1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

Locations First round Group 1 Group 2 Consolation round 11–12 place Switzerland was relegated to Group B. Playoff round Quarterfinals Semifinals Match for third place Final Time is local (UTC+2). == World Championship Group B (Slovakia) ==

Played in Bratislava, 12–21 April. The hosts bettered their Group C record of the previous year, this time winning all their games. Thirty-eight-year-old Peter Stastny led the tournament in scoring. Slovakia was promoted to Group A while Romania was relegated to Group C. == World Championship Group C1 (Bulgaria) ==

Played in Sofia 20–26 March. Nine teams took part this year because Yugoslavia was given the right to return to the group that they had last played in as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The consequence was that two teams were relegated. They played in three groups of three where the first place teams contested promotion and the third place teams contested relegation. Two years after failing to qualify for Group C, Belarus got a rematch against Ukraine and Kazakhstan, this time coming out on top. First round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Final round 21–23 place Belarus was promoted to Group B. Consolation round 24–26 place Consolation round 27–29 place Both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were relegated to group C2. == World Championship Group C2 (South Africa) ==

Played in Johannesburg and Krugersdorp in South Africa from 21 to 30 March. Two groups of five played round robins where the top two from each contested promotion. The bottom five teams were relegated to qualification tournaments for 1996 Group D. Belgian player Joris Peusens was only fifteen years old. First round Group 1 Greece was relegated to Group D qualification. Group 2 New Zealand was relegated to Group D qualification. Final round 30–33 place Croatia only needed to tie Lithuania in their final game to earn promotion to Group C1, and they did so. Consolation round 34–37 place Israel, Australia, and South Africa, all were relegated to Group D qualification. Consolation round 38–39 place == Ranking and statistics ==

with the World Championship trophy in 1995 Tournament Awards • Best players selected by the directorate: • Best Goaltender: Jarmo Myllys • Best Defenceman: Christer Olsson • Best Forward: Saku Koivu • Media All-Star Team: • Goaltender: Roman Turek • Defence: Timo Jutila, Tommy Sjodin • Forwards: Saku Koivu, Jere Lehtinen, Ville Peltonen Final standings The final standings of the tournament 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/1995-whc-goalies-stats.html ==See also==