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.

1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament mascot Snowy
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	23 April – 7 May
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	40
Goals scored	229 (5.73 per game)
Attendance	326,571 (8,164 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Andrew McKim 14 points
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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.^[1] The final still has an important place in Finnish hockey culture today, a common exclamation being "95: Never forget!"

Victory celebration in Helsinki, Finland a few hours after the final game

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.^[2] 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.^[3][4]

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 April

France

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Germany

Gävle Attendance: 3,167

	12.02 Serge Poudrier (Bozon, Pouget) 19.03 Michel Galarneau (Zytynsky) 21.07 Stephane Barin (Ville) 44.28 Stephane Barin (Ville) Goals

23 April

Russia

4–2 (1–0, 0–0, 3–2)

Italy

Gävle

	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

24 April

Germany

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Italy

Gävle Attendance: 2,696

	35.33 Benoit Doucet Goals 33.38 Maurizio Mansi (Figliuzzi) 49.12 Giorgio Comploi (Chitarroni, Massara)

24 April

Switzerland

3–5 (1–3, 2–0, 0–2)

Canada

Gävle Attendance: 2,909

	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

25 April

Canada

1–4 (1–3, 0–1, 0–0)

France

Gävle

	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)

25 April

Russia

8–0 (0–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Gävle Attendance: 3,442

	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

26 April

France

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Russia

Gävle Attendance: 3,040

	54.13 Serge Poudier (Bozon) Goals 7.12 Vyacheslav Bykov (Berezin) 25.48 Aleksandr Prokopjev (Frolov, Vorobjev) 46.38 Sergei Berezin (Fedulov, Frolov)

27 April

Canada

5–2 (1–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Germany

Gävle Attendance: 4,358

	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)

27 April

Italy

3–2 (0–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Switzerland

Gävle Attendance: 3,956

	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)

28 April

Germany

3–6 (1–0, 1–5, 1–1)

Russia

Gävle Attendance: 3,810

	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 April

Switzerland

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

France

Gävle Attendance: 3,684

	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)

29 April

Canada

2–2 (1–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Italy

Gävle Attendance: 4,962

	9.56 Todd Hlushko (Bright) 43.40 Mark Freer (Maneluk) Goals 42.28 Roland Ramoser (De Toni, Chelodi) 46.03 Stefano Figliuzzi (Busillo)

30 April

Germany

5–3 (1–0, 2–1, 2–2)

Switzerland

Gävle Attendance: 6,293

	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)

30 April

Russia

5–4 (2–1, 1–1, 2–2)

Canada

Gävle Attendance: 6,293

	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)

1 May

Italy

5–2 (1–0, 2–0, 2–2)

France

Gävle Attendance: 2,700

	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 April

Sweden

5–0 (0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Norway

Stockholm Attendance: 11,854

				Referee: Peter Slapke
	Per-Erik Eklund − 35.23 1–0 Andreas Johansson − 36.32 2–0 Andreas Johansson − 53.53 3–0 Mikael Johansson − 54.44 4–0 Jonas Johnson − 59.05 5–0
	14 min	Penalties	16 min

23 April

Finland

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Attendance: 11,462

				Referee: Gerald Burt
	0–1 18:24 – Radek Belohlah 0–2 57:24 – Roman Meluzín 0–3 59:23 – Jiří Dopita
	22 min	Penalties	14 min

24 April

Austria

2–5 (1–3, 0–1, 1–1)

United States

Stockholm Attendance: 6,817

25 April

United States

2–1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Norway

Stockholm

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

25 April

Sweden

3–6 (1–0, 2–3, 0–3)

Finland

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

				Referee: Rob Hearn
	Daniel Alfredsson – 02:36 1–0 Andreas Dackell – 32:34 2–0 2–1 35:34 – Saku Koivu 2–2 36:08 – Mika Nieminen Andreas Johansson − 37:06 3–2 3–3 39:00 – Ville Peltonen 3–4 41:31 – Saku Koivu 3–5 44:35 – Timo Jutila 3–6 49:49 – Ville Peltonen

26 April

Czech Republic

5–2 (3–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Austria

Stockholm Attendance: 6,531

26 April

Norway

2–5 (0–1, 0–2, 2–2)

Finland

Stockholm Attendance: 7,842

				Referee: Frantisek Rejthar
	0–1 04:15 – Mika Strömberg 0–2 20:35 – Hannu Virta 0–3 24:58 – Timo Jutila 0–4 43:18 – Mika Nieminen Espen Knutsen – 50:14 1–4 Trond Mangnusen – 51:48 2–4 2–5 54:39 – Saku Koivu
	20 min	Penalties	16 min

27 April

Czech Republic

2–4 (0–0, 0–2, 2–2)

United States

Stockholm Attendance: 7,452

27 April

Austria

0–5 (0–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Sweden

Stockholm

28 April

United States

2–2 (1-2, 0–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

				Referee: Anton Danko
	Brett Hauer – 00.40 1–0 1–1 07.42 – Tommy Sjödin 1–2 11.15 – Christer Olsson Pat Neaton – 44.14 2–2
	20 min	Penalties	10 min

