Ice Hockey World Championship 1972

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	Winner: Czechoslovakia

The 39th ice hockey world championship (also the 50th European ice hockey championship ) in 1972 was the first pure world championship in an Olympic year . Since this season there have been two season highlights in the Olympic years with the Olympic tournament and the World Championship, with the exception of 1980 , 1984 and 1988 , in which no World Championship was held.

The group A tournament was held in Prague . The Czechoslovak team used their home advantage and became world champions for the third time (and European champions for the twelfth time). This ended a series of nine successive world titles of the Soviet Union .

20 teams took part in the three tournaments of the World Cup this year, including China for the first time . The French team did not compete in Group B to protest that the French association had not financed the trip to the Olympic tournament in Sapporo, Japan .

Overview

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Prague	0Apr 7, 1972 - Apr 2, 1972 0	6th	285,564	30th	9,519
B world championship	Bucharest	24 Mar 1972 - Apr 2, 1972 0	7th		21st
C world championship	Miercurea Ciuc	03rd Mar 1972 - Mar 12 1972	7th		21st

A world championship

This year's title fights were held in Prague and brought an interruption to Soviet dominance. After nine titles in a row, the USSR had to be content with second place in this event. The new title holder was Czechoslovakia , which won its third world championship and also its twelfth European title. In addition to the home advantage, they may have benefited from the fact that the World Championships took place around two months after the Winter Olympics . If the Soviet team was still able to triumph over there, it did not succeed in maintaining this high level until the World Cup tournament. In fact, it wasn't until 2006 that the Swedish team became the first team ever to win both tournaments in one year.

The venue for the tournament was the Sportovní hala ČSTV , which at that time had a capacity of 14,389 spectators.

First round

April 7, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Switzerland	19: 1 (5: 0.8: 0.6: 1)
April 7, 1972	Prague	USSR	-	BR Germany	11: 0 (3: 0.3: 0.5: 0)
April 8, 1972	Prague	Sweden	-	Switzerland	12: 1 (4: 1.5: 0.3: 0)
April 8, 1972	Prague	Finland	-	BR Germany	8: 5 (5: 0.2: 4.1: 1)
April 9, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Sweden	4: 1 (2: 0.1: 0.1: 1)
April 9, 1972	Prague	USSR	-	Finland	10: 2 (1: 0.6: 2.3: 0)
April 10, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	BR Germany	8: 1 (1: 1.2: 0.5: 0)
April 10, 1972	Prague	USSR	-	Switzerland	10: 2 (1: 1.4: 1.5: 0)
April 11, 1972	Prague	Sweden	-	BR Germany	10: 0 (3: 0.5: 0.2: 0)
April 11, 1972	Prague	Finland	-	Switzerland	2: 3 (2: 1.0: 0.0: 2)
April 12, 1972	Prague	Sweden	-	Finland	2: 1 (1: 1.0: 0.1: 0)
April 12, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	USSR	3: 3 (2: 0.0: 1.1: 2)
April 13, 1972	Prague	BR Germany	-	Switzerland	6: 3 (3: 2.2: 1.1: 0)
April 14, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	5: 3 (1: 1.2: 1.2: 1)
April 14, 1972	Prague	USSR	-	Sweden	11: 2 (4: 1.3: 1.4: 0)

Second half

April 15, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Switzerland	12: 2 (3: 1.5: 0.4: 1)
April 15, 1972	Prague	USSR	-	BR Germany	7: 0 (4: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
April 16, 1972	Prague	Sweden	-	Switzerland	8: 5 (3: 1.1: 1.4: 3)
April 16, 1972	Prague	Finland	-	BR Germany	13: 3 (4: 0.5: 2.4: 1)
April 17, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Sweden	2: 0 (0: 0.2: 0.0: 0)
April 17, 1972	Prague	USSR	-	Finland	7: 2 (2: 0.3: 0.2: 2)
April 18, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	BR Germany	8: 1 (3: 1.3: 0.2: 0)
April 18, 1972	Prague	USSR	-	Switzerland	14: 0 (6: 0.4: 0.4: 0)
April 19, 1972	Prague	Sweden	-	BR Germany	7: 1 (5: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
April 19, 1972	Prague	Finland	-	Switzerland	9: 1 (4: 0.1: 0.4: 1)
April 20, 1972	Prague	Sweden	-	Finland	4: 5 (0: 2.2: 2.2: 1)
April 20, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	USSR	3: 2 (2: 0.1: 2.0: 0)
April 21, 1972	Prague	BR Germany	-	Switzerland	4: 1 (2: 0.1: 0.1: 1)
April 22, 1972	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	8: 2 (2: 0.3: 2.3: 0)
April 22, 1972	Prague	USSR	-	Sweden	3: 3 (0: 1.1: 2.2: 0)

