1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament mascot Snowy
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates23 April – 7 May
Teams12
Final positions
Champions  Finland (1st title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Canada
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played40
Goals scored229 (5.73 per game)
Attendance326,571 (8,164 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Andrew McKim 14 points
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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.

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

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)[edit]

Locations[edit]

Globen
Capacity: 13 850
Gavlerinken
Capacity: 8 265
Globen Gavlerinken
Sweden Stockholm Sweden Gävle

First round[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russia 5 5 0 0 26 10 +16 10
2  Italy 5 3 1 1 14 11 +3 7
3  France 5 3 0 2 14 11 +3 6
4  Canada 5 2 1 2 17 16 +1 5
5  Germany 5 1 0 4 11 20 −9 2
6   Switzerland 5 0 0 5 10 24 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 AprilFrance 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 GermanyGävle
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 AprilRussia 4–2
(1–0, 0–0, 3–2)
 ItalyGävle
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 AprilGermany 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
 ItalyGävle
Attendance: 2,696
35.33 Benoit DoucetGoals33.38 Maurizio Mansi (Figliuzzi)
49.12 Giorgio Comploi (Chitarroni, Massara)
24 AprilSwitzerland 3–5
(1–3, 2–0, 0–2)
 CanadaGävle
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 AprilCanada 1–4
(1–3, 0–1, 0–0)
 FranceGävle
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 AprilRussia 8–0
(0–0, 5–0, 3–0)
  SwitzerlandGävle
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 AprilFrance 1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)
 RussiaGävle
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 AprilCanada 5–2
(1–1, 1–0, 3–1)
 GermanyGävle
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 AprilItaly 3–2
(0–1, 1–1, 2–1)
  SwitzerlandGävle
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 AprilGermany 3–6
(1–0, 1–5, 1–1)
 RussiaGävle
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 AprilSwitzerland 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
 FranceGävle
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 AprilCanada 2–2
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2)
 ItalyGävle
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 AprilGermany 5–3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–2)
  SwitzerlandGävle
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 AprilRussia 5–4
(2–1, 1–1, 2–2)
 CanadaGävle
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 MayItaly 5–2
(1–0, 2–0, 2–2)
 FranceGävle
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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 5 3 2 0 17 11 +6 8
2  Finland 5 3 1 1 22 14 +8 7
3  Sweden 5 3 1 1 17 9 +8 7
4  Czech Republic 5 3 0 2 14 9 +5 6
5  Norway 5 1 0 4 9 18 −9 2
6  Austria 5 0 0 5 9 27 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 AprilSweden 5–0
(0–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 NorwayStockholm
Attendance: 11,854
Referee:
Germany 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 AprilFinland 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
 Czech RepublicStockholm
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 AprilAustria 2–5
(1–3, 0–1, 1–1)
 United StatesStockholm
Attendance: 6,817
25 AprilUnited States 2–1
(2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
 NorwayStockholm
Jon Morris – 00:591–0
Jon Morris – 16:072–0
2–148:37 – Trond Magnussen
25 AprilSweden 3–6
(1–0, 2–3, 0–3)
 FinlandStockholm
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 AprilCzech Republic 5–2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0)
 AustriaStockholm
Attendance: 6,531
26 AprilNorway 2–5
(0–1, 0–2, 2–2)
 FinlandStockholm
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 AprilCzech Republic 2–4
(0–0, 0–2, 2–2)
 United StatesStockholm
Attendance: 7,452
27 AprilAustria 0–5
(0–1, 0–1, 0–3)
 SwedenStockholm
28 AprilUnited States 2–2
(1-2, 0–0, 1–0)
 SwedenStockholm
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 AprilFinland 7–2
(4–1, 3–0, 0–1)
 AustriaStockholm
Attendance: 10,438
Ari SulanderGoaliesClaus DalpiazReferee:
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 AprilCzech Republic 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 NorwayStockholm
Attendance: 8,864
Referee:
Reto Bertolotti
Pavel Janku – 00:471–0
Jiří Vykoukal – 27:252–0
2–138:00 – Tront Magnussen
Redek Belohlav – 55:183–1
8 minPenalties4 min
30 AprilUnited States 4–4
(1–0, 3–1, 0–3)
 FinlandStockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Pat JablonskiGoaliesJarmo MyllysReferee:
Canada 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 AprilSweden 2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicStockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Thomas ÖstlundGoaliesRoman TurekReferee:
Peter Slapke
0–15.31 – Otakar Vejvoda
Mikael Johansson – 29.041–1
Tomas Forslund – 31.372–1
12 minPenalties16 min
1 MayNorway 5–3
(1–1, 4–2, 0–0)
 AustriaStockholm
Attendance: 7,347

Consolation round 11–12 place[edit]

2 MayAustria 4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandGävle
Attendance: 2,968
Referee:
Finland 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 MaySwitzerland 4–4
(1–2, 1–1, 2–1)
 AustriaStockholm
Attendance: 7,418
Referee:
Sweden 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[edit]

