| Begin | dim. 1 septembre 1996 02h00 +02:00 |
| Phase | Preliminary Round • North American Pool |
| Venue | CoreStates Center, Philadelphie, PA |
| Spectators | 19500 |

| Annual | |||||
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| Dates | |||||
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| Sites | |||||
| Corel Centre Ottawa, ON | |||||
| CoreStates Center Philadelphie, PA | |||||
| General Motors Place Vancouver, BC | |||||
| Helsinki Ice Hall Helsinki | |||||
| Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||
| Centre Molson Montréal, QC | |||||
| Olympic Ice Sport Center Garmisch-Partenkirchen | |||||
| Sports Arena Prague | |||||
| Stockholm Globe Arena Stockholm | |||||
| Équipes (8) | |||||
| CAN | Canada | ||||
| CZE | Tchéquie | ||||
| FIN | Finlande | ||||
| GER | Allemagne | ||||
| RUS | Russie | ||||
| SVK | Slovaquie | ||||
| SWE | Suède | ||||
| USA | États-Unis | ||||