29 April

Finland

7–2 (4–1, 3–0, 0–1)

Austria

Stockholm Attendance: 10,438

	Ari Sulander	Goalies	Claus Dalpiaz	Referee: Leonid Vaijsfeld
	Sami Kapanen – 00:25 1–0 Raimo Summanen – 01:18 2–0 Sami Kapanen – 04:43 3–0 3–1 09:56 – Gerald Ressman Marko Palo – 16:31 4–1 Mika Nieminen – 25:18 5–1 Juha Ylönen – 27.09 6–1 Jere Lehtinen – 35:57 7–1 7–2 57:47 – Andreas Pusnik
	6 min	Penalties	12 min

29 April

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Norway

Stockholm Attendance: 8,864

				Referee: Reto Bertolotti
	Pavel Janku – 00:47 1–0 Jiří Vykoukal – 27:25 2–0 2–1 38:00 – Trond Magnussen Radek Bělohlav – 55:18 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min

30 April

United States

4–4 (1–0, 3–1, 0–3)

Finland

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	Pat Jablonski	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Sylvain Bibeau
	Tim Bergland – 8:16 1–0 Mike Pomichter – 25:13 2–0 Todd Harkins – 31:06 3–0 3–1 32:17 – Saku Koivu Cal McGowan – 37:10 4–1 4–2 42:55 – Timo Jutila 4–3 51:02 – Saku Koivu 4–4 57:44 – Mika Strömberg
	14 min	Penalties	8 min

30 April

Sweden

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	Thomas Östlund	Goalies	Roman Turek	Referee: Peter Slapke
	0–1 5.31 – Otakar Vejvoda Mikael Johansson – 29.04 1–1 Tomas Forslund – 31.37 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	16 min

1 May

Norway

5–3 (1–1, 4–2, 0–0)

Austria

Stockholm Attendance: 7,347

Consolation round 11–12 place

2 May

Austria

4–0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Gävle Attendance: 2,968

				Referee: Marko Lepaus
	Andreas Pusnik – 17:30 1–0 Dieter Kalt – 20:40 2–0 Andreas Pusnik – 32:56 3–0 Werner Kert – 38:49 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	18 min

4 May

Switzerland

4–4 (1–2, 1–1, 2–1)

Austria

Stockholm Attendance: 7,418

				Referee: Börje Johansson
	Andy Ton – 00.28 1–0 1–1 02.16 – Robin Doyle 1–2 19.48 – Werner Kerth 1–3 25.38 – Richard Nasheim Marcel Jenni – 38.26 2–3 Patrick Howald – 50.27 3–3 3–4 51.54 – Richard Nasheim Andreas Zehnder – 56.02 4–4
	10 min	Penalties	20 min

Switzerland was relegated to Group B.

Playoff round

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

Quarterfinals

2 May

Italy

0–7 (0–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Sweden

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	Mario Brunetta	Goalies	Thomas Östlund
	0–1 xx:xx – Tommy Sjödin 0–2 08:33 – Stafan Nilsson 0–3 23:16 – Andreas Dackell 0–4 28:51 – Andreas Dackell 0–5 32:50 – Tomas Forslund 0–6 43:17 – Fredrik Stillman 0–7 47:16 – Stefan Örnskog
	36 min	Penalties	12 min

2 May

Finland

5–0 (0–0, 4–0, 1–0)

France

Stockholm Attendance: 13,118

	Jarmo Myllys	Goalies	Petri Ylönen	Referee: Peter Slapke
	Timo Jutila – 27:52 1–0 Esa Keskinen – 29:09 2–0 Janne Niinimaa – 29.51 3–0 Tero Lehterä – 38:06 4–0 Jere Lehtinen – 45:02 5–0
	14 min	Penalties	16 min

3 May

Russia

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Attendance: 11,772

				Referee: Rob Hearn
	0–1 08:42 – Jiří Kučera 0–2 45:51 – Otakar Vejvoda

3 May

United States

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Canada

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	Pat Jablonski	Goalies	Corey Hirsch
	0–1 14.40 – Dale DeGray 0–2 15.30 – Jean-François Jomphe 0–3 37.17 – Todd Hlushko Paul Stanton – 46.19 1–3 1–4 53.54 – Ralph Intranuovo
	20 min	Penalties	8 min

Semifinals

5 May

Sweden

3–2 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Canada

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	Thomas Östlund	Goalies	Corey Hirsch	Referee: Anton Danko
	Daniel Alfredsson – 25:04 1–0 1–1 28:15 – Luciano Borsato 1–2 46:43 – Jean-François Jomphe Mikael Johansson – 53:45 2–2 Daniel Alfredsson – 68:17 3–2
	2 min	Penalties	12 min

5 May

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Finland

Stockholm Attendance: 12,853

	Roman Turek	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Sylvain Bibeau
	0–1 19:46 – Raimo Helminen 0–2 52:39 – Ville Peltonen 0–3 57:13 – Mika Nieminen
	8 min	Penalties	6 min

Match for third place

6 May

Canada

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Attendance: 12,175

	Corey Hirsch	Goalies	Roman Turek	Referee: Rob Hearn
	0–1 10.55 – Pavel Geffert Ralph Intranuovo – 14.32 1–1 Iain Fraser – 21.19 2–1 Todd Hlushko – 25.44 3–1 Jean-François Jomphe – 53.38 4–1

Final

Time is local (UTC+2).

