Ice Hockey World Championship 1975

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	Winner: Soviet Union

The 42nd Ice Hockey World Championship and 53rd Ice Hockey European Championship took place in 1975 . A total of 21 teams took part in the three groups of the World Cup. With Japan , an East Asian country hosted World Championship games (Group B) for the first time.

Overview

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Munich , Düsseldorf	0Apr 3, 1975 - Apr 19, 1975	6th	169,000	30th	5,633
B world championship	Sapporo	14 Mar 1975 - March 13 1975	8th		28
C world championship	Sofia	01st Mar 1975 - Mar 10 1975	7th		21st

A world championship

Postage stamp from the Deutsche Bundespost on the occasion of the World Cup

The A-World Championship of 1975, which was held in Munich and Düsseldorf, was marked by a lot of boredom. On the one hand, this was due to the fact that these title fights took place without a host. The Federal Republic of Germany had missed promotion in the previous year and therefore had to compete in the B group in Sapporo . But also the fight for the title and the duels against relegation did not create any real tension. There were also hardly any close matches; The differences in performance between the respective direct counterparties were too clear. Only the fight for the bronze medal brought some drama to the tournament. The course of this World Cup therefore led to a reform of the A group following these title fights. The IIHF decided to allow professional players as early as the coming World Cup in order to bring about a greater performance density and, in particular, to bring the Canadians back on board. After this decision, they announced their return to world ice hockey in 1977. In order to free up space for the Canadians, the A group was promptly increased from six to eight teams. This not only saved the US team from relegation, but also surprisingly brought the West German team up as second in the group. As a result, to the delight of the Dutch and Italy , there was no relegation from the B group.

The title holder was the USSR for the 14th time (also the 17th European title).

Games

1 round
3rd April 1975	Munich	Czechoslovakia	-	Poland	5: 0 (1: 0.3: 0.1: 0)
3rd April 1975	Munich	USSR	-	United States	10: 5 (5: 2.1: 1.4: 2)
April 4th 1975	Munich	Sweden	-	Poland	10: 0 (7: 0.0: 0.3: 0)
April 4th 1975	Munich	Finland	-	United States	7: 4 (3: 1.2: 1.2: 2)
April 5th 1975	Munich	Czechoslovakia	-	Sweden	5: 2 (2: 0.0: 0.3: 2)
April 5th 1975	Munich	USSR	-	Finland	8: 4 (3: 2.1: 1.4: 1)
April 6, 1975	Munich	Czechoslovakia	-	United States	8: 3 (3: 3.3: 0.2: 0)
April 6, 1975	Munich	USSR	-	Poland	13: 2 (3: 0.7: 0.3: 2)
April 7th 1975	Munich	Sweden	-	United States	7: 0 (3: 0.0: 0.4: 0)
April 7th 1975	Munich	Finland	-	Poland	5: 2 (1: 0.2: 1.2: 1)
April 8, 1975	Munich	Sweden	-	Finland	1: 0 (0: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
April 8, 1975	Munich	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia	5: 2 (0: 1.3: 0.2: 1)
April 9, 1975	Munich	Poland	-	United States	5: 3 (3: 2.1: 0.1: 1)
April 10, 1975	Munich	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	6: 2 (3: 0.2: 1.1: 1)
April 10, 1975	Munich	USSR	-	Sweden	4: 1 (2: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
2nd round
April 12, 1975	Dusseldorf	Czechoslovakia	-	Poland	8: 2 (4: 1.2: 1.2: 0)
April 12, 1975	Dusseldorf	USSR	-	United States	13: 1 (1: 0.2: 0.10: 1)
April 13, 1975	Dusseldorf	Sweden	-	Poland	13: 0 (6: 0.3: 0.4: 0)
April 13, 1975	Dusseldorf	Finland	-	United States	9: 1 (3: 0.4: 0.2: 1)
April 14, 1975	Dusseldorf	Czechoslovakia	-	Sweden	7: 0 (4: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
April 14, 1975	Dusseldorf	USSR	-	Finland	5: 2 (2: 1.2: 0.1: 1)
April 15, 1975	Dusseldorf	Czechoslovakia	-	United States	8: 0 (3: 0.3: 0.2: 0)
April 15, 1975	Dusseldorf	USSR	-	Poland	15: 1 (3: 0.7: 1.5: 0)
April 16, 1975	Dusseldorf	Sweden	-	United States	12: 3 (1: 1.5: 1.6: 1)
April 16, 1975	Dusseldorf	Finland	-	Poland	4: 1 (2: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
April 17th 1975	Dusseldorf	Sweden	-	Finland	1: 2 (1: 2.0: 0.0: 0)
April 17th 1975	Dusseldorf	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia	4: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.2: 0)
April 18, 1975	Dusseldorf	Poland	-	United States	5: 2 (3: 2.0: 0.2: 0)
April 19, 1975	Dusseldorf	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	5: 1 (1: 0.4: 0.0: 1)
April 19, 1975	Dusseldorf	USSR	-	Sweden	13: 4 (4: 0.4: 2.5: 2)

