Ice Hockey World Championship 1969

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	Winner: Soviet Union

The 36th Ice Hockey World Championship and 47th Ice Hockey European Championship took place in 1969 and were marked by numerous innovations. For the first time, the A-WM on the one hand and the B and C-WM on the other hand were held in different countries and at different times. The A-group played from this year only with six teams in a double round. With this change of mode, the world ice hockey federation promised a concentration of performance and more excitement. Associated with this was a change in the mode of determining the European champion . The decisive factor was no longer the World Cup placement, but a separate European Championship table was calculated from the matches between the European teams. There was also a small change in the B and C groups of the World Cup: As of this season there were two relegated and two promoted players. A total of 20 associations registered teams for the championships.

The group A tournament is turning into a catastrophe for North American amateur ice hockey. Both the US boys and the Canadian team suffered significant defeats against the teams from the USSR , Czechoslovakia and Sweden . While the USA relegated to the second division at the end of the tournament without a single point win, the Canadians stayed away from the subsequent World Championships as a consequence of their performance in order to avoid a lasting loss of prestige for Canadian ice hockey. They only returned to the tournament in 1976 , when professional players were allowed to take part again. Due to the withdrawal of the Canadians, the second place in the B group was also considered a promotion place this year, which the team from Poland was able to secure.

The World Cup was more exciting than it has been in a long time. In the end, three teams were tied at the top. In particular, the duels between the USSR and Czechoslovakia were characterized by incredible drama. Ultimately, in this year's tournament, the USSR team won their ninth world title, which was also the seventh title in a row - a series that even the Canadians have never achieved. In addition, the USSR won its twelfth European title.

Overview world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Stockholm	15th Mar 1969 - March 30th 1969	6th	196,769	30th	6,559
B world championship	Ljubljana	Feb. 28, 1969 - Mar. 9 1969 0	8th		28
C world championship	Skopje	Feb. 24, 1960 - Mar. 2 1969 0	6th		15th

Men's A World Championship (in Stockholm / Sweden)

Games

1 round
March 15, 1969	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Canada	6: 1 (1: 0.2: 1.3: 0)
March 15, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Finland	6: 3 (3: 1.1: 1.2: 1)
March 15, 1969	Stockholm	USSR	-	United States	17: 2 (3: 0.11: 0.3: 2)
March 16, 1969	Stockholm	Canada	-	Finland	5: 1 (1: 1.1: 0.3: 0)
March 16, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	USSR	2: 4 (2: 1.0: 1.0: 2)
March 16, 1969	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	United States	8: 3 (2: 1.4: 2.2: 0)
March 18, 1969	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	7: 4 (4: 1.3: 1.0: 2)
March 18, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	United States	8: 2 (1: 2.3: 0.4: 0)
March 18, 1969	Stockholm	USSR	-	Canada	7: 1 (5: 1.2: 0.0: 0)
March 19, 1969	Stockholm	USSR	-	Finland	6: 1 (3: 0.1: 0.2: 1)
March 19, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia	2: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
March 20, 1969	Stockholm	Canada	-	United States	5: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.4: 0)
March 21, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Canada	5: 1 (1: 1.3: 0.1: 0)
March 21, 1969	Stockholm	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia	0: 2 (0: 0.0: 1.0: 1)
March 22, 1969	Stockholm	Finland	-	United States	4: 3 (1: 1.1: 0.2: 2)
2nd round
March 23, 1969	Stockholm	USSR	-	United States	8: 4 (3: 1.2: 1.3: 2)
March 23, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Finland	5: 0 (2: 0.2: 0.1: 0)
March 23, 1969	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Canada	3: 2 (1: 1.1: 0.1: 1)
March 24, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	USSR	2: 3 (1: 1.1: 1.0: 1)
March 25, 1969	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	4: 2 (2: 2.1: 0.1: 0)
March 25, 1969	Stockholm	Canada	-	United States	1: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
March 26, 1969	Stockholm	USSR	-	Finland	7: 3 (1: 0.4: 1.2: 2)
March 26, 1969	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	United States	6: 2 (2: 0.2: 1.2: 1)
March 27, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Canada	4: 2 (1: 0.0: 2.3: 0)
March 28, 1969	Stockholm	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 4 (0: 2.2: 0.1: 2)
March 29, 1969	Stockholm	Canada	-	Finland	6: 1 (2: 1.3: 1.1: 0)
March 29, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	United States	10: 4 (6: 2.1: 1.3: 1)
March 30, 1969	Stockholm	Finland	-	United States	7: 3 (1: 1.5: 0.1: 2)
March 30, 1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
March 30, 1969	Stockholm	USSR	-	Canada	4: 2 (1: 1.1: 0.2: 1)

