Ice Hockey World Championship 1976
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Winner: Czechoslovakia |
The games of the 43rd Ice Hockey World Championships and 54th Ice Hockey European Championships in the 1976 Olympic year took place in Poland (for the first time since 1931 ) and Switzerland . The venue for the A group was Katowice in Upper Silesia from April 8th to 25th . The B group played from the 18th bis 27. March in the Swiss cities of Aarau and Biel / Bienne and the games of the C group took place from 8. bis 13. March in Polish Gdansk instead. A total of 21 teams took part.
competition | place | date | sub- contractor |
viewers total |
Games | O |
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A world championship | Katowice | Apr 8, 1976 - Apr 25, 1976 | 8th | 219,000 | 40 | 5,475 |
B world championship | Aarau , Biel / Bienne | 18 Mar 1976 - March 27th 1976 | 8th | 28 | ||
C world championship | Danzig | March 8 1976 - March 13th 1976 | 5 | 10 |
A world championship
Mode and course of the tournament
This year's World Cup was the first in which professional players were allowed to take part. The USA, in particular, benefited from this, having re-established itself among the best in the world with fourth place after the relegations and promotions of the past few years. The increase in the A group to 8 teams made a new mode of hosting the World and European Championships necessary. After a simple league round, the best 4 teams then played in the championship round for the title and for the medals, the 4 remaining teams played in the so-called relegation round for places 5-8 and against relegation. The points from the preliminary round were taken over. In the EM valuation one returned to the old principle that only the World Cup placement is decisive. For Canada, which was to play in the A group again from the coming World Cup, a place had to be made free; therefore this year there were two relegations with only one promoted. The B group was temporarily increased to 9 teams.
The World Cup tournament in Poland lived off the surprising weakness of the seemingly overpowering Soviets. As in 1972 , they had great difficulty in achieving their maximum performance again after the Olympic tournament. Right at the beginning there was a sensational 4-6 defeat against host Poland, which was followed by two more defeats in the further course of the tournament. The USSR had never suffered 3 defeats in a World Cup. The sensational victory over the Soviets was ultimately of no use to the Poles; in a highly dramatic relegation battle they had to start their way into the B group after a defeat in the last minute against the team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Czechoslovakia became world champion for the fourth time and also won its 13th European title.
venue
The tournament was in Polish Katowice discharged. The venue was the Spodek Arena , which offers two ice rinks and seats 10,000 and 3,000 spectators respectively for ice hockey games. Usually the smaller ice rink is the venue of the ice hockey department of GKS Katowice .
Wojewódzka Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa Capacity: 10,000 |
Mała hala Capacity: 3,000 |
Preliminary round
April 8, 1976 2:00 p.m. |
Sweden Lars-Gunnar Lundberg 15:15 Dan Labraaten 24:49 Roland Eriksson 54:37 Hans Jax 56:44 |
4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) |
Federal Republic of Germany Erich Kühnhackl 40:39 |
Mała hala , Katowice spectators: 3,000 |
April 8, 1976 4:00 p.m. |
Czechoslovakia |
10: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 6: 0) |
GDR |
Wojewódzka Hala , Katowice Spectators: 4,000 |
April 8, 1976 5:00 p.m. |
Finland |
3: 3 (0: 2, 2: 0, 1: 1) |
United States |
Mała hala, Katowice spectators: 2,000 |
April 8, 1976 8:30 p.m. |
Poland 10:27 Mieczysław Jaskierski 14:33 Ryszard Nowiński 22:45 Wiesław Jobczyk 23:06 Mieczysław Jaskierski 26:48 Wiesław Jobczyk 58:57 Wiesław Jobczyk |
6: 4 (2: 0, 3: 2, 1: 2) game report |
USSR Boris Michailow (20:39) Alexander Jakuschew (25:16) Valeri Kharlamov (53:50) Boris Michailow (59:09) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice Spectators: 10,000 (sold out) |
April 9, 1976 | Poland |
0:12 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 8) |
Czechoslovakia |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 9, 1976 |
USSR |
4: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) |
GDR |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 10, 1976 |
Finland |
5: 2 (0: 1, 3: 1, 2: 0) |
BR Germany |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 10, 1976 | Sweden |
0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) |
United States |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 11, 1976 |
Poland |
6: 4 (3: 0, 2: 2, 1: 2) |
GDR |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 11, 1976 |
USSR |
8: 1 (1: 0, 3: 1, 4: 0) |
Finland |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 11, 1976 |
Czechoslovakia |
3: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) |
