European regional qualifications
26 January 1996, Székesfehérvár Hungary - Croatia 7:0 (1:0, 4:0, 2:0) 28 January 1996, Székesfehérvár Hungary - Croatia 6:0 (1:0, 3:0, 2:0) 31 January 1996, Metula Izrael – Řecko 2:10 (1:5, 1:4, 0:1) 5:0forfeit, due to unauthorized start of players 23 March 1996, Kaunas, Lithuania Yugoslavia – Izrael 5:3 (2:1, 0:2, 3:0) 5:0forfeit, due to unauthorized start of players
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Prequalification
Group A, 25 October 1995 - 21 December 1996
25 October 1995, Milton Keynes Great Britain – Netherlands 4:1 (2:0, 2:1, 0:0) 4 November 1995, Rødovre Denmark – Slovenia 4:2 (0:1, 4:0, 0:1) 13 December 1995, Milton Keynes Great Britain – Denmark 1:1 (1:0, 0:0, 0:1) 20 December 1995, Lausanne Switzerland – Great Britain 2:2 (1:0, 1:1, 0:1) 21 December 1995, Eindhoven Netherlands – Slovenia 0:8 (0:2, 0:2, 0:4) 23 December 1995, Zoetermeer Netherlands – Switzerland 1:7 (0:2, 1:1, 0:4) 17 January 1996, Ljubljana Slovenia – Great Britain 4:5 (2:1, 0:3, 2:1) 7 February 1996, Chur Switzerland – Slovenia 5:3 (2:3, 0:0, 3:0) 7 February 1996, Rødovre Denmark – Great Britain 2:3 (1:1, 0:2, 1:0) 10 February 1996, Rødovre Denmark – Switzerland 2:6 (0:2, 1:3, 1:1) 3 April 1996, Jesenice Slovenia – Switzerland 1:4 (0:2, 0:2, 1:0) 6 April 1996, Rapperswil Switzerland – Netherlands 7:1 (1:0, 3:0, 3:1) 29 October 1996, Ljublana Slovenia – Denmark 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0) 2 November 1996, Odense Denmark – Netherlands 4:0 (0:0, 3:0, 1:0) 6 November 1996, Celje Slovenia – Netherlands 9:0 (4:0, 2:0, 3:0) 12 November 1996, Sheffield Great Britain – Slovenia 5:0 (3:0, 2:0, 0:0) 12 November 1996, Heerenveen Netherlands – Great Britain 2:8 (1:3, 1:4, 0:1) 15 December 1996, Nijmegen Netherlands – Denmark 3:8 (0:4, 2:3, 1:1) 18 December 1996, Sheffield Great Britain – Switzerland 3:3 (2:2, 1:1, 0:0) 21 December 1996, Kloten Switzerland – Denmark 8:1 (4:0, 2:1, 2:0)
1. 
Switzerland 8 6 2 0 42:14 14
2. 
Great Britain 8 5 3 0 31:15 13
3. 
Denmark 8 3 1 4 23:28 7
4. 
Slovenia 8 3 0 5 32:24 6
5. 
Netherlands 8 0 0 8 8:55 0
Switzerland promoted to final qualifikation
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Group B, 17 – 22 December 1996, Tychy, Poland
Yugoslavia – Poland 2:13 (1:4, 0:5, 1:4) Bulgaria – Romania 2:7 (0:0, 0:3, 2:4) Ukraine – Yugoslavia 21:0 (10:0, 6:0, 5:0) Poland – Bulgaria 14:0 (5:0, 5:0, 4:0) Ukraine – Romania 10:0 (2:0, 3:0, 5:0) Romania – Poland 3:6 (1:0, 1:4, 1:2) Yugoslavia – Bulgaria 2:5 (0:1, 1:2, 1:2) Bulgaria – Ukraine 0:17 (0:6, 0:7, 0:4) Poland – Ukraine 3:3 (0:1, 2:1, 1:1) Romania – Yugoslavia 9:4 (2:1, 3:2, 4:1)
1. 
Ukraine 4 3 1 0 51: 3 7
2. 
Poland 4 3 1 0 36: 8 7
3. 
Romania 4 2 0 2 19:22 4
4. 
Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 7:40 2
5. 
Yugoslavia 4 0 0 4 8:48 0
Ukraine promoted to final qualifikation
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Group C, 27 August - 1 September 1996, Riga, Latvia
Belarus – Hungary 13:1 (3:1, 6:0, 4:0)
Lithuania – Latvia 0:27 (0:10, 0:8, 0:9)
Hungary – Lithuania 9:4 (3:2, 2:0, 4:2)
Estonia – Belarus 1:16 (0:3, 1:6, 0:7)
Latvia – Estonia 15:0 (3:0, 7:0, 5:0)
Belarus – Lithuania 21:1 (7:1, 5:0, 9:0)
Hungary – Latvia 2:10 (1:4, 1:2, 0:4)
Lithuania – Estonia 3:9 (0:2, 2:1, 1:6)
Estonia – Hungary 4:7 (0:3, 1:2, 3:2)
Latvia – Belarus 1:4 (1:3, 0:1, 0:0)
1. 
Belarus 4 4 0 0 54: 4 8
2. 
Latvia 4 3 0 1 53: 6 6
3. 
Hungary 4 2 0 2 19:31 4
4. 
Estonia 4 1 0 3 14:41 2
5. 
Lithuania 4 0 0 4 8:66 0
Belarus promoted to final qualifikation
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Group D, 5 - 8 February 1996, Harbin, China
China – Korea 6:2 (2:2, 1:0, 3:0) Kazakhstan – China 20:0 (8:0, 8:0, 4:0) Korea – Kazakhstan 1:9 (0:3, 0:3, 1:3)
1. 
Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 29: 1 4
2. 
China 2 1 0 1 6:22 2
3. 
Republic of Korea 2 0 0 2 3:15 0
Kazakhstan promoted to final qualifikation
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Final Qualifikation, 6 - 9 February 1997
Group A, Oberhausen, Germany
Slovakia – Switzerland 3:3 (0:0, 2:1, 1:2) Germany – Ukraine 4:4 (0:0, 2:2, 2:2) Slovakia – Ukraine 4:1 (1:0, 2:1, 1:0) Switzerland – Germany 1:4 (1:2, 0:1, 0:1) Ukraine – Switzerland 1:2 (1:0, 0:0, 0:2) Germany – Slovakia 3:2 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1)
1. 
Germany 3 2 1 0 11: 7 5
2. 
Slovakia 3 1 1 1 9: 7 3
3. Switzerland 3 1 1 1 6: 8 3
4. Ukraine 3 0 1 2 6:10 1
Germany and Slovakia promoted to Winter Olympic Games 1998
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Group B, Innsbruck, Austria
Norway – Kazakhstan 3:3 (1:1, 1:2, 1:0) Austria – Belarus 2:6 (0:2, 1:1, 1:3) Belarus – Norway 2:2 (1:1, 0:0, 1:1) Austria – Kazakhstan 1:4 (0:1, 1:1, 0:2) Kazakhstan – Belarus 4:4 (1:1, 2:3, 1:0) Norway – Austria 1:4 (0:2, 0:1, 1:1)
1. Belarus 3 1 2 0 12: 8 4
2. Kazakhstan 3 1 2 0 11: 8 4
3. 
Austria 3 1 0 2 7:11 2
4. 
Norway 3 0 2 1 6: 9 2
Belarus and Kazakhstan promoted to Winter Olympic Games 1998
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Match for the fifth advancing team, 11 February 1997, Duisburg, Germany
Austria – Switzerland 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)
Austria promoted to Winter Olympic Games 1998