Ice Hockey World Championship 1974

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	Winner: Soviet Union

The games of the 41st A Ice Hockey World Championships and the 52nd Ice Hockey European Championships in 1974 took place in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 22 teams took part in the three groups of the World Cup, including Australia again after a long time and North Korea as a newcomer to the World Cup .

Overview

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Helsinki	0Apr 5, 1974 - Apr 20, 1974	6th	192.856	30th	6,429
B world championship	Ljubljana	21 Mar 1974 - March 30th 1974	8th		28
C world championship	Grenoble , Lyon , Gap	0March 8 1974 - March 17 1974	8th		28

A world championship

The group A tournament, which was held in Helsinki , was overshadowed by the first discovered doping cases in the history of the World Cup. The Swede Ulf Nilsson in the first game Sweden - Poland and the Finn Stig Wetzell in the game Finland - Czechoslovakia tested positive for ephedrine. The players were suspended for the further course of the tournament, the victories of Sweden and Finland on the green table converted into 0: 5 defeats. In addition to the affected teams from Sweden and Finland, the GDR team in particular suffered from these doping decisions; because the direct competitor in the fight against relegation Poland received two unexpected points, which were ultimately decisive for the relegation decision, although the GDR had been successful in direct comparison with Poland.

The sporting events took a very changeable course this year. At first it looked like a title win for the Czechoslovaks , who started with three wins in the tournament , who on the fourth matchday suffered the highest defeat since the 1955 World Cup for the so far undefeated Soviet team with 7-2 . Ultimately, however, the consistency of the defending champion should be the decisive factor, who won all of his other games - including the second leg against the Czechoslovaks - and thus secured the 13th World Cup and 16th European Championship. Although the title holder from 1972 in the second half of the season, in addition to the defeat against the USSR, also lost out to Finland and Sweden, at least second place was never in danger.

Games

1 round
April 5th 1974	Helsinki	Czechoslovakia	-	Poland	8: 0 (4: 0.2: 0.2: 0)
April 5th 1974	Helsinki	USSR	-	GDR	5: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.3: 0)
April 6, 1974	Helsinki	Sweden	-	Poland	+ 4: 1 - 0: 5 rated
April 6, 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	GDR	7: 3 (2: 1.1: 0.4: 2)
April 7th 1974	Helsinki	Czechoslovakia	-	Sweden	3: 2 (1: 1.1: 1.1: 0)
April 7th 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	USSR	1: 7 (0: 1.1: 5.0: 1)
April 8, 1974	Helsinki	Czechoslovakia	-	GDR	8: 0 (3: 0.1: 0.4: 0)
April 8, 1974	Helsinki	USSR	-	Poland	8: 3 (2: 0.5: 0.1: 3)
April 9, 1974	Helsinki	Sweden	-	GDR	10: 1 (3: 1.3: 0.4: 0)
April 9, 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	Poland	2: 2 (1: 0.1: 2.0: 0)
April 10, 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	Sweden	3: 3 (1: 0.2: 3.0: 0)
April 10, 1974	Helsinki	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia	2: 7 (0: 3.0: 3.2: 1)
April 11, 1974	Helsinki	Poland	-	GDR	3: 5 (3: 1.0: 4.0: 0)
April 12, 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	Czechoslovakia	+ 5: 2 - 0: 5 rated
April 12, 1974	Helsinki	USSR	-	Sweden	3: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
2nd round
April 13, 1974	Helsinki	Czechoslovakia	-	Poland	12: 3 (3: 1.2: 1.7: 1)
April 13, 1974	Helsinki	USSR	-	GDR	10: 3 (7: 1.2: 0.1: 2)
April 14, 1974	Helsinki	Sweden	-	Poland	3: 1 (1: 0.2: 0.0: 1)
April 14, 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	GDR	7: 1 (3: 0.2: 0.2: 1)
April 15, 1974	Helsinki	Czechoslovakia	-	Sweden	0: 3 (0: 1.0: 0.0: 2)
April 15, 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	USSR	1: 6 (0: 3.0: 0.1: 3)
April 16, 1974	Helsinki	Czechoslovakia	-	GDR	9: 2 (3: 0.3: 1.3: 1)
April 16, 1974	Helsinki	USSR	-	Poland	17: 0 (6: 0.7: 0.4: 0)
April 17, 1974	Helsinki	Sweden	-	GDR	9: 3 (2: 1.3: 2.4: 0)
April 17, 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	Poland	6: 2 (1: 0.3: 2.2: 0)
April 18, 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	Sweden	2: 6 (0: 1.2: 3.0: 2)
April 18, 1974	Helsinki	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 1 (0: 1.3: 0.0: 0)
April 19, 1974	Helsinki	Poland	-	GDR	3: 3 (2: 2.0: 1.1: 0)
April 20, 1974	Helsinki	Finland	-	Czechoslovakia	5: 4 (2: 1.2: 0.1: 3)
April 20, 1974	Helsinki	USSR	-	Sweden	3: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.1: 0)