Final table of the A-WM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	USSR +	10	8th	0	2	59:23	+36	16: 4
2	Sweden +	10	8th	0	2	45:19	+26	16: 4
3	Czechoslovakia +	10	8th	0	2	40:20	+20	16: 4
4th	Canada	10	4th	0	6th	26:31	−5	08:12
5	Finland	10	2	0	8th	26:52	−26	04:16
6th	United States	10	0	0	10	23:74	−51	00:20

+ The goal difference decides on the placement, as the teams were equal on points and goals even in a direct comparison

Moved up and down

Relegated:	USA, Canada (waiver)
Newcomers:	GDR, Poland (to replace Canada)

Master teams

World Champion USSR	Viktor Puchkov , Viktor Singer - Alexander Ragulin , Viktor Kuskin , Vitaly Davydov - Igor Romischewski , Vladimir Luttschenko , Yevgeny Paladjew , Anatoly Firsov , Valeri Kharlamov , Alexander Maltsev , Vladimir Petrov , Vyacheslav Starshinov , Yevgeny Zimin , Vladimir Wikulow , Boris Mikhailov , Vladimir Wikulow , Alexander Jakuschew , Wladimir Jursinow , Evgeni Mischakow Coaching staff: Anatoli Tarasow and Arkady Ivanovich Tschernyschow
Silver Sweden	Leif Holmqvist , Gunnar Bäckman - Arne Carlsson , Nils Johansson , Kjell-Rune Milton , Bert-Olov Nordlander , Lars-Erik Sjöberg , Lennart Svedberg - Mats Hysing , Stig-Göran Johansson , Stefan Karlsson , Tord Lundström , Lars-Göran Nilsson , Roger Olsson , Björn Palmqvist , Ulf Sterner , Dick Yderström Trainer: Arne Strömberg
Bronze Czechoslovakia	Vladimír Dzurilla , Miroslav Lacky - Jan Suchý , Josef Horešovský , Oldřich Machač , František Pospíšil , Vladimír Bednář - František Ševčík , Jozef Golonka , Jaroslav Jiřík , January Hrbatý , Jaroslav Holik , Jiri Holik , Richard Farda , Václav Nedomanský , Josef Černý , Jan Klapáč , Jan Havel , Josef Augusta Coaching staff: Vladimír Kostka , Jaroslav Pitner

Final table of the EM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	USSR +	6th	4th	0	2	23:14	+9	8: 4
2	Sweden +	6th	4th	0	2	18:10	+8	8: 4
3	Czechoslovakia +	6th	4th	0	2	17:12	+5	8: 4
4th	Finland	6th	0	0	6th	13:35	−22	0:12

+ The goal difference decides on the placement, as the teams were equal on points and goals even in a direct comparison

European ice hockey champion 1969 USSR

Men's B World Championship (in Ljubljana / Yugoslavia)

Games

February 28, 1969	Ljubljana	Poland	-	Romania	4: 2 (0: 1.2: 0.2: 1)
February 28, 1969	Ljubljana	GDR	-	Italy	11: 1 (2: 0.4: 1.5: 0)
February 28, 1969	Ljubljana	Norway	-	Austria	3: 3 (2: 0.1: 2.0: 1)
February 28, 1969	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	BR Germany	4: 1 (1: 1.2: 0.2: 1)
March 1, 1969	Ljubljana	GDR	-	Norway	13: 4 (4: 1.5: 0.4: 3)
March 1, 1969	Ljubljana	BR Germany	-	Romania	6: 2 (2: 2.2: 0.2: 0)
March 2nd 1969	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	2: 1 (0: 0.2: 0.0: 1)
March 2nd 1969	Ljubljana	Poland	-	Austria	9: 1 (2: 0.3: 0.4: 1)
March 3, 1969	Ljubljana	GDR	-	Romania	11: 2 (2: 1.4: 1.5: 0)
March 3, 1969	Ljubljana	BR Germany	-	Norway	5: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.4: 0)
March 3, 1969	Ljubljana	Poland	-	Italy	5: 2 (0: 0.2: 1.3: 1)
March 3, 1969	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Austria	2: 1 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 1)
4th March 1969	Ljubljana	Norway	-	Romania	5: 4 (2: 1.3: 1.0: 2)
4th March 1969	Ljubljana	GDR	-	BR Germany	6: 1 (1: 0.0: 1.5: 0)
March 5th 1969	Ljubljana	Austria	-	Italy	3: 1 (0: 0.2: 0.1: 1)
March 5th 1969	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Poland	1: 4 (1: 2.0: 0.0: 2)
March 6, 1969	Ljubljana	GDR	-	Austria	11: 3 (1: 1.7: 1.3: 1)
March 6, 1969	Ljubljana	Poland	-	Norway	5: 1 (4: 0.1: 1.0: 0)
March 6, 1969	Ljubljana	BR Germany	-	Italy	5: 1 (2: 0.1: 1.2: 0)
March 6, 1969	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Romania	4: 4 (0: 1.3: 3.1: 0)
March 8, 1969	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Norway	3: 3 (0: 2.2: 0.1: 1)
March 8, 1969	Ljubljana	BR Germany	-	Austria	8: 0 (2: 0.2: 0.4: 0)
March 8, 1969	Ljubljana	Romania	-	Italy	5: 2 (0: 1.0: 0.5: 1)
March 8, 1969	Ljubljana	GDR	-	Poland	4: 1 (2: 1.1: 0.1: 0)
March 9, 1969	Ljubljana	Norway	-	Italy	10: 2 (6: 0.3: 2.1: 0)
March 9, 1969	Ljubljana	Poland	-	BR Germany	3: 2 (1: 0.1: 1.1: 1)
March 9, 1969	Ljubljana	Romania	-	Austria	5: 4 (0: 1.2: 3.3: 0)
March 9, 1969	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	GDR	1: 6 (0: 1.0: 4.1: 1)

