1996 Karjala Tournament

1996 Karjala Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
City	Helsinki
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–9 November 1996
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Scoring leader	Michael Nylander (6 points)
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The 1996 Karjala Tournament was played between 7 and 10 November 1996. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. All of the games were played in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland. Sweden won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	15	6	+9	5
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	4
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	2
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Source: hokej ^[1]

Games

All times are local.Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

7 November 1996 17:00

Czech Republic

1-3 (1-2, 0-1, 0-0)

Sweden

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Game reference
	Roman Čechmánek	Goalies	Mikael Sandberg
	0-1 09:14 – Kjellberg (Nylander) Alinč (Vůjtek, Bělohlav) – 15:07 1-1 1-2 16:58 – Hävelid (Svartvadet, Eklund) 1-3 36:22 – Falk (Åkerström)
	14 min	Penalties	4 min

7 November 1996 18:00

Finland

6-1 (1-1, 4-0, 1-0)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Game reference
	Ari Sulander	Goalies	Alexei Yegorov
	Nieminen – 15:00 1-0 1-1 19:00 – Korolyuk Varvio – 26:00 2-1 Nieminen – 37:00 3-1 Riihijärvi – 37:00 4-1 Riihijärvi – 40:00 5-1 Ojanen – 60:00 6-1

9 November 1996 15:00

Sweden

4-1 (1-0, 1-1, 2-0)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Game reference
	Mikael Sandberg	Goalies	Alexei Yegorov
	Svartvadet – 20:00 1-0 Bremberg – 30:00 2-0 2-1 37:00 – Fedotov Magnus Svensson – 45:00 3-1 Kjellberg – 56:00 4-1

9 November 1996 18:30

Finland

3-3 (1-1, 0-1, 2-1)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Game reference
	Jani Hurme	Goalies	Martin Prusek
	0-1 09:45 – Vůjtek Kiprusoff (Koivisto, Aalto) – 15:22 1-1 1-2 35:40 – Šimíček (Bednář) 1-3 57:54 – Alinč (Vůjtek) Rintanen (Strömberg) – 55:39 2-3 Jutila (Ojanen, Nieminen) – 59:41 3-3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min

10 November 1996 15:00

Czech Republic

1-3 (1-0, 0-1, 0-2)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Game reference
	Martin Prusek	Goalies	Vladimir Tikhomirov
	Vlasák (Vůjtek, Alinč) – 11:31 1-0 1-1 37:34 – Korolyuk (Afinogenov) 1-2 57:34 – Gogolev (Fedotov) 1-3 59:55 – Afinogenov (Fedotov)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min

10 November 1996 18:30

Finland

6-2 (0-0, 4-2, 2-0)

Sweden

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Game reference
	Jani Hurme	Goalies	Johan Hedberg
	Varis – 23:00 1-0 Timonen – 25:00 2-0 Jääskeläinen – 30:00 3-0 Varvio – 34:00 4-0 4-1 35:00 – Eklund 4-2 36:00 – Nylander Lind – 47:00 5-2 Aalto – 57:00 6-2

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Michael Nylander	Sweden	3	1	5	6	0	2	F
2	Patric Kjellberg	Sweden	3	2	2	4	0	0	F
3	Jarkko Varvio	Finland	3	2	2	4	+3	0	F
4	Mika Nieminen	Finland	3	2	2	4	+2	0	F
5	Vladimír Vůjtek	Czech Republic	3	1	3	4	+3	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: quanthockey ^[2]

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1996: ^[3]

• Best goalkeeper: Alexei Yegorov
• Best defenceman: Magnus Svensson
• Best forward: Mika Nieminen

Media All-Star Team A:

• Goaltender: Jani Hurme
• Defence: Magnus Svensson, Timo Jutila
• Forwards: Patric Kjellberg, Mika Nieminen, Juha Riihijarvi

Media All-Star Team B:

• Goaltender: Mikael Sandberg
• Defence: Marko Kiprusoff, Roger Johansson
• Forwards: Vladimír Vůjtek, Michael Nylander, Alexander Korolyuk

References

1. "Karjala 1997 Standings". hokej.cz. hokej. 1996-11-10. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
2. "Karjala Tournament 1996 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 1996-11-10. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
3. "Best players by position".

External links

• Tournament on hockeyarchives.info