2nd Men’s World Championships

25th – 30th May 1998

Brno & Prague, Czech Republic

Final Standings

A-Division

1.		Sweden
2.		Switzerland
3.		Finland
4.		Denmark
5.		Norway
6.		Czech Republic
7.		Russia
8.		Germany

Germany relegated to the B-Division 2000

B-Division

9.		Latvia
10.		Estonia
11.		Austria
12.		Australia
13.		Japan
14.		Singapore

Latvia promoted to the A-division 2000

WFC All Star Team

Goalkeeper: Mark Wolf (SUI)
Defender: Klas Karlsson (SWE)
Defender: Jan-Erik Vaara (SWE)
Center: Thomas Engel (SUI)
Forward: Mika Kohonen (FIN)
Forward Magnus Augustsson (SWE)

MVP: Martin Olofsson (SWE)

A-Division

Match Schedule

Date	Time	Phase	Match	Score
25.05	17:00	Group B	RUS M v FIN M	1 - 10
25.05	17:00	Group A	CZE M v GER M	9 - 0
25.05	19:30	Group B	NOR M v DEN M	2 - 2
25.05	19:30	Group A	SUI M v SWE M	0 - 9
26.05	17:00	Group B	FIN M v DEN M	4 - 2
26.05	17:00	Group A	CZE M v SUI M	0 - 5
26.05	19:30	Group A	SWE M v GER M	14 - 0
26.05	19:30	Group B	NOR M v RUS M	6 - 1
27.05	17:00	Group B	FIN M v NOR M	4 - 0
27.05	17:00	Group A	SWE M v CZE M	12 - 0
27.05	19:30	Group B	DEN M v RUS M	5 - 1
27.05	19:30	Group A	GER M v SUI M	0 - 11
29.05	13:00	7th place	GER M v RUS M	2 - 6
29.05	17:00	Semi-Final 1	SWE M v DEN M	11 - 2
29.05	20:00	Semi-Final 2	FIN M v SUI M	4 - 5 ps.
30.05	10:00	5th place	CZE M v NOR M	4 - 5
30.05	13:00	3rd place	DEN M v FIN M	1 - 4
30.05	16:00	Final	SWE M v SUI M	10 - 3

Group A

Standings

Team	M	W	L	GF-GA	Points
SWE M	3	3	0	35-0	6
SUI M	3	2	1	16-9	4
CZE M	3	1	2	9-17	2
GER M	3	0	3	0-34	0

Group B

Standings

Team	M	W	T	L	GF-GA	Points
FIN M	3	3	0	0	18-3	6
DEN M	3	1	1	1	9-7	3
NOR M	3	1	1	1	8-7	3
RUS M	3	0	0	3	3-21	0

Scoring Leaders Statistics

Rank	Player	Team	M	G	A	Points	PIM
1	Magnus Augustsson	SWE M	4	6	4	10	2
2	Niklas Jihde	SWE M	5	5	5	10	0
3	Martin Olofsson	SWE M	5	4	5	9	0
4	Michael Ostlund	SWE M	5	4	5	9	0
5	Christian Hellstrom	SWE M	5	6	2	8	0
6	Mika Kohonen	FIN M	5	6	2	8	2
7	Thomas Engel	SUI M	5	6	2	8	2
8	Klas Karlsson	SWE M	5	2	6	8	0
9	Mikael Gunnarzon	SWE M	5	4	3	7	4
10	Janne Tahka	FIN M	5	1	6	7	0

