Host country Czechoslovakia Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Fourth place Switzerland Start date 1992 Teams 12 | Dates 28 April – 10 May Runner-up Finland Matches played 39 End date May 10, 1992 Attendance 249,748 | |
Champion Swedish National Men's Ice Hockey Team Third place Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Similar 1991 Men's World Ice Hockey C, 1987 World Ice Hockey Championships, 1957 World Ice Hockey Championships, 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey C, 2013 Men's World Ice Hockey C | ||
The 1992 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Czechoslovakia from 28 April to 10 May. The games were played in Prague and Bratislava. Twelve teams took part, with the first round consisting of two groups of six, with the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. This was the 56th World Championships, and Sweden retained their title, beating Finland 5-2 in the final, and becoming world champions for the sixth time. This was Finland's first medal in a World Championship, but should have come as no surprise with their success in Calgary and the most recent Canada Cup.
Contents
- Consolation Round 11 12 Place
- Final standings
- Scoring leaders
- Leading goaltenders
- World Championship Group B Austria
- World Championship Group C1 Great Britain
- World Championship Group C2 South Africa
- References
The pools were drawn the same as the Olympics in Albertville, but yielded much different results. The Swiss were able to tie both the Russians and the Canadians to earn their way into the quarterfinals. The Germans, after an opening loss to Finland, won four straight to earn a second-place finish. More importantly, they earned a single game elimination against Switzerland with the winner going to the semi-finals. The Swiss prevailed, and moved on to meet a Swedish team that had shut-out the Russians. The Swedes led by three after the first and easily moved on to the gold medal game. There was nothing easy about the other semi-final. Tying it at two in the third, the Finns clinched their first World medal in a shootout. The Czechoslovaks, playing for the last time as a unified nation, beat the Swiss to settle for bronze, while Sweden, led by Mats Sundin, beat Finland for gold.
A record thirty-two nations competed in 1992, with new entrants Greece, Israel, Luxembourg and Turkey icing teams in a secondary tier of Group C. South Africa appeared for the first time since 1966. In Group B, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia made their final World Championship appearance. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia resumed Yugoslavia's former position in Group C in 1995. Croatia and Slovenia would appear in the qualifiers for Group C of the 1993 World Championship.
Consolation Round 11-12 Place
Poland was relegated to Group B.
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Source: [1]
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 50% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Source: [2]
World Championship Group B (Austria)
Played in Klagenfurt Austria 2–12 April. The hosts went undefeated to return to Group A for the first time since 1957.
Austria was promoted to Group A, while Yugoslavia was relegated to Group C but would not play there until 1995.
World Championship Group C1 (Great Britain)
Played in Hull Great Britain 18–24 March. The hosts, led by Scot Tony Hand and Canadian Kevin Conway, won all five games easily.
Great Britain was promoted to Group B while no team was relegated.
World Championship Group C2 (South Africa)
Played in Johannesburg South Africa 21–28 March. Though called 'C2' it was no different from being in 'Group D'. Spain completely dominated, playing against five essentially new hockey nations. Only South Africa had participated before, and they last played in 1966.
Spain and later South Africa qualified for 1993 Group C. The others had to play in qualification tournaments in November 1992.