Sweden |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 12, 1976 | Poland |
3: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 2: 2) |
BR Germany |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 12, 1976 | United States |
1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2) |
GDR |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 13, 1976 |
Czechoslovakia |
7: 1 (1: 1, 4: 0, 2: 0) |
Finland |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 13, 1976 |
USSR |
6: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1) |
Sweden |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 14, 1976 | Poland |
2: 4 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 1) |
United States |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 14, 1976 | GDR |
1: 7 (0: 3, 0: 4, 1: 0) |
BR Germany |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 15, 1976 |
Sweden |
4: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1) |
Finland |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 15, 1976 |
Czechoslovakia |
10: 2 (4: 0, 4: 1, 2: 1) |
United States |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 15, 1976 |
USSR |
8: 2 (3: 1, 3: 1, 2: 0) |
BR Germany |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 17, 1976 |
Sweden |
8: 2 (4: 1, 2: 1, 2: 0) |
GDR |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 17, 1976 | Poland |
3: 3 (2: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0) |
Finland |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 17, 1976 | USSR |
2: 3 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2) |
Czechoslovakia |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 18, 1976 |
United States |
5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1) |
BR Germany |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 18, 1976 |
Finland |
1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) |
GDR |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 19, 1976 |
Czechoslovakia |
9: 1 (5: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) |
BR Germany |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 19, 1976 | Poland |
1: 4 (0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 2) |
Sweden |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 19, 1976 |
USSR |
5: 2 (2: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1) |
United States |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
Closing table
Pl | team | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Points |
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1. | Czechoslovakia | 7th | 7th | 0 | 0 | 54: 7 | 14: 0 |
2. | Soviet Union | 7th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 37:15 | 10: 4 |
3. | Sweden | 7th | 4th | 0 | 3 | 22:18 | 8: 6 |
4th | United States | 7th | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19:23 | 7: 7 |
5. | Poland | 7th | 2 | 1 | 4th | 21:36 | 5: 9 |
6th | BR Germany | 7th | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19:35 | 4:10 |
7th | Finland | 7th | 1 | 2 | 4th | 17:29 | 4:10 |
8th. | GDR | 7th | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11:37 | 4:10 |
Abbreviations: Pl = place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the championship round , relegation round
Relegation round for places 5–8
(Points from the preliminary round also taken over)
April 20, 1976 |
Poland |
5: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 4: 1) |
GDR |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 20, 1976 |
Finland |
4: 4 (2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2) |
BR Germany |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 22, 1976 5:00 p.m. |
Poland |
5: 5 (2: 1, 1: 2, 2: 2) game report |
Finland |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice Spectators: 10,000 (sold out) |
April 22, 1976 8:30 p.m. |
GDR Rainer Patschinski (17:56) |
1: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report |
BR Germany Lorenz Funk (25:12) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice Spectators: 6,000 |
April 25, 1976 |
Finland |
9: 3 (3: 2, 4: 1, 2: 0) |
GDR Peter Slapke (10:21) Ralf Thomas (18:51) Rolf Bielas (29:00) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
April 25, 1976 |
Poland Leszek Kokoszka (35:39) |
1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) |
Federal Republic of Germany Walter Köberle (15:45) Rainer Philipp (59:39) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice |
Closing table
Pl | team | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Points |
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1. | Finland | 10 | 2 | 4th | 4th | 35:41 | 8:12 |
2. | BR Germany | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 26:41 | 8:12 |
3. | Poland | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 32:47 | 8:12 |
4th | GDR | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7th | 19:52 | 5:15 |
Abbreviations: Pl = place, Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats
Notes: league , relegated to the B group
Championship round for places 1–4
The points from the preliminary round were transferred to the table for the championship round.
