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United States men's national ice hockey team

United States
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Team USA
AssociationUSA Hockey
General managerBrett Peterson
Head coachJohn Hynes
AssistantsDerek Lalonde
Ty Hennes
Jack Capuano
Greg Moore
CaptainBrady Tkachuk
Most gamesMark Johnson
Most pointsMark Johnson (146)
Team colors     
IIHF codeUSA
Ranking
Current IIHF6 Decrease 2 (May 27, 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF4 (2016, 2018, 2021–23)
Lowest IIHF7 (2003, 2006–07, 2012)
First international
United States  29–0   Switzerland
(Antwerp, Belgium; April 24, 1920)
Biggest win
United States  31–1  Italy
(St. Moritz, Switzerland; February 1, 1948)
Biggest defeat
Sweden  17–2  United States
(Stockholm, Sweden; March 12, 1963)
Soviet Union  17–2  United States
(Stockholm, Sweden; March 15, 1969)
Olympics
Appearances24 (first in 1920)
Medals Gold: (1960, 1980)
Silver: (1920, 1924, 1932, 1952, 1956, 1972, 2002, 2010)
Bronze: (1936)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances71 (first in 1920)
Best result Gold: (1933, 1960[2])
Canada Cup / World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1976)
Best result Winner: (1996)
International record (W–L–T)
914–471–86
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Squaw Valley Team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Lake Placid Team
Silver medal – second place 1920 Antwerp Team
Silver medal – second place 1924 Chamonix Team
Silver medal – second place 1932 Lake Placid Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Oslo Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Team
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Team
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1933 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place 1931 Poland
Silver medal – second place 1934 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1939 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 1950 Great Britain
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 1962 United States
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Austria
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Sweden/Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Latvia
Canada Cup / World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1996 Montreal
Silver medal – second place 1991 Hamilton

The United States men's national ice hockey team[3] is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with its U18 and U17 development program in Plymouth, Michigan. The team is controlled by USA Hockey, the governing body for organized ice hockey in the United States. The U.S. team is currently ranked 6th in the IIHF World Rankings.[4]

The U.S. won gold medals at the 1960 and the 1980 Olympics and more recently, silver medals at the 2002 and 2010 Olympics. The U.S. also won the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, defeating Canada in the finals. The team's most recent medal at the World Championships came with a bronze in 2021. They won the tournament in 1933 and 1960. Unlike other nations, the U.S. does not typically use its best NHL players in the World Championships. Instead, it provides the younger players with an opportunity to gain international experience.[5] Overall, the team has collected eleven Olympic medals (two of them gold), nineteen World Championship medals (two of them gold), and it reached the semi-final round of the Canada Cup/World Cup five times, twice advancing to the finals and winning gold once.[6] The U.S. has never reached a World Championship gold medal game, having lost in the semi-final round twelve times since the IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992; this includes six semi-finals appearances in ten tournaments from 2013 through 2023, and three consecutive in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

The U.S. is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, and Sweden.[7][8][9]

History

The American ice hockey team's greatest success was the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, when American college players defeated the heavily favored seasoned professionals from the Soviet Union on the way to a gold medal. Though ice hockey is not a major sport in most areas of the United States, the "Miracle" is often listed as one of the all-time greatest American sporting achievements.[10][11] The U.S. also won the gold medal in the 1960 Games at Squaw Valley, California, defeating the Soviet Union, Canada, Czechoslovakia, and Sweden along the way. However, since this victory is not as well known as the 1980 win, it has come to be known as the "Forgotten Miracle".[12][13]

The United States hockey experienced a spike in talent in the 1980s and 1990s, with future NHL stars including Tony Amonte, Chris Chelios, Derian Hatcher, Brett Hull, Pat LaFontaine, John LeClair, Brian Leetch, Mike Modano, Mike Richter, Jeremy Roenick, Kevin Stevens, Keith Tkachuk, and Doug Weight. Although the U.S. finished no higher than fourth in any World or Olympic event from 1981 through 1994 (unlike other teams that used professionals, the U.S. team was limited to amateurs at these tournaments), the Americans reached the finals of the 1991 Canada Cup and won the 1996 World Cup. Six years later, after the International Olympic Committee and NHL arranged to accommodate an Olympic break in the NHL schedule, the U.S. earned a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics with a roster that included NHL stars Adam Deadmarsh, Chris Drury, Brian Rafalski, and Brian Rolston. However, by 2006, many of these NHL players had retired or had declined with age. Though the 2006 Olympic team finished a disappointing 8th, it was more of a transitional team, featuring young NHL players like Rick DiPietro, John-Michael Liles, and Jordan Leopold.

