1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
Snowy pa Globen.JPG
Tournament mascot Snowy
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates23 April – 7 May
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played40
Goals scored229 (5.73 per game)
Attendance326,571 (8,164 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew McKim 14 points
  1994
1996  

The 1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 59th such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 39 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1996 competition.

Contents

The top Championship Group tournament took place in Sweden from 23 April to 7 May 1995, with games played in Stockholm and Gävle. In the tournament final, Finland won the gold medal by defeating Sweden 4–1 at the Globen arena in Stockholm. The Finnish goals were scored by Timo Jutila and Ville Peltonen, who scored a hat trick. The gold medal was the first in Finland's history. Sweden had written a fight song, "Den glider in", which also was intended to be the official song of the championships. After the finals, the song became very popular in Finland. [1] The final still has an important place in Finnish hockey culture today, a common exclamation being "95: Never forget!"

Victory celebration in Helsinki, Finland a few hours after the final game Jaakiekon-MM-juhlintaa-1995.jpg
Victory celebration in Helsinki, Finland a few hours after the final game

Because of the 1994–95 NHL lockout, it originally created a dream scenario for the tournament hosts. With a cancelled NHL season, all NHL players free from injuries would have been available. [2] But when the NHL season began in late January 1995, it instead created a scenario where fewer NHL players than usual became available. The Canadian and American teams would logically be hit the hardest, but the Americans found a way to lead their group in the first round. The Canadians, who struggled in the early tournament, beat the Americans in the quarter-finals, lasted until overtime against Sweden in the semifinal, and then beat the Czechs for the bronze. Andrew McKim, playing in the minors for the Adirondack Red Wings, ended up being the tournament scoring leader. [3] [4]

World Championship Group A (Sweden)

Locations

Globen
Capacity: 13 850
Gavlerinken
Capacity: 8 265
Stockholm Globe Arena.jpg LakerolArena.jpg
Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg Gävle