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	GDR	7th	7th	0	0	62:13	+49	14: 0
2	Poland	7th	6th	0	1	31:13	+18	12: 2
3	Yugoslavia +	7th	3	2	2	17:20	−3	8: 6
4th	BR Germany +	7th	4th	0	3	28:16	+12	8: 6
5	Norway	7th	2	2	3	26:35	−9	6: 8
6th	Romania	7th	2	1	4th	24:36	−12	5: 9
7th	Austria	7th	1	1	5	15:39	−24	3:11
8th	Italy	7th	0	0	7th	10:41	−31	0:14

+ the direct comparison decides for Yugoslavia

Moved up and down

B-World Champion 1969:	GDR
Promoted to the A group:	GDR, Poland (to replace Canada)
Relegated from the A group:	United States
Relegated to the C group:	Austria, Italy
Newcomers from the C group:	Japan, Switzerland, Bulgaria

Men's C World Championship (in Skopje / Yugoslavia)

Games

February 24, 1969	Skopje	Japan	-	Bulgaria	3: 4 (0: 0.2: 2.1: 2)
February 24, 1969	Skopje	Switzerland	-	Hungary	11: 1 (3: 0.4: 0.4: 1)
February 24, 1969	Skopje	Netherlands	-	Denmark	4: 3 (2: 0.0: 2.2: 1)
February 25, 1969	Skopje	Switzerland	-	Netherlands	8: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.3: 0)
26th February 1969	Skopje	Hungary	-	Bulgaria	5: 3 (2: 1.2: 2.1: 0)
26th February 1969	Skopje	Japan	-	Denmark	11: 1 (1: 1.5: 0.5: 0)
February 27, 1969	Skopje	Netherlands	-	Bulgaria	7: 5 (2: 2.4: 1.1: 2)
February 27, 1969	Skopje	Japan	-	Hungary	6: 3 (0: 1.4: 1.2: 1)
February 27, 1969	Skopje	Switzerland Gaston Furrer (6.40) Michel Turler (8.10) Michel Berger (19.40) Claude Henry (21.30) Ueli Lüthi (25.27) Marcel Sgualdo (26.50) Daniel Piller (34.20) Daniel Piller (38.40) Daniel Piller (48.59)	-	Denmark	9: 0 (3: 0.5: 0.1: 0)
February 28, 1969	Skopje	Japan	-	Netherlands	11: 0 (5: 0.4: 0.2: 0)
March 1, 1969	Skopje	Hungary	-	Denmark	4: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.2: 0)
March 1, 1969	Skopje	Switzerland	-	Bulgaria	11: 3 (5: 0.3: 3.3: 0)
March 2nd 1969	Skopje	Bulgaria	-	Denmark	4: 2 (1: 1.3: 1.0: 0)
March 2nd 1969	Skopje	Hungary	-	Netherlands	13: 1 (5: 0.3: 0.5: 1)
March 2nd 1969	Skopje	Switzerland	-	Japan	2: 5 (0: 3.2: 1.0: 1)

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Japan +	5	4th	0	1	36:10	+26	8: 2
2	Switzerland +	5	4th	0	1	41: 9	+32	8: 2
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	26:22	+4	6: 4
4th	Netherlands +	5	2	0	3	12:40	−28	4: 6
5	Bulgaria +	5	2	0	3	19:28	−9	4: 6
6th	Denmark	5	0	0	5	7:32	−25	0:10

+ the direct comparison decides for Japan and for the Netherlands

Moved up and down

C world champion 1969:	Japan
Moving up to the B group:	Japan, Switzerland, Bulgaria (Hungary and the Netherlands waived)
Relegated from group B:	Italy, Austria