| 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 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Germany |  GER | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| – | Japan |  JPN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Germany| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Plus/Minus | Saves | Save% | Shift # | Shots on Goal | Minutes Played | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 83 | Jan Benda | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Thomas Brandl | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Benoît Doucet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Peter Draisaitl | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| Forward | 29 | Jochen Hecht | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | |||
| Forward | 23 | Dieter Hegen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 22 | Andreas Lupzig | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 81 | Mark MacKay | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Reemt Pyka | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 20 | Jürgen Rumrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 71 | Stefan Ustorf | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | – | – | 1 | 5 | – | |||
| Defense | 47 | Brad Bergen | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | – | – | – | 4 | – | |||
| Defense | 32 | Lars Brüggemann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 36 | Rick Goldmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 41 | Daniel Kunce | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| Defense | 12 | Mirko Lüdemann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | |||
| Defense | 15 | Jochen Molling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |||
| Defense | 33 | Markus Wieland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 30 | Josef Heiß | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 95.2% | 1 | 0 | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | – | – | – | 20 | 95.2% | – | – | – | |||||
| Coach | George Kingston | |||||||||||||
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Plus/Minus | Saves | Save% | Shift # | Shots on Goal | Minutes Played | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 40 | Kiyoshi Fujita | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 23 | Yuji Iga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 47 | Matthew Kabayama | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | |||
| Forward | 22 | Makoto Kawahira | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 71 | Ryan Kuwabara | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 31 | Hiroshi Matsuura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Akihito Sugisawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Tsutsumi Otomo | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Toshiyuki Sakai | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| Forward | 24 | Kunihiko Sakurai | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Steven Tsujiura | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | |||
| Forward | 30 | Shin Yahata | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 75 | Chris Yule | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| Defense | 9 | Tatsuki Katayama | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Defense | 11 | Yutaka Kawaguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Defense | 7 | Takayuki Kobori | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Atsuo Kudo | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Hiroyuki Miura | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Defense | 36 | Takayuki Miura | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Takeshi Yamanaka | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Shinichi Iwasaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 90.9% | 1 | 0 | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | – | – | – | 30 | 90.9% | – | – | – | |||||
| Coach | Björn Kinding | |||||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37:03 (2) | Jochen Hecht (Markus Wieland) | | 1-0 | EQ | |
| 43:50 (3) | Akihito Sugisawa (Tsutsumi Otomo) | | 1-1 | EQ | |
| 51:24 (3) | Daniel Kunce (Markus Wieland) | | 2-1 | EQ | |
| 55:05 (3) | Jan Benda (Mark MacKay) | | 3-1 | EQ |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | Josef Heiß | | In | ||
| 0:00 (1) | Shinichi Iwasaki | | In | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Josef Heiß | | Out | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Shinichi Iwasaki | | Out |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:27 (1) | Takeshi Yamanaka | | 2 | High sticking | |
| 4:20 (1) | Andreas Lupzig | | 2 | Interference | |
| 8:10 (1) | Daniel Kunce | | 2 | High sticking | |
| 12:43 (1) | Kunihiko Sakurai | | 2 | Holding | |
| 16:16 (1) | Takayuki Kobori | | 2 | Elbowing | |
| 16:16 (1) | Jochen Hecht | | 2 | Holding | |
| 21:02 (2) | Jan Benda | | 2 | Interference | |
| 25:46 (2) | Benoît Doucet | | 2 | Roughing | |
| 28:23 (2) | Mark MacKay | | 2 | Interference | |
| 31:02 (2) | Makoto Kawahira | | 2 | Interference | |
| 33:32 (2) | Shin Yahata | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 38:14 (2) | Jan Benda | | 2 | Unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| 38:14 (2) | Takayuki Miura | | 2 | Unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| 38:19 (2) | Thomas Brandl | | 2 | High sticking | |
| 40:51 (3) | Ryan Kuwabara | | 2 | Tripping | |
| 44:46 (3) | Jochen Molling | | 2 | Cross-checking | |
| 59:57 (3) | Thomas Brandl | | 2 | Roughing | |
| 59:57 (3) | Thomas Brandl | | 2 | Roughing | |
| 59:57 (3) | Ryan Kuwabara | | 2 | Roughing |
