| Virtually 2nd Level World Championship excluding the 6 best teams in the World. |
| Finals | | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | | Final | 21.05.88 |  Hungary | 11-9 |  Australia | 3-2 | 6-5 | | | 3-4 | 21.05.88 |  France | 8-5 |  Greece | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-3 | | 5-6 | 21.05.88 |  China | 4-3 |  Canada | | | 7-8 | 21.05.88 |  Brazil | 10-6 |  Bulgaria | | | 9-10 | 21.05.88 |  Mexico | 13-9 |  Japan | | | 11-12 | 21.05.88 |  New Zealand | 18-7 |  Guam | | | 1/2 | 20.05.88 | Hungary | 11-9 | Greece | 4-1 | 6-3 | 8-7 | | a2OT ; FT 9-9 ; 1OT 10-9 | | 1/2 | 20.05.88 | Australia | 11-9 | France | 1-1 | 3-3 | 7-4 | | a2OT ; FT 7-7 ; 1OT 10-7 | | 5-8 | 20.05.88 | China | 11-10 | Bulgaria | | | 5-8 | 20.05.88 | Canada | 8-7 | Brazil | 1-2 | 3-3 | 6-4 | | a2OT ; FT 7-7 ; 1OT 7-7 | | 9-12 | 20.05.88 | Japan | 25-3 | Guam | | | 9-12 | 20.05.88 | Mexico | 16-8 | New Zealand | |
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| Final Ranking | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. |  Hungary | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 116: | 48 | +68 | | 2. |  Australia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 77: | 58 | +19 | | 3. |  France | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 83: | 43 | +40 | | 4. |  Greece | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 90: | 48 | +42 | | | | 5. |  China | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 57: | 63 | -6 | | 6. |  Canada | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 51: | 50 | +1 | | 7. |  Brazil | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 95: | 43 | +48 | | 8. |  Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 72: | 55 | +17 | | | | 9. |  Mexico | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 88: | 51 | +27 | | 10. |  Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 64: | 80 | -16 | | 11. |  New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 48: | 87 | -39 | | 12. |  Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18: | 233 | -215 |
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| First 5 qualify to Olympic Games Men 1988 | | Hungary, Bulgaria and France from Europe Men 1987. Romania DNS. Replaced by Greece. | | China and Japan from Asia Men 1988. Guam replaced the 3rd team. | | Brazil and Canada from America Men PG 1987. Cuba DNS. Replaced by Mexico. | | Australia - Host. New Zealand - Oceania. |
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| Groups Round. | | First 2 to Semi-Finals (1/2) (Hungary, France, Australia and Greece) - qualified to Olympic/Men 1988>. Rest to Classification - 5th placed - China also to qualify. |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. France | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66: | 27 | | 2. Greece | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 76: | 29 | | 3. Brazil | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 78: | 29 | | 4. Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 56: | 34 | | 5. Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 59: | 34 | | 6. Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8: | 190 |
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| Team | Fran | Gree | Braz | Bulg | Mexi | Guam | | France | --- | 7:6 | 7:5 | 10:8 | 9:7 | 33:1 | | Greece | | --- | 12:8 | | 7:5 | 44:1 | | Brazil | | | --- | 7:5 | 6:5 | 52:0 | | Bulgaria | | 8:7 | | --- | 8:8 | 27:2 | | Mexico | | | | | --- | 34:4 | | Guam | | | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | | 13.05.88 | Bulgaria | 27-2 | Guam | | | 13.05.88 | France | 9-7 | Mexico | | | 13.05.88 | Greece | 12-8 | Brazil | 2-3 | 5-4 | 8-6 | | 14.05.88 | Mexico | 34-4 | Guam | | | 14.05.88 | Bulgaria | 8-7 | Greece | 1-0 | 2-4 | 6-5 | | 14.05.88 | France | 7-5 | Brazil | | | 15.05.88 | Brazil | 7-5 | Bulgaria | | | 15.05.88 | France | 33-1 | Guam | | | 15.05.88 | Greece | 7-5 | Mexico | 3-1 | 4-5 | 6-5 | | 17.05.88 | Greece | 44-1 | Guam | 10-0 | 22-1 | 33-1 | | 17.05.88 | Brazil | 6-5 | Mexico | 2-1 | 4-3 | 5-4 | | 17.05.88 | France | 10-8 | Bulgaria | 1-2 | 4-2 | 8-3 | | 18.05.88 | France | 7-6 | Greece | 0-1 | 2-3 | 4-4 | | 18.05.88 | Brazil | 52-0 | Guam | | | 18.05.88 | Bulgaria | 8-8 | Mexico | |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Hungary | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 94: | 30 | | 2. Australia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 57: | 40 | | 3. China | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 42: | 50 | | 4. Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40: | 39 | | 5. Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30: | 64 | | 6. New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22: | 64 |
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| Team | Hung | Aust | Chin | Cana | Japa | New | | Hungary | --- | 11:6 | 15:5 | 20:9 | 28:5 | 20:5 | | Australia | | --- | 14:8 | 9:8 | 14:8 | 14:5 | | China | | | --- | 9:7 | 8:5 | 10:4 | | Canada | | | | --- | 9:3 | 11:3 | | Japan | | | | | --- | 9:5 | | New Zealand | | | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | | 13.05.88 | Hungary | 28-5 | Japan | | | 13.05.88 | China | 10-4 | New Zealand | | | 13.05.88 | Australia | 9-8 | Canada | | | 14.05.88 | Canada | 11-3 | New Zealand | | | 14.05.88 | China | 8-5 | Japan | | | 14.05.88 | Hungary | 11-6 | Australia | | | 15.05.88 | Canada | 9-3 | Japan | | | 15.05.88 | Hungary | 20-9 | China | | | 15.05.88 | Australia | 14-5 | New Zealand | | | 17.05.88 | Hungary | 20-5 | New Zealand | | | 17.05.88 | China | 9-7 | Canada | | | 17.05.88 | Australia | 14-8 | Japan | | | 18.05.88 | Hungary | 15-5 | Canada | | | 18.05.88 | Japan | 9-5 | New Zealand | | | 18.05.88 | Australia | 14-8 | China | |
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