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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 1996
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Austria
| dates = 21 April – 5 May
| num_teams = 12
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| winners = Czech Republic
| count = 1
| second = Canada
| third = USA
| fourth = Russia
| games = 40
| goals = 249
| attendance = 186830
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|CAN}} Yanic Perreault 9 points
| mvp =
| prevseason = [[1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1995]]
| nextseason = [[1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1997]]
}}
The 1996 [[Ice Hockey World Championship]] took place in [[Austria]] 21 April - 5 May. The games were played in [[Vienna]]. Thirty-six nations competed at four levels, with [[Slovakia]] making their first appearance in Group A.

Twelve teams took part in Group A, with the first round split into two groups of six, with the first four from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. This was the 60th World Championship and the [[Czech Republic]] beat [[Canada]] in the final to become World Champions for the first time. ([[Czechoslovakia]] had won the World Championship six times). The final game was tied at two apiece before Martin Procházka scored with nineteen seconds left, an empty net goal sealed the victory.<ref>Duplacey page 508</ref> In the bronze medal game, Brian Rolston scored at 4:48 of overtime to win the first medal in 34 years for team USA.<ref>Podnieks page 160</ref><ref name=1996Summary /> The unfortunate Russians did not lose a game in regulation time in the entire tournament, but finished fourth.

== World Championship Group A (Austria) ==

=== First Round ===

=== Group 1 ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Goal difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{ih|RUS}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 23 - 08 || 10
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 2 || {{ih|USA}} || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 15 - 14 || 6
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 3 || {{ih|CAN}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 17 - 15 || 5
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 4 || {{ih|GER}} || 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 12 - 11 || 4
|-style=
| 5 || {{ih|SVK}} || 5 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 13 - 16 || 3
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 6 || {{ih|AUT}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 03 - 19 || 2
|-
|}

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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 21 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|GER}}
| score = 1-2
| team2 = {{ih|RUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 21 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|CAN}}
| score = 3-3
| team2 = {{ih|SVK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 22 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUT}}
| score = 1-5
| team2 = {{ih|USA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 22 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|RUS}}
| score = 6-2
| team2 = {{ih|SVK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 23 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|USA}}
| score = 4-2
| team2 = {{ih|GER}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 23 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUT}}
| score = 0-4
| team2 = {{ih|CAN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 24 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|GER}}
| score = 5-1
| team2 = {{ih|CAN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 25 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUT}}
| score = 2-1
| team2 = {{ih|SVK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 25 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|USA}}
| score = 1-3
| team2 = {{ih|RUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 26 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUT}}
| score = 0-3
| team2 = {{ih|GER}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 26 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|RUS}}
| score = 6-4
| team2 = {{ih|CAN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 27 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|USA}}
| score = 4-3
| team2 = {{ih|SVK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 28 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUT}}
| score = 0-6
| team2 = {{ih|RUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 28 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|CAN}}
| score = 5-1
| team2 = {{ih|USA}}
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| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|SVK}}
| score = 4-1
| team2 = {{ih|GER}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

=== Group 2 ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Goal difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{ih|CZE}} || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 27 - 12 || 9
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 2 || {{ih|FIN}} || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 23 - 15 || 6
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 3 || {{ih|SWE}} || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 14 - 12 || 6
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 4 || {{ih|ITA}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 20 - 26 || 5
|-style=
| 5 || {{ih|NOR}} || 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 06 - 11 || 4
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 6 || {{ih|FRA}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 12 - 26 || 0
|-
|}