The 2010 U.S. Olympic team was composed of much younger and faster players than teams of previous years, including David Backes, Dustin Brown, Jack Johnson, Patrick Kane, Phil Kessel, Zach Parise, Joe Pavelski, Bobby Ryan, Paul Stastny, and Ryan Suter. The team also had a solid group of veterans that included such stars as goalie Ryan Miller, defenseman Brian Rafalski, and team captain Jamie Langenbrunner. The U.S. team upset team Canada 5–3 in the round-robin phase of the tournament and went into the single elimination phase of the tournament as the number-one seeded team. After beating Finland 6–1, the U.S. advanced to the gold medal game, where they lost in overtime 3–2 to Canada to claim the silver medal. The gold medal game between Canada and the U.S. was watched by an estimated 27.6 million U.S. households. This was the most watched hockey game in America since the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" game, including any Stanley Cup Finals or NHL Winter Classic broadcast.[14]

The NHL pulled out of the Olympics for the 2018 competition in a dispute over insurance and the IOC's ambush marketing restrictions, prohibiting the national teams from inviting any player it held under contract. The American team was put at a particular disadvantage, as more than 31% of NHL players are Americans (in comparison, only 4.1% are Russians). As a result, the U.S. had to enter the tournament with a hastily assembled team of free agents, players from European leagues, AHLers on one-way contracts, and college players.[15] The team proved unsuccessful, losing to Slovenia and the Olympic Athletes from Russia in the preliminary round, and being eliminated by the Czechs in the quarterfinals.[16] The OAR team benefited most from NHL's absence and ultimately won the tournament with a team that was composed primarily of SKA Saint Petersburg and HC CSKA Moscow players from the Russia-based KHL and featured ex-NHL all-stars Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Voynov (all SKA).[17][18]

On March 31, 2021, Stan Bowman was appointed the general manager of the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team for the 2022 Beijing Games.[19] On October 26, 2021, Bowman resigned in response to the results of an independent investigation into allegations of sexual assault committed by a member of the Blackhawks' video coaching staff.[20] The lead investigator stated that Bowman's failure to report the alleged assault had eventually led to the perpetrator committing further acts of sexual abuse.[21]

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Games[6][22] Result Position GP W L T GF GA Coach Captain
Belgium 1920 Antwerp Silver medal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 3 1 0 52 2 Cornelius Fellowes
Roy Schooley
Joe McCormick
France 1924 Chamonix Silver medal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 4 1 0 73 6 William S. Haddock Irving Small
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz Did not participate
United States 1932 Lake Placid Silver medal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 4 1 1 27 5 Alfred Winsor John Chase
Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bronze medal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 5 2 1 10 4 Albert Prettyman John Garrison
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz Round-robin 4th, DSQ 8 5 3 0 86 33 John Garrison Goodwin Harding
Norway 1952 Oslo Silver medal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 6 1 1 43 21 Connie Pleban Allen Van
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Silver medal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 5 2 0 33 16 John Mariucci Gene Campbell
United States 1960 Squaw Valley Gold medal 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 7 0 0 48 17 Jack Riley Jack Kirrane
Austria 1964 Innsbruck Round-robin 5th 7 2 5 0 29 33 Eddie Jeremiah Herb Brooks
Bill Reichart
France 1968 Grenoble Round-robin 6th 7 2 4 1 23 28 Murray Williamson Lou Nanne
Japan 1972 Sapporo Silver medal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 4 2 0 23 18 Murray Williamson Tim Sheehy
Austria 1976 Innsbruck Round-robin 5th 6 3 3 0 23 25 Bob Johnson John Taft
United States 1980 Lake Placid Gold medal 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 6 0 1 33 15 Herb Brooks Mike Eruzione
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo Quarter-finals 7th 6 2 2 2 23 21 Lou Vairo Phil Verchota
Canada 1988 Calgary Quarter-finals 7th 6 3 3 0 35 31 Dave Peterson Brian Leetch
France 1992 Albertville Semi-finals 4th 8 5 2 1 25 19 Dave Peterson Clark Donatelli
Norway 1994 Lillehammer Quarter-finals 8th 8 1 4 3 28 32 Tim Taylor Peter Laviolette
Japan 1998 Nagano Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 3 0 9 14 Ron Wilson Chris Chelios
United States 2002 Salt Lake City Silver medal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 4 1 1 26 10 Herb Brooks Chris Chelios
Italy 2006 Turin Quarter-finals 8th 6 1 4 1 16 17 Peter Laviolette Chris Chelios
Canada 2010 Vancouver Silver medal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 5 1 24 9 Ron Wilson Jamie Langenbrunner
Russia 2014 Sochi Semi-finals 4th 6 4 2 20 12 Dan Bylsma Zach Parise
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Quarter-finals 7th 5 2 3 11 12 Tony Granato Brian Gionta
China 2022 Beijing Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 1 17 7 David Quinn Andy Miele
Italy 2026 Milan/Cortina Qualified
Total 2 Titles 24/26 151 87 51 13 737 407

