Ice Hockey World Championship 1981

This article covers the men's ice hockey world championship. See also 1981 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship .

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	Winner: Soviet Union

After a year break due to the Olympic ice hockey tournament, the games of the 47th ice hockey world championship and 58th ice hockey European championship were played in 1981 . The world champion was determined in Gothenburg in Sweden from April 12th to 26th . Group B fought for promotion from March 20th to 29th in Val Gardena , Italy, and the C World Cup was held from March 6th to 15th in Beijing in the People's Republic of China . A total of 24 teams took part in the three tournaments.

Overview

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
A world championship	Gothenburg	Apr 12, 1981 - Apr 26, 1981	8th	221,515	32	6,922
B world championship	Val Gardena	20 Mar 1981 - March 29 1981	8th		28
C world championship	Beijing	06th Mar 1981 - March 15 1981	8th		28

mode

The host mode of the A-WM was not changed, in the group B, which was reduced from 10 to 8 teams, they returned to the pure league system.

A world championship

A-WM 1981 men
Number of nations	8th
World Champion	USSR
silver	Sweden
bronze	Czechoslovakia
Relegated	Netherlands
Venue (s)	Gothenburg & Stockholm , Sweden
opening	April 12, 1981
Endgame	April 26, 1981
spectator	221,504 (6,922 per game)
Gates	284 (8.88 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Vladislav Tretyak
Best defender	Larry Robinson
Best striker	Alexander Malzew
Top scorer	Holger Meitinger (20 points)

Once again the USSR was the superior world champion. For the Soviet team it was the 17th world and 20th European championship title. Even the admission of professional players since 1976 could not change this superiority. This was because the play-offs of the North American professional leagues were taking place at the same time as the World Cup. The Canadians and Americans, but also the western European teams, especially Sweden and Finland, could only fall back on professionals from those clubs that had already been eliminated in the championship. In addition, these could usually only arrive immediately before the start of the tournament. As a result, these teams were not well-rehearsed, against the state amateurs from the Soviet Union, who mostly played together in the domestic clubs , they usually had no chance.

Venues

The A-World Championship 1981 was held at two venues, the Scandinavium in Gothenburg and the Johanneshovs Isstadion in Stockholm .

Gothenburg	Gothenburg Stockholm World Championship venues	Stockholm
Scandinavium Capacity: 12,044		Johanneshovs Isstadion Capacity: 8,300

Preliminary round

Group A

The group A games were played in Stockholm at Johanneshovs Isstadium .

April 12, 1981 1 p.m.

USSR W. Shalimov (1:02) A. Malzew (27:28) N. Drosdezki (31:28) A. Chomutow (32:44) A. Malzew (35:44) W. Krutow (40:29) A. . Skworzow (43:19) A. Malzew (45:18) W. Petrow (48:00) W. Schluktow (57:38)

10: 1 (1: 0, 4: 1, 5: 0)

Netherlands L. van Wieren (37:21)

Johanneshovs Isstadium , Stockholm Spectators: 6,832

April 12, 1981 5:00 p.m.

Canada M. Gartner (7:28) L. McDonald (13:37) J. Ogrodnick (52:00) M. Gartner (54:42)

4: 3 (2: 0, 0: 0, 2: 3)

Finland M. Kiimalainen (51:14) J. Sevon (55:34) T. Levo (59:59)

Johaneshovs Isstadium, Stockholm Spectators: 6,612

April 13, 1981 4:00 p.m.

Canada J. Ogrodnick (8:39) L. McDonald (12:48) M. Lukowich (26:13) D. Maruk (39:39) D. McCourt (45:08) M. Gartner (47:28) L DeBlois (52:30) R. Green (56:04)

8: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 4: 1)

Netherlands T. de Vos (56:15)

Johanneshovs Isstadium, Stockholm Spectators: 2,167

April 13, 1981 8:00 p.m.