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
3 May
 
 
 Russia0
 
5 May
 
 Czech Republic2
 
 Czech Republic0
 
2 May
 
 Finland3
 
 Finland5
 
7 May
 
 France0
 
 Finland4
 
2 May
 
 Sweden 1
 
 Italy0
 
5 May
 
 Sweden7
 
 Sweden (OT)3
 
3 May
 
 Canada2 Third place
 
 United States1
 
6 May
 
 Canada4
 
 Canada4
 
 
 Czech Republic1
 

Quarterfinals[edit]

2 MayItaly 0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)
 SwedenStockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Mario BrunettaGoaliesThomas 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 MayFinland 5–0
(0–0, 4–0, 1–0)
 FranceStockholm
Attendance: 13,118
Jarmo MyllysGoaliesPetri YlönenReferee:
Germany 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 MayRussia 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicStockholm
Attendance: 11,772
Referee:
Rob Hearn
0–108:42 – Jiří Kučera
0–245:51 – Otacar Vejvoda
3 MayUnited States 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)
 CanadaStockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Pat JablonskiGoaliesCorey 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[edit]

5 MaySweden 3–2 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)
 CanadaStockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Thomas ÖstlundGoaliesCorey HirschReferee:
Slovakia 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 MayCzech Republic 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
 FinlandStockholm
Attendance: 12,853
Roman TurekGoaliesJarmo MyllysReferee:
Canada Sylvain Bibeau
0–119:46 – Raimo Helminen
0–252:39 – Ville Peltonen
0–357:13 – Mika Nieminen
8 minPenalties6 min

Match for third place[edit]

6 MayCanada 4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicStockholm
Attendance: 12,175
Corey HirschGoaliesRoman TurekReferee:
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[edit]

Time is local (UTC+2).

7 May
15:00
Finland 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 SwedenStockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Jarmo MyllysGoaliesThomas ÖstlundReferee:
Canada Sylvain Bibeau
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Vaclav Cesky
Germany 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)[edit]

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]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13  Slovakia 7 7 0 0 60 15 +45 14
14  Latvia 7 6 0 1 65 16 +49 12
15  Poland 7 4 0 3 29 30 −1 8
16  Netherlands 7 3 0 4 20 38 −18 6
17  Denmark 7 3 0 4 30 28 +2 6
18  Japan 7 2 0 5 26 45 −19 4
19  Great Britain 7 2 0 5 19 35 −16 4
20  Romania 7 1 0 6 15 57 −42 2
Source: [citation needed]

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

12 AprilLatvia 18–1 Romania
12 AprilSlovakia 7–3 Great Britain
12 AprilPoland 8–1 Netherlands
12 AprilJapan 1–5 Denmark
13 AprilRomania 2–0 Great Britain
13 AprilSlovakia 9–3 Japan
13 AprilNetherlands 1–6 Latvia
13 AprilDenmark 1–3 Poland
15 AprilGreat Britain 3–2 Netherlands
15 AprilJapan 8–2 Romania
15 AprilSlovakia 10–0 Poland
15 AprilLatvia 9–2 Denmark
16 AprilRomania 3–6 Poland
16 AprilNetherlands 4–3 Japan
16 AprilSlovakia 4–3 Latvia
16 AprilDenmark 9–2 Great Britain
18 AprilLatvia 6–2 Poland
18 AprilNetherlands 5–3 Romania
18 AprilSlovakia 6–2 Denmark
18 AprilGreat Britain 3–4 Japan
19 AprilRomania 4–9 Denmark
19 AprilJapan 2–15 Latvia
19 AprilSlovakia 13–4 Netherlands
19 AprilPoland 3–4 Great Britain
21 AprilDenmark 2–3 Netherlands
21 AprilPoland 7–5 Japan
21 AprilGreat Britain 4–8 Latvia
21 AprilSlovakia 11–0 Romania

World Championship Group C1 (Bulgaria)[edit]

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[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 20 1 +19 4
2  China 2 1 0 1 4 14 −10 2
3  Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 3 12 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
20 MarchBulgaria 2–4 China
21 MarchChina 0–12 Kazakhstan
22 MarchBulgaria 1–8 Kazakhstan

Group 2[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Belarus 2 2 0 0 11 5 +6 4
2  Estonia 2 1 0 1 7 9 −2 2
3  Slovenia 2 0 0 2 7 11 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
20 MarchEstonia 1–6 Belarus
21 MarchBelarus 5–4 Slovenia
22 MarchSlovenia 3–6 Estonia

Group 3[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Ukraine 2 2 0 0 24 4 +20 4
2  Hungary 2 1 0 1 10 10 0 2
3  Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2 4 24 −20 0
Source: [citation needed]
20 MarchYugoslavia 3–15 Ukraine
21 MarchUkraine 9–1 Hungary
22 MarchHungary 9–1 Yugoslavia

Final round 21–23 place[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
21  Belarus 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 4
22  Kazakhstan 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
23  Ukraine 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]

Belarus was promoted to Group B.

