* 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 Championships "C" Pool
Division II as of 2001
Attendance: 7,000
2003 Sofia, Bulgaria
March 24-30/03
Group B
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
Belgium 5 4
1 0 29 8
8
China 5 4
1 0 19 13
8
Bulgaria 5 2
2 1 15 10
5
DPR Korea 5 2
2 1 16 13 5
Israel 5 1
2 2 11 19
4
Iceland 5 0
5 0 4 31
0
Attendance: 8,670
**Korea and Belgium promoted to Div.1, 2004
**Mexico and Iceland relegated to qualification, 2004
2002 Cape Town, South Africa
March 31-April 6, 2002
Group A
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
Estonia 5 5
0 0 74 7
10
Belgium 5 4
1 0 37 11
8
Israel 5 3
2 0 14 22
6
Australia 5 2
3 0 32 39 4
South Africa 5 1 4
0 13 37 2
Turkey 5 0
5 0 3 57
0
Attendance: 5,534
2002 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
March 25-31, 2002
Group B
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
Lithuania 5 5
0 0 71 6 10
Yugoslavia 5 4
1 0 34 10 8
Spain 5 3
2 0 28 22
6
Bulgaria 5 2
3 0 30 29
4
Iceland 5 1
4 0 14 44
2
Luxembourg 5 0
5 0 2 68
0
Attendance: 19,985
**Estonia and Lithuania promoted to
Div.1, 2003.
**Turkey and Luxembourg relegated to qualification in spring 2003.
2001 Majadahonda, Spain
April 1-7,2001
Group A
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
Korea 5 5
0 0 42 5
10
Spain 5 4
1 0 52 8
8
Australia 5 3
2 0 40 23 6
South Africa 5 2 3
0 17 48 4
Iceland 5 1
4 0 11 34
2
New Zealand 5 0 5
0 12 56 0
Attendance: 4,636
Bucharest, Romania
Group B
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
Romania 5 5
0 0 46 4
10
Israel 5 4
1 0 21 11
8
Yugoslavia 5 2
2 1 24 13 5
Bulgaria 5 2
3 0 21 25
4
Belgium 5 1
3 1 23 20
3
Mexico 5 0
5 0 4 66
0
Attendance: 10,600
**Korea and Romania promoted to Div.I,
2002.
**New Zealand and Mexico relegated to qualification in spring 2002.
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2000 Beijing, China
Group A
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
Hungary
2 2 0
0 16
4 4
Korea
2 1 1
0 12
12 2
Spain
2 0 2
0 5
17 0
Group B
Croatia
2 1 0
1 15
4 3
Romania
2 1 0
1 13
5 3
Bulgaria
2 0 2
0 1
20 0
Group C
China
2 2 0
0 18
2 4
Lithuania
2 1 1
0 10
8 2
Yugoslavia
2 0 2
0 0
18 0
First to third
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
Hungary
2 2 0
0 16
5 4
China
2 1 1
0 7
3 2
Croatia
2 0 2
0 3
18 0
Fourth to sixth
Lithuania
2 1 0
1 13
8 3
Korea
2 1 1
0 7
11 2
Romania
2 0 1
1 8
9 1
Seventh to ninth
Spain
2 1 0
1 6
4 3
Yugoslavia
2 0 0
2 4
4 2
Bulgaria
2 0 1
1 6
8 1
Attendance: 22,600
Hungary, China, Croatia, Lithuania are promoted to the 2001 IIHF World Championship Div.I
Korea, Romania, Spain, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria will play in 2001
IIHF World Championship Div.II
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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.
