1991 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

First round Final Round Consolation round No team was relegated because of the expansion to twelve teams. ==World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)==

Played in Ljubljana, Bled and Jesenice 28 March to 7 April. With the expansion of Group A impending, promotion was available to the top four finishers. As well, the top three qualified directly for the Olympics, with fourth place needing to defeat the winner of Group C. Italy, Norway, France, and Poland all were promoted to Group A, no one was relegated. ==World Championship Group C (Denmark)==

Played in Brøndby 23 March to 3 April. With the expansion of Group A, four openings in Group B were available. In addition, the winner got to play off for the last Olympic spot against the fourth place Group B finisher. Denmark, China, Romania and Bulgaria were all promoted. With no Group D in existence at this time, there was no relegation. ==Ranking and statistics==

Tournament Awards • Best players selected by the directorate: • Best Goaltender: Markus Ketterer • Best Defenceman: Jamie Macoun • Best Forward: Valeri Kamensky • Media All-Star Team: • Goaltender: Sean Burke • Defence: Viacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Kasatonov • Forwards: Valeri Kamensky, Jari Kurri, Thomas Rundqvist Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Source: Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 50% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Source: [http://www.quanthockey.com/whc/en/seasons/1991-whc-goalies-stats.html ==Citations==