1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host nation	Sweden
Dates	23 April – 7 May
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Finland (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	40
Goals scored	229  (5.73 per game)
Attendance	326,571  (8,164 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Andrew McKim 14 points

The 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was played in Stockholm and Gävle Sweden, from 23 April to 7 May 1995. In the tournament finals, Finland won the gold medal by winning over 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.

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. But when the NHL season began in late January 1995, it instead created a scenario where less 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, lost in overtime to the Swedes, 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.

World Championship Group A (Sweden)

First round

Group 1

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	26–10	10
2	Italy	5	3	1	1	14–11	7
3	France	5	3	0	2	14–11	6
4	Canada	5	2	1	2	17–16	5
5	Germany	5	1	0	4	11–20	2
6	Switzerland	5	0	0	5	10–24	0

23 April

France

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Germany

Gävle Attendance: 3,167

23 April

Russia

4–2 (1–0, 0–0, 3–2)

Italy

Gävle

24 April

Germany

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Italy

Gävle Attendance: 2,696

24 April

Switzerland

3–5 (1–3, 2–0, 0–2)

Canada

Gävle Attendance: 2,909

25 April

Canada

1–4 (1–3, 0–1, 0–0)

France

Gävle

25 April

Russia

8–0 (0–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Gävle Attendance: 3,442

26 April

France

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Russia

Gävle Attendance: 3,040

27 April

Canada

5–2 (1–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Germany

Gävle Attendance: 4,358

27 April

Italy

3–2 (0–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Switzerland

Gävle Attendance: 3,956

28 April

Germany

3–6 (1–0, 1–5, 1–1)

Russia

Gävle Attendance: 3,810

28 April

Switzerland

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

France

Gävle Attendance: 3,684

29 April

Canada

2–2 (1–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Italy

Gävle Attendance: 4,962

30 April

Germany

5–3 (1–0, 2–1, 2–2)

Switzerland

Gävle Attendance: 6,293

30 April

Russia

5–4 (2–1, 1–1, 2–2)

Canada

Gävle Attendance: 6,293

1 May

Italy

5–2 (1–0, 2–0, 2–2)

France

Gävle Attendance: 2,700

Group 2

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	United States	5	3	2	0	17–11	8
2	Finland	5	3	1	1	22–14	7
3	Sweden	5	3	1	1	17–9	7
4	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	14–9	6
5	Norway	5	1	0	4	9–18	2
6	Austria	5	0	0	5	9–27	0

23 April

Sweden

5–0 (0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Norway

Stockholm Attendance: 11,854

	14 min	Penalties	16 min

23 April

Finland

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Attendance: 11,462

	22 min	Penalties	14 min

24 April

Austria

2–5 (1–3, 0–1, 1–1)

United States

Stockholm Attendance: 6,817

25 April

United States

2–1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Norway

Stockholm

25 April

Sweden

3–6 (1–0, 2–3, 0–3)

Finland

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

26 April

Czech Republic

5–2 (3–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Austria

Stockholm Attendance: 6,531

26 April

Norway

2–5 (0–1, 0–2, 2–2)

Finland

Stockholm Attendance: 7,842

	20 min	Penalties	16 min

27 April

Czech Republic

2–4 (0–0, 0–2, 2–2)

United States

Stockholm Attendance: 7,452

27 April

Austria

0–5 (0–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Sweden

Stockholm

28 April

United States

2–2 (1-2, 0–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	20 min	Penalties	10 min

29 April

Finland

7–2 (4–1, 3–0, 0–1)

Austria

Stockholm Attendance: 10,438

	6 min	Penalties	12 min

29 April

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Norway

Stockholm Attendance: 8,864

	8 min	Penalties	4 min

30 April

United States

4–4 (1–0, 3–1, 0–3)

Finland

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	14 min	Penalties	8 min

30 April

Sweden

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	12 min	Penalties	16 min

1 May

Norway

5–3 (1–1, 4–2, 0–0)

Austria

Stockholm Attendance: 7,347

Consolation round 11–12 place

2 May

Austria

4–0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Gävle Attendance: 2,968

	12 min	Penalties	18 min

4 May

Switzerland

4–4 (1–2, 1–1, 2–1)

Austria

Stockholm Attendance: 7,418

	10 min	Penalties	20 min

Switzerland was relegate to Group B.

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

2 May

Italy

0–7 (0–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Sweden

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	36 min	Penalties	12 min

2 May

Finland

5–0 (0–0, 4–0, 1–0)

France

Stockholm Attendance: 13,118

	14 min	Penalties	16 min

3 May

Russia

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Attendance: 11,772

3 May

United States

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Canada

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	20 min	Penalties	8 min

Semifinals

5 May

Sweden

3–2 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Canada

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	2 min	Penalties	12 min

5 May

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Finland

Stockholm Attendance: 12,853

	8 min	Penalties	6 min

Match for third place

6 May

Canada

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Attendance: 12,175

Final

Time is local (UTC+2).

7 May 15:00

Finland

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Sweden

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	18 min	Penalties	8 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.

