| | Top level | Event type
Ice Hockey, Men – Group B, Match #1
| Date | 7 February 1998 — 20:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Big Hat, Nagano | |
| Referee | Donald Adam |  USA |
| Linesman | Václav Český |  CZE |
| Linesman | Rudolf Lauff |  SVK |
| Attendance | 9,861 |
Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |  GER | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Japan |  JPN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Goals
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37:03 (2) | 1 – 0 | | Jochen Hecht (Markus Wieland) | Equal-handed | |
| 43:50 (3) | 1 – 1 | | Akihito Sugisawa (Tsutsumi Otomo) | Equal-handed | |
| 51:24 (3) | 2 – 1 | | Daniel Kunce (Markus Wieland) | Equal-handed | |
| 55:05 (3) | 3 – 1 | | Jan Benda (Mark MacKay) | Equal-handed |
Penalties
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:27 (1) | 2 | | Takeshi Yamanaka | High sticking | |
| 4:20 (1) | 2 | | Andreas Lupzig | Interference | |
| 8:10 (1) | 2 | | Daniel Kunce | High sticking | |
| 12:43 (1) | 2 | | Kunihiko Sakurai | Holding | |
| 16:16 (1) | 2 | | Takayuki Kobori | Elbowing | |
| 16:16 (1) | 2 | | Jochen Hecht | Holding | |
| 21:02 (2) | 2 | | Jan Benda | Interference | |
| 25:46 (2) | 2 | | Benoît Doucet | Roughing | |
| 28:23 (2) | 2 | | Mark MacKay | Interference | |
| 31:02 (2) | 2 | | Makoto Kawahira | Interference | |
| 33:32 (2) | 2 | | Shin Yahata | Hooking | |
| 38:14 (2) | 2 | | Jan Benda | Unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| 38:14 (2) | 2 | | Takayuki Miura | Unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| 38:19 (2) | 2 | | Thomas Brandl | High sticking | |
| 40:51 (3) | 2 | | Ryan Kuwabara | Tripping | |
| 44:46 (3) | 2 | | Jochen Molling | Cross-checking | |
| 59:57 (3) | 2 | | Thomas Brandl | Roughing | |
| 59:57 (3) | 2 | | Thomas Brandl | Roughing | |
| 59:57 (3) | 2 | | Ryan Kuwabara | Roughing |
Goalkeepers
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | | Josef Heiß | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | | Shinichi Iwasaki | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | | Josef Heiß | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | | Shinichi Iwasaki | Goalkeeper Out |
Germany
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 83 | Jan Benda | – | – | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 7 | Thomas Brandl | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Benoît Doucet | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Peter Draisaitl | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 29 | Jochen Hecht | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 23 | Dieter Hegen | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Andreas Lupzig | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 81 | Mark MacKay | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Reemt Pyka | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 20 | Jürgen Rumrich | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 71 | Stefan Ustorf | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 47 | Brad Bergen | – | – | 0 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 32 | Lars Brüggemann | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 36 | Rick Goldmann | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 41 | Daniel Kunce | – | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 12 | Mirko Lüdemann | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 15 | Jochen Molling | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 33 | Markus Wieland | – | – | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 30 | Josef Heiß | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 20 | 95.2% | |||||
| Coach | George Kingston |
Japan
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 40 | Kiyoshi Fujita | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 23 | Yuji Iga | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 47 | Matthew Kabayama | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Makoto Kawahira | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 71 | Ryan Kuwabara | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 31 | Hiroshi Matsuura | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Akihito Sugisawa | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Tsutsumi Otomo | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Toshiyuki Sakai | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 24 | Kunihiko Sakurai | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Steven Tsujiura | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 30 | Shin Yahata | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 75 | Chris Yule | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Tatsuki Katayama | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 11 | Yutaka Kawaguchi | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Takayuki Kobori | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Atsuo Kudo | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Hiroyuki Miura | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 36 | Takayuki Miura | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Takeshi Yamanaka | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Shinichi Iwasaki | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 30 | 90.9% | |||||
| Coach | Björn Kinding |