1973 World Ice Hockey Championships

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1973 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host nation	USSR
Dates	31 March–15 April
Teams	6
Champions	Soviet Union (12 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	258 (8.6 per game)
Attendance	331,500 (11,050 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vladimir Petrov 34 points

The 1973 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 40th Ice Hockey World Championships and the 51st European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in the Soviet Union from 31 March to 15 April and the games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in the capital, Moscow. Six teams took part in the main tournament, with each team playing each other twice. The Soviet Union took back their world title, winning all ten games on home ice, with an incredible points difference, and becoming World Champions for the twelfth time.

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	10	10	0	0	100 - 18	20
2	Sweden	10	7	1	2	53 - 23	15
3	Czechoslovakia	10	6	1	3	48 - 20	13
4	Finland	10	3	1	6	24 - 39	7
5	Poland	10	1	1	8	14 - 76	3
6	West Germany	10	1	0	9	19 - 82	2

West Germany was relegated to Group B.

31 March

14-1

31 March

17-1

1 April

2-11

1 April

8-3

2 April

2-0

2 April

8-2

3 April

4-2

3 April

9-3

4 April

2-8

4 April

0-5

5 April

2-3

5 April

3-2

6 April

2-4

7 April

2-4

7 April

6-1

8 April

1-4

8 April

2-18

9 April

7-0

9 April

2-1

10 April

3-3

10 April

9-1

11 April

2-7

11 April

20-0

12 April

12-1

12 April

1-1

13 April

2-1

13 April

4-2

14 April

1-4

15 April

8-0

15 April

6-4

World Championship Group B (Austria)

Played in Graz, 22 to 31 March.

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
7	East Germany	7	7	0	0	56 - 21	14
8	United States	7	5	1	1	52 - 23	11
9	Yugoslavia	7	4	2	1	36 - 22	10
10	Romania	7	4	1	2	24 - 20	9
11	Austria	7	2	0	5	21 - 44	4
12	Japan	7	2	0	5	23 - 28	4
13	Switzerland	7	2	0	5	26 - 44	4
14	Italy	7	0	0	7	18 - 54	0

East Germany was promoted to Group A, both Switzerland and Italy were relegated to group C. Rating Austria, Japan and Switzerland against each other head to head, they each had two points, Austria had a goal differential of +2, Japan +1, and Switzerland -3.

22 March

6-4

22 March

6-4

22 March

4-3

22 March

2-4

23 March

6-6

23 March

6-5

24 March

3-0

24 March

8-5

25 March

4-6

25 March

2-5

25 March

6-0

25 March

2-4

26 March

11-0

26 March

1-6

27 March

4-5

27 March

4-2

28 March

5-3

28 March

5-4

28 March

8-4

28 March

0-9

30 March

6-3

30 March

4-3

30 March

1-15

30 March

8-4

31 March

3-5

31 March

4-10

31 March

2-2

31 March

2-12

World Championship Group C (Netherlands)

Played in Geleen, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Tilburg and The Hague, from 9 to 18 March.

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
15	Norway	7	7	0	0	53 - 14	14
16	Netherlands	7	5	0	2	52 - 21	10
17	Hungary	7	5	0	2	44 - 24	10
18	Bulgaria	7	3	1	3	29 - 28	7
19	China	7	2	2	3	21 - 28	6
20	France	7	3	0	4	23 - 29	6
21	Denmark	7	0	2	5	22 - 58	2
22	Great Britain	7	0	1	6	18 - 60	1

Norway and the Netherlands were promoted to Group B.

09 March

3-3

09 March

9-0

09 March

4-3

09 March

2-4

10 March

3-3

10 March

3-1

10 March

14-2

10 March

5-3

12 March

4-0

12 March

2-1

12 March

7-1

12 March

13-3

13 March

6-3

13 March

11-3

13 March

9-6

13 March

8-5

15 March

2-1

15 March

9-2

15 March

6-0

15 March

14-0

16 March

8-3

16 March

5-1

16 March

8-8

16 March

7-0

18 March

7-1

18 March

6-5

18 March

11-5

18 March

3-6

Ranking and statistics

1973 IIHF World Championship Winners
Soviet Union 12th title

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia
4	Finland
5	Poland
6	West Germany

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia
4	Finland
5	Poland
6	West Germany

Team Photos

United States

References

Complete results
Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 143.

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