
 
 Finland 1
 
 5 May
 
 Canada (GWS) 2
 
 Sweden 7
 
 7 May
 
 Italy 2
 
 Sweden 0
 
 5 May
 
 Canada 6 Third place
 
 Canada 3
 
 8 May
 
 Czech Republic 2
 
 Sweden 7
 
 
 United States 2
 

Quarterfinals

5 May Russia 1–3 United States Milan
5 May Sweden 7–2 Italy Milan
5 May Canada 3–2 Czech Republic Milan
5 May Finland 10–0 Austria Milan

Consolation round 11–12 place

6 May Great Britain 2–5 Norway Bolzano
Referee:
Daniel Murphy
0–1 13:22 – Geir Hoff
0–2 15:56 – Anders Myrvold
Ian Cooper – 28:09 1–2
Richard Fera – 36:38 2–2
2–3 52:13 – Morten Finstad
2–4 52:46 – Espen Knutsen
2–5 53:51 – Jörgen Salsten

Semifinals

7 May Finland 8–0 United States Milan
7 May Sweden 0–6 Canada Milan

Match for third place

8 May Sweden 7–2 United States Milan

Final

8 May
20:00		 Finland 1–2 (GWS)
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1) 		Canada Milan
Referee:
Danko
Linesmen:
Burt
Karabanov
Esa Keskinen – 46:51 1–0
1–1 55:17 − Rod Brind’Amour

World Championship Group B (Denmark)

Played in Copenhagen and Aalborg 7–17 April. As in Group C1, a two to one score on the final day sealed victory over a former Soviet nation. This time Switzerland narrowly defeated Latvia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Switzerland 7 6 1 0 52 9 +43 13
14 Latvia 7 6 0 1 61 9 +52 12
15 Poland 7 5 1 1 45 21 +24 11
16 Japan 7 3 1 3 37 38 −1 7
17 Denmark 7 3 0 4 31 27 +4 6
18 Netherlands 7 2 1 4 23 33 −10 5
19 Romania 7 1 0 6 18 43 −25 2
20 China 7 0 0 7 11 98 −87 0
Source:

Switzerland was promoted to Group A while China was relegated to Group C1.

7 April Latvia 12–0 Romania
7 April Poland 6–1 Japan
7 April Switzerland 20–1 China
7 April Denmark 5–3 Netherlands
8 April Latvia 22–0 China
8 April Poland 6–4 Netherlands
8 April Switzerland 10–3 Japan
9 April Denmark 4–2 Romania
10 April Netherlands 8–3 China
10 April Denmark 2–5 Poland
10 April Latvia 9–3 Japan
10 April Switzerland 5–0 Romania
11 April Switzerland 10–0 Netherlands
12 April Denmark 12–2 China
12 April Latvia 7–0 Poland
12 April Romania 4–7 Japan
13 April Denmark 1–2 Switzerland
13 April Poland 10–2 Romania
14 April Japan 14–2 China
14 April Netherlands 2–4 Latvia
15 April Romania 7–1 China
15 April Denmark 2–6 Latvia
15 April Switzerland 3–3 Poland
16 April Netherlands 2–2 Japan
17 April Poland 15–2 China
17 April Denmark 5–7 Japan
17 April Switzerland 2–1 Latvia
17 April Netherlands 4–3 Romania

World Championship Group C1 (Slovakia)

Played in Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves 18–27 March. The hosts, shortly after losing in the quarterfinals of the Olympics, were expected to have a relatively easy time playing in Group C. However, all three former Soviet republics gave them very tough games, and prevailing by a single goal in the final game sealed their victory. North Korea was supposed to be the eighth team in this tournament, but did not participate.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
21 Slovakia 6 4 2 0 43 3 +40 10
22 Belarus 6 5 0 1 35 11 +24 10
23 Ukraine 6 3 2 1 49 7 +42 8
24 Kazakhstan 6 3 2 1 52 12 +40 8
25 Slovenia 6 2 0 4 26 27 −1 4
26 Hungary 6 1 0 5 14 47 −33 2
27 Bulgaria 6 0 0 6 3 115 −112 0
Source:

Slovakia was promoted to Group B while absent North Korea was relegated to Group C2

