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1987 Ice Hockey World Championships

1987 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships

Field	Value
year	1987
country	Austria
dates	17 April – 3 May
num_teams	8
venues	2
cities	1
type	ih
winners	Sweden
count	4
second	USSR
third	Czechoslovakia
fourth	Canada
games	40
goals	282
attendance	205401
scoring_leader	URS Vladimir Krutov 15 points
prevseason	[1986](1986-ice-hockey-world-championships)
nextseason	[1989](1989-ice-hockey-world-championships)

The 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 52nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was also the 63rd European Championships. Teams representing 28 countries participated in four levels of competition.

In the Division A Championship held 17 April to 3 May in Vienna, Austria, each team played each other once in the preliminary round. The four best placed teams then played each other once in a championship round and, unlike the relegation round, the first round of results were not counted. Sweden won the gold medal for the fourth time and the Soviet Union won their 25th European title. In the European Championships, only the games of the first round between European teams counted. Switzerland was demoted to Division B.

Sweden's victory was a controversial one. The Germans had beaten both Canada and Finland when it was revealed that forward Miroslav Sikora had played for the Polish junior team in 1977. He was suspended, and the IIHF stripped West Germany of their two wins. The Germans took the matter to court, stating that they had been granted permission. Though Sikora remained suspended, the IIHF reinstated the two victories. If the courts had not intervened, Finland would have replaced Sweden in the medal round. Additionally, the Swedes earned the Gold over the Soviets by goal differential when the Soviets had gone undefeated and the Swedes had lost three preliminary round games. This led to further discussion of a change of format. The IIHF's account of the finale states that, "Sweden won thanks to an inflated score against Canada," however Sweden only needed to win by two (the same margin that the Czechoslovaks beat Canada by) for the Gold. In reality, the Soviets had to come from behind to capture Silver and deprive the Czechoslovaks of the Gold, and the Swedes winning by more than two ensured that the Czechoslovaks could not play to a tie and capture Gold.

Promotion and relegation was effective for 1989 as the IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years at this time. Nations that did not participate in the Calgary Olympics were invited to compete in the final Thayer Tutt Trophy.

World Championship Group A (Austria)

First round

Final Round

Consolation round

Switzerland was relegated to Group B.

World Championship Group B (Italy)

Played in Canazei 26 March to 5 April. The top three teams earned Olympic berths, and the fourth place team played off against the Group C winner to join them.

Poland was promoted to Group A, and both the Netherlands and China were relegated to Group C.

World Championship Group C (Denmark)

Played in Copenhagen, Herlev and Hørsholm 20–29 March. In addition to being promoted, the winner played off against the fourth placed Group B team for the final Olympic berth.

Both Japan and Denmark were promoted to Group B. On the final day, if either Romania or Yugoslavia had won, they would have been promoted, but they tied each other. Belgium was relegated to Group D, and later Romania chose to compete in Group D as well, for financial reasons.

World Championship Group D (Australia)

Played in Perth, Western Australia 13–20 March. Chinese Taipei also played four games as exhibition contests. They lost 31–3 to Australia, 24–0 to South Korea, 12–1 to New Zealand, and tied Hong Kong 2–2.

Australia was promoted to Group C. Later, when Romania declined to travel to Australia for the 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships Group C for financial reasons, South Korea was promoted to take their place.

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: CSK Dominik Hašek
- Best Defenceman: CAN Craig Hartsburg
- Best Forward: URS Vladimir Krutov
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: CSK Dominik Hašek
- Defence: FRG Udo Kiessling, URS Viacheslav Fetisov
- Forwards: URS Vladimir Krutov, URS Sergei Makarov, FRG Gerd Truntschka

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

8

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

6

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
URS Vladimir Krutov	10	11	4	15	+15	8	F
URS Sergei Makarov	10	4	10	14	+19	8	F
URS Igor Larionov	10	4	8	12	+16	2	F
USA Aaron Broten	10	5	6	11	+6	6	F
URS Vyacheslav Bykov	10	5	6	11	+13	0	F
SWE Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	10	3	8	11	+9	4	F
FRG Gerd Truntschka	10	3	8	11	+6	13	F
FRG Helmut Steiger	10	5	5	10	+2	12	F
SWE Tomas Sandström	8	4	6	10	+11	6	F
URS Viacheslav Fetisov	10	2	8	10	+13	2	D

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
URS Yevgeni Belosheikin	600	15	1.50	.923	3
CSK Dominik Hašek	520	19	2.19	.923	0
SWE Peter Lindmark	399	14	2.11	.901	2
FIN Jarmo Myllys	464	27	3.49	.895	0
CAN Sean Burke	300	12	2.40	.895	0

Citations

References

Duplacey page507
"Story #29".
"Story #44".
[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-44.html IIHF.com]
Archives, L. A. Times. (1987-05-04). "Sweden routed Canada, 9-0, in Vienna to...".
officially 4–0 because of the positive drug test of [[Scott Young (ice hockey b. 1967). Scott Young]]
"Championnats du monde 1987 de hockey sur glace".
[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1989.htm 1989 Summary]

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