First round

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55002610+1610
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53111411+37
3Flag of France.svg  France 53021411+36
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52121716+15
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5104112092
6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 50051024140
Source: [ citation needed ]
23 April France  Flag of France.svg4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gävle
Attendance: 3,167
12.02 Serge Poudrier (Bozon, Pouget)
19.03 Michel Galarneau (Zytynsky)
21.07 Stephane Barin (Ville)
44.28 Stephane Barin (Ville)
Goals
23 April Russia  Flag of Russia.svg4–2
(1–0, 0–0, 3–2)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gävle
11.11 Aleksei Salomatin (Frolov, Fedulov)
50.05 Andrei Tarasenko (Belov)
56.12 Stanislav Romanov (Tarasenko)
58.21 Sergei Berezin (Bykov, Homutov)
Goals49.43 Gaetano Orlando (Topatigh)
51.08 Stephan Figliuzzi
24 April Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gävle
Attendance: 2,696
35.33 Benoit Doucet Goals33.38 Maurizio Mansi (Figliuzzi)
49.12 Giorgio Comploi (Chitarroni, Massara)
24 April Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3–5
(1–3, 2–0, 0–2)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Gävle
Attendance: 2,909
17.49 Sandro Bertaggia (Balmer, Weber)
24.12 Andy Ton (Weber)
35.24 Andy Ton PP
Goals5.05 Fraser (Heward, Convery)
7.28 Luciano Borsato (Fraser) PP
17.49 Sandro Bertaggia (Balmer, Weber) PP
52.35 Raffaele Intranuovo (Mckim
55.50 Andrew McKim PP
25 April Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–4
(1–3, 0–1, 0–0)
Flag of France.svg  France Gävle
8.50 Rafaele Intranuovo (Borsato, Fraser)Goals3.41 Philippe Bozon (Pouget)
4.07 Jean Marc Soghomonian (Zytynsky)
13.26 Christian Pouget
39.02 Christian Pouget (Bozon)
25 April Russia  Flag of Russia.svg8–0
(0–0, 5–0, 3–0)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Gävle
Attendance: 3,442
24.18 Oleg Belov (Fokin)
24.59 Aleksei Salomatin (Torgajev, Frolov)
33.00 Vyacheslav Bykov (Smirnov)
33.22 Sergei Berezin
34.40 Oleg Belov (Sorokin)
42.14 Stanislav Romanov
43.04 Sergei Berezin
58.14 Sergei Berezin (Smirnov, Homutov)
Goals
26 April France  Flag of France.svg1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Gävle
Attendance: 3,040
54.13 Serge Poudier (Bozon)Goals7.12 Vyacheslav Bykov (Berezin)
25.48 Aleksandr Prokopjev (Frolov, Vorobjev)
46.38 Sergei Berezin (Fedulov, Frolov)
27 April Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–2
(1–1, 1–0, 3–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gävle
Attendance: 4,358
19.09 Andrew McKim (Chernomaz)
27.51 Andrew McKim
45.15 Jean Francois Jomphe (Bright)
56.33 Chris Coveradis (McKim) PP
57.53 Andrew McKim (Fraser, Intranuovo)
Goals2.33 Thomas Brandl (Stefan) PP
47.02 Thomas Brandl (Wieland)
27 April Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–2
(0–1, 1–1, 2–1)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Gävle
Attendance: 3,956
35.45 Giorgio Comploi (Figliuzzi)
44.59 John Massara (Bartolone, Oberrauch)
Maurizio Mansi (Nardella)
Goals5.51 Vjeran Ivankovic (Rogenmoser)
25.15 Jean-Jaques Aeschlimann (Bayer, Bruderer)
28 April Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–6
(1–0, 1–5, 1–1)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Gävle
Attendance: 3,810
16.14 Benoit Doucet (Hiemer)
20.23 Jayson Mayer (Hindemann) PP
52.50 Torsten Kienass (Brandl, Stefan)
Goals29.05 Sergei Sorokin PP
29.57 Sergei Berezin
33.01 Andrei Homutov (Shendelev, Smirnov)
34.15 Stanislav Romanov (Skopintsev) PP
39.04 Sergei Berezin (Homutov)
46.34 Igor Fedulov PP
28 April Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of France.svg  France Gävle
Attendance: 3,684
28.18 Patrick Howald Triulzi PP
42.08 Vjeran Ivankovic (Zehnder)
Goals4.08 Serge Poudier (Pouget) PP
32.14 Serge Poudier (Pouget)
44.59 Philippe Bozon (Pouget)
29 April Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–2
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gävle
Attendance: 4,962
9.56 Todd Hlushko (Bright)
43.40 Mark Freer (Maneluk)
Goals42.28 Roland Ramoser (De Toni, Chelodi)
46.03 Stefano Figliuzzi (Busillo)
30 April Germany  Flag of Germany.svg5–3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–2)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Gävle
Attendance: 6,293
1.20 Andreas Niederberger (Pyka)
26.35 Benoit Doucet (Lűndemann, Lupzig) PP
32.16 Thomas Brandl (Lűndemann, Meyer) PP
40.15 Thomas Brandl (Hilger) PP
53.47 Thomas Brandl (Lupzig, Hiemer)
Goals37.51 Andy Ton (Erni)
47.46 Martin Bruderer
55.04 Andy Ton (Ivankovic, Weber)
30 April Russia  Flag of Russia.svg5–4
(2–1, 1–1, 2–2)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Gävle
Attendance: 6,293
3.29 Aleksandr Prokobjev (Vorobjev, Sorokin) PP
13.56 Igor Fedulov (Torgajev, Salomatin)
30.06 Andrei Skopintsev (Tarasenko, Romanov)
41.04 Sergei Shendelev (Smirnov) PP
54.53 Stanislav Romanov (Tarasenko)
Goals19.46 Rafaele Intranuovo (McKim, Schlegel)
23.57 Jamie Heward (McKim) PP
56.40 Todd Hlushko (Chernomaz)
58.44 Andrew McKim (Schlegel, DeGray)
1 May Italy  Flag of Italy.svg5–2
(1–0, 2–0, 2–2)
Flag of France.svg  France Gävle
Attendance: 2,700
15.27 Mario Chitarroni
22.26 Giuseppe Busillo (Stefano Figliuzzi, Mansi)
39.38 Maurizio Mansi (Orlando)
50.30 Martin Pavlu (Oberrauch, Ramoser)
53.17 Martin Pavlu (Orlando)
Goals52.32 Jean-Phil LeMoine (Pouget, LeMarque)
56.57 Frank Pajonkowski (Galarneau)

