1990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

Final Round

	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	3	3	0	0	15 - 01	6
2	3	1	1	1	11 - 12	3
3	3	1	1	1	08 - 12	3
4	3	0	0	3	07 - 16	0

Consolation Round

	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
5	10	6	0	4	25 - 43	12
6	10	2	2	6	29 - 32	6
7	10	1	1	8	19 - 42	3
8	10	1	1	8	21 - 61	3

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

needing to keep their final game within four goals, lost four to nothing to the Germans, and were relegated.

Following the reunification of Germany
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...

, the Federal Republic of Germany ceased being referred to as West Germany and, starting in 1991, was simply referred to as Germany

World Championship Group B (France)

Played in Lyon

Lyon

Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

and Megève

Megève

Megève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.Megève is a famous ski resort near the Mont-Blanc in the French Alps...

March 29th to April 8th.

	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
9	7	5	2	0	30 - 14	12
10	7	5	1	1	41 - 18	11
11	7	4	2	1	30 - 14	10
12	7	4	1	2	19 - 20	9
13	7	2	2	3	22 - 19	6
14	7	2	2	3	25 - 25	6
15	7	0	1	6	13 - 41	1
16	7	0	1	6	14 - 43	1

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

was promoted to Group A. The Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

should have been relegated but gained a reprive when East Germany ceased to participate because of the reunification of Germany.

World Championship Group C (Hungary)

Played in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

March 28th to April 8th.

	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
17	8	7	1	0	57 - 16	15
18	8	7	0	1	55 - 14	14
19	8	4	1	3	34 - 29	9
20	8	4	1	3	36 - 27	9
21	8	4	0	4	27 - 35	8
22	8	4	0	4	31 - 38	8
23	8	2	1	5	33 - 28	5
24	8	1	0	7	16 - 67	2
25	8	1	0	7	22 - 57	2

Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

was promoted to Group B. Both Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

and South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

should have been relegated, but were not for two reasons. The reunification of Germany left Group B one team short and there were not enough teams to have a Group D.

World Championship Group D (Great Britain)

Played in Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

March 20-25.

	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
26	4	4	0	0	57 - 07	8
27	4	0	2	2	10 - 34	2
28	4	0	2	2	11 - 37	2

Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

was promoted to Group C.

World Championships Medal Table

1990 World Championships	Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
4
5
6
7
8

European Championships Medal Table

1990 European Championships	Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
4
5
6

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