The 1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 56th such event sanctioned by the

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(IIHF). Teams representing a record 32 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1993 competition. The top Championship Group A tournament took place in

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from 28 April to 10 May 1992, with games played in

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and

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. This would be the last championship held in that nation before the

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eight months later. Twelve teams took part, with the first round being split into two groups of six, with the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals.

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retained their title, beating

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5–2 in the final, and becoming world champions for the sixth time. This was Finland's first medal in a World Championship. The Championship Group A pools were drawn the same as the 1992 Olympics in Albertville two months earlier, but yielded much different results.

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was able to tie both

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and

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to earn a spot in the quarter-finals.

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, after an opening loss to Finland, won four straight to also advance to the quarter-finals, where they faced Switzerland. The Swiss prevailed, making the top 4 for the first time since 1953, and moved on to meet a Swedish team that had shut-out the Russians. The Swedes led by three after the first and easily moved on to the gold medal game. There was nothing easy about the other semi-final, where the Finns had to come from behind to tie Czechoslovakia in the third period, then advanced to the finals with a shootout win. The Czechoslovaks, playing for the last time as that nation, beat the Swiss to settle for bronze, while Sweden, led by Mats Sundin, beat Finland for gold.Summary at Passionhockey.com
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and

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iced teams in a secondary tier of Group C.

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appeared for the first time since 1966. In Group B, the

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made their final World Championship appearance before the breakup of that nation. The

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resumed Yugoslavia's former position in Group C in 1995, while breakaway nations

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and

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would appear in the qualifiers for Group C of the 1993 World Championship.

World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)

Venues

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Consolation Round 11–12 Place

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was relegated to Group B.''

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Match for third place

Final

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best Goaltender: Tommy Söderström **Best

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: Róbert Švehla **Best Forward: Mats Sundin *Media All-Star Team: **Goaltender: Markus Ketterer **Defence: František Musil, Timo Jutila **Forwards: Petr Hrbek, Mats Sundin, Jarkko Varvio

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Scoring leaders

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Leading goaltenders

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World Championship Group B (Austria)

Played in Klagenfurt

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2–12 April. The hosts went undefeated to return to Group A for the first time since 1957. ''

was promoted to Group A, while

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was relegated to Group C but would not play there until 1995.''

World Championship Group C1 (Great Britain)

Played in Hull

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18–24 March. The hosts, led by Scot Tony Hand and Canadian Kevin Conway, won all five games easily. ''

was promoted to Group B while no team was relegated.''

World Championship Group C2 (South Africa)

Played in

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21–28 March. Though called 'C2' it was no different from being in 'Group D'.

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completely dominated, playing against five essentially new hockey nations. Only South Africa had participated before, and they last played in 1966. ''

and later

qualified for 1993 Group C. The others had to play in qualification tournaments in November 1992.''

Citations

References

Complete results
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