Final table of the A-WM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Czechoslovakia	10	9	1	0	72:16	19: 1
2.	USSR	10	7th	2	1	78:17	16: 4
3.	Sweden	10	5	1	4th	49:33	11: 9
4th	Finland	10	4th	0	6th	47:48	08:12
5.	BR Germany	10	2	0	8th	21:76	04:16
6th	Switzerland	10	1	0	9	19:96	02:18

Relegated:	Switzerland
Newcomers:	Poland

Master teams

World champion Czechoslovakia	Jiří Holeček , Vladimír Dzurilla - Oldřich Macháč , František Pospíšil , Jiří Bubla , Josef Horešovský , Milan Kužela , Rudolf Tajcnár , Vladimír Bednář - Jan Klapáč , Jaroslav Holik , Jiri Holik , Jiří Kochta , Václav Nedomanský , Július Haas , Vladimír Martinec , Ivan Hlinka , Bohuslav Šťastný , Josef Paleček , Richard Farda Coaching staff: Vladimír Kostka , Jaroslav Pitner
Silver USSR	Vladislav Tretiak , Vladimir Schepowalow - Gennady Tsygankov , Alexander Gusev , Valery Vasilyev , Alexander Ragulin , Viktor Kuskin , Vladimir Luttschenko , Igor Romischewski - Vladimir Wikulow , Alexander Maltsev , Valeri Kharlamov , Boris Mikhailov , Vladimir Petrov , Vyacheslav Soloduchin , Yuri Blinov , Vladimir Shadrin , Alexander Jakuschew , Yevgeny Mishakov , Vyacheslav Anissin Coaching staff: Vsevolod Bobrov , Nikolai Putschkow
Bronze Sweden	Christer Abrahamsson , Curt Larsson , Leif Holmqvist - Thommy Abrahamsson , Thommie Bergman , Björn Johansson , Börje Salming , Lars-Erik Sjöberg , Karl-Johan Sundqvist , Stig Östling - Inge Hammarström , Anders Hedberg , Stig-Göran Johansson , Stefan Karlsson , Stig Larsson , Mats Lindh , Tord Lundström , Lars-Göran Nilsson , Björn Palmqvist , Ture Håkan Pettersson , Håkan Wickberg Trainer: Billy Harris

European Champion 1972 Czechoslovakia

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Jorma Valtonen	Finland
Best defender	František Pospíšil	Czechoslovakia
Best striker	Alexander Malzew	Soviet Union

All-Star Team

Attack:	Valery Kharlamov - Alexander Malzew - Vladimir Wikulov
Defense:	František Pospíšil - Oldřich Machač
Goal:	Jiří Holeček

B world championship

At the B-World Cup in Bucharest , the USA did not manage to get promoted again immediately. She also suffered from the two highlights of the season, after winning the silver medal at the Olympic tournament after a strong performance, but could not call up the best performance again at the B tournament. France , which was promoted to the B group last year , decided not to participate and was relegated straight away.

Games

March 24, 1972	Bucharest	United States	-	Yugoslavia	5: 3 (2: 1.3: 1.0: 1)
March 24, 1972	Bucharest	Poland	-	Norway	9: 1 (1: 1.6: 0.2: 0)
March 24, 1972	Bucharest	GDR	-	Japan	7: 1 (3: 0.4: 0.0: 1)
March 25, 1972	Bucharest	Romania	-	Yugoslavia	3: 2 (0: 0.1: 1.2: 1)
March 26, 1972	Bucharest	GDR	-	Norway	5: 2 (1: 2.1: 0.3: 0)
March 26, 1972	Bucharest	United States	-	Japan	14: 5 (6: 1.2: 2.6: 2)
March 27, 1972	Bucharest	GDR	-	Yugoslavia	4: 3 (0: 3.2: 0.2: 0)
March 27, 1972	Bucharest	Poland	-	Japan	11: 1 (3: 1.5: 0.3: 0)
March 27, 1972	Bucharest	Romania	-	Norway	7: 2 (2: 0.4: 0.1: 2)
March 29, 1972	Bucharest	United States	-	GDR	6: 5 (2: 2.0: 1.4: 2)
March 29, 1972	Bucharest	Japan	-	Norway	4: 4 (1: 1.2: 3.1: 0)
March 29, 1972	Bucharest	Romania	-	Poland	0: 7 (0: 1.0: 2.0: 4)
March 30, 1972	Bucharest	Romania	-	GDR	3: 8 (1: 3.2: 2.0: 3)
March 30, 1972	Bucharest	United States	-	Norway	5: 1 (1: 0.2: 1.2: 0)
March 30, 1972	Bucharest	Poland	-	Yugoslavia	5: 3 (0: 0.4: 2.1: 1)
April 1, 1972	Bucharest	Romania	-	Japan	10: 3 (3: 1.3: 1.4: 1)
April 1, 1972	Bucharest	Yugoslavia	-	Norway	11: 5 (5: 1.0: 1.6: 3)
April 1, 1972	Bucharest	United States	-	Poland	5: 6 (0: 3.4: 2.1: 1)
April 2, 1972	Bucharest	Romania	-	United States	2: 4 (2: 4.0: 0.0: 0)
April 2, 1972	Bucharest	Japan	-	Yugoslavia	6: 3 (3: 0.2: 2.2: 1)
April 2, 1972	Bucharest	Poland	-	GDR	3: 2 (2: 2.1: 0.0: 0)

