* Teams are listed by final ranking. W-L-T-PTS are calculated
from all games
played including preliminary, medal and consolation
rounds. Often teams
with superior W-L-T marks finish with inferior
rankings due to early
tournament losses that seed them in a lower bracket.
World Championship "B" Pool standings
1951
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
8 Italy
5 4 0 1
26 11 9
9 France
5 4 1 0
35 15 8
10 Holland
5 3 2 0
17 16 6
11 Austria
5 1 4 0
20 25 2
12 Belgium
5 1 3 1
23 30 3
13 Yugoslavia 5
1 4 0 13
37 2
---------------------------------------------------------------
1952
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
10 Great Britain 5 4
1 0 28 10
8
11 Austria
5 3 1 1
32 19 7
12 Italy
5 3 2 0
26 21 6
13 Holland
5 1 3 1
19 26 3
14 Belgium
5 1 3 1
17 24 3
15 France
5 1 3 1
19 41 3
----------------------------------------------------------------
1953
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
4 Italy
4 4 0 0
24 9 8
5 Great Britain 4
3 1 0 21
10 6
6 Austria
4 2 2 0
18 16 4
7 Holland
4 1 3 0
13 26 2
8 France
4 0 4 0
11 26 0
----------------------------------------------------------------
1955
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
10 Italy
4 4 0 0
50 4 8
11 Austria
4 3 1 0
15 9 6
12 Holland
4 2 2 0
18 20 4
13 Yugoslavia 4
1 3 0
9 23 2
14 Belgium
4 0 4 0
8 44 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1956
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
11 East Germany 2
2 0 0 18
8 4
12 Norway
2 1 1 0
8 9 2
13 Belgium
2 0 2 0
12 21 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1959
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
13 Romania
2 2 0 0
12 4 4
14 Hungary
2 1 1 0
5 9 2
15 Austria
2 0 2 0
4 8 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1961
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Norway
5 4 1 0
27 9 8
10 Great Britain 5 3
0 2 21 11
8
11 Switzerland 5
2 2 1 17
15 5
12 Italy
5 2 2 1
19 20 5
13 Poland
5 1 4 0
13 17 2
14 Austria
5 1 4 0
10 35 2
------------------------------------------------------------------
1962
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Japan
5 5 0 0
63 16 10
10 Austria
5 4 1 0
49 9 8
11 France
5 3 2 0
35 25 6
12 Holland
5 2 3 0
20 46 4
13 Australia 5
1 4 0 13
51 2
14 Denmark
5 0 5 0
9 42 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
1963
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Norway
6 5 1 0
35 15 10
10 Switzerland 6
4 1 1 28
10 9
11 Romania
6 4 1 1
29 17 9
12 Poland
6 4 2 0
52 13 8
13 Yugoslavia 6
2 4 0 23
49 4
14 France
6 1 5 0
14 38 2
15 Great Britain 6 0
6 0 8
47 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
1964
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Poland
7 6 1 0
40 13 12
10 Norway
7 5 2 0
40 19 10
11 Japan
7 4 2 1
35 31 9
12 Romania
7 3 3 1
31 28 7
13 Austria
7 3 3 1
24 28 7
14 Yugoslavia 7
3 3 1 29
37 7
15 Italy
7 2 5 0
24 42 4
16 Hungary
7 0 7 0
14 39 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
1965
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Poland
6 5 0 1
35 15 11
10 Switzerland 6
4 1 1 27
15 9
11 West Germany 6
3 1 2 30
20 8
12 Hungary
6 2 3 1
19 24 5
13 Austria
6 2 4 0
21 28 4
14 Great Britain 6 1
4 1 24 41
3
15 Yugoslavia 6
0 4 2 16
29 2
16 Italy
2 0 1 1
4 5 1
17 France
2 1 1 0
5 10 2
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1966
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 West Germany 7
7 0 0 34
12 14
10 Romania
7 5 1 1
29 16 11
11 Yugoslavia 7
4 1 2 25
23 10
12 Norway
7 4 3 0
28 17 8
13 Austria
7 3 4 0
25 30 6
14 Switzerland 7
2 5 0 24
26 4
15 Hungary
7 1 6 0
19 30 2
16 Great Britain 7 0
6 1 15 45
1
----------------------------------------------------------------
1967
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Poland
7 5 0 2