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1999 Eindhoven, Tilburg, NETHERLANDS
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
25 Holland
5 5 0
0 43
3 10
26 Romania
4 3 1
0 24
15 6
27 Lithuania
4 0 2
2 11
19 2
28
China
5 2 2
1 16
26 5
29 Croatia
4 1 2
1 20
18 3
30
Korea
4 1 1
2 18
22 4
31 Bulgaria
4 0 4
0
7 35 0
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1998 Budapest & Szekesfehervar & Dunaujvaros, Hungary
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
25 Hungary
5 5 0
0 36
4 10
26 Romania
5 4 1
0 31
13 8
27 Lithuania
5 3 2
0 13
29 6
28
China
5 2 3
0 21
25 4
29 Croatia
5 1 2
2 11
15 4
30 Yugoslavia
5 1 2
2 12
13 4
31
Korea
5 1 4
0 4
18 2
32
Spain
5 0 3
2 12
21 2
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1997
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
21 Ukraine
5 4 0
1 21
6 9
22 Slovenia
5 3 2
0 25
13 6
23 Estonia
5 2 1
2 27
17 6
24
Japan
5 2 1
2 14
9 6
25 Romania
5 3 2
0 15
20 6
26 Hungary
5 2 2
1 18
16 5
27
China
5 1 4
0 16
34 2
28 Lithuania
5 0 5
0 11
32 0
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1996
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
21 Kazakhstan
7 6 1
0 51 10 12
22 Ukraine
7 6 1
0 40 13 12
23 Slovenia
7 5 2
0 41 19 10
24 Hungary
7 2 3
2 34
31 6
25 Estonia
7 3 3
1 36
29 7
26 Romania
7 3 4
0 32
27 6
27
China
7 1 5
1 23
68 3
28 Croatia
7 0 7
0 11
71 0
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1995
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
21 Belarus
4 3 1
0 14
8 6
22 Kazakhstan
4 3 0
1 23
3 7
23 Ukraine
4 2 1
1 28
9 5
24 Estonia
4 3 1
0 22
16 6
25
China
4 2 2
0 13
26 4
26 Hungary
4 1 3
0 15
20 2
27 Slovenia
4 2 2
0 28
15 4
28 Yugoslavia
4 1 3
0 13
31 2
29 Bulgaria
4 0 4
0
4 32 0
30
Croatia
6 5 0
1 50 17 11
31 Lithuania
6 5 0
1 48 13 11
32
Spain
6 4 2
0 42
19 8
33 South Korea 6
3 3 0
42 19 6
34 Belgium
6 2 3
1 30
27 5
35
Israel
6 3 3
0 31
22 6
36 Australia
6 3 3
0 31
31 6
37 South Africa 6
1 5 0
14 47 2
38
Greece
4 0 3
1 9
56 1
39 New Zealand 4
0 4 0
7 53 0
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1994
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
21 Slovakia
6 4 0
2 43
3 10
22 Belarus
6 5 1
0 35 11 10
23 Ukraine
6 3 1
2 49
7 8
24 Kazakhstan
6 3 1
2 52
12 8
25 Slovenia
6 2 4
0 26
27 4
26 Hungary
6 1 5
0 14
47 2
27 Bulgaria
6 0 6
0
3 115 0
28
Estonia
7 7 0
0 77
5 14
29
Spain
5 3 1
1 30
16 7
30 South Korea 5
3 1 1
13 16 7
31 Croatia
7 4 3
0 65
17 8
32 Belgium
5 3 2
0 25
21 6
33 Australia
5 2 3
0 20
16 4
34
Israel
5 1 4
0 15
31 2
35 South Africa 5
0 5 0
8
62 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1993
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17
Latvia
9 8 0
1 120 14 17
18 Ukraine
9 6 2
1 113 20 13
19 Kazakhstan
9 6 3
0 91 19 12
20 Slovenia
9 7 2
0 100 19 14
21 Hungary
5 3 2
0 36
31 6
22 North Korea 5
3 2 0
30 26 6
23 Australia
5 2 3
0 19
51 4
24 Belgium
5 2 3
0 19
74 4
25 South Korea 6
2 4 0
23 63 4
26
Spain
6 1 5
0 21
46 2
27
Israel
7 2 5
0 30
97 4
28 South Africa 5
0 5 0
8 100 0
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1992
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
13 Great Britain 5
5 0 0
62 10 10
14 North Korea 5
3 2 0
22 28 6
15 Australia
5 2 2
1 24
23 5
16 Hungary
5 2 3
0 18
33 4
17 Belgium
5 2 3
0 17
24 4
18 South Korea 5
0 4 1
18 43 1
19
Spain
5 5 0
0 114 5 10
20 South Africa 5
4 1 0
49 17 8
21
Greece
5 3 2
0 36
31 6
22
Israel
5 1 3
1 22
42 3
23 Luxembourg
5 1 3
1 20
73 3
24
Turkey
5 0 5
0 10
83 0
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1991
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17 Denmark
8 7 0
1 71 13 15
18
China
8 6 1
1 44 24 13
19 Romania
8 6 2
0 51 22 12
20 Bulgaria
8 4 3
1 35
26 9
21 Great Britain 8