11	Petter Pettersen	NOR M	4	1	6	7	2
12	Jan-Erik Vaara	SWE M	5	5	1	6	2
13	Anders Jensen	DEN M	5	5	1	6	6
14	Jan Sjodin	SWE M	5	4	2	6	2
15	Christoph Buser	SUI M	5	3	3	6	0
16	Andrea Engel	SUI M	5	3	3	6	2
17	Mika Sandell	FIN M	5	5	0	5	7
18	Anders Hellgard	SWE M	5	3	2	5	0
19	Hannes Ohman	FIN M	5	2	3	5	0
20	Nico Wilbourn	SWE M	5	3	1	4	0
21	Martin Ockay	CZE M	4	3	1	4	4
22	Mats Agren	SWE M	5	2	2	4	0
23	Adam Lindberg	SWE M	5	2	2	4	2
24	Alexander Zavertyaev	RUS M	4	2	2	4	6
25	Daniel Telli	SUI M	5	1	3	4	0
26	Robert Boden	SWE M	4	1	3	4	2
27	Reto Weber	SUI M	5	1	3	4	8
28	Henrik Jensen	DEN M	5	3	0	3	2
29	Anders Ostmark	NOR M	4	3	0	3	2
30	Maxim Gavrilenko	RUS M	4	2	1	3	0
31	Willy Fauskanger	NOR M	4	2	1	3	0
32	Raine Laine	FIN M	5	2	1	3	0
33	Daniel Folta	CZE M	4	2	1	3	2
34	Adrian Capatt	SUI M	5	2	1	3	6
35	Peter Nilsson	SWE M	5	1	2	3	0
36	Josef Ebneter	SUI M	5	1	2	3	0
37	Juraj Sadek	CZE M	4	1	2	3	2
38	Jari-Pekka Lehtonen	FIN M	5	1	2	3	2
39	Michal Rohel	CZE M	3	1	2	3	5
40	Alexei Novikov	RUS M	4	0	3	3	0
41	Esa Karjalainen	SWE M	5	2	0	2	0
42	Alex Matt	SUI M	4	2	0	2	2
43	Dmitry Davydenko	RUS M	4	2	0	2	2
44	Frank Kristoffersen	NOR M	2	2	0	2	2
45	Conny Svensson	SWE M	5	2	0	2	2
46	Janne Savenius	FIN M	4	2	0	2	2
47	Dmitry Pudov	RUS M	4	2	0	2	4
48	Thomas Weber	SUI M	5	1	1	2	0
49	Jan Holovka	CZE M	2	1	1	2	0
50	Bengt Johansen	NOR M	3	1	1	2	0
51	Marcel Kaltenbrunner	SUI M	3	1	1	2	0
52	Radek Jonas	CZE M	4	1	1	2	0
53	Joakim Larsen	DEN M	5	1	1	2	0
54	Jani Ahonen	FIN M	4	1	1	2	0
55	Sami Koskinen	FIN M	4	1	1	2	0
56	Vesa Punkari	FIN M	5	1	1	2	4
57	Petr Harapat	CZE M	4	1	1	2	9
58	Radim Cepek	CZE M	2	0	2	2	0
59	Mika Heikkilä	FIN M	4	0	2	2	2
60	Reto Luginbuhl	SUI M	4	0	2	2	2
61	Jani Kosonen	FIN M	4	1	0	1	0
62	Thomas Solheim	NOR M	2	1	0	1	0
63	Jorgen Mikkelsen	NOR M	4	1	0	1	0
64	Tomas Chloupek	CZE M	4	1	0	1	0
65	Valery Danjuk	RUS M	4	1	0	1	0
66	Michael Andersen	DEN M	5	1	0	1	0
67	Flurin Bosch	SUI M	5	1	0	1	0
68	Markku Pitkanen	FIN M	4	1	0	1	0
69	Pierin Menzli	SUI M	5	1	0	1	0
70	Pasi Vanttinen	FIN M	5	1	0	1	0
71	Tom Arne Samuelsen	NOR M	4	1	0	1	2
72	Petteri Hokkanen	FIN M	4	1	0	1	2
73	Tomas Trnavsky	CZE M	4	1	0	1	2
74	Martin Sedlacek	CZE M	4	1	0	1	2
75	Ronny Jakob	GER M	4	1	0	1	2
76	Jack Vest	DEN M	5	1	0	1	2
77	Dagfinn Ringas	NOR M	4	1	0	1	2
78	Steffen Pluta	GER M	4	1	0	1	4
79	Kim Haagensen	DEN M	5	1	0	1	4
80	Petri Huttunen	FIN M	3	0	1	1	0
81	Toni Huhtala	FIN M	4	0	1	1	0
82	Tommi Lindberg	FIN M	3	0	1	1	0
83	Anders Gosta Hansen	NOR M	4	0	1	1	0
84	Michael Kelk	DEN M	5	0	1	1	2
85	Petr Darmek	CZE M	4	0	1	1	2
86	Jarkko Savenius	FIN M	5	0	1	1	2
87	Jochen Bathe	GER M	4	0	1	1	2
88	Kristian Strande	NOR M	4	0	1	1	2
89	Allan Poulsen	DEN M	5	0	1	1	2
90	Kenneth Bork	DEN M	5	0	1	1	2
91	Sven Eggli	GER M	4	0	1	1	4
92	Alexander Tyapkov	RUS M	4	0	1	1	4
93	Juha Salo	FIN M	5	0	1	1	4
94	Marius Nysaether	NOR M	3	0	1	1	6
95	Marko Sompa	FIN M	5	0	1	1	7
96	Patrik Bergstrom	SWE M	1	0	0	0	2
97	Matthias Ettlin	SUI M	2	0	0	0	2
98	Conny Harbol	DEN M	5	0	0	0	2
99	Jonathan Kronstrand	SWE M	1	0	0	0	2
100	Roman Arpagaus	SUI M	5	0	0	0	2
101	Jonas Hareide	NOR M	3	0	0	0	2
102	Allan Jensen	DEN M	5	0	0	0	2
103	Andreas Kappler	GER M	4	0	0	0	2
104	Pal Eide	NOR M	3	0	0	0	2
105	Ludek Benes	CZE M	4	0	0	0	2
106	Jiri Jandacek	CZE M	4	0	0	0	2
107	Claus Nissen	DEN M	5	0	0	0	2
108	Martin Kratochvil	CZE M	4	0	0	0	2
109	Adam Krupinski	GER M	3	0	0	0	2
110	Christian Fritsche	GER M	4	0	0	0	2
111	Morten Finstad	NOR M	4	0	0	0	2
112	Alexander Sorokin	RUS M	4	0	0	0	2
113	Frank Bendtsen	DEN M	5	0	0	0	2
114	Andri Bosch	SUI M	5	0	0	0	2
115	Aleksey Sharukhin	RUS M	4	0	0	0	2
116	Lars Erik Sikkeland	NOR M	3	0	0	0	4
117	Filip Walter	CZE M	3	0	0	0	4
118	Ctibor Pechlat	CZE M	4	0	0	0	4
119	Andre Sveen	NOR M	3	0	0	0	4
120	Alexander Pilipko	RUS M	4	0	0	0	4
121	Igor Basalay	RUS M	4	0	0	0	4
122	Ralf Hardegger	SUI M	5	0	0	0	4
123	Karel Pekar	CZE M	4	0	0	0	4
124	Enrico Weber	GER M	4	0	0	0	4
125	Paal Stang	NOR M	3	0	0	0	4
126	Michael Walthard	SUI M	4	0	0	0	6
127	Vladimir Mironov	RUS M	4	0	0	0	6
128	Martin Nielsen	DEN M	5	0	0	0	6
129	Sergei Taldonov	RUS M	4	0	0	0	6
130	Marius Finsrud	NOR M	4	0	0	0	6
131	Kasper Sindt	DEN M	5	0	0	0	6
132	Sergei Gruzdev	RUS M	4	0	0	0	10

