Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Sapporo Japan from March 12 to 21. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.
- Standings
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 8 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 4 | 8 - 2 | 6 - 7 | 5 - 1 | 5 -2 | ||
| 2 | Romania | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 0 - 8 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 6 | 5 - 4 | 3 - 1 | 6 - 4 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 6 - 5 | 6 - 5 | 9 - 2 | 8 - 3 | ||
| 4 | Japan | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 27 | 8 | 4 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 7 - 1 | 6 - 8 | 4 - 4 | 10 - 7 | ||
| 5 | France | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 36 | 8 | 2 - 8 | 6 - 3 | 5 - 6 | 1 - 7 | 7 - 6 | 7 - 5 | 3 - 1 | ||
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 36 | 7 | 7 - 6 | 4 - 5 | 5 - 6 | 8 - 6 | 6 - 7 | 2 - 2 | 5 - 4 | ||
| 7 | Netherlands | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 35 | 3 | 1 - 5 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 9 | 4 - 4 | 5 - 7 | 2 - 2 | 5 - 5 | ||
| 8 | Austria | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 42 | 1 | 2 - 5 | 4 - 6 | 3 - 8 | 7 - 10 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 5 | 5 - 5 |
Norway was promoted to Pool A and Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1989.
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