USSR N. Drosdezki (12:15) W. Golikow (15:14) N. Drosdezki (30:16) W. Krutow (35:57) N. Drosdezki (36:26) S. Kapustin (46:29) p Makarov (53:54)

7: 1 (2: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1)

Finland T. Nummelin (41:53)

Johanneshovs Isstadium, Stockholm Spectators: 3,482

April 15, 1981 4:00 p.m.

USSR W. Golikov (14:45) W. Pervukhin (22:20) S. Shepelev (29:19) W. Golikow (33:27) A. Kassatonov (36:35) S. Shepelev (37:37) W. . Schluktow (44:41) A. Chomutow (59:58)

8: 2 (1: 0, 5: 1, 2: 1)

Canada D. Maruk (26:44) G. Lafleur (49:04)

Johaneshovs Isstadium, Stockholm Spectators: 4,732

April 15, 1981 8:00 p.m.

Finland R. Ruotsalainen (19:28) L. Litma (22:04) J. Tamminen (23:23) M. Leinonen (24:02) R. Ruotsalainen (29:43) J. Porvari (30:04) K . Jalonen (30:33) R. Ruotsalainen (34:00) L. Litma (35:33) J. Porvari (48:43) M. Leinonen (54:35) T. Nummelin (58:06)

12: 3 (1: 1, 8: 1, 3: 1)

Netherlands L. Koopmans (1:16) J. de Heer (37:25) L. Koopmans (58:38)

Johaneshovs Isstadium, Stockholm Spectators: 1,301

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	USSR	3	3	0	0	25: 4	+21	6-0
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	14:12	+2	4: 2
3	Finland	3	1	0	2	16:14	+2	2: 4
4th	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	05:30	−25	0: 6

Group B

The group B games were played in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg .

April 12, 1981 3:00 p.m.

Czechoslovakia J. Lála (1:24) F. Černík (6:06) J. Lála (9:01) J. Pouzar (16:01) J. Lála (21:48) A. Kadlec (25:59) M . Fryčer (27:10) J. Lála (41:43) M. Nový (44:18) A. Kadlec (54:50) M. Nový (59:57)

11: 2 (4: 1, 3: 0, 4: 1)

USA R. Sheehan (7:13) D. Debol (51:01)

Scandinavium , Gothenburg Spectators: 4,026

April 12, 1981 8:00 p.m.

Sweden I. Hammarström (4:22) B.-Å. Gustafsson (27:03) L. Molin (37:02) B.-Å. Gustafsson (38:50)

4: 2 (1: 1.3: 0.0: 1)

Federal Republic of Germany H. Meitinger (19:14) E. Höfner (58:29)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 9,208

April 14, 1981 4:00 p.m.

Czechoslovakia J. Korbela (13:13) M. Nový (26:20) M. Dvořák (37:13) P. Míšek (42:46) P. Richter (46:30) M. Nový (57:55)

6: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 3: 1)

BR Germany M. Kuhl (17:38) M. Kuhl (48:59)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 3,188

April 14, 1981 8:00 p.m.

Sweden R. Stoltz (16:02) S. Östling (33:41) B.-Å. Gustafsson (40:23) A. Håkansson (50:32)

4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)

USA D. Debol (13:45) W. Miller (38:17)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 6,386

April 15, 1981 4:00 p.m.

Federal Republic of Germany R. Philipp (3:39) H.-P. Kretschmer (15:25) M. Wolf (18:01) U. Egen (24:26) H. Meitinger (35:13) V. Vacátko (39:05)

6:10 (3: 2, 3: 2, 0: 6)

USA R. Wilson (2:23) A. Hangsleben (8:34) A. Broten (30:57) D. Debol (35:48) D. Christian (40:50) R. Larson (42:48) D. Debol (44:37) R. Wilson (51:21) D. Christian (56:49) B. Miller (57:46)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 5,639

April 15, 1981 8:00 p.m.