32 13 12
10 Romania
7 5 0 2
34 18 12
11 Norway
7 0 2 5
35 38 5
12 Yugoslavia 7
2 1 4 36
31 8
13 Italy
7 2 3 2
26 31 6
14 Austria
6 2 3 1
21 29 5
15 Switzerland 7
1 4 2 25
37 4
16 Hungary
7 0 4 3
28 40 3
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1968
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Yugoslavia 5
5 0 0 33
9 10
10 Japan
5 4 1 0
27 12 8
11 Norway
5 3 2 0
15 15 6
12 Romania
5 2 3 0
22 23 4
13 Austria
5 1 4 0
12 27 2
14 France
5 0 5 0
9 32 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
1969
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
7 East Germany 7
7 0 0 62
13 14
8 Poland
7 6 1 0
31 13 12
9 Yugoslavia 7
3 2 2 17
20 8
10 West Germany 7
4 3 0 28
16 8
11 Norway
7 2 3 2
26 35 6
12 Romania
7 2 4 1
24 36 5
13 Austria
6 1 4 1
12 28 3
14 Italy
7 0 7 0
10 41 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
1970
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
7 USA
7 7 0 0
70 11 14
8 West Germany 7
6 1 0 34
13 12
9 Norway
7 3 2 2
26 28 8
10 Yugoslavia 7
3 3 1 30
23 7
11 Japan
7 3 3 1
31 34 7
12 Switzerland 7
2 5 0 22
31 4
13 Romania
7 2 5 0
21 38 4
14 Bulgaria
7 0 7 0
11 67 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
1971
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
7 Switzerland 7
6 0 1 31
14 13
8 Poland
7 5 1 1
36 19 11
9 East Germany 7
5 2 0 49
24 10
10 Norway
7 4 3 0
37 32 8
11 Yugoslavia 7
2 4 1 25
34 5
12 Japan
7 2 4 1
33 40 5
13 Austria
7 1 6 0
17 34 2
14 Italy
7 0 5 2
12 43 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1972
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
7 Poland
6 6 0 0
41 12 12
8 USA
6 5 1 0
39 22 10
9 East Germany 6
4 2 0 31
18 8
10 Romania
6 3 3 0
25 26 6
11 Japan
6 1 4 1
20 49 3
12 Yugoslavia 6
1 5 0 25
28 2
13 Norway
6 0 5 1
15 41 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1973
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
7 East Germany 7
7 0 0 56
21 14
8 USA
7 5 1 1
52 23 11
9 Yugoslavia 7
4 1 2 36
22 10
10 Romania
7 4 2 1
24 20 9
11 Japan
7 2 5 0
23 28 4
12 Austria
7 2 5 0
21 44 4
13 Switzerland 7
2 5 0 26
44 4
14 Italy
7 0 7 0
18 54 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1974
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
7 USA
7 7 0 0
40 14 14
8 Yugoslavia 7
4 1 2 41
27 10
9 West Germany 7
5 2 0 34
28 10
10 Japan
7 4 3 0
31 31 8
11 Holland
7 2 4 1
33 37 5
12 Romania
7 2 4 1
30 29 5
13 Norway
7 1 5 1
18 31 3
14 Austria
7 0 6 1
12 42 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1975
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
7 East Germany 7
6 1 0 41
18 12
8 West Germany 7
6 1 0 34
17 12
9 Switzerland 7
4 3 0 31
33 8
10 Yugoslavia 7
3 3 1 30
23 7
11 Romania
7 2 3 2
26 26 6
12 Japan
7 2 3 2
21 24 6
13 Italy
7 2 5 0
22 40 4
14 Holland
7 0 6 1
11 35 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1976
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Romania
7 5 1 1
40 23 11
10 Japan
7 5 2 0
34 17 10
11 Norway
7 4 3 0
29 21 8
12 Switzerland 7
4 3 0 25
28 8
13 Yugoslavia 7
4 3 0 37
26 8
14 Holland
7 3 4 0
22 30 6
15 Italy
7 2 4 1
23 41 5
16 Bulgaria
7 0 7 0
23 47 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1977
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 East Germany 8
8 0 0 57
16 16
10 Poland
8 6 2 0
39 22 12
11 Japan
8 5 2 1
30 21 11
12 Norway
8 3 2 3
28 30 9
13 Switzerland 8
4 4 0 35
33 8
14 Hungary
8 3 5 0
27 46 6
15 Yugoslavia 8
2 5 1 30
36 5
16 Holland
8 1 5 2
23 39 4
17 Austria
8 0 7 1
19 45 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1978
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Poland
7 6 0 1
51 19 13
10 Japan
7 5 1 1
26 17 11
11 Switzerland 7
4 2 1 42
32 9
12 Romania
7 3 3 1
41 29 7
13 Hungary
7 3 4 0
21 36 6
14 Norway
7 2 4 1
29 34 5
15 Italy
