Teams representing 28 countries participated Participation in several levels of competition Competition .

Teams representing Presence 39 countries participated Participation in several levels of competition Competition .

Teams representing 32 countries participated Participation in several levels of competition Competition , with an additional six national teams failing to advance from mid-season preliminary qualifying tournaments .

Teams from Slovakia and Switzerland however eventually did not participate Participation in the tournament .

Teams representing a record 32 countries participated Participation in several levels of competition .

The `` Mukti Bahini '' Naval Commandos launched several sabotage efforts in the cities of Chittagong , Chandpur , Mongla , and the Narayanganj District against the operating combined Cause_to_amalgamate forces of the Pakistan Soldiers , Pakistan Marines , Pakistan Navy SEAL Teams , and the East Pakistan Security Forces on the night of 15 August of 1971 .

Pakistani military initiated Process_start countermeasures to improve Cause_to_make_progress security by increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the door-to-door clearance and the applied counterinsurgency tactics by the Army Special Forces and the Navy SEAL Teams , but this failed to curb the Mukti Bahini activity .

Teams from New Zealand , Australia , England , India , Ireland , South Africa , Sri Lanka and West Indies played Competition each other once in a round robin format to determine Deciding the semifinalists .

Teams like India and Zimbabwe who were not playing Competition well during those times scored Competition victories over the West Indies and Australia respectively .

Teams representing 36 countries participated Participation in several levels of competition Competition , with Slovakia making their first appearance in the top Champions Group A , in their fourth tournament Competition since the dissolution Dispersal of Czechoslovakia and the formation Creating of the separate Czech Republic and Slovakia men 's national ice hockey teams .

Teams representing 35 countries participated Participation in several levels of competition Competition , with an additional two national teams failing to advance Getting from a mid-season preliminary qualifying tournament .

Teams representing 36 countries participated Participation in several levels of competition Competition , while three other teams competed Competition in an exhibition tournament to gain Getting experience before joining Becoming_a_member on an official basis in the 1998 competition Competition .

Teams representing 25 countries participated Participation in several levels of competition Competition .