1995 FIB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEN

Roseville, Minnesota, USA, 29 January-5 February

This Championship was the 19th ever and the first ever held outside of Europe or Asia. The games were held in Roseville, Minnesota. The arena was John Rose at Minnesota Oval, the largest artificial ice field in North America.

There were eight participating teams; Norway, Sweden, Russia, Finland, USA, Canada, Hungary and Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan participated in the World Championship for the first time.

The teams played a single series in pools. After a draw, it was a penalty shootout, which had no effect on the score, but which would determine if the two teams ended up on same points. The top two in Group A went straight to the semi-finals and 3rd and 4th were eliminated by entering the top two in Group B.

Sweden won the gold medal in the tournament. Sweden beat Russia in the final 6-4. Finland finished third after winning the bronze game for the first time Kazakhstan 3-2. The first Championship in North America had 8,000 spectators.

1 SWEDEN          

Mikael Forsell, Pontus Sundelius, Kjell Berglund, Gert Johansson, Christer Karlsson, Stefan Jonsson, Göran Rosendahl, Hans Åström, Patrick Sandell, Stefan Åkerlind, Magnus Olsson, Jonas Claesson, Hans Johansson, Per Fosshaug, Ola Fredricson, Patrik Södergren

2 RUSSIA         

Igor Gapanovich, Alexander Driagin, Alexander Jamtsov, Sergei Gluhov, Viktor Shakalin, Vladislav Nuzhnyi, Konstantin Zaletayev, Nikolai Yarovich, Valery Grachev, Maxim Poteshkin, Sergei Topytchanov, Pavel Franz, Oleg Phenenichinov, Sergei Obohov, Vitali Anufrienko

3 FINLAND

Pasi Inoranta, Petri Isonen, Ari Holopainen, Samuli Niskanen, Timo Partanen, Lasse Laakkonen, Janne Höltö, Risto Kontturi, Sami Laakkonen, Esa Määttä, Jukka Korhonen, Tommi Pajukari, Jukka Ohtonen, Jari Hattunen, Markku Komula, Jouni Vester

BEST GOAL SCORERS GROUP A

10 goals
Jonas Claesson, Sweden, Igor Gapanovich, Russia, Ari Holopainen, Finland
7 goals
Hans Johansson, Sweden and Sergei Obuchov, Russia,
5 goals
Per Fosshag, Sweden
4 goals
Pavel Franz and Konstantin Zaletaev, Russia

BEST GOAL SCORERS GROUP B

10 goals
Valery Privalov and Sergei Ulanov, Kazakhstan
7 goals
Rinat Shamsutov, Kazakhstan
6 goals
Alexei Kurochkin, Kazakhstan
5 goals
David Wallace, Canada
4 goals
Marcus Perrot, USA

BEST PLAYERS

Goal keeper
Pasi Inoranta, Finland

Defender
Viktor Shakalin, Russia

Midfielder
Stefan Jonsson, Sweden

Forward
Jonas Claesson, Sweden

Most Valuable Player
Stefan Jonsson, Sweden