24 MarchUkraine 2–2 Kazakhstan
25 MarchBelarus 3–1 Ukraine
26 MarchKazakhstan 1–2 Belarus

Consolation round 24–26 place[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
24  Estonia 2 2 0 0 15 7 +8 4
25  China 2 1 0 1 9 12 −3 2
26  Hungary 2 0 0 2 5 10 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
24 MarchHungary 3–4 China
25 MarchEstonia 6–2 Hungary
26 MarchChina 5–9 Estonia

Consolation round 27–29 place[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
27  Slovenia 2 2 0 0 21 4 +17 4
28  Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 9 7 +2 2
29  Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 1 20 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]

Both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were relegated to group C2.

24 MarchYugoslavia 6–0 Bulgaria
25 MarchSlovenia 7–3 Yugoslavia
26 MarchBulgaria 1–14 Slovenia

World Championship Group C2 (South Africa)[edit]

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[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Lithuania 4 4 0 0 40 8 +32 8
2  Spain 4 3 0 1 32 8 +24 6
3  Belgium 4 1 1 2 18 19 −1 3
4  Australia 4 1 0 3 16 24 −8 2
5  Greece 4 0 1 3 9 56 −47 1
Source: [citation needed]

Greece was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 MarchBelgium 5–5 Greece
21 MarchSpain 3–4 Lithuania
22 MarchGreece 1–21 Spain
22 MarchBelgium 10–2 Australia
24 MarchLithuania 8–2 Belgium
24 MarchGreece 2–10 Australia
26 MarchLithuania 20–1 Greece
26 MarchAustralia 2–4 Spain
27 MarchAustralia 2–8 Lithuania
27 MarchSpain 4–1 Belgium

Group 2[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Croatia 4 4 0 0 41 11 +30 8
2  South Korea 4 3 0 1 37 7 +30 6
3  Israel 4 2 0 2 23 15 +8 4
4  South Africa 4 1 0 3 7 29 −22 2
5  New Zealand 4 0 0 4 7 53 −46 0
Source: [citation needed]

New Zealand was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 MarchCroatia 19–5 New Zealand
21 MarchSouth Africa 2–8 South Korea
22 MarchCroatia 7–2 Israel
22 MarchNew Zealand 0–13 South Korea
24 MarchNew Zealand 0–12 Israel
24 MarchSouth Africa 1–11 Croatia
26 MarchSouth Korea 7–1 Israel
26 MarchSouth Africa 3–2 New Zealand
27 MarchSouth Korea 3–4 Croatia
27 MarchSouth Africa 1–8 Israel

Final round 30–33 place[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
30  Croatia 3 2 1 0 13 9 +4 5
31  Lithuania 3 2 1 0 12 8 +4 5
32  Spain 3 1 0 2 13 15 −2 2
33  South Korea 3 0 0 3 10 16 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]

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

29 MarchLithuania 5–2 South Korea
29 MarchCroatia 6–3 Spain
30 MarchSpain 7–5 South Korea
30 MarchLithuania 3–3 Croatia

Consolation round 34–37 place[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
34  Belgium 3 2 0 1 22 10 +12 4
35  Israel 3 2 0 1 16 8 +8 4
36  Australia 3 2 0 1 17 17 0 4
37  South Africa 3 0 0 3 8 28 −20 0
Source: [citation needed]

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

29 MarchSouth Africa 1–10 Belgium
29 MarchAustralia 5–1 Israel
30 MarchSouth Africa 6–10 Australia
30 MarchBelgium 2–7 Israel

Consolation round 38–39 place[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
38  Greece 1 1 0 0 10 7 +3 2
39  New Zealand 1 0 0 1 7 10 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
30 MarchGreece 10–7 New Zealand

Ranking and statistics[edit]


 1995 IIHF World Championship winners 

Finland
1st title

Tournament Awards[edit]

Final standings[edit]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

1st place, gold medalist(s)  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada
4  Czech Republic
5  Russia
6  United States
7  Italy
8  France
9  Germany
10  Norway
11  Austria
12   Switzerland

Scoring leaders[edit]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Canada Andrew McKim 8 6 7 13 +1 4 F
Finland Ville Peltonen 8 6 5 11 +12 4 F
Finland Saku Koivu 8 5 5 10 +9 18 F
Sweden Andreas Johansson 8 3 6 9 +6 8 F
Sweden Mikael Johansson 8 3 6 9 +7 4 F
Canada Iain Fraser 8 2 7 9 +4 8 F
Russia Sergei Berezin 6 7 1 8 +5 4 F
United States Jon Morris 6 3 5 8 +10 4 F
France Christian Pouget 6 2 6 8 +5 4 F
Finland Raimo Helminen 8 1 7 8 +11 2 F

Source: [1]

Leading goaltenders[edit]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 50% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP GA GAA SVS% SO
Czech Republic Roman Turek 359 9 1.50 .939 2
United States Pat Jablonski 360 15 2.50 .923 0
Russia Alexei Cherviakov 180 5 1.67 .923 1
France Petri Ylönen 300 11 2.20 .921 1
Finland Jarmo Myllys 420 12 1.71 .917 3

Source: [2]

See also[edit]

Citations[edit]

  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. ^ a b c Summary at Passionhockey.com
  4. ^ Duplacey page 508

References[edit]