The 1989 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Sweden from 15 April - 1 May. The games were played in Södertälje and Stockholm, in the newly built arena Globen. Eight teams took part, and each team played each other once. The four best teams then played each other again. This was the 53rd World Championships, and also the 64th ice hockey European Championships. The Soviet Union became world champions for the 21st time, and also European champions for the 26th time. In the European Championship, only games between European teams are counted.

Tournament

Round Robin

Team                   W-L-T    GF   GA
Soviet Union           7-0-0    36   12
Sweden                 4-1-2    29   20
Canada                 5-2-0    45   18
Czechoslovakia         3-2-2    33   15
Finland                2-4-1    22   25
United States          2-4-1    20   29
Poland                 1-6-0    10   58
West Germany           0-5-2    17   34

Results

April 15

Can 6 - Fin 4

Cze 3 - WGer 3

USSR 4 - USA 2

Swe 5 - Pol 1

April 16

Can 11 - Pol 0

Swe 4 - USA 2

Cze 3 - Fin 1

USSR 5 - WGer 1

April 18

Can 8 - USA 0 (2)*

Cze 15 - Pol 0

USSR 4 - Fin 1

Swe 3 - WGer 3

April 19

Can 8 - WGer 2

USSR 12 - Pol 1

Cze 5 - USA 0 (4)*

Swe 6 - Fin 3

April 21

Swe 6 - Can 5

USSR 4 - Cze 2

Fin 7 - Pol 2

USA 7 - WGer 4

April 22

USSR 4 - Can 3

Cze 3 - Swe 3

April 23

Fin 3 - USA 3

Pol 5 - WGer 3

April 24

Can 4 - Cze 2

USSR 3 - Swe 2

April 25

USA 6 - Pol 1

Fin 3 - WGer 1

(*) denotes goals stripped from USA for player doping incident.

Championship Round

Medal Round

Team                   W-L-T    GF   GA
Soviet Union           3-0-0    11   4
Canada                 2-1-0    12   11
Czechoslovakia         1-2-0    5    6
Sweden                 0-3-0    5    12

Relegation Round

Team                   W-L-T    GF   GA
Finland                3-0-0    13   2
United States          2-1-0    17   11
West Germany           1-2-0    5    7
Poland                 0-3-0    2    17

Results

April 26

USA 11 - Pol 2

Fin 3 - WGer 0

April 27

Can 5 - Swe 3

USSR 1 - Cze 0

April 28

USA 4 - WGer 3

Fin 4 - Pol 0

April 29

USSR 5 - Can 3

Cze 2 - Swe 1

April 30

Fin 6 - USA 2

WGer 2 - Pol 0

May 1

Can 4 - Cze 3

USSR 5 - Swe 1

World Championships medal table

1989 World Championships	Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
4
5
6
7
8

European Championships medal table

EM 1989	Land
Gold
Silver
Bronze
4
5
6