1976 Winter Olympics / Ice Hockey

Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics
information
venue	innsbruck
Competition venue	Olympiahalle , exhibition hall
Teams	12
Nations	12
Athletes	217 (217 )
date	2nd-14th February 1976
decisions	1
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The 1976 Winter Olympics took place in Innsbruck . The ice hockey games were played in the Olympic and Exhibition Hall from February 2 to 14 . Twelve teams took part in this tournament.

The six teams of the A group of the Ice Hockey World Championship 1975 as well as the best four teams of the B group and the winner of the C group were eligible to participate . Austria was also the host. However, with Sweden (A-group third), the GDR (B-group winner) and Norway (C-group winner), three eligible teams waived their participation. Romania (B group fifth), Japan (B group sixth) and Bulgaria (C group second) moved up for these teams.

Like the previous Olympic tournaments, the tournament started with an elimination round. The pairings were compiled using a seeding list based on the placements at the 1975 World Cup .

The sovereign tournament winner was the USSR, which won its fifth gold medal, ahead of Czechoslovakia. The sensational winner of the bronze medal was the BR Germany, which was successful due to the better goal quotient in the direct comparisons against the teams from Finland and the USA with the same points. Winning the bronze medal was the best placement of a German team at an Olympic tournament until the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The tournament was overshadowed by a doping case. The Czechoslovak player František Pospíšil was convicted of taking the substance codeine on the index after the game against Poland. The game was rated for the Czechoslovak team with 0: 2 points and 0: 1 goals. For opponents Poland, however, the actual final result of 1: 7 still applied.

Elimination round

February 2, 1976 2:00 p.m.

Poland Leszek Kokoszka (18:23) Marian Kajzerek (27:10) Mieczysław Jaskierski (32:50) Leszek Kokoszka (39:31) Robert Góralczyk (48:12) Henryk Pytel (52:52) Wiesław Jobczyk (58:21)

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

Romania Dumitru Axinte (4:42) Elöd Antal (6:31) Doru Tureanu (32:18) Elöd Antal (38:02)

Olympiahalle , Innsbruck spectators: unknown

February 2, 1976 5:00 p.m.

Czechoslovakia Vladimír Martinec (6:10) Ivan Hlinka (11:58) Jiří Holík (17:12) Jiří Holík (22:07) Vladimír Martinec (22:36) Vladimír Martinec (23:29) Eduard Novák (24:45) Josef Augusta (35:13) Jiří Novák (36:37) Jiří Novák (42:32) Josef Augusta (43:55) Jiří Bubla (44:20) Jiří Novák (51:13) František Pospíšil (56:15)

14: 1 (3: 0, 6: 1, 5: 0)

Bulgaria Ilija Batschwarow (36:17)

Olympic Hall, Innsbruck

February 2, 1976 8:00 p.m.

BR Germany Lorenz Funk (11:27) Ernst Köpf (21:53) Lorenz Funk (22:17) Erich Kühnhackl (44:04) Wolfgang Boos (56:35)

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

Switzerland Jürg Berger (21:53)

Olympiahalle, Innsbruck spectators: 7,500

3rd February 1976	Finland	-	Japan	11: 2	(0: 1.4: 0.7: 1)
	United States	-	Yugoslavia	8: 4	(2: 1.4: 1.2: 2)
	Austria	-	Soviet Union	3:16	(0: 4.2: 8.1: 4)

Final round for places 1–6 (A group)

February 6, 1976	Poland	-	BR Germany	4: 7	(2: 5.0: 0.2: 2)
	USSR	-	United States	6: 2	(3: 0.1: 1.2: 1)
	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	2: 1	(0: 1.1: 0.1: 0)
February 8, 1976	USSR	-	Poland	16: 1	(7: 1.6: 0.3: 0)
	Finland	-	BR Germany	5: 3	(2: 1.1: 1.2: 1)
	Czechoslovakia	-	United States	5-0	(1: 0.1: 0.3: 0)
February 10, 1976	Finland	-	United States	4: 5	(0: 2.2: 1.2: 2)
	Czechoslovakia	-	Poland	0: 1 1	(3: 1.1: 0.3: 0)
	USSR	-	BR Germany	7: 3	(5: 2.1: 0.1: 1)
February 12, 1976	United States	-	Poland	7: 2	(3: 1.1: 1.3: 0)
	Czechoslovakia	-	BR Germany	7: 4	(4: 0.3: 2.0: 2)
	USSR	-	Finland	7: 2	(3: 0.1: 0.3: 2)
February 14, 1976	United States	-	BR Germany	1: 4	(0: 0.0: 1.1: 3)
	Finland	-	Poland	7: 1	(4: 1.1: 0.2: 0)
	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia	4: 3	(0: 2.2: 0.2: 1)

¹ ) Final score 7: 1, due to a positive doping result from a Czechoslovakian with 0: 2 points and 0: 1 goals against Czechoslovakia. Poland was not awarded any points.