B-Division

Match Schedule

Date	Time	Phase	Match	Score
25.05	09:30	B-division	AUS M v SGP M	8 - 3
25.05	12:00	B-division	EST M v JPN M	13 - 0
25.05	14:30	B-division	AUT M v LAT M	1 - 8
26.05	09:30	B-division	EST M v SGP M	5 - 1
26.05	12:00	B-division	JPN M v AUT M	2 - 4
26.05	14:30	B-division	LAT M v AUS M	8 - 4
27.05	09:30	B-division	AUT M v SGP M	3 - 1
27.05	12:00	B-division	JPN M v LAT M	1 - 16
27.05	14:30	B-division	EST M v AUS M	9 - 2
28.05	12:00	B-division	AUS M v JPN M	5 - 2
28.05	14:30	B-division	AUT M v EST M	0 - 5
28.05	17:00	B-division	SGP M v LAT M	0 - 10
29.05	09:00	B-division	AUS M v AUT M	1 - 4
29.05	11:30	B-division	SGP M v JPN M	3 - 4
29.05	14:00	B-division	LAT M v EST M	6 - 2

Standings

Team	M	W	L	GF-GA	Points
LAT M	5	5	0	48-8	10
EST M	5	4	1	34-9	8
AUT M	5	3	2	12-17	6
AUS M	5	2	3	20-26	4
JPN M	5	1	4	9-41	2
SGP M	5	0	5	8-30	0

Scoring Leaders Statistics

Rank	Player	Team	M	G	A	Points	PIM
1	John Howchin	AUS M	5	6	4	10	2
2	Igors Kasihins	LAT M	5	7	2	9	4
3	Ivo Lehtmets	EST M	5	3	6	9	2
4	Edmunds Valantis	LAT M	5	6	2	8	6
5	Juri Narits	EST M	5	5	3	8	0
6	Andrus Toruke	EST M	5	3	5	8	8
7	Marko Saksing	EST M	5	6	1	7	2
8	Ainars Anis	LAT M	4	5	2	7	2
9	Kaspars Logins	LAT M	5	4	3	7	0
10	Oskars Stepins	LAT M	5	3	4	7	2