7 1 5 1
32 41 3
16 Yugoslavia 7
1 6 0 14
48 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1979
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Holland
6 6 0 0
36 13 12
10 East Germany 6
5 1 0 42
12 10
11 Romania
6 3 2 1
27 21 7
12 Norway
6 3 3 0
17 25 6
13 Switzerland 6
4 2 0 23
20 8
14 Japan
7 3 4 0
36 30 6
15 Austria
5 2 2 1
17 23 5
16 Denmark
6 1 5 0
13 32 2
17 Hungary
4 0 4 0
10 25 0
18 China
4 0 4 0
8 28 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1981
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Italy
7 6 0 1
38 18 13
10 Poland
7 5 1 1
49 25 11
11 Switzerland 7
4 1 2 28
20 10
12 East Germany 7
4 2 1 37
25 9
13 Romania
7 2 5 0
25 30 4
14 Norway
7 2 5 0
21 39 4
15 Yugoslavia 7
1 5 1 23
44 3
16 Japan
7 1 6 0
18 38 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1982
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 East Germany 7
6 0 1 48
25 13
10 Austria
7 4 2 1
33 26 9
11 Poland
7 4 2 1
42 23 9
12 Norway
7 3 4 0
24 43 6
13 Romania
7 2 4 1
27 30 5
14 Switzerland 7
1 3 3 20
27 5
15 China
7 2 4 1
32 47 5
16 Holland
7 2 5 0
22 27 4
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1983
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 USA
7 6 0 1
53 14 13
10 Poland
7 5 1 1
43 19 11
11 Austria
7 3 0 4
41 27 10
12 Norway
7 4 3 0
29 28 8
13 Japan
7 2 3 2
23 31 6
14 Switzerland 7
1 4 2 25
35 4
15 Romania
7 1 5 1
20 48 3
16 Yugoslavia 7
0 6 1 18
50 1
------------------------------------------------------------------
1985
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Poland
7 6 0 1
37 13 13
10 Switzerland 7
5 1 1 29
13 11
11 Italy
7 5 2 0
29 22 10
12 Austria
7 3 4 0
18 24 6
13 Japan
7 3 4 0
31 36 6
14 Holland
7 3 4 0
36 25 6
15 Norway
7 2 5 0
28 38 4
16 Hungary
7 0 7 0
17 54 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1986
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Switzerland 7
6 1 0 38
20 12
10 Italy
7 4 3 0
21 18 8
11 East Germany 7
4 3 0 25
21 8
12 France
7 3 4 0
22 25 6
13 Holland
7 3 4 0
25 32 6
14 Austria
7 3 4 0
24 27 6
15 Yugoslavia 7
3 4 0 24
25 6
16 Japan
7 2 5 0
15 26 4
------------------------------------------------------------------
1987
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Poland
7 6 1 0
39 11 12
10 Norway
7 5 1 1
33 25 11
11 Austria
7 5 2 0
41 27 10
12 France
7 4 2 1
37 26 9
13 East Germany 7
2 3 2 25
31 6
14 Italy
7 2 4 1
28 30 5
15 Holland
7 1 5 1
30 37 3
16 China
7 0 7 0
14 60 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1989
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Norway
7 5 1 1
28 16 11
10 Italy
7 5 1 1
37 16 11
11 France
7 4 1 2
29 18 10
12 Switzerland 7
5 2 0 40
21 10
13 East Germany 7
3 4 0 22
29 6
14 Austria
7 2 5 0
25 32 4
15 Japan
7 2 5 0
20 34 4
16 Denmark
7 0 7 0
9 44 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1990
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Switzerland 7
5 0 2 30
14 12
10 Italy
7 3 2 2
29 18 8
11 Austria
7 4 1 2
30 14 10
12 France
7 4 1 2
19 17 10
13 East Germany 7
2 3 2 22
19 6
14 Poland
7 3 2 2
25 16 8
15 Japan
7 0 6 1
13 41 1
16 Holland
7 0 6 1
14 43 1
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1991
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
9 Italy
7 7 0 0
49 10 14
10 Norway
7 5 2 0
26 13 10
11 France
7 5 2 0
28 18 10
12 Poland
7 4 3 0
25 15 8
13 Austria
7 3 3 1
21 18 7
14 Yugoslavia 7
2 5 0 18
36 4
15 Holland
7 1 6 0
9 40 2
16 Japan
7 0 6 1
9 35 1
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1992
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
13 Austria
7 7 0 0
73 4 14
14 Holland
7 5 1 1
53 16 11
15 Japan
7 4 3 0
30 24 8
16 Denmark
7 4 3 0
23 24 8
17 Bulgaria
7 3 4 0
14 38 6
18 Romania
7 1 3 3
13 26 5
19 China
7 1 5 1
15 50 3
20 Yugoslavia 7
0 6 1
7 46 1
