The top Championship Group A tournament took place in Germany from 18 April to 2 May 1993, with games played in Munich and Dortmund.

[1] The bronze medal was won by the Czech Republic, defeating Canada in their first major tournament as an independent country after their split with Slovakia at the beginning of the calendar year.

While Latvia had last competed in 1939, this year marked the World Championship debut of three national teams.

Kazakhstan, Slovenia, and Ukraine, played for the first time, in Group C. Belarus, Croatia, Estonia, and Lithuania all did not make it out of the autumn qualifiers and had to wait at least another year.

Eleven of the twelve openings for the Lillehammer Olympics were established in Group A. Switzerland, by being relegated, was excluded, and the final nation had to qualify in a tournament the next fall.

With the score against tournament favorite Poland tied three all, the British coach, Alex Dampier, asked the referee to measure the opposing goalie's stick.

It was found to be illegal, and Great Britain scored the winning goal on the ensuing powerplay.

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source: [1] Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 50% of their team's minutes are included in this list.