1978 World Ice Hockey Championships

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1978 World Ice Hockey Championships
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Tournament details
Host nation  Czechoslovakia
Dates 26 April – 14 May
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union (15 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 40
Goals scored 322  (8.05 per game)
Attendance 362,642  (9,066 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of West Germany Erich Kühnhackl 16 points

The 1978 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 26 April to 14 May. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once in the first round, and then the four best teams meeting in a new round. This was the 45th World Championships, and also the 56th European Championships. The USSR won for the fifteenth time, narrowly defeating the incumbent Czechoslovaks.

On the final day, there was essentially a gold medal game, and a bronze medal game. The Soviets played the Czechoslovaks and needed to win by at least two to win the Championship.[1] They took a three nothing lead, and hung to win by two, capturing gold by being even head to head with the Czechoslovaks, but having a cumulative two goal advantage against everyone else. Canada and Sweden came into the final game even, so the winner would claim the bronze. Pat Hickey scored with a minute left in the game to give Canada a three to two victory, and the medal.[2]

Because of the allowance of professionals from the NHL into the tournament, a peculiar (and new) situation arose during this year's tournament. The Minnesota North Stars had players representing Canada (2), Sweden (3), and the USA (4).[3]

World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)

First round

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points Difference Points
1  Czechoslovakia 7 7 0 0 44 - 15 14
2  Soviet Union 7 6 0 1 46 - 23 12
3  Canada 7 4 0 3 32 - 26 8
4  Sweden 7 4 0 3 35 - 21 8
5  West Germany 7 2 1 4 23 - 35 5
6  United States 7 1 1 5 25 - 42 3
7  East Germany 7 1 1 5 13 - 45 3
8  Finland 7 1 1 5 23 - 34 3
26 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 6-2
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
26 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 8-0
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
26 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 9-5
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
27 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 6-4
 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
27 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 7-4
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
27 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 5-1
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
28 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 6-4
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
28 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6-2
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
29 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 10-1
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
29 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 8-2
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
30 April Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 7-2
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
30 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 6-3
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
1 May Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6-2
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
1 May Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 10-2
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
2 May Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 8-3
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
2 May Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 6-1
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
3 May West Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 7-4
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
3 May East Germany Flag of East Germany.svg.png 4-3
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
4 May Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 5-0
 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
4 May Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 6-1
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
5 May West Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 5-3
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
5 May United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 7-3
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
6 May Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 6-4
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
6 May Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 7-5
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
7 May East Germany Flag of East Germany.svg.png 1-1
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
7 May Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3-3
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
8 May Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 3-2
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
8 May Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 4-2
 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada

Final Round 1-4 place

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1  Soviet Union 10 9 0 1 61 - 26 18
2  Czechoslovakia 10 9 0 1 54 - 21 18
3  Canada 10 5 0 5 38 - 36 10
4  Sweden 10 4 0 6 39 - 37 8
10 May Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 5-1
 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
10 May Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 6-1
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
12 May Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 3-2
 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
12 May Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 7-1
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
14 May Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 3-2
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
14 May Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 3-1
 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia

Consolation Round 5-8 place

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
5  West Germany 10 3 3 4 35 - 43 9
6  United States 10 2 2 6 38 - 58 6
7  Finland 10 2 2 6 37 - 44 6
8  East Germany 10 1 3 6 20 - 57 5

East Germany was relegated to Group B.

9 May Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 4-4
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
9 May United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5-5
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
11 May West Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 0-0
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
11 May United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4-3
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
13 May West Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 8-4
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
13 May Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 7-2
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany

World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)

Played in Belgrade March 17–26.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
9 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 7 6 1 0 51 - 19 13
10 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 7 5 1 1 26 - 17 11
11 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 7 4 1 2 42 - 32 9
12 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png Romania 7 3 1 3 41 - 29 7
13 Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png Hungary 7 3 0 4 21 - 36 6
14 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 7 2 1 4 29 - 34 5
15 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 7 1 1 5 32 - 41 3
16 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia 7 1 0 6 14 - 48 2

Undefeated Poland was promoted to Group A, and both Italy and Yugoslavia were relegated to Group C.

17 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 4-5
 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
17 March Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 1-8
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland
17 March Romania Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png 6-4
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
17 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png 2-4
 Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png Hungary
18 March Hungary Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png 4-3
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
18 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png 2-5
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland
19 March Romania Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png 5-5
 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
19 March Japan Flag of Japan.svg.png 1-6
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
20 March Hungary Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png 1-2
 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
20 March Romania Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png 3-7
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
20 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 4-9
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland
20 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png 3-12
 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
21 March Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 7-2
 Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png Hungary
21 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png 1-7
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
22 March Japan Flag of Japan.svg.png 5-2
 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png Romania
22 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 4-7
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
23 March Hungary Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png 0-8
 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png Romania
23 March Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 6-6
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
23 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 2-12
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland
23 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png 1-6
 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
25 March Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 12-5
 Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png Hungary
25 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 4-3
 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
25 March Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 2-2
 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
25 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png 0-11
 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png Romania
26 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 1-5
 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
26 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 2-5
 Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png Hungary
26 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png 5-3
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
26 March Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 8-6
 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png Romania

World Championship Group C (Spain)

78WorldC.jpg

Played in the Canary Islands (Las Palmas) 10–19 March.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
17 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 7 6 1 0 74 - 17 13
18 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 7 5 1 1 65 - 31 11
19 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 7 4 1 2 59 - 25 9
20 Flag of China.svg.png China 7 4 0 3 47 - 30 8
21 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 7 3 1 3 27 - 30 7
22 Flag of France.svg.png France 7 3 0 4 46 - 39 6
23 Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 7 1 0 6 26 - 84 2
24 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 7 0 0 7 13 - 101 0

The Netherlands and Austria were both promoted to Group B. China and Denmark also ended up being promoted to alleviate a political situation between the Chinese and the South Koreans.[4]

10 March China Flag of China.svg.png 8-4
 Flag of France.svg.png France
10 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png 18-3
 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
10 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 7-4
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
10 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 2-7
 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
12 March China Flag of China.svg.png 3-2
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
12 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 9-7
 Flag of France.svg.png France
12 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 11-4
 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
12 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 0-8
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
13 March China Flag of China.svg.png 12-1
 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
13 March Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 7-6
 Flag of France.svg.png France
13 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 0-19
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
13 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 3-3
 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
15 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 10-3
 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
15 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png 12-3
 Flag of France.svg.png France
15 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 9-4
 Flag of China.svg.png China
15 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 2-10
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
16 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png 3-3
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
16 March France Flag of France.svg.png 9-0
 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
16 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 4-14
 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
16 March China Flag of China.svg.png 2-4
 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
18 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 19-1
 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
18 March Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 8-3
 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
18 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 3-13
 Flag of France.svg.png France
18 March China Flag of China.svg.png 4-6
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
19 March Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 22-1
 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium
19 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 0-4
 Flag of France.svg.png France
19 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 4-8
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
19 March Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 4-14
 Flag of China.svg.png China

Ranking and statistics

 


 1978 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Soviet Union
15th title

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Gold medal icon.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.png Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal icon.png Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
4 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
5 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
6 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
7 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
8 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

Gold medal icon.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.png Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal icon.png Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
4 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
5 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
6 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland

Photos

Citations

  1. ↑ Tie breaker
  2. ↑ Tournament summary
  3. ↑ Duplacey page 506
  4. ↑ Group B and C summaries 1979

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, 146–7. 


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