4 3 1
45 25 9
22 Hungary
8 3 4
1 37
32 7
23 North Korea 8
2 5 1
29 35 5
24 South Korea 8
1 7 0
19 64 2
25 Belgium
8 0 8
0 11 101 0
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1990
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17 Yugoslavia
8 7 0
1 57 16 15
18 Denmark
8 7 1
0 55 14 14
19
China
8 4 3
1 34
29 9
20 Romania
8 4 3
1 36
27 9
21 North Korea 8
5 3 0
28 34 10
22 Bulgaria
8 4 4
0 31
38 8
23 Hungary
8 2 5
1 33
28 5
24 Belgium
8 1 7
0 16
67 2
25 South Korea 8
0 8 0
21 58 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1989
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17 Holland
7 7 0
0 48 15 14
18 Yugoslavia
7 6 1
0 55 14 12
19
China
7 4 2
1 31
29 9
20 Hungary
7 3 3
1 32
30 7
21 Bulgaria
7 3 3
1 35
35 7
22 North Korea 7
2 5 0
26 40 4
23 South Korea 7
1 5 1
26 46 3
24 Australia
7 0 7
0 14
58 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1987
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17
Japan
7 5 1
1 61 13 11
18 Denmark
7 5 1
1 47 23 11
19 Romania
7 5 1
1 48 22 11
20 Yugoslavia
7 3 0
4 60 23 10
21 Hungary
7 3 4
0 33
28 6
22 North Korea 7
2 5 0
13 45 4
23 Bulgaria
7 1 5
1 21
40 3
24 Belgium
7 0 7
0 8
97 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1986
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17
Norway
6 5 0
1 55 11 11
18
China
6 4 0
2 42 10 10
19 Bulgaria
6 4 2
0 21
30 8
20 Romania
6 3 3
0 33
20 6
21 Denmark
6 4 2
0 32
18 8
22 Hungary
6 2 3
1 31
27 5
23 North Korea 6
1 4 1
14 27 3
24
Spain
6 1 4
1 19
47 3
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1985
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17
France
7 6 0
1 54 13 13
18 Yugoslavia
7 6 1
0 36 13 12
19
China
7 5 1
1 45 22 11
20 Romania
7 4 3
0 51
29 8
21 Denmark
7 3 4
0 16
23 6
22 Bulgaria
7 2 5
0 27
45 4
23 North Korea 7
1 6 0
18 56 2
24
Spain
7 0 7
0 9
55 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1983
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17 Holland
7 7 0
0 78 11 14
18 Hungary
7 5 2
0 50 25 10
19
China
7 4 2
1 28
23 9
20 Denmark
7 4 3
0 24
26 8
21
France
7 3 3
1 41
25 7
22 Bulgaria
7 1 5
1 20
36 3
23
Spain
7 1 5
1 17
55 3
24 North Korea 7
1 6 0
15 72 2
------------------------------------------------------------------
1982
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17
Japan
7 7 0
0 70 14 14
18 Yugoslavia
7 5 2
0 59 20 10
19 Denmark
7 4 2
1 35
20 9
20
France
7 4 3
0 56
30 8
21 Hungary
7 4 3
0 43
29 8
22 Bulgaria
7 2 4
1 29
30 5
23
Spain
7 1 6
0 26
50 2
24 South Korea 7
0 7 0
11 136 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
1981
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17 Austria
7 7 0
0 43
5 14
18
China
7 6 1
0 46 14 12
19 Hungary
7 4 2
1 38
22 9
20 Denmark
7 3 3
1 36
27 7
21
France
7 3 4
0 48
36 6
22 Bulgaria
7 3 4
0 22
32 6
23 North Korea 7
1 6 0
18 66 2
24 Great Britain 7
0 7 0
11 60 0
------------------------------------------------------------------
1979
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
19 Yugoslavia
7 7 0
0 83 10 14
20
Italy
7 6 1
0 64 17 12
21
France
7 5 2
0 59 27 10
22 Bulgaria
7 4 3
0 35
28 8
23
Spain
7 2 5
0 25
48 4
24 Great Britain 7
2 5 0
23 68 4
25 South Korea 7
1 5 1
16 67 3
26 Australia
7 0 6
1 13
53 1
------------------------------------------------------------------
1978
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17 Holland
7 6 0
1 74 17 13
18 Austria
7 5 1
1 65 31 11
19 Denmark
7 4 2
1 59
25 9
20
China
7 4 3
0 47
30 8
21 Bulgaria
7 3 3
1 27
30 7
22
France
7 3 4
0 46
39 6
23
Spain
7 1 6
0 26
84 2
24 Belgium
7 0 7
0 13 101 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1977
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
18
Italy
6 5 0
1 64
6 11
