1997 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships (WFAC)

The 1997 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams participated at three levels of competition.

Pool A
The Pool A tournament was contested from in

Pool B (Poland)
Pool B was contested from 2 to 11 May 1997 in and. Austria won the tournament and were promoted to Pool A for 1997. With the announcement that Group A would be expanding from twelve to sixteen nations, Group B would also undergo significant changes. The winner (Austria) 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 Pool A. Meanwhile, Japan would get the opportunity to play a Far Eastern qualifying tournament. No teams were relegated.


 * AUT P
 * POL Q
 * GBR Q
 * DEN Q
 * NED
 * JAP Q
 * YUG
 * EST

Pool C (Hungary)
Pool C was contested from _____ in Hungary.


 * ROM P
 * HUN P
 * CHI Q
 * LIT P
 * KOR Q
 * BEL P
 * SPA
 * ARG

Pool D (Australia)
Pool D was contested from _________ in Australia.


 * ISR P
 * AUS P
 * BUL P
 * RFA P
 * NZL
 * TUR