18 March Slovakia 20–0 Bulgaria
18 March Belarus 4–2 Ukraine
18 March Slovenia 8–2 Hungary
19 March Belarus 13–1 Bulgaria
19 March Kazakhstan 14–5 Hungary
19 March Slovakia 9–0 Slovenia
21 March Belarus 6–3 Slovenia
21 March Ukraine 8–0 Hungary
21 March Slovakia 0–0 Kazakhstan
22 March Belarus 6–3 Kazakhstan
22 March Hungary 7–2 Bulgaria
22 March Slovakia 2–2 Ukraine
24 March Slovenia 13–0 Bulgaria
24 March Ukraine 0–0 Kazakhstan
24 March Slovakia 10–0 Hungary
25 March Kazakhstan 31–0 Bulgaria
25 March Belarus 5–0 Hungary
25 March Ukraine 6–1 Slovenia
27 March Ukraine 31–0 Bulgaria
27 March Slovakia 2–1 Belarus
27 March Kazakhstan 4–1 Slovenia

World Championship Group C2 (Spain)

Qualifying round

Played in November 1993. Two groups played to qualify for the final two spots in Spain.

Group 1 (Estonia/Lithuania)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Estonia 2 2 0 0 16 4 +12 4
2 Lithuania 2 0 0 2 4 16 −12 0
Source:
7 November 1993 Estonia 8–3 Lithuania Tallinn
20 November 1993 Lithuania 1–8 Estonia Elektrenai

Group 2 (Croatia)

Played in Zagreb

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Croatia 2 2 0 0 58 1 +57 4
2 Turkey 2 0 0 2 1 58 −57 0
Source:
19 November 1993 Croatia 34–1 Turkey
20 November 1993 Croatia 24–0 Turkey

Croatia and Estonia qualified for Group C2.

First round

Played in Barcelona

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Spain 3 3 0 0 28 5 +23 6
2 Croatia 3 2 0 1 7 11 −4 4
3 Australia 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 2
4 Israel 3 0 0 3 6 24 −18 0
Source:
13 March Croatia 3–2 Australia
13 March Spain 17–2 Israel
15 March Australia 5–4 Israel
15 March Spain 9–2 Croatia
16 March Croatia 2–0 Israel
16 March Spain 2–1 Australia

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Estonia 3 3 0 0 49 1 +48 6
2 South Korea 3 2 0 1 9 14 −5 4
3 Belgium 3 1 0 2 15 16 −1 2
4 South Africa 3 0 0 3 4 46 −42 0
Source:
13 March South Africa 2–6 South Korea
13 March Belgium 0–12 Estonia
15 March Belgium 13–1 South Africa
15 March Estonia 10–0 South Korea
16 March Belgium 2–3 South Korea
16 March Estonia 27–1 South Africa

Final Round 28–31 Place

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
28 Estonia 3 3 0 0 27 0 +27 6
29 Spain 3 1 1 1 11 13 −2 3
30 South Korea 3 1 1 1 4 13 −9 3
31 Croatia 3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0
Source:

Estonia was promoted to Group C1

18 March Estonia 8–0 Croatia
18 March Spain 2–2 South Korea
19 March South Korea 2–1 Croatia
18 March Spain 0–9 Estonia

Consolation round 32–35 place

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
32 Belgium 3 3 0 0 23 6 +17 6
33 Australia 3 2 0 1 17 11 +6 4
34 Israel 3 1 0 2 13 12 +1 2
35 South Africa 3 0 0 3 5 29 −24 0
Source:
18 March Australia 9–2 South Africa
18 March Belgium 5–2 Israel
19 March South Africa 2–7 Israel
19 March Australia 3–5 Belgium

Ranking and statistics


 1994 IIHF World Championship winners 

Canada
20th title

Tournament awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sweden
4 United States
5 Russia
6 Italy
7 Czech Republic
8 Austria
9 Germany
10 France
11 Norway
12 Great Britain

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Mats Sundin 8 5 9 14 +13 4 F
Paul Kariya 8 5 7 12 +12 2 F
Saku Koivu 8 5 6 11 +14 4 F
Valeri Kamensky 6 5 5 10 +12 12 F
Jari Kurri 8 4 6 10 +11 2 F
Magnus Svensson 8 8 1 9 +9 8 D
Mikko Mäkelä 8 5 4 9 +13 6 F
Igor Fedulov 6 4 5 9 +11 6 F
Andrei Kovalenko 6 3 5 8 +10 2 F
Jere Lehtinen 6 3 5 8 +14 4 F
Jonas Bergqvist 8 3 5 8 +8 4 F

Source: [1]

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 GA GAA SVS% SO
Mikhail Shtalenkov 296 5 1.01 .962 2
Bill Ranford 370 7 1.14 .956 1
Jarmo Myllys 410 9 1.32 .942 2
Michael Puschacher 271 9 1.99 .926 0
Guy Hebert 300 18 3.60 .907 0

Source: [2]

See also