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53201711+68
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 53112214+87
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5311179+87
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5302149+56
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 510491892
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5005927180
Source: [ citation needed ]
23 April Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–0
(0–0, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Stockholm
Attendance: 11,854
Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Peter Slapke
Per-Erik Eklund − 35.231–0
Andreas Johansson − 36.322–0
Andreas Johansson − 53.533–0
Mikael Johansson − 54.444–0
Jonas Johnson − 59.055–0
14 minPenalties16 min
23 April Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Stockholm
Attendance: 11,462
Referee:
Gerald Burt
0–118:24 – Radek Belohlah
0–257:24 – Roman Meluzín
0–359:23 – Jiří Dopita
22 minPenalties14 min
24 April Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–5
(1–3, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Stockholm
Attendance: 6,817
25 April United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1
(2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Stockholm
Jon Morris – 00:591–0
Jon Morris – 16:072–0
2–148:37 – Trond Magnussen
25 April Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–6
(1–0, 2–3, 0–3)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Referee:
Rob Hearn
Daniel Alfredsson – 02:361–0
Andreas Dackell – 32:342–0
2–135:34 – Saku Koivu
2–236:08 – Mika Nieminen
Andreas Johansson − 37:063–2
3–339:00 – Ville Peltonen
3–441:31 – Saku Koivu
3–544:35 – Timo Jutila
3–649:49 – Ville Peltonen
26 April Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg5–2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Stockholm
Attendance: 6,531
26 April Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–5
(0–1, 0–2, 2–2)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Stockholm
Attendance: 7,842
Referee:
Frantisek Rejthar
0–104:15 – Mika Strömberg
0–220:35 – Hannu Virta
0–324:58 – Timo Jutila
0–443:18 – Mika Nieminen
Espen Knutsen – 50:141–4
Trond Mangnusen – 51:482–4
2–554:39 – Saku Koivu
20 minPenalties16 min
27 April Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–4
(0–0, 0–2, 2–2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Stockholm
Attendance: 7,452
27 April Austria  Flag of Austria.svg0–5
(0–1, 0–1, 0–3)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm
28 April United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–2
(1-2, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Referee:
Anton Danko
Brett Hauer – 00.401–0
1–107.42 – Tommy Sjödin
1–211.15 – Christer Olsson
Pat Neaton – 44.142–2
20 minPenalties10 min
29 April Finland  Flag of Finland.svg7–2
(4–1, 3–0, 0–1)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Stockholm
Attendance: 10,438
Ari Sulander Goalies Claus Dalpiaz Referee:
Leonid Vaijsfeld
Sami Kapanen – 00:251–0
Raimo Summanen – 01:182–0
Sami Kapanen – 04:433–0
3–109:56 – Gerald Ressman
Marko Palo – 16:314–1
Mika Nieminen – 25:185–1
Juha Ylönen – 27.096–1
Jere Lehtinen – 35:577–1
7–257:47 – Andreas Pusnik
6 minPenalties12 min
29 April Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Stockholm
Attendance: 8,864
Referee:
Reto Bertolotti
Pavel Janku – 00:471–0
Jiří Vykoukal – 27:252–0
2–138:00 – Trond Magnussen
Radek Bělohlav – 55:183–1
8 minPenalties4 min
30 April United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–4
(1–0, 3–1, 0–3)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Pat Jablonski Goalies Jarmo Myllys Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sylvain Bibeau
Tim Bergland – 8:161–0
Mike Pomichter – 25:132–0
Todd Harkins – 31:063–0
3–132:17 – Saku Koivu
Cal McGowan – 37:104–1
4–242:55 – Timo Jutila
4–351:02 – Saku Koivu
4–457:44 – Mika Strömberg
14 minPenalties8 min
30 April Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Thomas Östlund Goalies Roman Turek Referee:
Peter Slapke
0–15.31 – Otakar Vejvoda
Mikael Johansson – 29.041–1
Tomas Forslund – 31.372–1
12 minPenalties16 min
1 May Norway  Flag of Norway.svg5–3
(1–1, 4–2, 0–0)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Stockholm
Attendance: 7,347

Consolation round 11–12 place

2 May Austria  Flag of Austria.svg4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Gävle
Attendance: 2,968
Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Marko Lepaus
Andreas Pusnik – 17:301–0
Dieter Kalt – 20:402–0
Andreas Pusnik – 32:563–0
Werner Kert – 38:494–0
12 minPenalties18 min
4 May Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg4–4
(1–2, 1–1, 2–1)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Stockholm
Attendance: 7,418
Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Börje Johansson
Andy Ton – 00.281–0
1–102.16 – Robin Doyle
1–219.48 – Werner Kerth
1–325.38 – Richard Nasheim
Marcel Jenni – 38.262–3
Patrick Howald – 50.273–3
3–451.54 – Richard Nasheim
Andreas Zehnder – 56.024–4
10 minPenalties20 min

Switzerland was relegated to Group B.