Results by "Big Six" opponent

Opponents Played Won Tied Lost Biggest victory Biggest defeat
 Canada 19 4 3 12 4:1 3:12
 Czechoslovakia/
 Czech Republic
21 10 0 11 16:0 1:7
 Finland 13 7 2 4 8:2, 6:0 1:6, 0:5
 Soviet Union/
 CIS/
 Russia
14 4 1 9 4:3, 3:2 (x3) 2:10
 Sweden 15 6 2 7 20:0 1:5
Total 81 30 8 43 20:0 3:12

World Championships

Note: Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic ice hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year.[23]
Note: World War II forced cancellation of all tournaments from 1940 to 1946.
Note: In 1972, a separate tournament was held both for the World Championships and the Winter Olympics for the first time.
Note: No World Championships were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988.
Note: The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24]
Games Result Position GP W OTW OTL L D GF GA
Belgium 1920 See Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics[2]
France 1924 See Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics[2]
Switzerland 1928 Did not participate
France Germany Austria 1930 Did not participate
Poland 1931 Runner-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
United States 1932 Runner-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Czechoslovakia 1933 Champions 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Italy 1934 Runner-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Switzerland 1935 Did not participate
Germany 1936 See Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics[2]
United Kingdom 1937 Did not participate
Czechoslovakia 1938 7th
Switzerland 1939 Runner-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1940–1946 Competitions not held because of World War II
Czechoslovakia 1947 5th
Switzerland 1948 See Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics[2]
Sweden 1949 Third place 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
United Kingdom 1950 Runner-up 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
France 1951 6th
Norway 1952 See Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics[2]
Switzerland 1953 Did not participate
Sweden 1954 Did not participate
West Germany 1955 4th
Italy 1956 See Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics[2]
Soviet Union 1957 Did not participate
Norway 1958 5th
Czechoslovakia 1959 4th
United States 1960 See Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics[2]
Switzerland 1961 6th
United States 1962 Third place 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sweden 1963 8th
Austria 1964 See Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics[2]
Finland 1965 6th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1966 6th
Austria 1967 5th
France 1968 See Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics[2]
Sweden 1969 6th[25]
Sweden 1970 7th[26]
Switzerland 1971 6th[27]
Czechoslovakia 1972 8th[28]
Soviet Union 1973 8th[29]
Finland 1974 7th[30]
West Germany 1975 6th
Poland 1976 4th
Austria 1977 6th
Czechoslovakia 1978 6th
Soviet Union 1979 7th
1980 Competition not held during 1980 Winter Olympics