+ Games scored on the green table because of doping

Final table of the World Cup and the EM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	USSR	10	9	0	1	64:18	+46	18: 2
2	Czechoslovakia	10	7th	0	3	57:20	+37	14: 6
3	Sweden	10	5	1	4th	38:24	+14	11: 9
4th	Finland	10	4th	2	4th	34:39	−5	10:10
5	Poland	10	1	2	7th	22:64	−42	04:16
6th	GDR	10	1	1	8th	21:71	−50	03:17

Moved up and down

Relegated:	GDR
Newcomers:	United States

Master teams

World Champion USSR	Vladislav Tretiak , Alexander Sidelnikov - Alexander Gusev , Valery Vasilyev , Vladimir Luttschenko , Gennady Tsygankov , Yuri Ljapkin , Yuri Shatalov , Viktor Kuznetsov - Boris Mikhailov , Vladimir Petrov , Valeri Kharlamov , Yuri Lebedev , Alexander Maltsev , Alexander Bodunow , Vyacheslav Anissin , Sergei Kapustin , Alexander Jakuschew , Vladimir Shadrin , Vladimir Repnjow Coaching staff : Vsevolod Bobrov , Boris Kulagin
Silver Czechoslovakia	Jiří Holeček , Jiri Crha - Oldřich Macháč , František Pospíšil , Milan Kužela , Jiří Bubla , Jan Suchý , Jiří Neubauer , Miroslav Dvořák - Jiří Kochta , Václav Nedomanský , Jiri Holik , Vladimír Martinec , Richard Farda , Bohuslav Šťastný , Bohuslav Ebermann , Ivan Hlinka , Josef Augusta , Vladimír Veith , Josef Paleček Coaching staff : Karel Gut , Ján Starší
Bronze Sweden	Christer Abrahamsson , Curt Larsson - Thommy Abrahamsson , Gunnar Andersson , Arne Carlsson , Björn Johansson , Kjell-Rune Milton , Lars-Erik Sjöberg , Karl-Johan Sundqvist - Per-Olov Brasar , Anders Hedberg , Stig-Göran Johansson , Stefan Karlsson , Dan Labraaten , Willy Lindström , Lars-Göran Nilsson , Ulf Nilsson , Håkan Pettersson , Dan Söderström , Håkan Wickberg , Mats Åhlberg Coaching staff : Kjell Svensson , Carlström