Playoff round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
3 May
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0
 
5 May
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0
 
2 May
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5
 
7 May
 
Flag of France.svg  France 0
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4
 
2 May
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0
 
5 May
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (OT)3
 
3 May
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2 Third place
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1
 
6 May
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1
 

Quarterfinals

2 May Italy  Flag of Italy.svg0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Mario Brunetta Goalies Thomas Östlund
0–1xx:xx – Tommy Sjödin
0–208:33 – Stafan Nilsson
0–323:16 – Andreas Dackell
0–428:51 – Andreas Dackell
0–532:50 – Tomas Forslund
0–643:17 – Fredrik Stillman
0–747:16 – Stefan Örnskog
36 minPenalties12 min
2 May Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5–0
(0–0, 4–0, 1–0)
Flag of France.svg  France Stockholm
Attendance: 13,118
Jarmo Myllys Goalies Petri Ylönen Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Peter Slapke
Timo Jutila – 27:521–0
Esa Keskinen – 29:092–0
Janne Niinimaa – 29.513–0
Tero Lehterä – 38:064–0
Jere Lehtinen – 45:025–0
14 minPenalties16 min
3 May Russia  Flag of Russia.svg0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Stockholm
Attendance: 11,772
Referee:
Rob Hearn
0–108:42 – Jiří Kučera
0–245:51 – Otakar Vejvoda
3 May United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Pat Jablonski Goalies Corey Hirsch
0–114.40 – Dale DeGray
0–215.30 – Jean-François Jomphe
0–337.17 – Todd Hlushko
Paul Stanton – 46.191–3
1–453.54 – Ralph Intranuovo
20 minPenalties8 min

Semifinals

5 May Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–2 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Thomas Östlund Goalies Corey Hirsch Referee:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Anton Danko
Daniel Alfredsson – 25:041–0
1–128:15 – Luciano Borsato
1–246:43 – Jean-François Jomphe
Mikael Johansson – 53:452–2
Daniel Alfredsson – 68:173–2
2 minPenalties12 min
5 May Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Stockholm
Attendance: 12,853
Roman Turek Goalies Jarmo Myllys Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sylvain Bibeau
0–119:46 – Raimo Helminen
0–252:39 – Ville Peltonen
0–357:13 – Mika Nieminen
8 minPenalties6 min

Match for third place

6 May Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Stockholm
Attendance: 12,175
Corey Hirsch Goalies Roman Turek Referee:
Rob Hearn
0–110.55 – Pavel Geffert
Ralph Intranuovo – 14.321–1
Iain Fraser – 21.192–1
Todd Hlushko – 25.443–1
Jean-François Jomphe – 53.384–1

Final

Time is local (UTC+2).

7 May
15:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Jarmo Myllys Goalies Thomas Östlund Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sylvain Bibeau
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vaclav Cesky
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Langer
(Niinimaa) Ville Peltonen – 08:071–0
(Lehtinen) Ville Peltonen – 37:392–0
(Koivu, Strömberg) Ville Peltonen – 39.563–0
(Peltonen, Koivu) Timo Jutila – 42.524–0
4–143:58 – Jonas Bergqvist (Stillman, Sjödin)
18 minPenalties8 min

World Championship Group B (Slovakia)

Played in Bratislava, 12–21 April. The hosts bettered their Group C record of the previous year, this time winning all their games. Thirty-eight-year-old Peter Stastny led the tournament in scoring. [3]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
13Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 77006015+4514
14Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 76016516+4912
15Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7403293018
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 73042038186
17Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 73043028+26
18Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 72052645194
19Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 72051935164
20Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 71061557422
Source: [ citation needed ]

Slovakia was promoted to Group A while Romania was relegated to Group C.

12 April Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg18–1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
12 April Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg7–3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
12 April Poland  Flag of Poland.svg8–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
12 April Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
13 April Romania  Flag of Romania.svg2–0Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
13 April Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg9–3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
13 April Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–6Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
13 April Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg1–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
15 April Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
15 April Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8–2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
15 April Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg10–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
15 April Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg9–2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
16 April Romania  Flag of Romania.svg3–6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
16 April Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg4–3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
16 April Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg4–3Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
16 April Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg9–2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
18 April Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg6–2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
18 April Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg5–3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
18 April Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg6–2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
18 April Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3–4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
19 April Romania  Flag of Romania.svg4–9Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
19 April Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–15Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
19 April Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg13–4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
19 April Poland  Flag of Poland.svg3–4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
21 April Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
21 April Poland  Flag of Poland.svg7–5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
21 April Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg4–8Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
21 April Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg11–0Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

World Championship Group C1 (Bulgaria)

Played in Sofia 20–26 March. Nine teams took part this year because Yugoslavia was given the right to return to the group that they had last played in as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The consequence was that two teams were relegated. [3] They played in three groups of three where the first place teams contested promotion and the third place teams contested relegation. Two years after failing to qualify for Group C, Belarus got a rematch against Ukraine and Kazakhstan, this time coming out on top.