Sweden 1981 First round 5th 8 4 0 0 3 1 39 43
Finland 1982 First round 8th[31] 7 0 0 0 6 1 21 39
West Germany 1983 Group B round-robin 9th[32] 7 6 0 0 0 1 53 14
1984 Competition not held during 1984 Winter Olympics
Czechoslovakia 1985 Fourth place 4th 10 4 0 0 5 1 31 58
Soviet Union 1986 First round 6th 10 4 0 0 6 0 41 43
Austria 1987 First round 7th 10 4 0 0 6 0 36[33] 49
1988 Competition not held during 1988 Winter Olympics
Sweden 1989 First round 6th 10 4 0 0 5 1 37 40
Switzerland 1990 First round 5th 10 6 0 0 4 0 35 43
Finland 1991 Fourth place 4th 10 3 0 0 5 2 35 51
Czechoslovakia 1992 Quarterfinals 7th 6 2 0 0 3 1 15 23
Germany 1993 Quarterfinals 6th 6 2 0 0 2 2 16 15
Italy 1994 Fourth place 4th 8 4 0 0 4 0 26 35
Sweden 1995 Quarterfinals 6th 6 3 0 0 1 2 18 15
Austria 1996 Third place 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 4 1 0 3 0 22 24
Finland 1997 Second Round 6th 8 4 0 0 3 1 19 21
Switzerland 1998 First round 12th 6 1 0 0 4 1 10 19
Norway 1999 Second round 6th 6 3 0 0 3 0 22 15
Russia 2000 Quarterfinals 5th 7 4 0 0 1 2 17 13
Germany 2001 Fourth place 4th 11 4 1 0 4 2 30 26
Sweden 2002 Quarter-finals 7th 9 4 0 0 4 1 23 20
Finland 2003 First round 13th 6 3 0 0 3 0 23 14
Czech Republic 2004 Third place 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 3 2 0 3 1 30 21
Austria 2005 Quarterfinals 6th 7 3 0 1 1 2 23 13
Latvia 2006 Quarterfinals 7th 7 4 0 0 3 0 14 16
Russia 2007 Quarterfinals 5th 7 4 0 1 2 28 20
Canada 2008 Quarterfinals 6th 7 4 0 1 2 32 17
Switzerland 2009 Fourth place 4th 9 4 0 2 3 32 28
Germany 2010 Preliminary round 13th 6 2 1 2 1 21 9
Slovakia 2011 Quarterfinals 8th 7 3 0 1 3 20 24
Finland Sweden 2012 Quarterfinals 7th 8 4 2 0 2 34 20
Sweden Finland 2013 Third place 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 7 0 0 3 35 24
Belarus 2014 Quarterfinals 6th 8 4 1 0 3 30 27
Czech Republic 2015 Third place 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 7 1 0 2 28 19
Russia 2016 Fourth place 4th 10 3 1 1 5 29 30
Germany France 2017 Quarterfinals 5th 8 6 0 0 2 31 16
Denmark 2018 Third place 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 6 2 0 2 46 25
Slovakia 2019 Quarterfinals 7th 8 4 1 0 3 30 19
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[24]
Latvia 2021 Third place 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 8 0 0 2 35 14
Finland 2022 Fourth place 4th 10 4 2 0 4 28 24
Finland Latvia 2023 Fourth place 4th 10 7 1 2 0 43 16
Czech Republic 2024 Quarter-finals 5th 8 5 0 1 2 37 17
Sweden Denmark 2025 Qualified
Total 1 Title 71/88

Canada Cup / World Cup of Hockey

Games[34] GP W L T GF GA Coach Captain Round Position
1976 5 1 3 1 14 21 Bob Pulford Bill Nyrop Group stage 5th
1981 6 2 3 1 18 23 Bob Johnson Robbie Ftorek Semi-finals 4th
1984 6 3 2 1 23 22 Bob Johnson Rod Langway Semi-finals 4th
1987 5 2 3 0 13 14 Bob Johnson Rod Langway Group stage 5th
1991 8 5 3 0 29 26 Bob Johnson Joel Otto Finals  Silver
1996 7 6 1 0 37 18 Ron Wilson Brian Leetch Finals  Gold
2004 5 2 3 0 11 11 Ron Wilson Chris Chelios Semi-finals 4th
2016 3 0 3 5 11 John Tortorella Joe Pavelski Group stage 7th