B world championship

in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

Games

March 21, 1974	Ljubljana	United States	-	Japan	7: 4 (2: 0.0: 2.5: 2)
March 21, 1974	Ljubljana	BR Germany	-	Norway	7: 4 (1: 2.5: 1.1: 1)
March 21, 1974	Ljubljana	Romania	-	Netherlands	5: 7 (1: 2.2: 3.2: 2)
March 21, 1974	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Austria	10: 3 (1: 1.3: 1.6: 1)
March 22, 1974	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	United States	0: 5 (0: 2.0: 2.0: 1)
March 22, 1974	Ljubljana	Norway	-	Netherlands	0: 7 (0: 4.0: 2.0: 1)
March 23, 1974	Ljubljana	Romania	-	Austria	10: 1 (3: 1.1: 0.6: 0)
March 23, 1974	Ljubljana	BR Germany	-	Japan	6: 1 (1: 0.4: 0.1: 1)
March 24, 1974	Ljubljana	United States	-	Norway	5: 3 (2: 1.0: 2.3: 0)
March 24, 1974	Ljubljana	BR Germany	-	Austria	4: 2 (1: 0.0: 2.3: 0)
March 24, 1974	Ljubljana	Japan	-	Netherlands	8: 5 (2: 1.2: 2.4: 2)
March 24, 1974	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Romania	3: 3 (0: 1.1: 1.2: 1)
March 25, 1974	Ljubljana	United States	-	Netherlands	7: 4 (2: 0.5: 2.0: 2)
March 25, 1974	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Norway	4: 4 (0: 1.2: 2.2: 1)
March 26, 1974	Ljubljana	Japan	-	Austria	4: 3 (1: 1.1: 2.2: 0)
March 26, 1974	Ljubljana	BR Germany	-	Romania	6: 3 (2: 0.1: 1.3: 2)
March 27, 1974	Ljubljana	BR Germany	-	Netherlands	5: 3 (0: 2.2: 0.3: 1)
March 27, 1974	Ljubljana	United States	-	Austria	6: 0 (0: 0.2: 0.4: 0)
March 27, 1974	Ljubljana	Romania	-	Norway	4: 1 (3: 0.0: 1.1: 0)
March 27, 1974	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Japan	5: 4 (1: 1.2: 0.2: 3)
March 29, 1974	Ljubljana	United States	-	Romania	5: 1 (4: 0.1: 1.0: 0)
March 29, 1974	Ljubljana	Austria	-	Netherlands	3: 3 (3: 1.0: 0.0: 2)
March 29, 1974	Ljubljana	Japan	-	Norway	4: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.2: 0)
March 29, 1974	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	BR Germany	10: 4 (4: 1.3: 2.3: 1)
March 30, 1974	Ljubljana	Norway	-	Austria	5: 0 (1: 0.3: 0.1: 0)
March 30, 1974	Ljubljana	Japan	-	Romania	6: 4 (2: 2.0: 1.4: 1)
March 30, 1974	Ljubljana	United States	-	BR Germany	5: 2 (2: 0.1: 1.2: 1)
March 30, 1974	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	-	Netherlands	9: 4 (4: 0.1: 2.4: 2)

Final table of the B-WM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	United States	7th	7th	0	0	40:14	+26	14: 0
2	Yugoslavia +	7th	4th	2	1	41:27	+14	10: 4
3	BR Germany +	7th	5	0	2	34:28	+6	10: 4
4th	Japan	7th	4th	0	3	31:31	0	8: 6
5	Netherlands +	7th	2	1	4th	33:37	−4	5: 9
6th	Romania +	7th	2	1	4th	30:29	+1	5: 9
7th	Norway	7th	1	1	5	18:31	−13	3:11
8th	Austria	7th	0	1	6th	12:42	−30	1:13

+ the direct comparisons decide for Yugoslavia (10: 4) and the Netherlands (7: 5)

Moved up and down

B-World Champion 1974:	United States
Promoted to the A group:	United States
Relegated from the A group:	GDR
Relegated to the C group:	Austria, Norway
Newcomers from the C group:	Italy, Switzerland

Newcomer USA

Blaine Comstock , Ed Walsh - Alan Hangsleben , Carl Lackey , Bob Lundeen , Bill Nyrop , John Taft - Steve Alley , Dave Arundel , Bob Goodenow , Bob Krieger , Len Lilyholm , Doug Palazzari , Mike Polich , Buzz Schneider , Steve Sertich , Guy Smith , Richie Smith , Dean Talafous , Mike Usitalo Head Coach : Bob Johnson Assistant Coach : Grant Standbrook

