World Championship Group B (Slovenia)
Played April 15–26 in Ljubljana and Jesenice. Norway, as the next year's host, had already been awarded a spot in Group A. In addition, the top three other finishers advanced to qualifying tournaments for inclusion in Group A. The Estonians came into the final game knowing they could lose by four and still advance. Trailing by three after two, they hung on to edge the Danish team in the standings.
|
Team |
Games |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Points difference |
Points |
| 17 |
Ukraine |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
38 - 13 |
14 |
| 18 |
Slovenia |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
28 - 15 |
11 |
| 19 |
Estonia |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
15 - 19 |
7 |
| 20 |
Denmark |
7 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
18 - 24 |
7 |
| 21 |
Norway |
7 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
21 - 19 |
6 |
| 22 |
Great Britain |
7 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
32 - 27 |
6 |
| 23 |
Poland |
7 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
21 - 28 |
5 |
| 24 |
Netherlands |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
12 - 40 |
0 |
The Ukraine, Slovenia, and Estonia all advanced to qualifiers for Group A, the Netherlands was relegated to Group C. Norway was promoted to Group A as hosts.
| 15 April |
Estonia |
2-1
|
Norway |
|
| 15 April |
Slovenia |
3-0
|
Poland |
|
| 15 April |
Great Britain |
1-6
|
Ukraine |
|
| 15 April |
Netherlands |
0-1
|
Denmark |
|
| 16 April |
Netherlands |
2-4
|
Estonia |
|
| 16 April |
Denmark |
1-7
|
Great Britain |
|
| 17 April |
Ukraine |
6-3
|
Poland |
|
| 17 April |
Slovenia |
4-3
|
Norway |
|
| 18 April |
Poland |
5-5
|
Denmark |
|
| 18 April |
Norway |
2-5
|
Ukraine |
|
| 19 April |
Slovenia |
6-1
|
Netherlands |
|
| 19 April |
Great Britain |
4-5
|
Estonia |
|
| 20 April |
Ukraine |
10-1
|
Netherlands |
|
| 20 April |
Denmark |
2-1
|
Norway |
|
| 21 April |
Poland |
3-0
|
Estonia |
|
| 21 April |
Slovenia |
5-3
|
Great Britain |
|
| 22 April |
Estonia |
3-3
|
Denmark |
|
| 22 April |
Poland |
3-4
|
Great Britain |
|
| 23 April |
Slovenia |
3-4
|
Ukraine |
|
| 23 April |
Norway |
4-1
|
Netherlands |
|
| 24 April |
Great Britain |
3-4
|
Norway |
|
| 24 April |
Estonia |
1-3
|
Ukraine |
|
| 25 April |
Slovenia |
4-4
|
Denmark |
|
| 25 April |
Netherlands |
4-5
|
Poland |
|
| 26 April |
Great Britain |
10-3
|
Netherlands |
|
| 26 April |
Denmark |
2-4
|
Ukraine |
|
| 26 April |
Norway |
6-2
|
Poland |
|
| 26 April |
Slovenia |
3-0
|
Estonia |
|