11	Kaspars Zauls	LAT M	5	4	2	6	6
12	Kristians Lisovskis	LAT M	5	5	0	5	2
13	Argo Kungla	EST M	5	4	1	5	2
14	Janis Anis	LAT M	5	4	1	5	8
15	Sergejs Aleksandrovs	LAT M	5	3	2	5	2
16	Edwin Privschek	AUT M	5	2	3	5	8
17	Michael Cannon	AUS M	5	4	0	4	10
18	Ben Simes	AUS M	5	3	1	4	2
19	David McKinsley	AUS M	5	3	1	4	14
20	Andris Pommers	LAT M	5	2	2	4	0
21	Arvo Kraam	EST M	5	2	2	4	2
22	Normunds Grunckis	LAT M	5	1	3	4	2
23	Janis Batars	LAT M	5	1	3	4	4
24	Toomas Klaarman	EST M	5	1	3	4	8
25	Kenneth Schreiner	AUT M	5	3	0	3	0
26	Kazuhisa Okada	JPN M	5	3	0	3	2
27	Algis Uiga	EST M	5	3	0	3	2
28	Saravanan Rajamanikam	SGP M	5	3	0	3	4
29	Rainer Vosaste	EST M	5	2	1	3	0
30	Risto Sarapik	EST M	5	2	1	3	0
31	Artis Malkavs	LAT M	5	2	1	3	2
32	Tung Le	AUS M	5	2	1	3	4
33	Marcus Tubalkain	EST M	5	1	2	3	2
34	Veiko Raudsepp	EST M	5	0	3	3	0
35	Scott O´Brien	AUS M	5	0	3	3	2
36	Torsten Lutter	AUT M	5	2	0	2	2
37	Masafumi Fuura	JPN M	5	2	0	2	2
38	Jonathan Lee Yao Han	SGP M	5	1	1	2	2
39	Stefan Hameder	AUT M	5	1	1	2	2
40	Johann Kropfitsch	AUT M	5	1	1	2	4
41	Dietmar Leitlmeier	AUT M	5	1	1	2	4
42	Dennis Lim	SGP M	5	1	1	2	8
43	Janis Krumins	LAT M	5	1	1	2	8
44	Sani Mohd Salim	SGP M	5	1	1	2	10
45	Tarmo Hallismaa	EST M	5	0	2	2	0
46	Kenichi Kubo	JPN M	5	0	2	2	4
47	Peter McKinsley	AUS M	5	0	2	2	6
48	Tadashi Ishikawa	JPN M	5	1	0	1	0
49	Rain Raidna	EST M	5	1	0	1	0
50	Alan Williamson	AUS M	5	1	0	1	0
51	Joe Chew	SGP M	5	1	0	1	0
52	Eisaburo Okano	JPN M	5	1	0	1	0
53	Timothy Ollerton	AUS M	5	1	0	1	2
54	So Nakajima	JPN M	5	1	0	1	2
55	Oliver Pucher	AUT M	5	1	0	1	2
56	Takuya Kon	JPN M	5	1	0	1	2
57	Ngasti Wanto	SGP M	5	1	0	1	4
58	Veiko Murumaa	EST M	5	1	0	1	4
59	Oliver Raidl	AUT M	5	1	0	1	6
60	Shane Ambrose	AUS M	5	0	1	1	0
61	Ritvars Kremers	LAT M	5	0	1	1	0
62	Kelvin Koh	SGP M	5	0	1	1	0
63	Andro Sober	EST M	5	0	1	1	2
64	Peter Preiss	AUT M	5	0	1	1	2
65	Masaichi Toki	JPN M	5	0	1	1	2
66	Bin Muhi Herwan	SGP M	5	0	1	1	4
67	Gerd Reisner	AUT M	5	0	1	1	6
68	Armands Tapins	LAT M	5	0	1	1	8
69	Tomohide Arai	JPN M	4	0	0	0	2
70	Daisuke Wakabayashi	JPN M	5	0	0	0	2
71	Idris Masagoes	SGP M	5	0	0	0	2
72	Daizon Hori	JPN M	3	0	0	0	2
73	Tomoyuki Kadena	JPN M	5	0	0	0	2
74	Warren Philpott	AUS M	5	0	0	0	2
75	Leif Martiskin	AUS M	5	0	0	0	2
76	Stefan Achering	AUT M	2	0	0	0	2
77	Maido Reidolf	EST M	5	0	0	0	2
78	Klaus Gamweger	AUT M	5	0	0	0	2
79	Atsushi Sugiyama	JPN M	4	0	0	0	2
80	Hirotaka Itoh	JPN M	5	0	0	0	2
81	Artur Mensdorff	AUS M	5	0	0	0	2
82	Wolfgang Tronegger	AUT M	5	0	0	0	2
83	Thomas Antretter	AUT M	5	0	0	0	2
84	Md Aspani Eusoff	SGP M	5	0	0	0	2
85	Jaya Kumar	SGP M	5	0	0	0	2
86	Aris Narazlan	SGP M	4	0	0	0	2
87	Kenny Liang	SGP M	5	0	0	0	4
88	Bernhard Knes	AUT M	5	0	0	0	4
89	Tetsuo Miura	JPN M	5	0	0	0	4
90	Phil Hora	AUS M	5	0	0	0	4
91	Eddie Tan	SGP M	5	0	0	0	4
92	Toru Masamitsu	JPN M	4	0	0	0	4
93	Brad Mitchell	AUS M	5	0	0	0	6
94	Hannes Dolzer	AUT M	5	0	0	0	8