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.	Direct comparison
									Pt.	Gates	Diff	Quot
1.	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	40:11	+29	10-00
2.	Czechoslovakia	5	3	0	2	17:10	+7	06: 40
3.	BR Germany	5	2	0	3	21:24	-3	04: 60	2: 2	7: 6	+1	1.167
4th	Finland	5	2	0	3	19:18	+1	04: 60	2: 2	9: 8	+1	1.125
5.	United States	5	2	0	3	15:21	-6	04: 60	2: 2	6: 8	−2	0.750
6th	Poland	5	0	0	5	9:37	-28	00:10

Placement round for places 7–12 (B group)

5th February 1976	Yugoslavia	-	Switzerland	6: 4	(1: 1.2: 2.3: 1)
	Romania	-	Japan	3: 1	(1: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
	Austria	-	Bulgaria	6: 2	(1: 1.3: 0.2: 1)
7th February 1976	Romania	-	Yugoslavia	3: 4	(1: 1.1: 2.1: 1)
	Switzerland	-	Bulgaria	8: 3	(2: 0.3: 1.3: 2)
	Austria	-	Japan	3: 2	(1: 1.2: 0.0: 1)
February 9, 1976	Yugoslavia	-	Bulgaria	8: 5	(3: 1.1: 0.4: 4)
	Switzerland	-	Japan	4: 6	(2: 1.1: 4.1: 1)
	Austria	-	Romania	3: 4	(2: 1.0: 0.1: 3)
February 11, 1976	Romania	-	Bulgaria	9: 4	(6: 0.2: 1.1: 3)
	Yugoslavia	-	Japan	3: 4	(0: 2.0: 1.3: 1)
	Austria	-	Switzerland	3: 5	(1: 1.2: 3.0: 1)
February 13, 1976	Japan	-	Bulgaria	7: 5	(4: 3.2: 1.1: 1)
	Romania	-	Switzerland	8: 4	(0: 2.4: 0.4: 2)
	Austria	-	Yugoslavia	3: 1	(0: 0.2: 0.1: 1)

Final table (group B)

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.	Pts in you. See.
1.	Romania	5	4th	0	1	27:16	+11	8: 02
2.	Austria	5	3	0	2	18:14	+ 04	6: 04	4-0
3.	Japan	5	3	0	2	20:18	+ 02	6: 04	2: 2
4th	Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	22:19	+ 03	6: 04	0: 4
5.	Switzerland	5	2	0	3	25:26	- 01	4: 06
6th	Bulgaria	5	0	0	5	19:38	-19	0:10

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Vladimir Shadrin	USSR	6th	10	4th	14th	2
Alexander Malzew	USSR	6th	7th	7th	14th	0
Viktor Shalimov	USSR	6th	7th	7th	14th	2
Alexander Yakushev	USSR	6th	4th	9	13	2
Vladimír Martinec	Czechoslovakia	6th	7th	5	12	2
Doru Tureanu	Romania	6th	6th	6th	12	23
Viktor Schluktow	USSR	6th	2	9	11	2
Erich Kühnhackl	BR Germany	5	5	5	10	10
Milan Nový	Czechoslovakia	6th	7th	2	9	0
Vladimir Petrov	USSR	6th	6th	3	9	6th