Final table of the B-WM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Poland	6th	6th	0	0	41:12	+29	12: 0
2.	United States	6th	5	0	1	39:22	+17	10: 2
3.	GDR	6th	4th	0	2	31:18	+13	8: 4
4th	Romania	6th	3	0	3	25:26	−1	6: 6
5.	Japan	6th	1	1	4th	20:49	−29	3: 9
6th	Yugoslavia	6th	1	0	5	25:28	−3	2:10
7th	Norway	6th	0	1	5	15:41	−26	1:11
8th.	France	renounced

B-World Champion 1972:	Poland
Promoted to the A group:	Poland
Relegated from the A group:	Switzerland
Relegated to the C group:	Norway, France
Newcomers from the C group:	Austria, Italy

C world championship

The group C tournament was held in Miercurea Ciuc , Romania.

Games

March 3, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Bulgaria	-	China	3: 4 (2: 2.0: 0.1: 2)
March 3, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Hungary	-	Denmark	11: 4 (1: 1.4: 0.6: 3)
March 4th 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Italy	-	Netherlands	3: 1 (2: 0.0: 1.1: 0)
March 4th 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Austria	-	Denmark	4: 2 (1: 0.2: 1.1: 1)
March 5th 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Italy	-	Bulgaria	6: 2 (1: 1.2: 0.3: 1)
March 5th 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Netherlands	-	China	4: 3 (0: 2.2: 0.2: 1)
March 6, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Hungary	-	Bulgaria	2: 6 (0: 0.0: 2.2: 4)
March 6, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Denmark	-	China	1: 6 (1: 3.0: 3.0: 0)
March 6, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Austria	-	Netherlands	4: 2 (2: 1.1: 0.1: 1)
March 8, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Italy	-	China	7: 1 (1: 1.5: 0.1: 0)
March 8, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Austria	-	Hungary	4: 3 (1: 0.2: 2.1: 1)
March 8, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Bulgaria	-	Netherlands	5: 3 (2: 0.2: 2.1: 1)
March 9, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Italy	-	Denmark	8: 0 (4: 0.2: 0.2: 0)
March 9, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Austria	-	Bulgaria	4: 2 (1: 0.2: 2.1: 0)
March 9, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Hungary	-	Netherlands	6: 1 (1: 1.4: 0.1: 0)
March 11, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Austria	-	China	2: 2 (0: 2.1: 0.1: 0)
March 11, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Netherlands	-	Denmark	2: 4 (1: 2.0: 1.1: 1)
March 11, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Italy	-	Hungary	6: 6 (3: 4.1: 2.2: 0)
March 12, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Bulgaria	-	Denmark	2: 0 (0: 0.0: 0.2: 0)
March 12, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Hungary	-	China	3: 3 (0: 2.1: 1.2: 0)
March 12, 1972	Miercurea Ciuc	Austria	-	Italy	3: 1 (2: 0.0: 1.1: 0)

Final table of the C-WM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Austria	6th	5	1	0	21:12	+ 9	11: 1
2	Italy	6th	4th	1	1	31:13	+18	9: 3
3	People's Republic of China +	6th	2	2	2	19:20	−1	6: 6
4th	Bulgaria +	6th	3	0	3	20:19	+1	6: 6
5	Hungary +	6th	2	2	2	31:24	+7	6: 6
6th	Denmark ++	6th	1	0	5	11:33	−22	2:10
7th	Netherlands ++	6th	1	0	5	13:25	−12	2:10

+ Order based on direct comparisons (China 4: 3.3: 3, Bulgaria 3: 4.6: 2, Hungary 3: 3.2: 6)
++ the direct comparison decides for Denmark (4: 2)

Moved up and down

C world champion 1972:	Austria
Moving up to the B group:	Italy, Austria
Relegated from group B:	France, Norway

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.hockeyarchives.info/mondial1972.htm