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2-1

26 April

6-1

27 April

2-2

27 April

1-2

28 April

5-3

28 April

1-5

29 April

6-0

30 April

5-4

30 April

3-1

1 May

2-3

2 May

2-1

2 May

5-2

3 May

3-9

3 May

0-1

3 May

7-4

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	5	4	1	0	20	8	+12	9
2	Canada	5	3	1	1	23	11	+12	7
3	United States	5	3	0	2	14	15	−1	6
4	Latvia	5	1	2	2	18	17	+1	4
5	Italy	5	1	1	3	12	21	−9	3
6	Norway	5	0	1	4	7	22	−15	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 April

7-0

26 April

5-3

27 April

5-4

27 April

7-2

28 April

5-4

28 April

1-3

29 April

4-1

30 April

3-3

30 April

4-2

1 May

5-1

2 May

2-2

2 May

1-1

3 May

0-6

3 May

1-3

3 May

6-3

Second Round 1–6 Place

Teams that had played each other in the first round carried those results forward. First and second place played off for gold, third and fourth for bronze.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	5	4	0	1	17	9	+8	8
2	Canada	5	3	0	2	13	14	−1	6
3	Russia	5	2	1	2	13	13	0	5
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	12	12	0	4
5	Finland	5	2	0	3	12	12	0	4
6	United States	5	1	1	3	7	14	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 May

3-4

5 May

1-4

6 May

0-1

6 May

1-1

7 May

3-5

7 May

2-5

8 May

0-1

9 May

2-1

9 May

0-2

Consolation Round 7–12 Place

Teams that had played each other in the first round carried those results forward. Last place was not relegated to Group B, instead they had to play against three qualifiers from Group B for the last two openings in the 1998 Group A tournament. This was Germany's lowest finish since 1965.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Latvia	5	4	0	1	29	14	+15	8
8	Italy	5	3	1	1	23	13	+10	7
9	Slovakia	5	3	0	2	15	13	+2	6
10	France	5	2	0	3	12	23	−11	4
11	Germany	5	2	0	3	8	17	−9	4
12	Norway	5	0	1	4	11	18	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Norway was sent to 1998 Group A Qualifier.

6 May

2-1

6 May

8-0

7 May

3-4

7 May

5-2

8 May

3-4

8 May

6-2

9 May

4-2

10 May

4-5

10 May

1-8

Final round

Match for third place

10 May

4–3
(2-1, 1-0, 1-2)

Helsinki
Attendance: 13,249

Referee:

Seppo Mäkelä

Rostislav Vlach − 10:24	1-0
Vladimir Vujtek − 12:21	2-0
	2-1	14:44 − Alexander Korolyuk
Martin Procházka − 26:45	3-1
	3-2	40:58 − Alexei Yashin
	3-3	48:49 − Aleksandr Prokopiev
Jiří Dopita − 58:10	4-3

Final

11 May

3–2
(1-1, 1-0, 1-1)

Helsinki
Attendance: 13,220

Referee:

Don Adam

	0-1	10:54 – Mark Recchi
Jonas Höglund – 15:29	1-1
Niklas Sundblad – 35:47	2-1
Marcus Thuresson – 56:05	3-1
	3-2	59:22 – Anson Carter

13 May

1–3
(0-0, 1-2, 0-1)

Helsinki
Attendance: 13,316

Referee:

Gerhard Müller

	0-1	29:11 – Geoff Sanderson
Per Eklund – 30:56	1-1
	1-2	38:09 – Anson Carter
	1-3	47:42 – Mark Recchi

14 May

Canada

2–1
(1-0, 1-0, 0-1)

Helsinki
Attendance: 13,181

Referee:

Don Adam

Dean Evason – 18:39	1-0
Owen Nolan – 21:56	2-0
	2-1	58:43 – Michael Nylander

World Championship Group B (Poland)

Played 12–21 April in Katowice (Spodek) and Sosnowiec (Stadion Zimowy).^[2] With the announcement that Group A would be expanding from twelve to sixteen nations, Group B would also undergo significant changes. The winner and next year's host (Switzerland) were promoted. In addition, the remaining three best teams would win the opportunity to play in a qualifying tournament against the last place team from Group A, where the top two would be included in the Group A tournament.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Belarus	7	7	0	0	48	21	+27	14
14	Kazakhstan	7	5	1	1	31	21	+10	11
15	Switzerland	7	3	2	2	26	22	+4	8
16	Austria	7	2	3	2	22	22	0	7
17	Poland	7	2	2	3	19	24	−5	6
18	Great Britain	7	2	1	4	28	22	+6	5
19	Netherlands	7	2	1	4	21	38	−17	5
20	Denmark	7	0	0	7	19	44	−25	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Belarus, as winner, was promoted to Group A. Switzerland, as host, was also promoted to Group A. Kazakhstan, Austria, and Poland were all promoted to the Qualifying tournament for Group A, along with Norway. No one was relegated.