19 Denmark
6 5 0
1 61 15 11
20 Bulgaria
6 4 2
0 47
25 8
21
France
6 3 3
0 37
24 6
22
Spain
6 1 5
0 17
61 2
23 Belgium
6 1 5
0 24
89 2
24 Great Britain 6
1 5 0
17 47 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1976
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17 Austria
10 7 2
1 70 25 15
18 Hungary
10 6 3
1 74 30 13
19
France
10 4 4
2 46 40 10
20 Denmark
10 2 8
0 42
56 4
21 Great Britain 4
0 4 0
6 44 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1975
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
15
Norway
6 5 0
1 43
3 11
16 Bulgaria
6 4 1
1 40
17 9
17 Austria
6 3 2
1 32
16 7
18 Hungary
6 3 2
1 44 21 7
19
France
6 2 2
2 32
22 6
20 Denmark
6 1 5
0 26
32 2
21 Belgium
6 0 6
0 5
111 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1974
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
15 Switzerland 7
6 1 0
63 4 12
16
Italy
7 5 1
1 42 14 11
17 Bulgaria
7 4 2
1 39
18 9
18 Hungary
7 3 1
3 38
22 9
19
France
7 4 3
0 37
25 8
20
China
7 1 4
2 16
38 4
21 Australia
7 1 6
0 13
74 2
22 North Korea 7
0 6 1
12 65 1
------------------------------------------------------------------
1973
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
15
Norway
7 7 0
0 53 14 14
16 Holland
7 5 2
0 52 21 10
17 Hungary
7 5 2
0 44 24 10
18 Bulgaria
7 3 3
1 29
28 7
19
China
7 2 3
2 21
28 6
20
France
7 3 4
0 23
29 6
21 Denmark
7 0 5
2 22
58 2
22 Great Britain 7
0 6 1
18 60 1
------------------------------------------------------------------
1972
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
14 Austria
6 5 0
1 21 12 11
15
Italy
6 4 1
1 31
13 9
16 Hungary
6 2 2
2 31
24 6
17 Bulgaria
6 3 3
0 20
19 6
18
China
6 2 2
2 19
20 6
19 Holland
6 1 5
0 13
25 2
20 Denmark
6 1 5
0 11
33 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1971
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
15 Romania
7 6 0
1 70 12 13
16
France
7 6 1
0 45 19 12
17 Hungary
7 5 1
1 58 27 11
18 Great Britain 7
3 3 1
47 39 7
19 Bulgaria
7 2 4
1 36
32 5
20 Denmark
7 2 5
0 33
30 4
21 Holland
7 2 5
0 31
30 4
22 Belgium
7 0 7
0 7
138 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1970
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
15 Austria
6 5 0
1 44
9 11
16
Italy
6 0 0
6 27
27 6
17 Hungary
6 3 2
1 35
15 7
18
France
6 4 1
1 32
15 9
19 Denmark
6 1 3
2 21
27 4
20 Holland
6 1 3
2 19
37 4
21 Belgium
6 0 5
1 15
63 1
------------------------------------------------------------------
1969
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
15
Japan
5 4 1
0 36
10 8
16 Switzerland 5
4 1 0
41 9 8
17 Hungary
5 0 2
3 26
39 3
18 Holland
5 2 2
1 24
40 5
19 Bulgaria
5 2 2
1 21
28 5
20 Denmark
5 0 4
1 10
32 1
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1967
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17
Japan
4 4 0
0 46
8 8
18 Bulgaria
4 2 2
0 17
17 4
19 Denmark
4 2 2
0 18
23 4
20
France
4 1 3
0 18
21 2
21 Holland
4 1 3
0 19
49 2
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1966
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
17
Italy
4 4 0
0 54
8 8
18 Denmark
4 2 2
0 21
21 4
19 South Africa 4
0 4 0
4
50 0
20 France
----------------------------------------------------------------
1963
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
16 Austria
5 5 0
0 62
7 10
17 Hungary
5 4 1
0 57
12 8
18 Denmark
5 3 2
0 22
31 6
19 Bulgaria
5 1 3
1 19
22 3
20 Holland
5 1 3
1 21
34 3
21 Belgium
5 0 5
0 8
83 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1961
Rank
GP W L
T GF GA PTS
15 Romania
5 5 0
0 69
5 10
16
France
5 4 1
0 34
16 8
17 Yugoslavia
5 3 2
0 34
22 6
18 Holland
5 2 3
0 18
36 4
19 South Africa 5
1 4 0
18 47 2
20 Belgium
5 0 5
0 9
56 0
------------------------------------------------------------------