7 May 15:00

Finland

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Sweden

Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

	Jarmo Myllys	Goalies	Thomas Östlund	Referee: Sylvain Bibeau Linesmen: Vaclav Cesky Michael Langer
	(Niinimaa) Ville Peltonen – 08:07 1–0 (Lehtinen) Ville Peltonen – 37:39 2–0 (Koivu, Strömberg) Ville Peltonen – 39.56 3–0 (Peltonen, Koivu) Timo Jutila – 42.52 4–0 4–1 43:58 – Jonas Bergqvist (Stillman, Sjödin)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min

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.^[3]

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

12 April

Latvia

18–1

Romania

12 April

Slovakia

7–3

Great Britain

12 April

Poland

8–1

Netherlands

12 April

Japan

1–5

Denmark

13 April

Romania

2–0

Great Britain

13 April

Slovakia

9–3

Japan

13 April

Netherlands

1–6

Latvia

13 April

Denmark

1–3

Poland

15 April

Great Britain

3–2

Netherlands

15 April

Japan

8–2

Romania

15 April

Slovakia

10–0

Poland

15 April

Latvia

9–2

Denmark

16 April

Romania

3–6

Poland

16 April

Netherlands

4–3

Japan

16 April

Slovakia

4–3

Latvia

16 April

Denmark

9–2

Great Britain

18 April

Latvia

6–2

Poland

18 April

Netherlands

5–3

Romania

18 April

Slovakia

6–2

Denmark

18 April

Great Britain

3–4

Japan

19 April

Romania

4–9

Denmark

19 April

Japan

2–15

Latvia

19 April

Slovakia

13–4

Netherlands

19 April

Poland

3–4

Great Britain

21 April

Denmark

2–3

Netherlands

21 April

Poland

7–5

Japan

21 April

Great Britain

4–8

Latvia

21 April

Slovakia

11–0

Romania

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.^[3] 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.

First round

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 March

Bulgaria

2–4

China

21 March

China

0–12

Kazakhstan

22 March

Bulgaria

1–8

Kazakhstan

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 March

Estonia

1–6

Belarus

21 March

Belarus

5–4

Slovenia

22 March

Slovenia

3–6

Estonia

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 March

Yugoslavia

3–15

Ukraine

21 March

Ukraine

9–1

Hungary

22 March

Hungary

9–1

Yugoslavia

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Belarus was promoted to Group B.

24 March

Ukraine

2–2

Kazakhstan

25 March

Belarus

3–1

Ukraine

26 March

Kazakhstan

1–2

Belarus

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

24 March

Hungary

3–4

China

25 March

Estonia

6–2

Hungary

26 March

China

5–9

Estonia

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were relegated to group C2.

24 March

Yugoslavia

6–0

Bulgaria

25 March

Slovenia

7–3

Yugoslavia

26 March

Bulgaria

1–14

Slovenia

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.

First round

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Greece was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 March

Belgium

5–5

Greece

21 March

Spain

3–4

Lithuania

22 March

Greece

1–21

Spain

22 March

Belgium

10–2

Australia

24 March

Lithuania

8–2

Belgium

24 March

Greece

2–10

Australia

26 March

Lithuania

20–1

Greece

26 March

Australia

2–4

Spain

27 March

Australia

2–8

Lithuania

27 March

Spain

4–1

Belgium

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

New Zealand was relegated to Group D qualification.

21 March

Croatia

19–5

New Zealand

21 March

South Africa

2–8

South Korea

22 March

Croatia

7–2

Israel

22 March

New Zealand

0–13

South Korea

24 March

New Zealand

0–12

Israel

24 March

South Africa

1–11

Croatia

26 March

South Korea

7–1

Israel

26 March

South Africa

3–2

New Zealand

27 March

South Korea

3–4

Croatia

27 March

South Africa

1–8

Israel

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

29 March

Lithuania

5–2

South Korea

29 March

Croatia

6–3

Spain

30 March

Spain

7–5

South Korea

30 March

Lithuania

3–3

Croatia

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

29 March

South Africa

1–10

Belgium

29 March

Australia

5–1

Israel

30 March

South Africa

6–10

Australia

30 March

Belgium

2–7

Israel

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 March

Greece

10–7

New Zealand

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

Source:

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

Source:

See also

• 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Citations

1. "Den glider in" performed with Swedish national team on stage
2. "Sportåret 1995" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. 2 January 1995. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
3. Summary at Passionhockey.com
4. Duplacey page 508

References

• Complete results
• Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 158–9.