Final table of the A-WM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	USSR	10	10	0	0	90:23	+67	20: 0
2	Czechoslovakia	10	8th	0	2	55:19	+36	16: 4
3	Sweden +	10	5	0	5	51:34	+17	10:10
4th	Finland +	10	5	0	5	36:34	+2	10:10
5	Poland	10	2	0	8th	18:78	−60	04:16
6th	United States	10	0	0	10	22:84	−62	00:20

+ the goal difference decides for Sweden, the direct comparison ended in a draw (1: 0.1: 2)

Moved up and down

Relegated:	no
Newcomers:	GDR, FR Germany

Final table of the EM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	USSR	8th	8th	0	0	67:17	+50	16: 0
2	Czechoslovakia	8th	6th	0	2	39:16	+23	12: 4
3	Sweden +	8th	3	0	5	32:31	+1	06:10
4th	Finland +	8th	3	0	5	20:29	−9	06:10
5	Poland	8th	0	0	8th	8:73	−65	00:16

+ the goal difference decides for Sweden, the direct comparison ended in a draw (1: 0.1: 2)

Master teams

World Champion USSR	Vladislav Tretiak , Viktor Kriwolapow - Valeri Vasilyev , Vladimir Luttschenko , Gennady Tsygankov , Yuri Ljapkin , Yuri Fedorov , Yuri Tyurin , Alexander Filippov - Boris Mikhailov , Vladimir Petrov , Valeri Kharlamov , Alexander Maltsev , Alexander Yakushev , Vladimir Shadrin , Viktor Shalimov , Sergei Kapustin , Vladimir Wikulov , Vyacheslav Anissin , Juri Lebedew Coaching staff : Boris Kulagin , Vladimir Jursinow
Silver Czechoslovakia	Jiří Holeček , Jiri Crha - Oldřich Machač , František Pospíšil , Jiří Bubla , Milan Kajkl , Frantisek Kaberle , Miroslav Dvořák , Vladimír Kostka - Bohuslav Ebermann , Ivan Hlinka , Jiri Holik , Vladimír Martinec , Jiří Novák , Bohuslav Šťastný , Eduard Novák , Milan Nový , Josef Augusta , Jiří Kochta , Marián Šťastný Coaching staff : Karel Gut , Ján Starší
Bronze Sweden	Leif Holmqvist , Göran Högosta - Björn Johansson , Kjell Rune Milton , Stig Salming , Karl-Johan Sundqvist , Mats Waltin , Ulf Weinstock , Stig Östling - Per Olov Brasar , Hans Jax , Dan Labraaten , Mats Lindh , Willy Lindström , Finn Lundström , Tord Lundström , Håkan Pettersson , Dan Söderström , Kjell-Arne Vikström , Mats Åhlberg Coach : Ronald Pettersson

B world championship

Games

March 14, 1975	Sapporo	BR Germany	-	Netherlands	9: 2 (3: 1.2: 0.4: 1)
March 14, 1975	Sapporo	Yugoslavia	-	Switzerland	5: 0 (0: 0.4: 0.1: 0)
March 14, 1975	Sapporo	GDR	-	Romania	7: 3 (1: 0.2: 3.4: 0)
March 14, 1975	Sapporo	Japan	-	Italy	7: 1 (1: 0.5: 1.1: 0)
March 15, 1975	Sapporo	Yugoslavia	-	Romania	4: 4 (1: 2.3: 2.0: 0)
March 15, 1975	Sapporo	Japan	-	BR Germany	3: 6 (0: 2.2: 1.1: 3)
March 16, 1975	Sapporo	Netherlands	-	Italy	0: 3 (0: 0.0: 0.0: 3)
March 16, 1975	Sapporo	GDR	-	Switzerland	5: 8 (2: 2.0: 2.3: 4)
March 17, 1975	Sapporo	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	2: 4 (1: 0.0: 2.1: 2)
March 17, 1975	Sapporo	GDR	-	BR Germany	5: 0 (3: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
March 17, 1975	Sapporo	Romania	-	Netherlands	6: 1 (2: 0.3: 0.1: 1)
March 17, 1975	Sapporo	Japan	-	Switzerland	3: 2 (0: 0.2: 0.1: 2)
March 18, 1975	Sapporo	BR Germany	-	Yugoslavia	2: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.0: 0)
March 18, 1975	Sapporo	Japan	-	Romania	2: 2 (0: 1.2: 1.0: 0)
March 19, 1975	Sapporo	Netherlands	-	Switzerland	3: 4 (1: 1.1: 2.1: 1)
March 19, 1975	Sapporo	GDR	-	Italy	9: 2 (1: 1.1: 1.7: 0)
March 20, 1975	Sapporo	Romania	-	Switzerland	3: 4 (1: 1.0: 1.2: 2)
March 20, 1975	Sapporo	BR Germany	-	Italy	5: 2 (2: 0.1: 1.2: 1)
March 20, 1975	Sapporo	Yugoslavia	-	Netherlands	7: 3 (5: 0.1: 2.1: 1)
March 20, 1975	Sapporo	Japan	-	GDR	1: 3 (0: 1.1: 2.0: 0)
March 21, 1975	Sapporo	Japan	-	Yugoslavia	4: 8 (0: 3.3: 3.1: 2)
March 21, 1975	Sapporo	BR Germany	-	Romania	4: 1 (1: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
March 22, 1975	Sapporo	Switzerland	-	Italy	10: 6 (2: 3.4: 2.4: 1)
March 22, 1975	Sapporo	GDR	-	Netherlands	6: 1 (1: 0.2: 0.3: 1)
March 23, 1975	Sapporo	Romania	-	Italy	7: 4 (2: 1.2: 1.3: 2)
March 23, 1975	Sapporo	Japan	-	Netherlands	1: 1 (0: 0.1: 1.0: 0)
March 23, 1975	Sapporo	GDR	-	Yugoslavia	6: 3 (5: 0.1: 1.0: 2)
March 23, 1975	Sapporo	BR Germany	-	Switzerland	8: 3 (2: 0.3: 2.3: 1)

