ХVI World Championship
29 January — 5 February 1989
USSR
Moscow, Krasnogorsk

Preliminary stage

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2

3

4

5

В

Н

П

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Р/м

1

USSR

6:4

2:3

7:0

14:1

3

0

1

6

29:8

2

Finland

4:6

4:2

4:1

13:0

3

0

1

6

25:9

3

Sweden

3:2

2:4

4:1

19:0

3

0

1

6

28:7

4

Norway

0:7

1:4

1:4

7:1

1

0

3

2

9:16

5

USA

1:14

0:13

0:19

1:7

0

0

4

0

2:53

Final match: USSR - Finland – 12:2. Match for 3rd place:Sweden – Norway – 6:0.

Best shooter: N. Pazdnikov (USSR).

Best players: goalkeeper — P. Pettersson (Sweden), defender – E. Tammilekhto(Finland), mid-field  — A. Efremov, forward  — A. Tsyganov (both - USSR).

Team of USSR: goalkeepers  –A. Gospodchikov(«Zorkii»), V. Sipchin(«Dinamo», Moscow); defenders– I. Bondarenko, V. Shakalin, A. Sizov (both «Enisei»), S. Zimin («Dinamo», Moscow); mid-fields– V. Plavunov, A. Efremov, M. Poteshkin, V. Grachev (all «Dinamo», Moscow), I. Faskhutdinov(«Zorkii»), V. Salomatov (SKA, Khabarovsk); forwards – S. Lomanov, V. Anufrienko (both – «Enisei»), A. Tsyganov, («Dinamo», Moscow), N. Pazdnikov(SKA, Khabarovsk), A. Diakov (Start).