1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

World Championship Group C (Hungary)

Played March 22-28 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...

, Székesfehérvár

Székesfehérvár

Székesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...

and Dunaújváros

Dunaújváros

Dunaújváros is a Hungarian city in Central Transdanubia, along the Danube river. It is in Fejér county.-History:Dunaújváros is one of the newest cities of the country...

Group 1

	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	3	3	0	0	20 - 07	6
2	3	2	0	1	08 - 11	4
3	3	0	1	2	04 - 08	1
4	3	0	1	2	04 - 10	1

Group 2

	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	3	3	0	19 - 02	6
2	3	2	1	14 - 11	4
3	3	1	2	01 - 12	2
4	3	0	3	05 - 14	0

Final Round 25-28 Place

	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
25	3	3	0	24 - 03	6
26	3	2	1	20 - 09	4
27	3	1	2	08 - 27	2
28	3	0	3	08 - 21	0

Hungary
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...

was promoted to Group B.

Consolation Round 29-32 Place

	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
29	3	1	2	0	08 - 06	4
30	3	1	2	0	07 - 06	4
31	3	1	0	2	04 - 06	2
32	3	0	2	1	07 - 08	2

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

was relegated to Group D. The Spanish led by two in both their final games, but tied them, and their earlier loss to 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...

sealed their fate.

World Championship Group D (South Africa)

Played March 27th to April 2nd in Krugersdorp and Pretoria

Pretoria

Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...

Group 1

	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	3	3	0	29 - 06	6
2	3	2	1	22 - 10	4
3	3	1	2	15 - 15	2
4	3	0	3	06 - 41	0

Group 2

	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	3	2	1	0	42 - 05	5
2	3	2	1	0	28 - 06	5
3	3	1	0	2	05 - 37	2
4	3	0	0	3	05 - 32	0

Final Round 33-36 Place

	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
33	3	2	1	0	12 - 06	5
34	3	1	1	1	11 - 13	3
35	3	1	0	2	10 - 13	2
36	3	1	0	2	09 - 10	2

Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

was promoted to Group C.

Consolation Round 37-40 Place

	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
37	3	3	0	28 - 07	6
38	3	1	2	13 - 11	2
39	3	1	2	11 - 22	2
40	3	1	2	11 - 23	2

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