1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1997 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Finland from 21 April to 5 May 1997. The matches were played in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku.
Twelve teams took part, with the first round being split into two teams of six, and the six best teams going to a further group stage. This was the 61st World Championships, and Canada beat Sweden in the final game, best of three, where they won 2-1 in games, and became world champions for the 21st time 
== World Championship Group A (Finland) ==
=== First Round ===
=== Group 1 ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	18 - 09 	8
2	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	25 - 09 	8
3	 	5 	3 	1 	1 	19 - 16 	7
4	 	5 	1 	1 	3 	10 - 14 	3
5	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	13 - 26 	2
6	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	04 - 15 	2
=== Group 2 ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	5 	4 	1 	0 	20 - 08 	9
2	 	5 	3 	1 	1 	23 - 11 	7
3	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	14 - 15 	6
4	 	5 	1 	2 	2 	18 - 17 	4
5	 	5 	1 	1 	3 	12 - 21 	3
6	 	5 	0 	1 	4 	07 - 22 	1
=== Second Round 1-6 Place ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	17 - 09 	8
2	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	13 - 14 	6
3	 	5 	2 	1 	2 	13 - 13 	5
4	 	5 	2 	0 	3 	12 - 12 	4
5	 	5 	2 	0 	3 	12 - 12 	4
6	 	5 	1 	1 	3 	07 - 14 	3
=== Consolation Round 7-12 Place ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
7 	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	29 - 14 	8
8 	 	5 	3 	1 	1 	23 - 13 	7
9 	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	15 - 13 	6
10	 	5 	2 	0 	3 	12 - 23 	4
11	 	5 	2 	0 	3 	08 - 17 	4
12	 	5 	0 	1 	4 	11 - 18 	1
=== Final Round ===
=== Match for third place ===
=== Final ===
==World Championship Group B (Poland)==
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
13	 	7 	7 	0 	0 	48 - 21 	14
14	 	7 	5 	1 	1 	31 - 21 	11
15	 	7 	3 	2 	2 	26 - 22 	8
16	 	7 	2 	3 	2 	22 - 22 	7
17	 	7 	2 	2 	3 	19 - 24 	6
18	 	7 	2 	1 	4 	28 - 22 	5
19	 	7 	2 	1 	4 	21 - 38 	5
20	 	7 	0 	0 	7 	19 - 44 	0
==World Championship Group C (Estonia)==
=== First Round ===
=== Group 1 ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	11 - 03 	5
2	 	3 	1 	2 	0 	18 - 12 	4
3	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	11 - 11 	3
4	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	05 - 19 	0
=== Group 2 ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	17 - 03 	6
2	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	18 - 04 	4
3	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	06 - 17 	2
4	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	07 - 24 	0
=== Final Round 21-24 Place ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
21	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	07 - 05 	5
22	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	09 - 07 	3
23	 	3 	0 	2 	1 	06 - 07 	2
24	 	3 	0 	2 	1 	05 - 08 	2
=== Consolation Round 25-28 Place ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
25	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	15 - 08 	6
26	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	12 - 05 	4
27	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	14 - 16 	2
28	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	06 - 18 	0
==World Championship Group D (Andorra)==
=== First Round ===
=== Group 1 ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	10 - 04 	4
2	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	12 - 08 	4
3	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	07 - 07 	4
4	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	09 - 19 	0
=== Group 2 ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	17 - 13 	4
2	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	11 - 11 	3
3	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	10 - 10 	3
4	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	10 - 14 	2
=== Final Round 29-32 Place ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
29	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	08 - 05 	5
30	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	07 - 03 	4
31	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	10 - 11 	2
32	 	3 	0 	1 	2 	07 - 13 	1
=== Consolation Round 33-36 Place ===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
33	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	12 - 14 	4
34	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	13 - 10 	3
35	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	10 - 09 	3
36	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	09 - 11 	2
VM 1997	Land
Gold 	Canada
Silver 	Sweden
Bronze 	Czech Republic
4 	Russia
5 	Finland
6 	United States
7 	Latvia
8 	Italy
9 	Slovakia
10 	France
11 	Germany
12 	
 Norway
==Team Photos==
1997Sweden.jpg|Sweden
1997Australia.jpg|Australia
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