Sweden P. Sundström (42:05) A. Håkansson (45:55) L. Norberg (49:57)

3: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 3: 1)

Czechoslovakia D. Rusnák (6:56) A. Kadlec (28:03) J. Lála (53:55)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 10,405

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	20: 7	+13	5: 1
2	Sweden	3	2	1	0	11: 7	+4	5: 1
3	United States	3	1	0	2	14:21	−7	2: 4
4th	BR Germany	3	0	0	3	10:20	−10	0: 6

Relegation round for places 5–8

The results of the direct comparisons from the preliminary round were used to create the final table.

April 17, 1981 4:00 p.m.

Netherlands J. de Heer (7:31) J. de Heer (18:26) J. de Heer (19:34) R. Berteling (21:44) L. van Wieren (45:04) B. de Bruyn ( 46:15)

6: 7 (3: 2, 1: 4, 2: 1)

USA D. Christian (17:59) C. Norwich (19:45) W. Olds (21:10) D. Debol (24:31) M. Pavelich (32:19) D. Christian (37:21) D. . Christian (59:49)

Scandinavium , Gothenburg Spectators: 2,491

April 17, 1981 8:00 p.m.

Finland T. Nummelin (2:25) T. Levo (6:15) K. Jalonen (14:48) J. Porvari (32:36) S. Ahokainen (41:48) T. Levo (57:28)

6: 3 (3: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1)

BR Germany H. Meitinger (4:46) H. Meitinger (31:38) E. Höfner (44:48)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 3,109

April 19, 1981

BR Germany

9: 2 (4: 1, 4: 0, 1: 1)

Netherlands

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 19, 1981

United States

6: 4 (1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 1)

Finland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 21, 1981

Finland

4: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)

Netherlands

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 21, 1981

United States

2: 6 (0: 3, 1: 0, 1: 3)

BR Germany

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 23, 1981

United States

7: 3 (2: 1, 3: 1, 2: 1)

Netherlands

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 23, 1981

Finland

4: 4 (3: 0, 1: 2, 0: 2)

BR Germany

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 25, 1981

United States

3: 3 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2)

Finland

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

April 25, 1981

BR Germany

12: 6 (2: 2, 3: 1, 7: 3)

Netherlands

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
5	United States	6th	4th	1	1	35:28	0+7	9: 3
6th	Finland	6th	3	2	1	33:21	+12	8: 4
7th	BR Germany	6th	3	1	2	40:30	+10	7: 5
8th	Netherlands	6th	0	0	6th	22:51	−29	0:12

Championship round for places 1–4

The championship round, in which the medal ranks were played, was held in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg . The results from the direct comparisons of the preliminary round were included in the final table.

April 18, 1981 1:00 p.m.

Canada M. Lukowich (6:22) L. McDonald (25:02) D. Maruk (27:04) L. DeBlois (57:53)

4: 7 (1: 4, 2: 1, 1: 2)

Czechoslovakia M. Nový (3:12) D. Rusnák (6:00) P. Richter (10:17) A. Kadlec (19:58) B. Ebermann (37:29) P. Richter (48:00) V. Martinec (50:40)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 3,798

April 18, 1981 5:00 p.m.

Sweden L. Norberg (50:21)

1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 2)

USSR S. Kapustin (28:47) W. Petrow (34:52) S. Shepelev (45:27) S. Shepelev (53:38)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 6,724

April 20, 1981 4:00 p.m.

Canada M. Foligno (6:57)

1: 3 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1)

Sweden P. Sundström (24:37) P. Helander (38:16) L. Norberg (57:33)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 7,064

April 20, 1981 8:00 p.m.

USSR S. Makarow (0:22) A. Skworzow (6:43) S. Kapustin (9:29) S. Makarow (10:25) A. Malzew (17:29) W. Krutow (40:09) S. . Schepelew (43:01) W. Petrow (44:22)

8: 3 (5: 1, 0: 1, 3: 1)

Czechoslovakia P. Richter (8:34) J. Lála (25:42) A. Kadlec (46:29)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 4,551

April 22, 1981 4:00 p.m.