April 21, 1976 5:00 p.m. |
Czechoslovakia Milan Nový (5:43) Ivan Hlinka (12:55) Jiří Novák (22:57) Peter Šťastný (30:24) Peter Šťastný (36:04) |
5: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 0: 0) game report |
USA Louis Nanne (34:08) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice Spectators: 10,000 (sold out) |
April 21, 1976 8:30 p.m. |
USSR Alexander Jakuschew (24:33) Vladimir Luttschenko (56:14) Vladimir Shadrin (56:25) |
3: 4 (0: 1, 1: 3, 2: 0) game report |
Sweden Roland Bond (14:17) Mats Åhlberg (30:09) Hans Jax (33:43) Dan Labraaten (33:58) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice Spectators: 10,000 (sold out) |
April 23, 1976 5:00 p.m. |
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Pouzar (6:50) Bohuslav Šťastný (7:12) Vladimír Martinec (18:51) Jaroslav Pouzar (47:19) Jiří Holík (56:27) |
5: 3 (3: 0, 0: 2, 2: 1) game report |
Sweden Mats Waltin (21:40) Roland Eriksson (37:10) Lars-Gunnar Lundberg (57:55) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice Spectators: 10,000 (sold out) |
April 23, 1976 8:30 p.m. |
USSR Alexander Golikow (12:55) Vladimir Golikov (26:53) Alexander Jakuschew (28:15) Alexander Golikow (38:12) Yuri Lyapkin (49:20) Vladimir Shadrin (51:50) Valery Vasiliev (53:40) |
7: 1 (1: 1, 3: 0, 3: 0) game report |
USA Steve Jensen (15:29) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice Spectators: 6,000 |
April 24, 1976 1 p.m. |
Sweden Roland Eriksson (9:14) Lars-Gunnar Lundberg (17:16) Dan Söderström (18:54) Lars-Gunnar Lundberg (31:51) Mats Åhlberg (36:45) Roland Eriksson (38:18) Lars-Erik Ericsson (49:54) |
7: 3 (3: 1, 3: 2, 1: 0) |
USA Mike Antonovich (5:21) Thomas Younghans (33:03) Jim Warner (36:12) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice Spectators: 10,000 (sold out) |
April 24, 1976 4:30 p.m. |
USSR Boris Michailow (7:28) Alexander Golikow (13:00) Valeri Vasiljew (17:49) |
3: 3 (3: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) |
Czechoslovakia Ivan Hlinka (9:00) Vladimír Martinec (36:07) Jiří Novák (46:38) |
Wojewódzka Hala, Katowice Spectators: 10,000 (sold out) |
Closing table
Pl | team | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Points |
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1. | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 67:14 | 19: 1 |
2. | Soviet Union | 10 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 50:23 | 13: 7 |
3. | Sweden | 10 | 6th | 0 | 4th | 36:29 | 12: 8 |
4th | United States | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6th | 24:42 | 7:13 |
Final placement of the A-WM
Pl | team |
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1 | Czechoslovakia |
2 | Soviet Union |
3 | Sweden |
4th | United States |
5 | Finland |
6th | BR Germany |
7th | Poland |
8th | GDR |
Moved up and down
Relegated: |
GDR Poland |
Newcomers: |
Romania Canada (set)
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Final placement of the EM
Pl | team |
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1 | Czechoslovakia |
2 | USSR |
3 | Sweden |
4th | Finland |
5 | BR Germany |
6th | Poland |
7th | GDR |
Master teams
B world championship
The B group of the World Cup was played in Aarau and Biel.
Games
March 18, 1976 |
Netherlands |
4: 3 (1: 3, 1: 0, 2: 0) |
Norway |
Aarau |
March 18, 1976 |
Switzerland |
5: 1 (3: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) |
Bulgaria |
Aarau |
March 18, 1976 |
Yugoslavia |
8: 2 (4: 2, 1: 0, 3: 0) |
Italy |
Biel |
March 18, 1976 |
Romania |
7: 5 (1: 3, 2: 2, 4: 0) |
Japan |
Biel |
March 19, 1976 |
Italy |
8: 3 (2: 1, 1: 2, 5: 0) |
Bulgaria |
Aarau |
March 19, 1976 |
Switzerland |
5: 4 (2: 1, 2: 0, 1: 3) |
Yugoslavia |
Aarau |
March 20, 1976 |
Japan |
4: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) |
Netherlands |
Biel |
March 20, 1976 |
Romania |
2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) |
Norway |
Biel |
March 21, 1976 | Romania |
2: 5 (1: 3, 0: 1, 1: 1) |
Yugoslavia |
Aarau |
March 21, 1976 |
Switzerland |
4: 2 (1: 1, 3: 1, 0: 0) |
Netherlands |
Aarau |
March 21, 1976 |
Italy |
4: 2 (0: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0) |
Norway |
Biel |
March 21, 1976 |
Japan |
4: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 3: 1) |
Bulgaria |
Biel |
March 22, 1976 |
Yugoslavia |
9: 7 (4: 1, 0: 5, 5: 1) |
Bulgaria |
Aarau |
March 22, 1976 |
Switzerland |
4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) |
Italy |
Aarau |