Final placement and squad of the teams

Silver medal of the Czechoslovak national team

placement	team	player
	USSR	Boris Alexandrov , Sergei Babinow , Valeri Kharlamov , Alexander Gusev , Alexander Yakushev , Sergei Kapustin , Yuri Ljapkin , Vladimir Luttschenko , Alexander Maltsev , Boris Mikhailov , Vladimir Petrov , Vladimir Shadrin , Viktor Shalimov , Viktor Schluktow , Alexander Sidelnikov , Vladislav Tretiak , Valeri Vasilyev , Gennady Zygankov
	Czechoslovakia	Josef Augusta , Jiří Bubla , Milan Chalupa , Jiří Crha , Miroslav Dvořák , Bohuslav Ebermann , Ivan Hlinka , Jiří Holeček , Jiri Holik , Milan Kajkl , Oldřich Macháč , Vladimír Martinec , Eduard Novák , Jiří Novák , Milan Nový , František Pospíšil , Jaroslav Pouzar , Bohuslav Šťastný
	BR Germany	Lorenz Funk , Ernst Köpf , Alois Schloder , Rudolf Thanner , Josef Völk , Anton Kehle , Erich Kühnhackl , Rainer Philipp , Klaus Auhuber , Ignaz Berndaner , Wolfgang Boos , Martin Hinterstocker , Udo Kießling , Walter Köberle , Stefan Metz , Franz Reindl , Ferenc Vozar , Erich Weishaupt
4th	Finland	Matti Hagman , Reijo Laksola , Antti Leppänen , Henry Leppä , Seppo Lindström , Pekka Marjamäki , Matti Murto , Timo Nummelin , Esa Peltonen , Timo Saari , Jorma Vehmanen , Urpo Ylönen , Hannu Haapalainen , Seppo Ahokainen , Tapio Koskinen , Pertti Koivulahti , Hannu Kapanen , Matti Rautiainen
5	United States	Steve Alley , Daniel Bolduc , Blane Comstock , Bob Dobek , Robbie Harris , Jeffrey Hymanson , Paul Jensen , Steve Jensen , Dick Lamby , Bob Lundeen , Bob Miller , Douglas Ross , Gary Ross , Buzz Schneider , Stephen Sertich , John Taft , Theodore Thorndike , James Warden
6th	Poland	Stefan Chowaniec , Andrzej Tkacz , Andrzej Iskrzycki , Marek Marcińczak , Kordian Jajszczok , Tadeusz Obłój , Jerzy Potz , Andrzej Słowakiewicz , Andrzej Zabawa , Walenty Ziętara , Karol Żurek , Walery Kosyl , Robert Góralczyk , Wiesław Jobczyk , Leszek Kokoszka , Henryk Pytel , Mieczysław Jaskierski , Marian Kajzerek
7th	Romania	Valerian Netedu , Vasile Morar , Elöd Antal , Șandor Gal , George Justinian , Ion Ioniță , Dezideriu Varga , Doru Moroșan , Doru Tureanu , Dumitru Axinte , Eduard Pană , Vasile Huțanu , Ioan Gheorghiu , Tiberiu Mikloș , Alexandru Hălălăucaru , Marian Panaşu , Marian , Marian Costea
8th	Austria	Daniel Gritsch , Franz Schilcher , Walter Schneider , Gerhard Hausner , Johann Schuller , Michael Herzog , Günter Oberhuber , Othmar Russ , Max Moser , Rudolf König , Sepp Puschnig , Franz Voves , Josef Schwitzer , Peter Zini , Sepp Kriechbaum , Alexander Sadjina , Herbert Pöck , Herbert Mörtl
9	Japan	Toshimitsu Otsubo , Minoru Misawa , Hiroshi Hori , Iwao Nakayama , Hitoshi Nakamura , Kiyoshi Esashika , Takeshi Akiba , Koji Wakasa , Hideo Urabe , Yoshiaki Kyoya , Minoru Ito , Takeshi Azuma , Sadaki Honma , Hideo Sakurai , Tsutomu Hanzawa , Osamu Wakabayashi , Yasushio Tanaka , Yoshio Hoshino
10	Yugoslavia	Marjan Žbontar , Janez Albreht , Miroslav Lap , Drago Savić , Božidar Beravs , Bojan Kumar , Ivan SCAP , Bogdan Jakopič , Miroslav Gojanovic , Eduard Hafner , Tomaž Lepša , Roman Smolej , Ignac Kavec , Franci Žbontar , Silvo Poljanšek , Janez Petac , Janez Puterle , Gorazd Hiti
11	Switzerland	Alfio Molina , André Jorns , Charles Henzen , Andreas Meyer , Jakob Kölliker , Ueli Hofmann , Ernst Lüthi , Aldo Zenhäusern , Nando Mathieu , Bernhard Neininger , Anton Neininger , Renzo Holzer , Walter Dürst junior , Guy Dubois , Georg Mattli , Jürg Berger , Rolf Tschiemer , Daniel Widmer
12	Bulgaria	Petar Radev , Atanas Iliew , Ivan Markowski , Nikolai Petrov , Dimo Krastinow , Dimitri Lazarov , Ivan Penelow , Georgi Iliew , Ivailo Kalev , Ljubomir Ljubomirow , Ilija Batschwarow , Bozhidar Mintschew , Miltscho Nenow , Ivan Atanasov , Kiril Gerasimov , Marin Batschwarow , Malin Atanasov , Nikolaj Michajlow

Web links

• 12th Winter Olympic Games, 4th-15th 2. 1976, Innsbruck, Austria at hokej.sfrp.cz
• Jeux Olympiques d'Innsbruck 1976 at passionhockey.com