Sweden R. Eriksson (4:45) A. Håkansson (9:41) A. Håkansson (37:28) L. Norberg (40:30)

4: 2 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)

Czechoslovakia V. Martinec (0:49) V. Martinec (57:29)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 7,342

April 22, 1981 8:00 p.m.

USSR W. Fetissow (0:55) W. Krutow (23:54) W. Golikow (26:14) W. Petrov (29:07)

4: 4 (1: 2, 3: 1, 0: 1)

Canada D. Maruk (6:08) J. Ogrodnick (7:24) L. Robinson (35:37) M. Gartner (49:49)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 5,336

April 24, 1981 4:00 p.m.

Czechoslovakia J. Lála (24:03) D. Rusnák (25:55) F. Černík (40:26) M. Nový (50:04)

4: 2 (0: 1, 2: 1, 2: 0)

Canada P. Boutette (0:31) L. DeBlois (33:22)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 6,442

April 24, 1981 8:00 p.m.

Sweden T. Steen (53:32)

1:13 (0: 0, 0: 6, 1: 7)

USSR W. Shalimov (21:44) W. Krutow (23:24) A. Skworzow (26:11) A. Malzew (29:56) S. Shepelev (31:45) W. Golikow (35:47) W. Krutow (40:31) N. Drosdezki (42:08) W. Golikow (46:05) S. Biljaletdinow (48:31) A. Malzew (50:26) A. Skworzow (53:56) S. Kapustin (56:43)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 11,009

April 26, 1981 1:00 p.m.

Sweden P. Sundström (1:56) R. Eriksson (5:41) P. Sundström (10:18) L. Molin (21:49)

4: 3 (3: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0)

Canada B. Long (9:03) M. Foligno (23:50) D. Maruk (37:13)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators: 10,314

April 26, 1981 5:00 p.m.

USSR W. Shalimov (9:32)

1: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0)

Czechoslovakia J. Kokrment (25:17)

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Spectators: 9,188

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	USSR	6th	4th	2	0	38:12	+26	10: 2
2	Sweden	6th	3	1	2	16:26	−10	07: 5
3	Czechoslovakia	6th	2	2	2	20:22	−2	06: 6
4th	Canada	6th	0	1	5	16:30	−14	01:11

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, bold: top tournament value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt
Holger Meitinger	BR Germany	8th	8th	12	20th
Ernst Höfner	BR Germany	8th	9	5	14th
Alexander Malzew	USSR	8th	6th	7th	13
Dave Christian	United States	8th	8th	3	11
Vladimir Golikov	USSR	8th	6th	5	11
Nikolai Drosdezki	USSR	8th	5	6th	11
Jiří Lála	Czechoslovakia	8th	7th	3	10
Vladimir Petrov	USSR	8th	4th	6th	10
Vladimir Krutov	USSR	8th	6th	3	9
Robert Miller	United States	8th	5	4th	9
David Debol	United States	8th	5	4th	9

Final placement of the A-WM

Pl	team
1	USSR
2	Sweden
3	Czechoslovakia
4th	Canada
5	United States
6th	Finland
7th	BR Germany
8th	Netherlands

