World Championship Group B (Slovakia)
Played in Bratislava, 12–21 April. The hosts bettered their Group C record of the previous year, this time winning all their games. 38 year old Peter Stastny led the tournament in scoring.
|
Team |
Games |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Points difference |
Points |
| 13 |
Slovakia |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
60 - 15 |
14 |
| 14 |
Latvia |
7 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
65 - 16 |
12 |
| 15 |
Poland |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
29 - 30 |
8 |
| 16 |
Netherlands |
7 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
20 - 38 |
6 |
| 17 |
Denmark |
7 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
30 - 28 |
6 |
| 18 |
Japan |
7 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
26 - 45 |
4 |
| 19 |
Great Britain |
7 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
19 - 35 |
4 |
| 20 |
Romania |
7 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
15 - 57 |
2 |
Slovakia was promoted to Group A while Romania was relegated to Group C.
| 12 April |
Latvia |
18-1
|
Romania |
|
| 12 April |
Slovakia |
7-3
|
Great Britain |
|
| 12 April |
Poland |
8-1
|
Netherlands |
|
| 12 April |
Japan |
1-5
|
Denmark |
|
| 13 April |
Romania |
2-0
|
Great Britain |
|
| 13 April |
Slovakia |
9-3
|
Japan |
|
| 13 April |
Netherlands |
1-6
|
Latvia |
|
| 13 April |
Denmark |
1-3
|
Poland |
|
| 15 April |
Great Britain |
3-2
|
Netherlands |
|
| 15 April |
Japan |
8-2
|
Romania |
|
| 15 April |
Slovakia |
10-0
|
Poland |
|
| 15 April |
Latvia |
9-2
|
Denmark |
|
| 16 April |
Romania |
3-6
|
Poland |
|
| 16 April |
Netherlands |
4-3
|
Japan |
|
| 16 April |
Slovakia |
4-3
|
Latvia |
|
| 16 April |
Denmark |
9-2
|
Great Britain |
|
| 18 April |
Latvia |
6-2
|
Poland |
|
| 18 April |
Netherlands |
5-3
|
Romania |
|
| 18 April |
Slovakia |
6-2
|
Denmark |
|
| 18 April |
Great Britain |
3-4
|
Japan |
|
| 19 April |
Romania |
4-9
|
Denmark |
|
| 19 April |
Japan |
2-15
|
Latvia |
|
| 19 April |
Slovakia |
13-4
|
Netherlands |
|
| 19 April |
Poland |
3-4
|
Great Britain |
|
| 21 April |
Denmark |
2-3
|
Netherlands |
|
| 21 April |
Poland |
7-5
|
Japan |
|
| 21 April |
Great Britain |
4-8
|
Latvia |
|
| 21 April |
Slovakia |
11-0
|
Romania |
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