World Championships'97

Preliminary Round final standings:
Group A, Helsinki
 TEAM         G W L T GF-GA P
 Finland      5 4 1 0 25- 9 8
 Czech Rep.   5 4 1 0 18- 9 8
 Russia       5 3 1 1 19-16 7
 Slovakia     5 1 3 1 10-14 3
 France       5 1 4 0 13-26 2
 Germany      5 1 4 0 4- 15 2
                                
CZE-GER 2-1 FIN-FRA 6-1          
RUS-SVK 2-2 FIN-CZE 1-2          
GER-RUS 1-5 SVK-FRA 5-3          
GER-FIN 0-6 RUS-FRA 5-4          
CZE-SVK 3-1 CZE-RUS 2-3          
FRA-GER 2-1 FIN-SVK 5-2          
FRA-CZE 3-9 SVK-GER 0-1          
RUS-FIN 4-7                      
                            
  
Group B, Turku
 TEAM         G W L T GF-GA P
 Sweden       5 4 0 1 20- 8 9
 Canada       5 3 1 1 23-11 7
 USA          5 3 2 0 14-15 6
 Latvia       5 1 2 2 18-17 4
 Italy        5 1 3 1 12-21 3
 Norway       5 0 4 1 7 -22 1

CAN-NOR 7-0  SWE-CAN 7-2         
USA-LAT 5-4  LAT-ITA 4-5         
SWE-ITA 5-3  NOR-USA 1-3         
NOR-SWE 1-4  USA-ITA 4-2         
LAT-CAN 3-3  CAN-USA 5-1         
ITA-NOR 2-2  SWE-LAT 1-1         
ITA-CAN 0-6  USA-SWE 1-3         
LAT-NOR 6-3