Relegated:	Netherlands
Newcomers:	Italy

Master teams

World Champion USSR	Vladislav Tretiak , Vladimir Myshkin , Vyacheslav Fetisov , Alexei Kassatonow , Valeri Vasilyev , Nikolai Makarov , Sinetula Bilyaletdinov , Vasily Pervukhin , Sergei Babinow , Sergei Makarov , Vladimir Petrov , Vladimir Krutov , Viktor Shalimov , Sergei Schepelew , Sergei Kapustin , Alexander Maltsev , Vladimir Golikov , Nikolai Drosdezki , Alexander Skworzow , Viktor Schluktow , Andrei Khomutow , Yuri Lebedew Coaching staff: Viktor Tikhonov , Vladimir Yursinov
Silver Sweden	Peter Lindmark , Reino Sundberg - Tomas Jonsson , Peter Helander , Stig Östling , Anders Eldebrink , Tommy Samuelsson , Mats Waltin , Göran Lindblom - Göran Nilsson , Ulf Isaksson , Patrik Sundström , Roland Eriksson , Roland Stoltz , Mats Näslund , Lennart Norberg , Anders Håkansson , Bengt-Åke Gustafsson , Inge Hammarström , Thomas Steen , Dan Söderström , Harald Lückner , Lars Molin Trainer: Bengt Ohlson
Bronze Czechoslovakia	Karel Lang , Jaromír Šindel - January Neliba , senior Miloslav Hořava , Milan Chalupa , Arnold Kadlec , Stanislav Hajdusek , Miroslav Dvořák , Petr Míšek - Milan Nový , Vladimír Martinec , Pavel Richter , František Černík , Miroslav Fryčer , dárius rusnák , Norbert Král , Jiří Lála , Ivan Hlinka , Jindřich Kokrment , Jaroslav Pouzar , Bohuslav Ebermann , Jaroslav Korbela Coaching staff: Luděk Bukač , Stanislav Neveselý

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Vladislav Tretyak	USSR
Best defender	Larry Robinson	Canada
Best striker	Alexander Malzew	USSR

All-Star Team

Attack:	Sergei Makarov - Alexander Malzew - Sergei Kapustin
Defense:	Valery Vasilyev - Larry Robinson
Goal:	Peter Lindmark

Final placement of the EM

Pl	team
1	USSR
2	Sweden
3	Czechoslovakia
4th	Finland
5	BR Germany
6th	Netherlands

B world championship

B-WM 1981 men
Number of nations	8th
Climbers	Italy
Relegated	Japan Yugoslavia
Venue (s)	Ortisei in Val Gardena , Italy
opening	March 20, 1981
Endgame	March 29, 1981
Gates	239 (8.54 per game)
Top scorer	Wiesław Jobczyk (19 points)

In 1980, the IIHF awarded the World Cup of Group B to the Grödner Tal (Val Gardena) in Italy under the condition that the venue be roofed. The venue was the Setil ice rink in Ortisei , which was built in 1967 and held up to 4,500 spectators. The actual user of the venue was HC Gröden, founded in 1927 . The roofing of the stadium during the 1980/81 season made it the largest closed ice rink in Central Europe at that time.

Games

March 20, 1981

GDR

4: 3 (0: 2, 0: 0, 4: 1)

Japan

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 20, 1981

Poland

6: 5 (3: 2, 2: 2, 1: 1)

Romania

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 20, 1981

Switzerland

5: 2 (3: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)

Norway

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 20, 1981

Italy

6: 4 (2: 1, 4: 2, 0: 1)

SFR Yugoslavia

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 21, 1981

Poland

3: 3 (1: 2, 2: 0, 0: 1)

Switzerland

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 21, 1981

Norway

2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Japan

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 21, 1981

GDR

11: 3 (4: 0, 3: 0, 4: 3)

SFR Yugoslavia

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 21, 1981

Italy

3: 2 (0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1)

Romania

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 23, 1981

Japan

7: 3 (1: 2, 4: 0, 2: 1)

SFR Yugoslavia

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 23, 1981

GDR

6: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 5: 1)

Romania

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 23, 1981

Poland

13: 4 (2: 2, 6: 2, 5: 0)

Norway

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 23, 1981

Italy

4: 2 (0: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0)

Switzerland

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 24, 1981

Poland

11: 2 (4: 1, 6: 0, 1: 1)

Japan

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 24, 1981

Romania

2: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)

SFR Yugoslavia

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 24, 1981

Italy

6: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0)

Norway

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 24, 1981

GDR

1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1)

Switzerland

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 26, 1981

Romania

5: 1 (3: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)

Japan

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 26, 1981

GDR

6: 3 (3: 2, 0: 1, 3: 0)

Norway

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 26, 1981

Switzerland

4: 4 (3: 1, 0: 2, 1: 1)

SFR Yugoslavia

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 26, 1981

Italy

4: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Poland

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 28, 1981

Norway

6: 2 (3: 0, 2: 0, 1: 2)