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
13	Slovakia	7	7	0	0	60–15	14
14	Latvia	7	6	0	1	65–16	12
15	Poland	7	4	0	3	29–30	8
16	Netherlands	7	3	0	4	20–38	6
17	Denmark	7	3	0	4	30–28	6
18	Japan	7	2	0	5	26–45	4
19	Great Britain	7	2	0	5	19–35	4
20	Romania	7	1	0	6	15–57	2

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

12 April

Latvia

18–1

Romania

12 April

Slovakia

7–3

Great Britain

12 April

Poland

8–1

Netherlands

12 April

Japan

1–5

Denmark

13 April

Romania

2–0

Great Britain

13 April

Slovakia

9–3

Japan

13 April

Netherlands

1–6

Latvia

13 April

Denmark

1–3

Poland

15 April

Great Britain

3–2

Netherlands

15 April

Japan

8–2

Romania

15 April

Slovakia

10–0

Poland

15 April

Latvia

9–2

Denmark

16 April

Romania

3–6

Poland

16 April

Netherlands

4–3

Japan

16 April

Slovakia

4–3

Latvia

16 April

Denmark

9–2

Great Britain

18 April

Latvia

6–2

Poland

18 April

Netherlands

5–3

Romania

18 April

Slovakia

6–2

Denmark

18 April

Great Britain

3–4

Japan

19 April

Romania

4–9

Denmark

19 April

Japan

2–15

Latvia

19 April

Slovakia

13–4

Netherlands

19 April

Poland

3–4

Great Britain

21 April

Denmark

2–3

Netherlands

21 April

Poland

7–5

Japan

21 April

Great Britain

4–8

Latvia

21 April

Slovakia

11–0

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. 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.

Group 1

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	20–1	4
2	China	2	1	0	1	4–14	2
3	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	3–12	0

20 March

Bulgaria

2–4

China

21 March

China

0–12

Kazakhstan

22 March

Bulgaria

1–8

Kazakhstan

Group 2

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Belarus	2	2	0	0	11–5	4
2	Estonia	2	1	0	1	7–9	2
3	Slovenia	2	0	0	2	7–11	0

20 March

Estonia

1–6

Belarus

21 March

Belarus

5–4

Slovenia

22 March

Slovenia

3–6

Estonia

Group 3

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	24–4	4
2	Hungary	2	1	0	1	10–10	2
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	4–24	0

20 March

Yugoslavia

3–15

Ukraine

21 March

Ukraine

9–1

Hungary

22 March

Hungary

9–1

Yugoslavia

Final round 21–23 place

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
21	Belarus	2	2	0	0	5–2	4
22	Kazakhstan	2	0	1	1	3–4	1
23	Ukraine	2	0	1	1	3–5	1

Belarus was promoted to Group B.

24 March

Ukraine

2–2

Kazakhstan

25 March

Belarus

3–1

Ukraine

26 March

Kazakhstan

1–2

Belarus

Consolation round 24–26 place

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
24	Estonia	2	2	0	0	15–7	4
25	China	2	1	0	1	9–12	2
26	Hungary	2	0	0	2	5–10	0

24 March

Hungary

3–4

China

25 March

Estonia

6–2

Hungary

26 March

China

5–9

Estonia

Consolation round 27–29 place

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
27	Slovenia	2	2	0	0	21–4	4
28	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	9–7	2
29	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	1–20	0

Both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were relegated to group C2.

24 March

Yugoslavia

6–0

Bulgaria

25 March

Slovenia

7–3

Yugoslavia

26 March

Bulgaria

1–14

Slovenia

World Championship Group C2 (South Africa)

Played in Johannesburg and Krugersdorp in South Africa from 21–30 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.

Group 1

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Lithuania	4	4	0	0	40–8	8
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	32–8	6
3	Belgium	4	1	1	2	18–19	3
4	Australia	4	1	0	3	16–24	2
5	Greece	4	0	1	3	9–56	1

Greece was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 March

Belgium

5–5

Greece

21 March

Spain

3–4

Lithuania

22 March

Greece

1–21

Spain

22 March

Belgium

10–2

Australia

24 March

Lithuania

8–2

Belgium

24 March

Greece

2–10

Australia

26 March

Lithuania

20–1

Greece

26 March

Australia

2–4

Spain

27 March

Australia

2–8

Lithuania

27 March

Spain

4–1

Belgium

Group 2

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Croatia	4	4	0	0	41–11	8
2	South Korea	4	3	0	1	37–7	6
3	Israel	4	2	0	2	23–15	4
4	South Africa	4	1	0	3	7–29	2
5	New Zealand	4	0	0	4	7–53	0

New Zealand was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 March

Croatia

19–5

New Zealand

21 March

South Africa

2–8

South Korea

22 March

Croatia

7–2

Israel

22 March

New Zealand

0–13

South Korea

24 March

New Zealand

0–12

Israel

24 March

South Africa

1–11

Croatia

26 March

South Korea

7–1

Israel

26 March

South Africa

3–2

New Zealand

27 March

South Korea

3–4

Croatia

27 March

South Africa

1–8

Israel

Final round 30–33 place

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
30	Croatia	3	2	1	0	13–9	5
31	Lithuania	3	2	1	0	12–8	5
32	Spain	3	1	0	2	13–15	2
33	South Korea	3	0	0	3	10–16	0

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

29 March

Lithuania

5–2

South Korea

29 March

Croatia

6–3

Spain

30 March

Spain

7–5

South Korea

30 March

Lithuania

3–3

Croatia

Consolation round 34–37 place

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
34	Belgium	3	2	0	1	22–10	4
35	Israel	3	2	0	1	16–8	4
36	Australia	3	2	0	1	17–17	4
37	South Africa	3	0	0	3	8–28	0

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

29 March

South Africa

1–10

Belgium

29 March

Australia

5–1

Israel

30 March

South Africa

6–10

Australia

30 March

Belgium

2–7

Israel

Consolation round 38–39 place

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
38	Greece	1	1	0	0	10–7	2
39	New Zealand	1	0	0	1	7–10	0

30 March

Greece

10–7

New Zealand

Ranking and statistics

1995 IIHF World Championship Winners  Finland 1st title Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: Finland Sweden Canada 4 Czech Republic 5 Russia 6 United States 7 Italy 8 France 9 Germany 10 Norway 11 Austria 12 Switzerland Citations References Complete results Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.  Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 158–9.  Ice Hockey World Championships 1920 · 1924 · 1928 · 1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).