12 April

8-3

12 April

4-3

12 April

5-3

12 April

9-3

13 April

6-4

13 April

4-2

13 April

2-2

13 April

2-7

15 April

4-3

15 April

0-0

15 April

3-1

15 April

8-2

16 April

5-2

16 April

9-1

16 April

4-6

16 April

10-2

18 April

5-6

18 April

3-3

18 April

2-2

18 April

6-4

20 April

6-4

20 April

6-4

20 April

3-2

20 April

1-3

21 April

6-2

21 April

5-3

21 April

2-2

21 April

5-2

World Championship Group C (Estonia)

Played 22–28 March in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve. Along with the expansion of Group A, a provision was made to allow the best "Far East" team to qualify directly. Beginning in 1999 there would be a tournament to decide who that would be. But for now, the top placing "Far East" hockey nation was able to proceed directly from Group C to Group A. For this year, as well, promotion to Group B was available to the top three European teams, and there was no relegation.^[1]

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	5
2	Estonia	3	1	2	0	18	12	+6	4
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	11	11	0	3
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	5	19	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 March

3-0

22 March

5-5

23 March

5-0

23 March

2-2

25 March

6-1

25 March

5-11

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	17	3	+14	6
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	18	4	+14	4
3	Romania	3	1	2	6	17	−11	2
4	China	3	0	3	7	24	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 March

7-1

22 March

0-5

23 March

11-1

23 March

0-7

25 March

5-6

25 March

3-2

Final Round 21–24 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
21	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	5
22	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2	3
23	Estonia	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2
24	Japan	3	0	2	1	5	8	−3	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Japan was promoted to Group A as the "Far East Qualifier", Ukraine, Slovenia, and Estonia were all promoted to Group B.

27 March

1-4

27 March

1-2

28 March

2-2

28 March

3-3

Consolation Round 25–28 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
25	Romania	3	3	0	15	8	+7	6
26	Hungary	3	2	1	12	5	+7	4
27	China	3	1	2	14	16	−2	2
28	Lithuania	3	0	3	6	18	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

27 March

7-3

27 March

7-3

28 March

6-3

28 March

0-2

World Championship Group D (Andorra)

Played 7–14 April in Canillo. With Group A expansion, four nations were promoted to Group C.

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Croatia	3	2	1	10	4	+6	4
2	South Korea	3	2	1	12	8	+4	4
3	Belgium	3	2	1	7	7	0	4
4	Australia	3	0	3	9	19	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Croatia and South Korea were promoted to Group C.

7 April

2-7

8 April

1-4

10 April

4-2

10 April

2-0

11 April

5-8

11 April

2-1

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	17	13	+4	4
2	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	11	11	0	3
3	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	10	10	0	3
4	Israel	3	1	0	2	10	14	−4	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Spain and Yugoslavia were promoted to Group C.

7 April

4-5

8 April

3-4

10 April

2-2

10 April

7-3

11 April

3-4

11 April

6-5

Final Round 29–32 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
29	Croatia	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	5
30	South Korea	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	4
31	Spain	3	1	0	2	10	11	−1	2
32	Yugoslavia	3	0	1	2	7	13	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 April

3-4

13 April

0-5

14 April

2-2

14 April

1-2

Consolation Round 33–36 Place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
33	Israel	3	2	0	1	12	14	−2	4
34	Australia	3	1	1	1	13	10	+3	3
35	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	10	9	+1	3
36	Belgium	3	1	0	2	9	11	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 April

3-3

13 April

3-5

14 April

3-8

14 April

2-4

Unofficial Group E

Three men's teams that were going to be included in Group D in 1998 played a tournament in Ankara Turkey from 19 to 24 February 1997.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Africa	4	3	1	0	36	8	+28	7
2	New Zealand	4	2	1	1	23	20	+3	5
3	Turkey	4	0	0	4	14	45	−31	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1-14

South Africa

7-9

4-4

5-1

2-13

South Africa