First round

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2200201+194
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2101414102
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 200231290
Source: [ citation needed ]
20 March Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg2–4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
21 March China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–12Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
22 March Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–8Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus 2200115+64
2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 21017922
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 200271140
Source: [ citation needed ]
20 March Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg1–6Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus
21 March Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg5–4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
22 March Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3–6Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia

Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2200244+204
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2101101002
3Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 2002424200
Source: [ citation needed ]
20 March Yugoslavia  Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg3–15Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
21 March Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg9–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
22 March Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg9–1Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia

Final round 21–23 place

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
21Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus 220052+34
22Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 20113411
23Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20113521
Source: [ citation needed ]

Belarus was promoted to Group B.

24 March Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg2–2Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
25 March Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg3–1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
26 March Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg1–2Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus

Consolation round 24–26 place

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
24Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2200157+84
25Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 210191232
26Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 200251050
Source: [ citation needed ]
24 March Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg3–4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
25 March Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg6–2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
26 March China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5–9Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia

Consolation round 27–29 place

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
27Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2200214+174
28Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 210197+22
29Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2002120190
Source: [ citation needed ]

Both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were relegated to group C2.

24 March Yugoslavia  Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg6–0Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
25 March Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg7–3Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia
26 March Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–14Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia

World Championship Group C2 (South Africa)

Played in Johannesburg and Krugersdorp in South Africa from 21 to 30 March. Two groups of five played round robins where the top two from each contested promotion. The bottom five teams were relegated to qualification tournaments for 1996 Group D. Belgian player Joris Peusens was only fifteen years old.

First round

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 4400408+328
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4301328+246
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4112181913
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4103162482
5Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4013956471
Source: [ citation needed ]

Greece was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 March Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg5–5Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
21 March Spain  Flag of Spain.svg3–4Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
22 March Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1–21Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
22 March Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg10–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
24 March Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg8–2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
24 March Greece  Flag of Greece.svg2–10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
26 March Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg20–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
26 March Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
27 March Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–8Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
27 March Spain  Flag of Spain.svg4–1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 44004111+308
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4301377+306
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 42022315+84
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4103729222
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4004753460
Source: [ citation needed ]

New Zealand was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 March Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg19–5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
21 March South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg2–8Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
22 March Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg7–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
22 March New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg0–13Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
24 March New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg0–12Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
24 March South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–11Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
26 March South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg7–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
26 March South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
27 March South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3–4Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
27 March South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–8Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Final round 30–33 place

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
30Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3210139+45
31Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 3210128+45
32Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3102131522
33Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3003101660
Source: [ citation needed ]

Croatia only needed to tie Lithuania in their final game to earn promotion to Group C1, and they did so.

29 March Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg5–2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
29 March Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg6–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
30 March Spain  Flag of Spain.svg7–5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
30 March Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg3–3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Consolation round 34–37 place

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
34Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 32012210+124
35Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 3201168+84
36Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3201171704
37Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3003828200
Source: [ citation needed ]

Israel, Australia, and South Africa, all were relegated to Group D qualification.

29 March South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
29 March Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
30 March South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg6–10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
30 March Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg2–7Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Consolation round 38–39 place

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
38Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1100107+32
39Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 100171030
Source: [ citation needed ]
30 March Greece  Flag of Greece.svg10–7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Ranking and statistics


 1995 IIHF World Championship winners 
Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
1st title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
8Flag of France.svg  France
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
10Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
11Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
12Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts +/− PIMPOS
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew McKim 86713+14F
Flag of Finland.svg Ville Peltonen 86511+124F
Flag of Finland.svg Saku Koivu 85510+918F
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Johansson 8369+68F
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Johansson 8369+74F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Iain Fraser 8279+48F
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Berezin 6718+54F
Flag of the United States.svg Jon Morris 6358+104F
Flag of France.svg Christian Pouget 6268+54F
Flag of Finland.svg Raimo Helminen 8178+112F

Source:

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.

PlayerMIPGAGAASVS% SO
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Turek 35991.50.9392
Flag of the United States.svg Pat Jablonski 360152.50.9230
Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Cherviakov 18051.67.9231
Flag of France.svg Petri Ylönen 300112.20.9211
Flag of Finland.svg Jarmo Myllys 420121.71.9173

Source:

See also

Citations

  1. "Den glider in" performed with Swedish national team on stage
  2. "Sportåret 1995" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. 2 January 1995. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Summary at Passionhockey.com
  4. Duplacey page 508

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