SFR Yugoslavia

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 28, 1981

Romania

3: 8 (1: 3, 0: 3, 2: 2)

Switzerland

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 28, 1981

Poland

7: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1)

GDR

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 28, 1981

Italy

9: 2 (5: 0, 3: 2, 1: 0)

Japan

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 29, 1981

Poland

8: 4 (1: 1, 5: 1, 2: 2)

SFR Yugoslavia

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 29, 1981

Romania

7: 3 (2: 1, 4: 2, 1: 0)

Norway

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 29, 1981

Switzerland

4: 3 (1: 0, 0: 3, 3: 0)

Japan

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

March 29, 1981

Italy

6: 6 (2: 2, 2: 2, 2: 2)

GDR

Setil ice rink, Ortisei

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Italy	7th	6th	1	0	38:18	+20	13: 1
2	Poland	7th	5	1	1	49:25	+24	11: 3
3	Switzerland	7th	4th	2	1	28:20	+8	10: 4
4th	GDR	7th	4th	1	2	37:25	+12	09: 5
5	Romania	7th	2	0	5	25:30	−5	04:10
6th	Norway	7th	2	0	5	21:39	−18	04:10
7th	SFR Yugoslavia	7th	1	1	5	23:44	−21	03:11
8th	Japan	7th	1	0	6th	18:38	−20	02:12

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, bold: top tournament value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt
Wiesław Jobczyk	Poland	7th	12	7th	19th
Detlef Radant	GDR	7th	6th	7th	13
Cary Farelli	Italy	7th	7th	5	12
Wayne Bianchin	Italy	7th	3	9	12
Andrzej Zabawa	Poland	7th	9	3	12
Rick Bragnalo	Italy	7th	4th	7th	11
Leszek Kokoszka	Poland	7th	8th	1	9
Bogdan Dziubiński	Poland	7th	5	4th	9
Traian Cazacu	Romania	7th	4th	4th	8th
Giovanni Conte	Switzerland	7th	3	5	8th

All-Star Team

Attack:	Wiesław Jobczyk - Rick Bragnalo - Wayne Bianchin
Defense:	Jakob Kölliker - John Bellio
Goal:	Jim Corsi

Ascent and descent

Promoted to the A group:	Italy
Relegated from the A group:	Netherlands
Relegated to the C group:	Japan Yugoslavia
Newcomers from the C group:	Austria People's Republic of China

Champion team of group B

B world champion Italy

Jim Corsi , Adriano Tancon - Dave Tomassoni , John Bellio , Erwin Kostner , Guido Tenisi , Rocky Pagnello , Gino Pasqualotto - Cary Farelli , Rick Bragnalo , Wayne Bianchin , Steve Cupolo , Giulio Francella , Alberto Di Fazio , Thomas Milani , Patrick Dell'Jannone , Grant Goegan , Egon Schenk , Michael Mair , Adolf Insam Coaching staff: Dave Chambers , Alberto Da Rin , Roberto Lacedelli

C world championship

in Beijing, China

Games

March 6, 1981

Austria Rick Cunningham (4), Rudolf König (3), Helmut Petrik (2), Giuseppe Mion , Jeffrey Geiger

10: 0 (4: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0)

North Korea

Capital Indoor Stadium , Beijing

March 6, 1981

France

7: 0 (5: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Bulgaria

Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing

March 6, 1981

People's Republic of China

5: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)

Denmark

Beijing

March 6, 1981

Hungary

8: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 3: 0)

Great Britain

Beijing

March 7, 1981

People's Republic of China

6: 2 (3: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)

Bulgaria

Beijing

March 7, 1981

Austria Cijan (2), König, Fritz, Cunningham, Geiger, Dossi

7: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

Hungary

Beijing spectators: 18,000

March 7, 1981

Denmark

9: 5 (1: 0, 4: 2, 4: 3)

North Korea

Beijing

March 7, 1981

France

11: 2 (4: 0, 4: 1, 3: 1)

