World Championships pool A 1998
(May.1-5 in Switzerland)
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Czech Rep. | Canada | U.S.A | Russia |
| Germany | Italy | Sweden | Finland |
| Belarus | Slovakia | France | Latvia |
| Japan | Austria | Switzerland | Kazahstan |
| Date | Game No. | Game |
| May 1 | 1 | CAN 5-1 AUT |
| 2 | CZE 8-2 JPN | |
| 3 | ITA 1-2 SVK | |
| 4 | GER 2-4 BLR | |
| May 2 | 5 | USA 5-2 SUI |
| 6 | RUS 8-4 KAZ | |
| 7 | SWE 6-1 FRA | |
| 8 | FIN 6-0 LAT | |
| May 3 | 9 | SVK 2-2 CAN |
| 10 | BLR 2-4 CZE | |
| 11 | ITA 5-1 AUT | |
| 12 | GER 5-1 JPN | |
| May 4 | 13 | FRA 3-1 USA |
| 14 | LAT 5-7 RUS | |
| 15 | SWE 4-2 SUI | |
| 16 | FIN 4-0 KAZ | |
| May 5 | 17 | AUT 1-5 SVK |
| 18 | JPN 4-6 BLR | |
| 19 | CAN 5-2 ITA | |
| 20 | CZE 8-1 GER | |
| May 6 | 21 | USA 1-6 SWE |
| 22 | KAZ 2-7 LAT | |
| 23 | SUI 5-1 FRA | |
| 24 | RUS 4-2 FIN | |
| May 7--May 17(FINAL) |
| Team Japan Roaster | ||
| Goaltenders | Defensemen | Forwards |
| Shiniti Iwasaki(K) | Hiroshi Kawaguti(K) | Toshiyuki Sakai(K) |
| Jiro Nihei(K) | Tatsuki Katayama(K) | Ryan Kuwabara(K) |
| Dasty Imoo(S) | Hiroyuki Miura(K) | Shin Yahata(K) |
| Fumitake Miyauchi(K) | Tsutsumi Otomo(K) | |
| Takayuki Kobori(S) | Takato Suzuki(K) | |
| Daniel Daikawa(S) | Ryan Fujita(S) | |
| Takayuki Miura(S) | Matthew Kabayama(S) | |
| Takeshi Yamanaka(O) | Eiji Tsutida(S) | |
| Akihito Sugisawa(O) | ||
| Hiroshi Matuura(O) | ||
| Hiroshi Matuura(O) | ||
| Masaki Shirono(O) |