------------------------------------------------------------------
1993
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
13 Great Britain 7 7
0 0 50 13
14
14 Poland
7 6 1 0
71 12 12
15 Holland
7 5 2 0
47 20 10
16 Denmark
7 4 3 0
38 24 8
17 Japan
7 3 4 0
34 31 6
18 Romania
7 2 5 0
20 44 4
19 China
7 1 6 0
12 79 2
20 Bulgaria
7 0 7 0
9 58 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1994
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
13 Switzerland 7
6 0 1 52
9 13
14 Latvia
7 6 1 0
61 9 12
15 Poland
7 5 1 1
45 21 11
16 Japan
7 3 3 1
37 38 7
17 Denmark
7 3 4 0
31 27 6
18 Holland
7 2 4 1
23 33 5
19 Romania
7 1 6 0
18 43 2
20 China
7 0 7 0
11 98 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1995
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
13 Slovakia
7 7 0 0
60 15 14
14 Latvia
7 6 1 0
65 16 12
15 Poland
7 4 3 0
29 30 8
16 Holland
8 3 5 0
22 41 6
17 Denmark
6 3 3 0
28 25 6
18 Japan
7 2 5 0
26 45 4
19 Great Britain 7 2
5 0 19 35
4
20 Romania
7 1 6 0
15 57 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1996
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
13 Latvia
7 6 0 1
41 16 13
14 Switzerland 7
5 1 1 37
13 11
15 Belarus
7 5 2 0
29 18 10
16 Great Britain 7 4
2 1 29 23
9
17 Poland
7 1 4 2
18 27 4
18 Denmark
7 1 5 1
14 32 3
19 Holland
7 1 5 1
12 35 3
20 Japan
7 0 4 3
14 30 3
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1997
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
13 Belarus
7 7 0 0
48 21 14
14 Kazakhstan 7
5 1 1 31
21 11
15 Switzerland 7
3 2 2 26
22 8
16 Austria
7 2 2 3
22 22 7
17 Poland
7 2 3 2
19 24 6
18 Great Britain 7 2
4 1 28 22
5
19 Holland
7 2 4 1
21 38 5
20 Denmark
7 0 7 0
19 44 0
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1998
Jesenice and Ljubljana, Slovenia
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
17 Ukraine
7 7 0 0
38 13 14
18 Slovenia
7 5 1 1
28 15 11
19 Estonia
7 3 3 1
15 19 7
20 Denmark
7 2 2 3
18 24 7
21 Norway
7 3 4 0
21 19 6
22 Great Britain 7 3
4 0 32 27
6
23 Poland
7 2 4 1
21 28 5
24 Holland
7 0 7 0
12 40 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1999 Copenhagen, Odense, DENMARK
Rank
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
17 Denmark
7 6 0 1
30 12 13
18 Great Britain 7 5
1 1 24 16
11
19 Kazakhstan 7
5 2 0 25
11 10
20 Germany
7 5 2 0
19 17 10
21 Slovenia
7 2 4 1
14 17 5
22 Estonia
7 2 4 1
17 25 5
23 Poland
7 1 6 0
15 23 2
24 Hungary
7 0 7 0
10 33 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
2000 Katowice, Poland (April 12-21)
GP W L T
GF GA PTS
Germany
7 6 1 0
30 15 12
Kazakhstan
7 5 2 0
30 22 10
Great Britain 7
4 2 1 31
23 9
Poland
7 4 2 1
28 19 9
Denmark
7 2 3 2
22 19 6
Estonia
7 3 4 0
19 27 6
Slovenia
7 0 5 2
16 31 2
Holland
7 0 5 2
13 33 2
Attendance: 53,280
Germany promoted to 2001 IIHF World Championship
Kazakstan, Great Britain, Poland, Denmark, Estonia, Slovenia, Netherlands will play in 2001 IIHF World Championship Div I.
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Beginning in 2001, the IIHF World Championships will be played using
a new system.
The A Pool will be called the World Championships.
The B, C and D Pools will be changed into Division I and Division II.
Sixteen teams will take part at the World Championships. Every year
two teams
will get relegated to Division I. Division I and Division II will both
contain 12 teams.
Each division will be played in two groups containing six teams. The
winners of
the two groups will be promoted, a total of two teams, and the worst
teams
relegated. Both groups will be played in different countries.
The whole World Championships system will contain 40 teams. If other
countries
want to participate, they will have to play a qualification tournament
to enter Division II.