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| date = 21 April
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| score = 3-1
| team2 = {{ih|SWE}}
| goals1 =
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 21 April
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| team2 = {{ih|NOR}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 22 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FRA}}
| score = 5-6
| team2 = {{ih|ITA}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 23 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ITA}}
| score = 4-0
| team2 = {{ih|NOR}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 23 April
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 24 April
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 25 April
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| score = 3-6
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 25 April
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| score = 3-3
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 26 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ITA}}
| score = 2-9
| team2 = {{ih|FIN}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 27 April
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| score = 9-2
| team2 = {{ih|FRA}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 27 April
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| score = 3-0
| team2 = {{ih|NOR}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 28 April
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| score = 5-9
| team2 = {{ih|CZE}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 28 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FIN}}
| score = 5-5
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|NOR}}
| score = 3-1
| team2 = {{ih|FRA}}
| goals1 =
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=== Quarterfinals ===
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 30 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|USA}}
| score = 3-2
| team2 = {{ih|SWE}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 30 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FIN}}
| score = 1-3
| team2 = {{ih|CAN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 1 May
| team1 = {{ih-rt|RUS}}
| score = 5-2
| team2 = {{ih|ITA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 1 May
| team1 = {{ih-rt|CZE}}
| score = 6-1
| team2 = {{ih|GER}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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=== Consolation Round 11-12 Place ===
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 1 May
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUT}}
| score = 3-6
| team2 = {{ih|FRA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 2 May
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUT}}
| score = 3-6
| team2 = {{ih|FRA}}
| goals1 =
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''[[Austria]] was relegated to Group B.''

=== Semifinals ===
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 3 May
| team1 = {{ih-rt|USA}}
| score = 0-5
| team2 = {{ih|CZE}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 3 May
| team1 = {{ih-rt|CAN}}
| score = 3-2 (GWS)
| team2 = {{ih|RUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

=== Match for third place ===
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 4 May
| team1 = {{ih-rt|RUS}}
| score = 3-4 (OT)
| team2 = {{ih|USA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

=== Final ===
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 5 May
| time = 15:00
| team1 = '''{{ih-rt|CZE}}'''
| team2 = {{ih|CAN}}
| score = 4-2
| periods = (1-1, 1-1, 2-0)
| reference =
| stadium = [[Wiener Stadthalle]], [[Wien]]
| attendance = 9,500
| penalties1 =
| penalties2 =
| shots1 =
| shots2 =
| bg = #F7F6A8
}}