Results by "Big Six" opponent

Opponents Played Won Tied Lost Biggest victory Biggest defeat
 Canada 14 3 1 10 5:2 (x2) 3:8
 Czechoslovakia/
 Czech Republic
6 3 1 2 6:2 1:3
 Finland 6 4 1 1 7:3 1:2
 Soviet Union/
 CIS/
 Russia
9 4 0 5 5:2 (x2) 0:5
 Sweden 6 4 0 2 7:1 2:9
Total 41 18 3 20 7:1 2:9

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.[35][36][37]

Head coach: John Hynes

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1 G Trey Augustine 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (2005-02-23) February 23, 2005 (age 19) United States Michigan State Spartans
4 D Seth JonesA 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 97 kg (214 lb) (1994-10-03) October 3, 1994 (age 30) United States Chicago Blackhawks
5 D Michael Kesselring 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2000-01-13) January 13, 2000 (age 24) United States Utah Hockey Club
6 F Will Smith 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (2005-03-17) March 17, 2005 (age 19) United States San Jose Sharks
7 F Brady TkachukC 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 102 kg (225 lb) (1999-09-16) September 16, 1999 (age 25) Canada Ottawa Senators
8 D Zach WerenskiA 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 99 kg (218 lb) (1997-07-19) July 19, 1997 (age 27) United States Columbus Blue Jackets
9 F Trevor Zegras 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (2001-03-20) March 20, 2001 (age 23) United States Anaheim Ducks
11 F Luke Kunin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1997-12-04) December 4, 1997 (age 27) United States San Jose Sharks
12 F Matt Boldy 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (2001-04-05) April 5, 2001 (age 23) United States Minnesota Wild
13 F Johnny Gaudreau 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 74 kg (163 lb) (1993-08-13) August 13, 1993 (age 31) United States Columbus Blue Jackets
22 F Cole Caufield 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (2001-01-02) January 2, 2001 (age 23) Canada Montreal Canadiens
23 F Mikey Eyssimont 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1996-09-09) September 9, 1996 (age 28) United States Tampa Bay Lightning
24 F Ryan Leonard 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2005-01-21) January 21, 2005 (age 19) United States Boston College Eagles
26 F Kevin Hayes 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (1992-05-08) May 8, 1992 (age 32) United States Pittsburgh Penguins
29 F Brock Nelson 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 96 kg (212 lb) (1991-10-15) October 15, 1991 (age 33) United States New York Islanders
34 G Alex Lyon 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1992-12-09) December 9, 1992 (age 32) United States Detroit Red Wings
39 G Alex Nedeljkovic 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1996-01-07) January 7, 1996 (age 28) United States Pittsburgh Penguins
43 D Luke Hughes 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (2003-09-09) September 9, 2003 (age 21) United States New Jersey Devils
45 F Gavin Brindley 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 77 kg (170 lb) (2004-10-05) October 5, 2004 (age 20) United States Columbus Blue Jackets
46 D Jeff Petry 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) (1987-12-09) December 9, 1987 (age 37) United States Detroit Red Wings
51 D Matthew Kessel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (2000-06-23) June 23, 2000 (age 24) United States St. Louis Blues
57 F Shane Pinto 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (2000-11-12) November 12, 2000 (age 24) Canada Ottawa Senators
72 D Alex Vlasic 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (2001-06-05) June 5, 2001 (age 23) United States Chicago Blackhawks
79 G Charlie Lindgren 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 31) United States Washington Capitals
85 D Jake Sanderson 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (2002-07-08) July 8, 2002 (age 22) Canada Ottawa Senators
86 F Joel Farabee 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (2000-02-25) February 25, 2000 (age 24) United States Philadelphia Flyers

IIHF World Championship directorate awards

The IIHF has given awards for each year's championship tournament to the top goalie, defenseman, and forward (all since 1954), and most valuable player (since 2004). The following American team members have won awards.

Uniform evolution

See also

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  25. ^ relegated to Group B
  26. ^ 1st in Group B, promoted to Group A
  27. ^ relegated to Group B
  28. ^ 2nd in Group B
  29. ^ 2nd in Group B
  30. ^ 1st in Group B, promoted to Group A
  31. ^ relegated to Group B
  32. ^ 1st in Group B, promoted to Group A
  33. ^ Two goals were not count because of the positive drug test of Scott Young
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