Great Britain

Beijing

March 9, 1981

People's Republic of China

12: 2 (2: 0, 6: 1, 4: 1)

Great Britain

Beijing

March 9, 1981

Bulgaria

6: 4 (0: 1, 3: 1, 3: 2)

Denmark

Beijing

March 9, 1981

Hungary

10: 3 (1: 0, 7: 1, 2: 2)

North Korea

Beijing

March 9, 1981

Austria

7: 1 (2: 0, 4: 0, 1: 1)

France

Beijing

March 10, 1981

Hungary

11: 6 (5: 2, 1: 2, 5: 2)

France

Beijing

March 10, 1981

People's Republic of China

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2)

Austria

Beijing

March 10, 1981

Denmark

13: 2 (5: 1, 4: 1, 4: 0)

Great Britain

Beijing

March 10, 1981

Bulgaria

9: 2 (2: 0, 1: 1, 6: 1)

North Korea

Beijing

March 12, 1981

France

17: 1 (4: 1, 5: 0, 8: 0)

North Korea

Beijing

March 12, 1981

People's Republic of China

3: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0)

Hungary

Beijing

March 12, 1981

Bulgaria

4: 2 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)

Great Britain

Beijing

March 12, 1981

Austria

4: 2 (1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0)

Denmark

Beijing

March 13, 1981

North Korea

5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1)

Great Britain

Beijing

March 13, 1981

Hungary

2: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)

Denmark

Beijing

March 13, 1981

Austria

5: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0)

Bulgaria

Beijing

March 13, 1981

People's Republic of China

10: 3 (2: 2, 5: 0, 3: 1)

France

Beijing

March 15, 1981

Austria

7: 2 (1: 1, 3: 0, 3: 1)

Great Britain

Beijing

March 15, 1981

People's Republic of China

10: 2 (3: 1, 3: 1, 4: 0)

North Korea

Beijing

March 15, 1981

Denmark

5: 3 (0: 0, 2: 2, 3: 1)

France

Beijing

March 15, 1981

Hungary

6: 1 (0: 0, 3: 0, 3: 1)

Bulgaria

Beijing

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Austria	7th	7th	0	0	43: 5	+38	14: 0
2	People's Republic of China	7th	6th	0	1	46:14	+32	12: 2
3	Hungary	7th	4th	1	2	38:22	+16	09: 5
4th	Denmark	7th	3	1	3	36:27	+9	07: 7
5	France	7th	3	0	4th	58:36	+12	06: 8
6th	Bulgaria	7th	3	0	4th	22:32	−10	06: 8
7th	North Korea	7th	1	0	6th	18:66	−48	02:12
8th	Great Britain	7th	0	0	7th	11:60	−49	00:14

Moving up to the B group:	Austria People's Republic of China
Relegated from group B:	SFR Yugoslavia Japan

Champion team of group C

C world champion Austria

Robert Mack , Michael Rudman - Rick Cunningham , Johann Fritz , Jeffrey Geiger , Helmut Liebhart , Giuseppe Mion , Walter Schneider , Johann Sulzer - Thomas Cijan , Reinhard Dossi , Kurt Harand , Rudolf König , Helmut Koren , Kurt Mitterer , Helmut Petrik , Peter Raffl , Walter Rothauer , Krunoslav Sekulic , Leopold Sivec Coaching staff: Rudolf Killias

See also

• Junior Ice Hockey World Championship 1981

literature

• Müller, Stephan: International Ice Hockey Encyclopedia 1904-2005 / BoD GmbH Norderstedt, 2005 ISBN 3-8334-4189-5 , pp. 99-100

Web links

• 47th World and 58th European Championship at hokej.snt.cz
• Championnats du monde 1981 at hockeyarchives.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hockeyarenas.net, A-WM 1981
2. ↑ valgardena-groeden.com, In Val Gardena people were already skating around the turn of the century
3. ↑ meinhart.com, Eisstadion St. Ulrich, South Tyrol, Italy ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.