==World Championship Group B (Netherlands)==
Played 10–20 April in [[Eindhoven]]. Latvia won at this level for the first time. In their final game, superb goaltending by Arturs Irbe kept them in it, and a late tying goal by Olegs Znaroks sealed the tournament victory.<ref name=1996Summary /> The final game had high drama for the host crowd, the Japanese and Danish teams among them. If the Netherlands were to lose to Poland, they would finish last and be relegated, a tie and Japan would be last, a win and Denmark would be last. A third period goal by Poland sealed Japan's fate.
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Goal difference
! Points
! Tie breaker H2H Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 13 || {{ih|LAT}} || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 41 - 16 || 13
|-style=
| 14 || {{ih|SUI}} || 7 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 37 - 13 || 11
|-style=
| 15 || {{ih|BLR}} || 7 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 29 - 18 || 10
|-style=
| 16 || {{ih|GBR}} || 7 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 29 - 23 || 9
|-style=
| 17 || {{ih|POL}} || 7 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 18 - 27 || 4
|-style=
| 18 || {{ih|DEN}} || 7 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 14 - 32 || 3 || 3
|-style=
| 19 || {{ih|NED}} || 7 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 12 - 35 || 3 || 2
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 20 || {{ih|JPN}} || 7 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 14 - 30 || 3 || 1
|-
|}
''[[Latvia]] was promoted to Group A while [[Japan]] was relegated to Group C.''
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 10 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|LAT}}
| score = 6-5
| team2 = {{ih|GBR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 10 April
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| score = 3-3
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 10 April
| team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 10 April
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 April
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 April
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 12 April
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| score = 3-4
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 12 April
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 13 April
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| date = 13 April
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{{IceHockeybox
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{{IceHockeybox
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 16 April
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 17 April
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 18 April
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 18 April
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 19 April
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 20 April
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==World Championship Group C (Slovenia)==
Played 22–31 March in [[Jesenice, Slovenia|Jesenice]] and [[Kranj]]. For the fourth year in row the Kazakhs and Ukrainians met in Group C. For the first time the Kazakhs came out on top, and it was the difference in winning the tournament.
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Goal difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 21 || {{ih|KAZ}} || 7 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 51 - 10 || 12
|-style=
| 22 || {{ih|UKR}} || 7 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 40 - 13 || 12
|-style=
| 23 || {{ih|SVN}} || 7 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 41 - 19 || 10
|-style=
| 24 || {{ih|HUN}} || 7 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 34 - 25 || 7
|-style=
| 25 || {{ih|EST}} || 7 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 36 - 29 || 7
|-style=
| 26 || {{ih|ROU}} || 7 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 32 - 27 || 6
|-style=
| 27 || {{ih|CHN}} || 7 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 17 - 68 || 2
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 28 || {{ih|CRO}} || 7 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 11 - 71 || 0
|-
|}
[[Kazakhstan]] was promoted to Group B while [[Croatia]] was relegated to Group D.
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 22 March
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| score = 9-2
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{{IceHockeybox
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| date = 22 March
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{{IceHockeybox
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{{IceHockeybox
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{{IceHockeybox
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| score = 12-0
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| team2 = {{ih|HUN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|UKR}}
| score = 7-2
| team2 = {{ih|ROU}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|CRO}}
| score = 0-10
| team2 = {{ih|HUN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|EST}}
| score = 0-7
| team2 = {{ih|KAZ}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|SVN}}
| score = 10-2
| team2 = {{ih|CHN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 31 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|UKR}}
| score = 5-2
| team2 = {{ih|EST}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 31 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|SVN}}
| score = 13-2
| team2 = {{ih|CRO}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 31 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ROU}}
| score = 4-3
| team2 = {{ih|KAZ}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 31 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|CHN}}
| score = 2-8
| team2 = {{ih|HUN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

== World Championship Group D (Lithuania) ==
Played in [[Kaunas]] and [[Elektrenai]] 25–31 March. To narrow the field of the bottom tier to eight nations, two regional qualifying tournaments were used.

=== Qualifying Round ===

=== Group 1 (Australia) ===
Played 5th and 6 November 1995 in [[Sydney]].
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Goal difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{ih|AUS}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 12 - 02 || 4
|-style=
| 2 || {{ih|NZL}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 02 - 12 || 0
|-
|}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 5 November 1995
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUS}}
| score = 6-0
| team2 = {{ih|NZL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 6 November 1995
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUS}}
| score = 6-2
| team2 = {{ih|NZL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

=== Group 2 (Israel) ===
Played 27–29 January 1996 in [[Metulla]]. The Greek team won both their games, but were found to have an ineligible roster, so both games were declared 5–0 forfeits in favour of the opposing team.<ref name=1996Summary>[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1996.htm Summary at Passionhockey.com]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Points difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{ih|ISR}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 24 - 00 || 4
|-style=
| 2 || {{ih|TUR}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 05 - 19 || 2
|-style=
| 3 || {{ih|GRE}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 00 - 10 || 0
|-
|}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 27 January 1996
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ISR}}
| score = 1-4 ''5-0 by default''
| team2 = {{ih|GRE}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 28 January 1996
| team1 = {{ih-rt|TUR}}
| score = 0-19 ''5-0 by default''
| team2 = {{ih|GRE}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 January 1996
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ISR}}
| score = 19-0
| team2 = {{ih|TUR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

