World Championships Pool B All-time standings

World Championships (Pool B, Division I) All time standings 1951-2008

     Team               Years GP W   L   OTL T   GF   GA    PTS   Pct in/out of Div.I since
      Poland             32 206 131 54 1   20 1027 542 283 .687 Div.I
      Norway             28 177 87 71       19 742 662 193 .545 promoted to WC 2006
      Switzerland        23   157 84 52       21 681 532   189   .602 WC 1998      Austria            30 181 77 86       18 738 721 172   .475 promoted to WC 2009
      Japan              29 191 77 96 2 16 750 819 172 .450 Div.I
      Italy              24 145 68 62       15 606 556 151 .521 promoted to WC 2006      Netherlands    32 197 60 116 1 20 679 931 141 .358 Div.I
      Romania            27 169 60 89 1 19 604 786 140 .414 Relegated Div.II 2008
      East Germany       14    92 65 21        6 535 280   136   .739
      Yugoslavia         23   152 51 79       22 559 726   124   .408 Relegated Pool C 1992      Great Britain      21 122 53 57 1 11 493 441 118 .484 Div.I
      France             18    97 51 35   1 10 387 337 113 .582 promoted to WC 2008
      Germany             9    60 47 11        2 277 142    96   .800 promoted to WC 2007      Hungary            18 102 34 59        9 319 441    77 .377 promoted to WC 2009
      Denmark            14    90 34 49        7 317 373    75 .417 WC 2003      Kazakhstan          8    46 33 12        1 228 121    67 .728 Div.I
      USA                 5    34 30   2        2 254   84    62   .912 WC 1985      Slovenia            6    36 21 10        5 164 79    47 .653 promoted to WC 2008
      Belarus             4    24 22 2        0 156 58    44   .917 WC 2005      Estonia            10    56 17 29 3 7 162 227    44 .393 Relegated Div.II 2009
      Latvia              3    21 18   2        1 167   41    37   .881 WC 1997      Ukraine             2    12 11 1        0   56 21    22   .917 Div.I
Lithuania 6    30 8 18        4 79 138    20 .333 Div.I
      Slovakia            1     7   7   0        0   60   15    14 1.000 WC 1996
      China              10 59 5 52        2 120 550    12 .102 Relegated Div.II 2008
Croatia 5    25 4 20        1 49 162 9 .180 Div.I
      Belgium             5    21 2 17        2   67 163     6   .143 Relegated Div.II 2005
      Bulgaria            4    28   3 25        0   57 210     6   .107 Relegated Pool C 1994
      Australia           1     5   1   4        0   13   51     2   .200 Relegated 1963 Korea 3    15 0 14 1    0 22 111 1 .033 Relegated Div.II 2009
      Israel              1     5   0   5        0    3   47     0   .000   Relegated Div.II 2007

**Austria and Hungary promoted to World Championships 2009. **Korea and Estonia demoted to Div.II 2009.

As of the 2007 World tournament, 3 points is awarded for a win, 2 points
for an OT or SO win, 1 point for an OT or SO loss. 
The all-time standings will continue to use a 2-0-1 point system, with the 1 point
now going into a new OT/SO loss column.

2008 Innsbruck, Austria    April 13-19 Group A
              GP   W OTW OTL L    GF    GA    PTS Austria             5    5   0    0   0    34    12    15 Kazakhstan          5    3   1    0   1    21    12    11 Poland              5    2   1    1   1    18    17     9 Great Britain       5    2   0    1   2    19    17     7 Netherlands         5    0   1    0   4    15    30     2 Korea               5    0   0    1   4     8    27     12008 Sapporo, Japan    April 13-19 Group B
              GP   W OTW OTL L    GF    GA    PTS Hungary             5    5   0    0   0    22     7    15 Ukraine             5    3   1    0   1    18     8    11 Japan               5    3   0    1   1    19    10    10 Lithuania           5    2   0    0   3     9    21     6 Croatia             5    0   1    0   4     5    15     2 Estonia             5    0   0    1   4     9    21     1**Austria and Hungary promoted to World Championships 2009. **Korea and Estonia demoted to Div.II 2009.