1988 Thayer Tutt Trophy
# 1988 Thayer Tutt Trophy

The 1988 Thayer Tutt Trophy was the third and last edition of the Thayer Tutt Trophy. It was held from March 20–27, 1988 in Eindhoven and Tilburg, Netherlands. Italy finished first, Japan finished second, and the Netherlands finished third.

## First round

### Group A

| Pl. | Team | GP | W | T | L | Goals | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 31:10 | 8 |
| 2. | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 43:10 | 8 |
| 3. | China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 29:21 | 6 |
| 4. | Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:18 | 6 |
| 5. | North Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11:28 | 2 |
| 6. | Australia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7:49 | 0 |

### Group B

| Pl. | Team | GP | W | T | L | Goals | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Italy | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33:6 | 10 |
| 2. | East Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28:7 | 8 |
| 3. | Yugoslavia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16:16 | 5 |
| 4. | Romania | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11:25 | 4 |
| 5. | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:27 | 2 |
| 6. | Denmark | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8:27 | 1 |

## Final round

### 11th place

* Denmark - Australia 8:1 (3:1, 3:0, 2:0)

### 9th place

* Hungary - North Korea 3:6 (2:2, 0:1, 1:3)

### 7th place

* Bulgaria - Romania 3:9 (1:4, 2:3, 0:3

### 5th place

* China - Yugoslavia 6:9 (1:3, 2:6, 3:0)

### 3rd place

* Netherlands - East Germany 4:2 (3:1, 1:1, 0:0)

### Final

* Italy - Japan 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0)
