World Championships Pool (D) 27th place finish overall
European Championships 20th place finish overall
| Goalie | John 'Bernie' McCrone | Ayr Bruins |
| Goalie | David Graham | Nottingham Panthers |
| Defence | Moray Hanson | Murrayfield Racers |
| Defence | Alastair Reid | Ayr Bruins |
| Defence | Stephen Cooper (C) | Cardiff Devils |
| Defence | Gordon Latto (AC) | Fife Flyers |
| Defence | Paul Hand | Murrayfield Racers |
| Defence | Paul Pentland | Murrayfield Racers |
| Defence | Phill Lee | Solihull Barons |
| Defence | Terry Ord | Whitley Warriors |
| Forward | Jonh Kidd | Ayr Bruins |
| Forward | Ian Cooper | Cardiff Devils |
| Forward | Ivor Bennett | Durham Wasps |
| Forward | Paul Smith | Durham Wasps |
| Forward | Tony Hand | Murrayfield Racers |
| Forward | Scott Neil | Murrayfield Racers |
| Forward | Nigel Rhodes | Nottingham Panthers |
| Forward | Peter Smith | Peterborough Pirates |
| Forward | Jim Pennycook | Tayside Tigers |
| Forward | John Iredale | Whitley Warriors |
| Forward | Stephen Smith | Whitley Warriors |
| Coach | Terry Matthews | |
| Ass Coach | Alfie Miller | |
| Gen Manager | Frank Dempster | |
| Team Manager | John Rost | |
| Physiotherapist | Luke Ram | |
| Trainer | Dave Wilson |
Best players of the Championships- Goal-David Graham(GB), Forward-Tony Hand (GB)
World Championships, Pool D – 1989 in Belgium.
Venues – Geel and Heist op-den-Berg.
Great Britain ended a self-imposed seven-year exile from World Championship hockey in March 1989, when they travelled to Belgium to participate in Pool D.
Coached by Terry Matthews, they took an exclusively British born and bred squad, but despite high hopes they missed out on promotion to Pool C, finishing third in the five-team group. Tony Hand top scored for the Great Britain team with 6+11 from the four games. John Iredale and Scott Neil both registered nine points each, as did 20-year old Ian Cooper, who was also in the line-up for Great Britain’s’ return to the World stage.
It was a loss to the hands of the host nation, Belgium, that ultimately cost Great Britain promotion and both coaches, Terry Matthews and Dirk Laenen for the Belgians, were in agreement that the GB team had failed to perform to anything like the levels they were capable of. Matthews noted, “the annoying thing is we are a much better side than the Belgians…. but on the night, they were the better side.” Laenen astutely pointed out, “I didn’t see the game of Great Britain like they played against Romania – they were not so organised. We are technically a better team than Great Britain, but physically, they are much better than us. We (Belgium) played with the brains and that was not the play of Great Britain.”
| Tournament Results | ||||
| March 16th | vs | New Zealand | 26-0 | (9-0, 9-0, 8-0) |
| March 17th | vs | Romania | T 6-6 | (3-3, 0-1, 3-2) |
| March 19th | vs | Belgium | L 5-6 | (2-3, 1-0, 2-3) |
| March 21st | vs | Spain | 8-4 | (3-3, 1-0, 4-1) |
Compiled by Anthony Beer, using material reported at the time in the Ice Hockey News Review.