Qualification Tournament
Ten teams in entered the championship. Of these, the top six ranked teams received a bye to the final tournament. These were:
- Denmark
- Finland
- Germany
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Sweden
The final four sides played in Qualification matches. A two-leg aggregate playoff was played with the winners of the two matches taking the final two places.
| March 6, 1989 | Great Britain | 2 – 4 |
Netherlands | Chelmsford |
| March 7, 1989 | Great Britain | 2 – 4 |
Netherlands | Chelmsford |
- The Netherlands won the qualifier 8-4 on aggregate.
| March 18, 1989 | Czechoslovakia | 1 – 1 |
France | Plzeň |
| March 19, 1989 | Czechoslovakia | 4 – 1 |
France | Beroun |
- Czechoslovakia won the qualifier 5-2 on aggregate.
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