The 1989

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took place in Sweden from 15 April – 1 May. The games were played in

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and Stockholm, in the newly built arena

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. Eight teams took part, and each team played each other once. The four best teams then played each other again. This was the 53rd World Championships, and also the 64th European Championships. The Soviet Union became world champions for the 21st time, and also European champions for the 26th time. The tournament was marred by positive drug tests. Only the goal totals of the Americans were affected in the end. Their losses against the Czechoslovaks and the Canadians were ruled as shutouts because of

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's high

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levels. Canadian

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also came under suspicion, but his A and B samples did not match, and he was cleared of wrongdoing. The Soviet team won all ten of their games. At the end of the tournament, Soviet star

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defected to the

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by getting on a plane with two

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executives. The Sabres had drafted Mogilny the year before. He joined the team and went on to score 1032 points in his NHL career.

World Championship Group A (Sweden)

First round

Final Round

Consolation Round

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was relegated to Group B.''

World Championship Group B (Norway)

Played in

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and Lillehammer 30 March to 9 April. The 5 April game between Norway and Austria was officially adjusted to 8-0 for Norway because of Siegfried Haberl's positive drug test. Standard procedure, since 1969, had been for Group B and Group C to exchange two teams, but that stopped this year. ''

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was promoted to Group A and

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was relegated to Group C.''

World Championship Group C (Australia)

Played in Sydney 18–27 March. ''The

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were promoted to Group B, and Australia was relegated to Group D.''

World Championship Group D (Belgium)

Played in

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and

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16–21 March. Positive drug tests wiped out the results of the first day: both games were officially rendered scoreless, and were counted as losses for all four teams.1989 Summary at Passionhockey.com
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and

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were promoted to Group C.''

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best

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**Best

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**Best Forward:

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*Media All-Star Team: **Goaltender: Dominik Hašek **Defence:

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, Viacheslav Fetisov **Forwards:

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, Sergei Makarov, Steve Yzerman

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

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European championships final standings

The final standings of the European Championship were determined by the points earned in games played solely between European teams.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Source

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Leading goaltenders

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Citations

References

Complete results
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