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1990 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

1990 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

Field	Value
year	1990
country	Switzerland
dates	16 April – 2 May
num_teams	8
venues	2
cities	2
type	ih
winners	USSR
count	22
second	Sweden
third	Czechoslovakia
fourth	Canada
games	40
goals	276
attendance	250309
scoring_leader	CAN Steve Yzerman 19 points
prevseason	[1989](1989-ice-hockey-world-championships)
nextseason	[1991](1991-men-s-ice-hockey-world-championships)

The top Championship Group A tournament took place in Switzerland from 16 April to 2 May 1990, with games played in Bern and Fribourg. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once. The four best teams then played each other once more. The Soviet Union became world champions for the 22nd and last time, and Sweden won their tenth European title. In the European Championships, only matches between European teams in the first round were counted towards scoring.

Group B saw East Germany participate in the World Championships for the final time.

World Championship Group A (Switzerland)

First round

Final Round

Consolation round

Norway needing to keep their final game within four goals, lost four to nothing to the Germans, and were relegated.

Following the reunification of Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany ceased being referred to as West Germany and, starting in 1991, was simply referred to as Germany

World Championship Group B (France)

Played in Lyon and Megève 29 March to 8 April.

Switzerland was promoted to Group A. The Netherlands would have been relegated but gained a reprieve when East Germany ceased to participate because of the reunification of Germany.

World Championship Group C (Hungary)

Played in Budapest Hungary 28 March to 8 April.

Yugoslavia was promoted to Group B. Both Belgium and South Korea were reprieved from relegation as the reunification of Germany left Group B one team short, and Group D was shut down as there were not enough teams.

World Championship Group D (Great Britain)

Played in Cardiff, Great Britain 20–25 March.

Great Britain was promoted to Group C.

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: URS Artūrs Irbe
- Best Defenceman: URS Mikhail Tatarinov
- Best Forward: CAN Steve Yzerman
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: CSK Dominik Hašek
- Defence: URS Viacheslav Fetisov, URS Mikhail Tatarinov
- Forwards: URS Andrei Khomutov, CSK Robert Reichel, CAN Steve Yzerman

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
CAN Steve Yzerman	10	9	10	19	+6	8	F
URS Andrei Khomutov	10	11	5	16	+18	4	F
SWE Kent Nilsson	10	10	2	12	+12	6	F
CSK Robert Reichel	10	5	6	11	+4	4	F
SWE Håkan Loob	10	4	7	11	+10	10	F
CAN Theoren Fleury	9	4	7	11	+9	10	F
SWE Thomas Rundqvist	10	3	8	11	+9	6	F
URS Mikhail Tatarinov	10	3	8	11	+23	20	D
FRG Gerd Truntschka	10	4	6	10	−1	15	F
URS Viacheslav Fetisov	8	2	8	10	+20	8	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 Artūrs Irbe	316	5	0.95	.950	2
USA Jon Casey	335	15	2.69	.914	0
SWE Rolf Ridderwall	419	16	2.29	.911	1
CSK Dominik Hašek	480	20	2.50	.904	1
FIN Sakari Lindfors	378	15	2.38	.903	0

Citations

References

Complete results

References

[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1990.htm 1990 Summary at Passionhockey.com]

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