# 1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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. The final still has an important place in Finnish hockey culture today, a common exclamation being "95: Never forget!"
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. 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.

## World Championship Group A (Sweden)
### Locations

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

### First round
#### Group 1

| 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 |
| 12.02 Serge Poudrier (Bozon, Pouget) 19.03 Michel Galarneau (Zytynsky) 21.07 Stephane Barin (Ville) 44.28 Stephane Barin (Ville) | Goals |
| 11.11 Aleksei Salomatin (Frolov, Fedulov) 50.05 Andrei Tarasenko (Belov) 56.12 Stanislav Romanov (Tarasenko) 58.21 Sergei Berezin (Bykov, Homutov) | Goals | 49.43 Gaetano Orlando (Topatigh) 51.08 Stephan Figliuzzi |
| 35.33 Benoit Doucet | Goals | 33.38 Maurizio Mansi (Figliuzzi) 49.12 Giorgio Comploi (Chitarroni, Massara) |
| 17.49 Sandro Bertaggia (Balmer, Weber) 24.12 Andy Ton (Weber) 35.24 Andy Ton PP | Goals | 5.05 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 |
| 8.50 Rafaele Intranuovo (Borsato, Fraser) | Goals | 3.41 Philippe Bozon (Pouget) 4.07 Jean Marc Soghomonian (Zytynsky) 13.26 Christian Pouget 39.02 Christian Pouget (Bozon) |
| 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 |
| 54.13 Serge Poudier (Bozon) | Goals | 7.12 Vyacheslav Bykov (Berezin) 25.48 Aleksandr Prokopjev (Frolov, Vorobjev) 46.38 Sergei Berezin (Fedulov, Frolov) |
| 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) | Goals | 2.33 Thomas Brandl (Stefan) PP 47.02 Thomas Brandl (Wieland) |
| 35.45 Giorgio Comploi (Figliuzzi) 44.59 John Massara (Bartolone, Oberrauch) Maurizio Mansi (Nardella) | Goals | 5.51 Vjeran Ivankovic (Rogenmoser) 25.15 Jean-Jaques Aeschlimann (Bayer, Bruderer) |
| 16.14 Benoit Doucet (Hiemer) 20.23 Jayson Mayer (Hindemann) PP 52.50 Torsten Kienass (Brandl, Stefan) | Goals | 29.05 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 |
| 28.18 Patrick Howald Triulzi PP 42.08 Vjeran Ivankovic (Zehnder) | Goals | 4.08 Serge Poudier (Pouget) PP 32.14 Serge Poudier (Pouget) 44.59 Philippe Bozon (Pouget) |
| 9.56 Todd Hlushko (Bright) 43.40 Mark Freer (Maneluk) | Goals | 42.28 Roland Ramoser (De Toni, Chelodi) 46.03 Stefano Figliuzzi (Busillo) |
| 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) | Goals | 37.51 Andy Ton (Erni) 47.46 Martin Bruderer 55.04 Andy Ton (Ivankovic, Weber) |
| 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) | Goals | 19.46 Rafaele Intranuovo (McKim, Schlegel) 23.57 Jamie Heward (McKim) PP 56.40 Todd Hlushko (Chernomaz) 58.44 Andrew McKim (Schlegel, DeGray) |
| 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) | Goals | 52.32 Jean-Phil LeMoine (Pouget, LeMarque) 56.57 Frank Pajonkowski (Galarneau) |

#### Group 2

| 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 |
| Jon Morris – 00:59 | 1–0 | |
| Jon Morris – 16:07 | 2–0 | |
| | 2–1 | 48:37 – Trond Magnussen |

### Consolation round 11–12 place

Switzerland was relegated to Group B.

### Playoff round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 3 May | 3 May | | | |
| Russia | 0 | | | |
| Russia | 0 | 5 May | 5 May | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 5 May | 5 May | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | Czech Republic | 0 | |
| 2 May | 2 May | | Czech Republic | 0 | |
| 2 May | 2 May | Finland | 3 | |
| Finland | 5 | Finland | 3 | |
| Finland | 5 | | | | 7 May | 7 May |
| France | 0 | | | | 7 May | 7 May |
| France | 0 | | | | Finland | 4 |
| 2 May | 2 May | | | | | Finland | 4 |
| 2 May | 2 May | | | | Sweden | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | | | | Sweden | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 5 May | 5 May | | | |
| Sweden | 7 | 5 May | 5 May | | | |
| Sweden | 7 | Sweden (OT) | 3 | | | |
| 3 May | 3 May | | Sweden (OT) | 3 | | | |
| 3 May | 3 May | Canada | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 1 | Canada | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 1 | | | | 6 May | 6 May |
| Canada | 4 | | | | 6 May | 6 May |
| Canada | 4 | | | | Canada | 4 |
| | | | | | Czech Republic | 1 |

#### Final

Time is local (UTC+2).

## World Championship Group B (Slovakia)

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

## World Championship Group C1 (Bulgaria)

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. 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.

### Group 1

| 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 |

### Group 2

| 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 |

### Group 3

| 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 |

### Final round 21–23 place

| 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 |
Belarus was promoted to Group B.

### Consolation round 24–26 place

| 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 |

### Consolation round 27–29 place

| 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 |
Both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were relegated to group C2.

## World Championship Group C2 (South Africa)

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.

### Group 1

| 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 |
Greece was relegated to Group D qualification.

### Group 2

| 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 |
New Zealand was relegated to Group D qualification.

### Final round 30–33 place

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

### Consolation round 34–37 place

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

### Consolation round 38–39 place

| 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 |

## Ranking and statistics

* 1995 IIHF World Championship winners
* Finland 1st title

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Jarmo Myllys
** Best Defenceman: Christer Olsson
** Best Forward: Saku Koivu
* Media All-Star Team:
** Goaltender: Roman Turek
** Defence: Timo Jutila, Tommy Sjodin
** Forwards: Saku Koivu, Jere Lehtinen, Ville Peltonen

### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| | Finland |
| | Sweden |
| | Canada |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Italy |
| 8 | France |
| 9 | Germany |
| 10 | Norway |
| 11 | Austria |
| 12 | Switzerland |

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Andrew McKim | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +1 | 4 | F |
| Ville Peltonen | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +12 | 4 | F |
| Saku Koivu | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +9 | 18 | F |
| Andreas Johansson | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +6 | 8 | F |
| Mikael Johansson | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +7 | 4 | F |
| Iain Fraser | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +4 | 8 | F |
| Sergei Berezin | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | +5 | 4 | F |
| Jon Morris | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +10 | 4 | F |
| Christian Pouget | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +5 | 4 | F |
| Raimo Helminen | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +11 | 2 | F |
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### 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.
| Player | MIP | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Roman Turek | 359 | 9 | 1.50 | .939 | 2 |
| Pat Jablonski | 360 | 15 | 2.50 | .923 | 0 |
| Alexei Cherviakov | 180 | 5 | 1.67 | .923 | 1 |
| Petri Ylönen | 300 | 11 | 2.20 | .921 | 1 |
| Jarmo Myllys | 420 | 12 | 1.71 | .917 | 3 |
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