=== First Round ===

=== Group 1 ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Goal difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{ih|FR Yugoslavia}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 14 - 05 || 6
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 2 || {{ih|ESP}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 15 - 06 || 3
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 3 || {{ih|KOR}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 15 - 10 || 3
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 4 || {{ih|AUS}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 08 - 31 || 0
|-
|}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 25 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}
| score = 7-1
| team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 25 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ESP}}
| score = 1-1
| team2 = {{ih|KOR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 26 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ESP}}
| score = 11-1
| team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 26 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}
| score = 3-1
| team2 = {{ih|KOR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 27 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|KOR}}
| score = 13-6
| team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 27 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}
| score = 4-3
| team2 = {{ih|ESP}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

=== Group 2 ===
Ironically, the Israeli team that had qualified for the tournament because of the Greek forfeits, had to forfeit its first two games because they used two Russian players who did not have the proper clearance to play.<ref name=1996Summary />
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Goal difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{ih|LTU}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 19 - 02 || 6
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 2 || {{ih|BEL}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 10 - 13 || 4
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 3 || {{ih|BUL}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 07 - 06 || 2
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 4 || {{ih|ISR}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 00 - 15 || 0
|-
|}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 25 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|BUL}}
| score = 5-0 forfeit
| team2 = {{ih|ISR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 25 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}}
| score = 11-2
| team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 26 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|BEL}}
| score = 3-2
| team2 = {{ih|BUL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 26 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}}
| score = 5-0 forfeit
| team2 = {{ih|ISR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 27 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|BEL}}
| score = 5-0
| team2 = {{ih|ISR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 27 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}}
| score = 3-0
| team2 = {{ih|BUL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

=== Final Round 29-32 Place ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Goal difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 29 || {{ih|LTU}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 25 - 04 || 6
|-style=
| 30 || {{ih|FR Yugoslavia}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 10 - 08 || 4
|-style=
| 31 || {{ih|ESP}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 10 - 16 || 2
|-style=
| 32 || {{ih|BEL}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 05 - 22 || 0
|-
|}
''Host [[Lithuania]] won all five games to earn promotion to Group C.''
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}
| score = 5-2
| team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 29 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}}
| score = 11-1
| team2 = {{ih|ESP}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 31 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ESP}}
| score = 6-1
| team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 31 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}}
| score = 3-1
| team2 = {{ih|FR Yugoslavia}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

=== Consolation Round 33-36 Place ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Goal difference
! Points
|-style=
| 33 || {{ih|KOR}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 22 - 13 || 5
|-style=
| 34 || {{ih|BUL}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 14 - 10 || 4
|-style=
| 35 || {{ih|ISR}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 10 - 10 || 3
|-style=
| 36 || {{ih|AUS}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 12 - 25 || 0
|-
|}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 28 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|BUL}}
| score = 5-4
| team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 28 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ISR}}
| score = 3-3
| team2 = {{ih|KOR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 30 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ISR}}
| score = 7-2
| team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 30 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|KOR}}
| score = 6-4
| team2 = {{ih|BUL}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

==Ranking and statistics==
{| style="float:right;"
|-
| style="width:3px;;"|  
|
 
{{winners|ih|1996 IIHF World Championship Winners|CZE|1st}}

===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to [[IIHF]]:
{| class="wikitable" style="width:200px;"
|- style="background:gold;"
|align=center|[[Image:gold medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|CZE}}
|- style="background:silver;"
|align=center|[[Image:silver medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|CAN}}
|- style="background:peru;"
|align=center|[[Image:bronze medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|USA}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{ih|RUS}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{ih|SWE}}
|-
|align=center|7|| {{ih|ITA}}
|-
|align=center|8|| {{ih|GER}}
|-
|align=center|9|| {{ih|NOR}}
|-
|align=center|10|| {{ih|SVK}}
|-
|align=center|11|| {{ih|FRA}}
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|align=center|12|| {{ih|AUT}}
|}

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1996.htm Complete results]
*{{cite book |last=Duplacey |first=James |title=Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League |year=1998 |publisher=Total Sports |isbn=0-8362-7114-9|pages=498–528}}
*{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 |year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |pages=159–60}}

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