C world championship

in Grenoble and other places, France

Games

March 8, 1974	Grenoble	Italy	-	North Korea	11: 2 (1: 2.4: 0.6: 0)
March 8, 1974	Grenoble	France	-	Bulgaria	2: 5 (1: 1.0: 3.1: 1)
March 8, 1974	Gap	Switzerland	-	China	13: 0 (6: 0.4: 0.3: 0)
March 8, 1974	Lyon	Hungary	-	Australia	11: 2 (1: 2.5: 0.5: 0)
March 9, 1974	Grenoble	Switzerland	-	Australia	20: 0 (5: 0.6: 0.9: 0)
March 9, 1974	Grenoble	Hungary	-	China	2: 2 (2: 1.0: 1.0: 0)
March 9, 1974	Gap	France	-	North Korea	12: 4 (5: 3.3: 0.4: 1)
March 9, 1974	Lyon	Italy	-	Bulgaria	3: 2 (0: 0.1: 2.2: 0)
March 11, 1974	Grenoble	France	-	Italy	1: 4 (0: 2.0: 1.1: 1)
March 11, 1974	Grenoble	Bulgaria	-	North Korea	10: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.5: 0)
March 11, 1974	Gap	Switzerland	-	Hungary	1: 2 (0: 2.1: 0.0: 0)
March 11, 1974	Lyon	China	-	Australia	8: 3 (2: 1.3: 1.3: 1)
March 12, 1974	Grenoble	France	-	Australia	10: 0 (5: 0.4: 0.1: 0)
March 12, 1974	Grenoble	Hungary	-	Bulgaria	5: 5 (2: 1.2: 2.1: 2)
March 12, 1974	Gap	Switzerland	-	North Korea	15: 0 (1: 0.5: 0.9: 0)
March 12, 1974	Lyon	Italy	-	China	5: 1 (3: 0.2: 0.0: 1)
March 14, 1974	Grenoble	Switzerland	-	Bulgaria	4: 0 (3: 0.1: 0.0: 0)
March 14, 1974	Grenoble	China	-	North Korea	2: 3 (0: 1.0: 1.2: 1)
March 14, 1974	Gap	Italy	-	Australia	13: 0 (2: 0.7: 0.4: 0)
March 14, 1974	Lyon	France	-	Hungary	6: 4 (1: 0.3: 1.2: 3)
March 15, 1974	Grenoble	Hungary	-	North Korea	10: 2 (2: 1.6: 0.2: 1)
March 15, 1974	Grenoble	Switzerland	-	Italy	4: 2 (1: 1.1: 0.2: 1)
March 15, 1974	Gap	Bulgaria	-	Australia	11: 4 (2: 0.8: 1.1: 3)
March 15, 1974	Lyon	France	-	China	6: 2 (1: 2.4: 0.1: 0)
March 17, 1974	Grenoble	Australia	-	North Korea	4: 1 (2: 0.1: 0.1: 1)
March 17, 1974	Grenoble	Italy	-	Hungary	4: 4 (1: 0.0: 0.3: 4)
March 17, 1974	Gap	Bulgaria	-	China	6: 0 (3: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
March 17, 1974	Lyon	France	-	Switzerland	0: 6 (0: 2.0: 2.0: 2)

Final table of the C-WM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Switzerland	7th	6th	0	1	63: 4	+59	12: 2
2	Italy	7th	5	1	1	42:14	+28	11: 3
3	Bulgaria +	7th	4th	1	2	39:18	+21	9: 5
4th	Hungary +	7th	3	3	1	38:22	+16	9: 5
5	France	7th	4th	0	3	37:25	+12	8: 6
6th	People's Republic of China	7th	1	1	5	15:38	−23	3:11
7th	Australia ++	7th	1	0	6th	13:74	−61	2:12
8th	North Korea ++	7th	1	0	6th	12:64	−52	2:12

+ the goal difference decides for Bulgaria, as the direct comparison ended in a draw (5: 5)
++ the direct comparison decides for Australia (4: 1)

Moved up and down

C world champion 1974:	Switzerland
Moving up to the B group:	Switzerland, Italy
Relegated from group B:	Austria, Norway

Individual evidence

1. ↑ middle left: "The Ice Hockey World Championship irregular?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 17, 1974, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).