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Following his second NHL season, Kariya was named to Canada's team for the 1996 World Championships in Vienna, Austria.

During the round-robin, he scored a hat trick against the United States, helping Canada to a 5 – 1 win, qualifying them for the quarterfinals.

During their semifinal against Russia, Kariya scored in the shootout to help Canada to a 3 – 2 win.

Advancing to the gold medal game, they lost 4 – 2 to the Czech Republic.

Kariya finished the competition with four goals and seven points over eight games, earning him a spot as Canada's lone representative on the Tournament's First All-Star Team.

Over three World Championship appearances, Kariya recorded 28 points ( 11 goals and 17 assists ) over 24 games, which at the time, ranked him at third all-time among Canadian scorers, behind Steve Yzerman's 39 points and Marcel Dionne's 32.