Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. This tournament offered a rather improbable result; four of the eight teams finished tied for first. In head-to-head results, Japan and Poland had 4 points each, Norway and France 2 each, so Japan's victory over Poland on the final day gave them the tournament victory.
- Standings
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 7 - 4 | 2 - 4 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 9 - 1 | ||
| 2 | Poland | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 4 - 7 | 5 - 3 | 5 - 1 | 3 - 6 | 9 - 0 | 7 - 2 | 9 - 0 | ||
| 3 | Norway | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 5 | 1 - 4 | 8 - 0 | 14 - 2 | 6 - 2 | 9 - 2 | ||
| 4 | France | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 5 | 4 - 1 | 6 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 9 - 2 | ||
| 5 | Romania | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 2 - 3 | 6 - 3 | 0 - 8 | 1 - 6 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 8 - 4 | ||
| 6 | Netherlands | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 9 | 2 - 14 | 1 - 5 | 0 - 3 | 4 - 1 | 5 - 1 | ||
| 7 | Austria | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 7 | 2 - 6 | 1 - 4 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 4 | 5 - 3 | ||
| 8 | North Korea | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 1 - 9 | 0 - 9 | 2 - 9 | 2 - 9 | 4 - 8 | 1 - 5 | 3 - 5 |
Japan was promoted to Pool A and North Korea was relegated to Pool C for 1993.
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