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POOL "A"
PRELIMINARY STAGE
Group "A" (Helsinki) Group "B" (Turku)
Czechia Canada
Finland Sweden
Russia USA
Germany Italy
France Norway
Slovakia Latvia
April 26
Czechia - Germany - 2:1 Canada - Norway - 7:0
Finland - France - 6:1 Sweden - Italy - 5:3
April 27
Russia - Slovakia - 2:2 USA - Latvia - 5:4
Finland - Czechia - 1:2 Sweden - Canada - 7:2
April 28
Slovakia - France - 5:3 Latvia - Italy - 4:5
Germany - Russia - 1:5 Norway - USA - 1:3
April 29
Germany - Finland - 0:6 Norway - Sweden - 1:4
April 30
Russia - France - 5:4 USA - Italy - 4:2
Czechia - Slovakia - 3:1 Canada - Latvia - 3:3
May 1
Czechia - Russia - 2:3 Canada - USA - 5:1
May 2
France - Germany - 2:1 Italy - Norway - 2:2
Finland - Slovakia - 5:2 Sweden - Latvia - 1:1
May 3
France - Czechia - 3:9 Italy - Canada - 0:6
Slovakia - Germany - 0:1 USA - Sweden - 1:3
Russia - Finland - 4:7 Latvia - Norway - 6:3
Standings:
gp w t l gf-ga pts gp w t l gf-ga pts
1.Czechia 5 4 0 1 18-9 8 1.Sweden 5 4 1 0 20-8 9
2.Finland 5 4 0 1 25-9 8 2.Canada 5 3 1 1 23-11 7
3.Russia 5 3 1 1 19-16 7 3.USA 5 3 0 2 14-15 6
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4.Slovakia 5 1 1 3 10-14 3 4.Latvia 5 1 2 2 18-17 4
5.France 5 1 0 4 13-26 2 5.Italy 5 1 1 3 12-21 3
6.Germany 5 1 0 4 4-15 0 6.Norway 5 0 1 4 7-22 1
May 5
Czechia - USA - 3:4 Sweden - Russia - 1:4
May 6
Finland - Canada - 0:1 Slovakia - Norway - 2:1
Russia - USA - 1:1 Latvia - Germany - 8:0
May 7
Canada - Czechia - 3:5 Norway - France - 3:4
Sweden - Finland - 5:2 Italy - Germany - 5:2
May 8
Czechia - Sweden - 0:1 Italy - Slovakia - 3:4
Latvia - France - 6:2
May 9
Canada - Russia - 2:1 Germany - Norway - 4:2
USA - Finland - 0:2
May 10
Slovakia - Latvia - 4:5
France - Italy - 1:8
Standings:
gp w t l gf-ga pts gp w t l gf-ga pts
1.Sweden 5 4 0 1 17-9 8 7.Lanvia 5 4 0 1 29-14 8
2.Canada 5 3 0 2 13-14 6 8.Italy 5 3 1 1 23-13 7
--------------------------------- 9.Slovakia 5 3 0 2 15-13 6
3.Russia 5 2 1 2 13-13 5 10.France 5 2 0 3 12-23 4
4.Czechia 5 2 0 3 12-12 4 11.Germany 5 2 0 3 8-17 4
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5.Finland 5 2 0 3 12-12 4 12.Norway 5 0 1 4 11-18 1
6.USA 5 1 1 3 7-14 3
May 10
3-rd Place Final:
Russia - Czechia - 3:4
11,12, May (14-if required)
Final:
Sweden - Canada - 3:2,1:3,1:2
POOL "B"
Switzerland, Netherlands, Great Britain, Poland,
Belarus, Denmark, Austria, Kazakhstan
April 12
Switzerland - Netherlands - 8:3 Austria - Kazakhstan - 3:5
Great Britain - Poland - 3:4 Belarus - Denmark - 9:3
April 13
Denmark - Switzerland - 4:6 Great Britain - Kazakhstan - 2:4
Netherlands - Austria - 2:2 Poland - Belarus - 2:7
April 15.
Austria - Denmark - 3:1 Belarus - Kazakhstan - 4:3
Switzerland - Poland - 0:0 Great Britain - Netherlands - 8:2
April 16.
Denmark - Great Britain - 1:9 Switzerland - Kazakhstan - 2:5
Poland - Austria - 4:6 Netherlands - Belarus - 2:10
April 18.
Austria - Great Britain - 2:2 Switzerland - Belarus - 5:6
Denmark - Netherlands - 4:6 Kazakhstan - Poland - 3:3
April 20.
Belarus - Austria - 6:4 Kazakhstan - Denmark - 6:4
Netherlands - Poland - 3:1 Great Britain - Switzerland - 2:3
April 21.