Final table of the B-WM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	DDR +	7th	6th	0	1	41:18	+23	12: 2
2	BR Germany +	7th	6th	0	1	34:17	+17	12: 2
3	Switzerland	7th	4th	0	3	31:33	−2	8: 6
4th	Yugoslavia	7th	3	1	3	30:23	+7	7: 7
5	Romania ++	7th	2	2	3	26:26	0	6: 8
6th	Japan ++	7th	2	2	3	21:23	−2	6: 8
7th	Italy	7th	2	0	5	22:40	−18	4:10
8th	Netherlands	7th	0	1	6th	11:36	−25	1:13

+ the direct comparison decides for the GDR (5: 0)
++ the goal difference decides for Romania, the direct comparison ended in a draw (2: 2)

Moved up and down

B-World Champion 1975:	GDR
Promoted to the A group:	GDR, FR Germany
Relegated from the A group:	no
Relegated to the C group:	no
Newcomers from the C group:	Norway, Bulgaria

C world championship

China waived the start.

Games

March 1, 1975	Sofia	Norway	-	Austria	2: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
March 1, 1975	Sofia	France	-	Denmark	4: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.3: 0)
March 1, 1975	Sofia	Hungary	-	Belgium	14: 0 (4: 0.5: 0.5: 0)
March 2nd 1975	Sofia	France	-	Belgium	15: 0 (4: 0.5: 0.6: 0)
March 2nd 1975	Sofia	Norway	-	Denmark	5: 5 (1: 1.2: 1.2: 3)
March 2nd 1975	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Austria	4: 1 (3: 1.1: 0.0: 0)
March 4th 1975	Sofia	Austria	-	France	4: 4 (0: 1.2: 3.2: 0)
March 4th 1975	Sofia	Norway	-	Hungary	5: 0 (?:?,?:?,?:?)
March 4th 1975	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Belgium	20: 3 (9: 0.6: 1.5: 2)
March 5th 1975	Sofia	Norway	-	Belgium	24: 0 (10: 0.8: 0.6: 0)
March 5th 1975	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Hungary	4: 6 (?:?,?:?,?:?)
March 5th 1975	Sofia	Austria	-	Denmark	4: 2 (?:?,?:?,?:?)
March 7, 1975	Sofia	Austria	-	Hungary	4: 2 (1: 0.1: 1.2: 1)
March 7, 1975	Sofia	Norway	-	France	6: 1 (2: 0.1: 0.3: 1)
March 7, 1975	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Denmark	3: 2 (1: 0.1: 2.1: 0)
March 8, 1975	Sofia	Hungary	-	Denmark	17: 3 (6: 1.8: 1.3: 1)
March 8, 1975	Sofia	Austria	-	Belgium	19: 2 (11: 0.4: 2.4: 0)
March 8, 1975	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	France	7: 3 (3: 1.0: 2.4: 0)
March 10, 1975	Sofia	Hungary	-	France	5: 5 (?:?,?:?,?:?)
March 10, 1975	Sofia	Denmark	-	Belgium	19: 0 (5: 0.5: 0.9: 0)
March 10, 1975	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Norway	2: 2 (?:?,?:?,?:?)

Final table of the C-WM

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Norway	6th	4th	2	0	44: 8	+36	10: 2
2	Bulgaria	6th	4th	1	1	40:17	+23	9: 3
3	Austria +	6th	3	1	2	32:16	+16	7: 5
4th	Hungary +	6th	3	1	2	44:21	+23	7: 5
5	France	6th	2	2	2	32:22	+10	6: 6
6th	Denmark	6th	1	1	4th	31:33	−2	3: 9
7th	Belgium	6th	0	0	6th	5: 111	−106	0:12
8th	People's Republic of China	renounced

+ the direct comparison decides for Austria (4: 2)

Moved up and down

C-World Champion 1975:	Norway
Moving up to the B group:	Norway, Bulgaria
Relegated from group B:	no

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.hockeyarchives.info/mondial1975.htm