1987 World Ice Hockey Championships
The games of the 52nd Ice Hockey World Championships and 63 Hockey Championship of Lords in 1987 took place in Austria, Italy, Denmark and Australia. The meetings were held on the following dates and in the following places:
- A World Championship: April 17 to May 3 in Vienna in Austria.
- B World Cup: March 26 to April 5 in Canazei in Italy.
- C World Championship: 20 to 29 March in Copenhagen in Denmark.
- D World Cup: March 13 to 20 in Perth, Australia.
A total of 28 teams took part in these World Championships, setting a new record. For the first time were the teams of New Zealand and Hong Kong. The only change in competition format was the introduction of the D- World Cup, first held with 4 teams and was played in a double round. Due to the host in Australia, some European teams for cost reasons the D- WM stayed away. There was also a new record at these World Championships. In the D group Australia defeated the team of New Zealand with 58:0 gates. Thus, the previous record of the World Cup in 1949 was surpassed with the outcome of the game Canada against Denmark 47:0.
The 11th U20 World Junior Championship was held this year be held as follows:
- Youth A World Championship: December 26, 1986 to January 4, 1987 in Nitra, Piešťany, Trenčín and Topoľčany in Czechoslovakia
- Junior B World Cup: 15 to 21 March 1987 in Rouen in France.
- Junior C World Cup: 16 to 22 March 1987 in Esbjerg in Denmark.
- 2.1 Games
- 2.2 Final Table
- 2.3 ascent and descent
- 3.1 Games
- 3.2 Final Table
- 3.3 ascent and descent
- 4.1 Games
- 4.2 Final Table
- 4.3 ascent and descent
A World Championship
Tournament
In the A Championship in Vienna in the Danube Park Hall (Vienna) and the Wiener Stadthalle decisions and discussions at the tables of the World Hockey Association were this year, often more prominent than the sport itself. Subject of the discussion was the use of the Polish-born player Miroslav Sikora in the German national team. This player had played in his youth, in 1976 some games in the junior national team of Poland, but was then fled to Germany in 1977 and 1986 had acquired German citizenship. Due to the difficult legal situation of Deb had asked before use Sikora at the World Cup at the IIHF whether Sikora should be used for the German national team at the World Cup and was awarded by the World Association a positive decision. But after the successful launch of the German team with wins against Finland ( 3-1 ) and Canada ( 5:3 ) was supported by the countries concerned, of Switzerland, the benefits hoped for in a relegation battle, protest is lodged on the grounds that Miroslav Sikora have played for the Polish national junior team and should therefore no longer play for Germany. The IIHF was initially held the protest and upgrade the two games with the result 0:5 points. The DEB was able to get the points with an injunction at the Regional Court of Vienna. The game permission of the IIHF including fee assessment could show the DEB and also received increasing support from other nations, especially by Sweden, which had landed in the relegation round at an implementation of the decision on the basis of point gains of Canadians and Finns. So it was ultimately up to the validity of sporting results. The German team but was advised by the baffles out of step and lost the deciding game for a place in the finals against the United States - no doubt due to the lack of Sikora, who in this game without legal basis - was locked - as it later turned.
In addition, it came with this A World Cup again in a doping case. The American Scott Young tested positive after the game against Czechoslovakia ( 2:4 ). The game was subsequently evaluated with score 2:0 and 4:0 goals for Czechoslovakia.
New world champions were surprisingly the Swedes, which by the above Decisions had previously threatened nor the crash in the relegation round at the green table. But they benefited as two years before the Czechoslovaks, the competition format. Taking into account the points in the preliminary round, the Soviet team would have become world champion in nonchalant style again. But as the cards were shuffled in the final round, which at the end of Sweden on goal difference against the USSR was ahead. A key role of these resulted in the Canadians which first the USSR with a goalless draw took away an important point and were then outclassed formally of Sweden. For this was the fourth overall World Cup title as the athletic valuable, because here was triumphed in the presence of the entire world's elite for the first time. The Soviet team stayed to comfort the now 25 European Champion title, which was awarded after the first round.
Preliminary round
1 rating for doping, originally 4:2 ( 0:1,2:0,2:1 ) for Czechoslovakia
Final Table
Relegation round for the places 5-8
( Points in the preliminary round with accepted)
Final Table
Meisterrunde for places 1-4
( no points in the preliminary round )
Final Table
Final Table and Squad
Ascent and Descent
Final Table of the EM
( counted after the first round )
B World Cup
Games
Final Table
Ascent and Descent
C World Cup
Games
Final Table
Ascent and Descent
1Rumänien abandoned for reasons of cost, since the C- World Cup to be held in Australia in 1989. It would therefore welcome a fight to the D- Cup in Belgium, there to create the rise and so in 1990 to play again in the C group