1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1993 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Germany 18 April - 2 May. The games were played in Munich and Dortmund. Twelve teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of six, and the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals. This was the 57th World Championships, and Russia beat the reigning world champions Sweden to win the World Championships for the first time.Podnieks pg.15. Note that the IIHF encyclopedia does not group Russian and Soviet Union medals in ice hockey, however their writers often do, which would make this their 23rd title. The bronze medal was won by the Czech Republic, defeating Canada in their first major tournament as an independent country after their split with Slovakia at the beginning of the calendar year.
While Latvia had last competed in 1939, this year marked the World Championship debut of three national teams. Kazakhstan, Slovenia, and Ukraine, played for the first time, in Group C. Belarus, Croatia, Estonia, and Lithuania all did not make it out of the autumn qualifiers and had to wait at least another year. Also waiting until the following year was Slovakia, who made their World Championship debut in Group C1 in 1994.
Eleven of the twelve openings for the Lillehammer Olympics were established in Group A. Switzerland, by being relegated, was excluded, and the final nation had to qualify in a tournament the next fall. The top two teams from Group B, the Group C champion, the top Asian nation, and Slovakia all were given the opportunity to fill the final vacancy.Olympic qualifier
==World Championship Group A (Germany)==
===First Round===
===Group 1===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	5 	5 	0 	0 	31–4 	10
2	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	17–14 	6
3	 	5 	2 	1 	2 	15–12 	5
4	 	5 	1 	2 	2 	8–20 	4
5	 	5 	2 	0 	3 	11–14 	4
6	 	5 	0 	1 	4 	4–22 	1
===Group 2===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	5 	4 	1 	0 	17–4 	9
2	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	20–12 	8
3	 	5 	2 	2 	1 	14–10 	6
4	 	5 	2 	1 	2 	7–7 	5
5	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	6–17 	2
6	 	5 	0 	0 	5 	10–24 	0
===Quarterfinals===
===Consolation Round 9-12 Place===
===Semifinals===
===Consolation Round 11-12 Place===
Switzerland was relegated to the Group B.
===Third Place match===
===Final===
==World Championship Group B (Netherlands)==
Played in Eindhoven 25 March to 4 April. The British team, just promoted from Group C, won all their games. Their first game was won by either keen strategy, or controversy, depending on how you view it. With the score against tournament favorite Poland tied three all, the British coach, Alex Dampier, asked the referee to measure the opposing goalie's stick. It was found to be illegal, and Great Britain scored the winning goal on the ensuing powerplay.Summary at Passionhockey.com
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
13	 	7 	7 	0 	0 	50–13 	14
14	 	7 	6 	0 	1 	71–12 	12
15	 	7 	5 	0 	2 	47–20 	10
16	 	7 	4 	0 	3 	38–24 	8
17	 	7 	3 	0 	4 	34–31 	6
18	 	7 	2 	0 	5 	20–44 	4
19	 	7 	1 	0 	6 	12–79 	2
20	 	7 	0 	0 	7 	9–58 	0
Great Britain was promoted to the Group A while Bulgaria was relegated to the Group C.
==World Championship Group C (Slovenia)==
===Qualifying Round===
All qualifiers were played from 6 to 8 November 1992.
===Group 1 (Latvia)===
Played in Riga. The winner would play in Group C, the other two nations had to play each other the following year for inclusion into Group C2.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	2 	2 	0 	0 	19–5 	4
2	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	9–7 	2
3	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	3–19 	0
Latvia qualified for the Group C.
===Group 2 (Belarus)===
Played in Minsk. The top two teams moved on to Group C in the spring, last place was included in Group C1 in 1994. Azerbaijan had the option of playing in this group, but did not.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	8–6 	2
2	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	6–7 	2
3	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	4–5 	2
Ukraine and Kazakhstan both qualified for Group C.
===Group 3 (Croatia/Slovenia)===
Played as a home and home series in Zagreb and Ljubljana. The winner would go on to Group C, the loser would have to try to qualify next year for Group C2. Originally Luxembourg was to play in this group but declined.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	2 	2 	0 	0 	22–3 	4
2	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	3–22 	0
Slovenia qualified for the Group C.
===Group 4 (Turkey)===
Played in Ankara. Originally South Africa was to be in this group as well, but they went directly to the Group C instead.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	2 	2 	0 	0 	22–6 	4
2	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	12–10 	2
3	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	6–24 	0
Israel qualified for Group C.
===First Round===
Played from 12–18 March. The first and second place from each group of six advanced to the semifinals, and then finals, with the winner gaining promotion to the Group B. The three other semi-finalists, together with the two third place teams, would remain to form Group C1 in 1994. The remaining six nations would comprise Group C2, effectively being relegated. At the time of this tournament, the expected format for 1994 was different. South Korea beat Spain seven to three to win what was expected to be a battle to remain in the Group C. Instead, Group C was divided into two parts putting them both in the bottom tier.
===Group 1===
Played in Bled.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	5 	4 	1 	0 	102–10 	9
2	 	5 	4 	1 	0 	94–8 	9
3	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	30–26 	6
4	 	5 	2 	0 	3 	19–74 	4
5	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	16–60 	2
6	 	5 	0 	0 	5 	8–91 	0
Belgium, South Korea, and Israel were relegated to the Group C2.
===Group 2===
Played in Ljubljana.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	5 	5 	0 	0 	74–4 	10
2	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	76–6 	8
3	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	36–31 	6
4	 	5 	2 	0 	3 	19–51 	4
5	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	18–39 	2
6	 	5 	0 	0 	5 	8–100 	0
Australia, Spain, and South Africa were relegated to the Group C2.
===Semifinals===
===Relegation match===
===Third Place match===
===Final===
Latvia was promoted to the Group B.
==Ranking and statistics==
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===Final standings===
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==Citations==
==References==
*Complete results
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