Austria - Switzerland - 2:2 Kazakhstan - Netherlands - 5:3
Poland - Denmark - 5:2 Belarus - Great Britain - 6:2
Standings:
gp w t l gf-ga pts
1.Belarus 7 7 0 0 48-21 14
2.Kazakhstan 7 5 1 1 31-21 11
3.Switzerland 7 3 2 2 26-22 8
4.Austria 7 2 3 2 22-22 7
5.Poland 7 2 2 3 19-24 6
6.Great Britain 7 2 1 4 28-22 5
7.Netherlands 7 2 1 4 21-38 5
8.Denmark 7 0 0 7 19-44 0
POOL "C"
PRELIMINARY STAGE
Group "A" (Tallinn) Group "B" (Kohtla-Jarve)
Japan Ukraine
Lithuania China
Hungary Slovenia
Estonia Romania
March 22.
Japan - Lithuania - 3:0 Ukraine - China - 7:1
Hungary - Estonia - 5:5 Slovenia - Romania - 5:0
March 23.
Hungary - Lithuania - 5:0 Slovenia - China - 11:1
Estonia - Japan - 2:2 Romania - Ukraine - 0:7
March 25.
Japan - Hungary - 6:1 China - Romania - 5:6
Lithuania - Estonia - 5:11 Ukraine - Slovenia - 3:2
Standings:
gp w t l gf-ga pts gp w t l gf-ga pts
1.Japan 3 2 1 0 11-3 5 1.Ukraine 3 3 0 0 17-3 6
2.Estonia 3 1 2 0 18-12 4 2.Slovenia 3 2 0 1 18-4 4
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3.Hungary 3 1 1 1 11-11 3 3.Romania 3 1 0 2 6-17 2
4.Lithuania 3 0 0 3 5-19 0 4.China 3 0 0 3 7-24 0
March 27.
Japan - Slovenia - 1:4 Hungary - China - 7:3
Ukraine - Estonia - 2:1 Romania - Lithuania - 7:3
March 28.
Japan - Ukraine - 2:2 China - Lithuania - 6:3
Slovenia - Estonia - 3:3 Hungary - Romania - 0:2
Standings:
gp w t l gf-ga pts gp w t l gf-ga pts
1.Ukraine 3 2 1 0 7-5 5 5.Romania 3 3 0 0 15-8 6
2.Slovenia 3 1 1 1 9-7 3 6.Hungary 3 2 0 1 12-5 4
3.Estonia 3 0 2 1 6-7 2 7.China 3 1 0 2 14-16 2
4.Japan 3 0 2 1 5-8 2 8.Lithuania 3 0 0 3 6-18 0
Japan promoted to Pool A 1998
Ukraine,Slovenia,Estonia promoted to Pool B 1998
POOL "D"
PRELIMINARY STAGE
Group "A" (Andorra) Group "B" (Andorra)
Croatia Spain
Australia Bulgaria
Belgium Yugoslavia
Korea Israel
April 7.
Croatia - Australia - 7:2 Spain - Bulgaria - 4:5
April 8.
Belgium - Korea - 1:4 Yugoslavia - Israel - 4:3
April 10.
Belgium - Australia - 4:2 Bulgaria - Yugoslavia - 2:2
Korea - Croatia - 0:2 Spain - Israel - 7:3
April 11.
Australia - Korea - 5:8 Israel - Bulgaria - 4:3
Croatia - Belgium - 1:2 Yugoslavia - Spain - 5:6
Standings:
gp w t l gf-ga pts gp w t l gf-ga pts
1.Korea 3 2 0 1 12-8 4 1.Spain 3 2 0 1 17-13 4
2.Croatia 3 2 0 1 10-4 4 2.Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 11-11 3
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3.Belgium 3 2 0 1 7-7 4 3.Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 10-10 3
4.Australia 3 0 0 3 9-19 0 4.Israel 3 1 0 2 10-14 2
April 13.
Korea - Yugoslavia - 5:0 Belgium - Israel - 3:5
Spain - Croatia - 3:4 Bulgaria - Australia - 3:3
April 14.
Korea - Spain - 2:1 Israel - Australia - 3:8
Yugoslavia - Croatia - 2:2 Belgium - Bulgaria - 2:4
Standings:
gp w t l gf-fa pts gp w t l gf-ga pts
1.Croatia 3 2 1 0 8-5 5 5.Israel 3 2 0 1 12-14 4
2.Korea 3 2 0 1 7-3 4 6.Australia 3 1 1 1 13-10 3
3.Spain 3 1 0 2 10-11 2 7.Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 10-9 3
4.Yugoslavia 3 0 1 2 7-13 1 8.Belgian 3 1 0 2 9-11 2
Croatia,Korea,Spain,Yugoslavia promoted to POOL C.