March 23, 1976 |
Romania |
8: 1 (3: 0, 1: 1, 4: 0) |
Netherlands |
Biel |
March 23, 1976 | Japan |
2: 3 (2: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0) |
Norway |
Biel |
March 24, 1976 | Romania |
5: 5 (2: 1, 1: 1, 2: 3) |
Italy |
Aarau |
March 24, 1976 |
Japan |
3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1) |
Yugoslavia |
Aarau |
March 24, 1976 |
Netherlands |
5: 3 (0: 0, 2: 2, 3: 1) |
Bulgaria |
Biel |
March 24, 1976 | Switzerland |
3: 7 (1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 4) |
Norway |
Biel |
March 26, 1976 |
Japan |
10: 0 (1: 0, 5: 0, 4: 0) |
Italy |
Aarau |
March 26, 1976 |
Norway |
7: 2 (4: 2, 3: 0, 0: 0) |
Bulgaria |
Aarau |
March 26, 1976 |
Yugoslavia |
5: 1 (2: 1, 3: 0, 0: 0) |
Netherlands |
Biel |
March 26, 1976 | Switzerland |
2: 7 (0: 4, 0: 3, 2: 0) |
Romania |
Biel |
March 27, 1976 | Yugoslavia |
4: 6 (0: 3, 2: 1, 2: 2) |
Norway |
Aarau |
March 27, 1976 | Switzerland |
2: 6 (0: 2, 1: 2, 1: 2) |
Japan |
Aarau |
March 27, 1976 |
Romania |
9: 4 (3: 0, 3: 1, 3: 3) |
Bulgaria |
Biel |
March 27, 1976 |
Netherlands |
9: 3 (3: 0, 2: 0, 4: 3) |
Italy |
Biel |
Closing table
Pl | team | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Points |
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1. | Romania | 7th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 40:23 | 11: 3 |
2. | Japan | 7th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 34:17 | 10: 4 |
3. | Norway | 7th | 4th | 0 | 3 | 29:21 | 8: 6 |
4th | Switzerland | 7th | 4th | 0 | 3 | 25:28 | 8: 6 |
5. | Yugoslavia | 7th | 4th | 0 | 3 | 37:26 | 8: 6 |
6th | Netherlands | 7th | 3 | 0 | 4th | 22:30 | 6: 8 |
7th | Italy | 7th | 2 | 1 | 4th | 23:41 | 5: 9 |
8th. | Bulgaria | 7th | 0 | 0 | 7th | 23:47 | 0:14 |
Abbreviations: Pl = place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to the A group , relegated to the C group
Ascent and descent
B-World Champion 1976: | Romania |
Promoted to the A group: | Romania |
Relegated from the A group: |
GDR Poland
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Relegated to the C group: |
Bulgaria Italy
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Newcomers from the C group: |
Austria Hungary
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C world championship
The C group of the World Cup was held in Gdansk, Poland.
Games
March 8, 1976 |
Austria |
4: 3 (3: 0, 1: 0, 0: 3) |
Denmark |
Danzig |
March 8, 1976 |
Hungary |
11: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 5: 0) |
Great Britain |
Danzig |
March 9, 1976 |
Austria |
21: 2 (7: 1.7: 0.7: 1) |
Great Britain |
Danzig |
March 9, 1976 |
Hungary |
6: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1) |
France |
Danzig |
March 10, 1976 |
France |
7: 4 (3: 1, 1: 2, 3: 1) |
Denmark |
Danzig |
March 11, 1976 |
Denmark |
7: 3 (1: 2, 2: 0, 4: 1) |
Great Britain |
Danzig |
March 11, 1976 |
Austria |
6: 3 (3: 2, 1: 0, 2: 1) |
Hungary |
Danzig |
March 12, 1976 |
France |
5: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) |
Great Britain |
Danzig |
March 13, 1976 |
Hungary |
10: 2 (2: 0, 2: 1, 6: 1) |
Denmark |
Danzig |
March 13, 1976 |
Austria |
7: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 5: 0) |
France |
Danzig |
Closing table
Pl | team | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff | Points |
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1 | Austria | 4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 38: 9 | +29 | 8-0 |
2 | Hungary | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30: 9 | +21 | 6: 2 |
3 | France | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 | −4 | 4: 4 |
4th | Denmark | 4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:24 | −8 | 2: 6 |
5 | Great Britain | 4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 6:44 | −38 | 0: 8 |
Ascent and descent
C world champion 1976: | Austria |
Moving up to the B group: |
Austria Hungary
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Relegated from group B: |
Bulgaria Italy
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Web links
- Poland scores biggest shocker in World Championship history April 8, 1976 - Katowice, Poland
- Championnat du monde 1976 at hockeyarchives.info (french)
- 43rd World and 54th European Championship at hokej.sfrp.cz
- Results from the first matchday of the A-WM , archive of Rude Pravo at archiv.ucl.cas.cz
- Results from the last matchday of the A-WM , archive of Rude Pravo at archiv.ucl.cas.cz