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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition&lt;br /&gt;
 | tourney_name =&lt;br /&gt;
 | year = 1968&lt;br /&gt;
 | other_titles =&lt;br /&gt;
 | image = 1968wolposter.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
 | size = 200px&lt;br /&gt;
 | caption =&lt;br /&gt;
 | country = France&lt;br /&gt;
 | dates = 6–17 February &lt;br /&gt;
 | num_teams = 14&lt;br /&gt;
 | venues =  &lt;br /&gt;
 | cities = &lt;br /&gt;
 | winners = USSR&lt;br /&gt;
 | count = 3&lt;br /&gt;
 | second = Czechoslovakia&lt;br /&gt;
 | third = Canada&lt;br /&gt;
 | fourth = Sweden&lt;br /&gt;
 | games = 43&lt;br /&gt;
 | goals = 316&lt;br /&gt;
 | attendance = &lt;br /&gt;
 | scoring_leader = {{Flagicon|URS}} Anatoli Firsov &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;16 points&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
 | mvp =&lt;br /&gt;
 | prevseason = [[1967 World Ice Hockey Championships|1967]] or&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Olympics]]&lt;br /&gt;
 | nextseason = [[1969 World Ice Hockey Championships|1969]] or&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972 Olympics]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The men's '''[[ice hockey]]''' tournament at the '''1968 Winter Olympics''' held in [[Grenoble]], [[France]], was the 11th [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic Championship]], also serving as the 35th [[World Ice Hockey Championships|World Championships]] and the 46th [[Ice Hockey European Championships|European Championships]].  This was the last Olympic tournament to include the World and European titles. Games were held at the [[Palais des Sports (Grenoble)|Palais des Sports]].  The [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]] won their third Olympic gold medal, eighth World Championship and twelfth European Championship.  [[Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]] won the silver, followed by [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] taking the bronze.  This was Canada's tenth Olympic ice hockey medal, a feat not matched by any other nation as of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] (Canada's men's team has 15 medals as of 2014). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For the first (and only) time, not all qualifiers were given the opportunity to play for medals, as the lowest two ranked qualifiers ([[Japan men's national ice hockey team|Japan]] and [[Austria men's national ice hockey team|Austria]]), together with host [[France men's national ice hockey team|France]] were placed directly into the Consolation Group.  Poland and Italy qualified but declined to participate.&amp;lt;ref name=Duplacey&amp;gt;Duplacey p. 505&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/mondial1967.htm 1967 summary that notes qualifiers]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Highlights==&lt;br /&gt;
[[East German national ice hockey team|East Germany]] participated for the first and only time in these games and played its final game with rival [[West German national ice hockey team|West Germany]]. The West prevailed 4-2.&amp;lt;ref name=french&amp;gt;[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/JO1968.htm Olympic summary]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  [[Finland men's national ice hockey team|Finland]] pulled off an historic first, defeating Canada in the second day of competition.&amp;lt;ref name=french/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In their penultimate match of the tournament, the USSR team lost to the Czechoslovakian team, which gave a tie-breaking advantage to the latter as each team had a record of 5 wins, 1 loss (10 points) with one game remaining. Yet the USSR team was also tied with Canada and would play the Canadians for the final game of the tournament. For teams finishing with identical records, it is games between the tied teams that determines placings.&amp;lt;ref name=podneiks&amp;gt;Podneiks p. 110&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=french/&amp;gt; In their final matches of the tournament, Sweden tied with Czechoslovakia, while the USSR won its game that day against Canada, and the triple championship.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To win the championship, Czechoslovakia needed to win its game against Sweden and for Canada to lose or tie its match with USSR. Had Canada won against USSR and Czechoslovakia won its game over [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]], Canada would have tied Czechoslovakia with 12 points but prevailed in the tie breaker to win the championship.  For the USSR, their loss broke a record tying streak of 39 straight World Championship games without a loss.&amp;lt;ref name=Duplacey/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=french/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wallechinsky p. 614&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Medalists==&lt;br /&gt;
{| cellSpacing=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; cellPadding=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- bgColor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;24&amp;quot;|'''Pos'''||'''Team'''&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;24&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffde4f&amp;quot;| '''Gold'''||{{ih|URS}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;24&amp;quot; bgColor=&amp;quot;#dfdfdf&amp;quot;|'''Silver'''||{{ih|TCH}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;24&amp;quot; bgColor=&amp;quot;#ffbb43&amp;quot;|'''Bronze'''||{{ih|CAN}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==First round==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany -  {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway 3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''4. February 1968 - Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Joachim Ziesche, Lothar Fuchs, Peter Prusa - Odd Syversen.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Finland}} Finland -  {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia 11:2 (3:0, 6:0, 2:2''')&lt;br /&gt;
'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''4. February 1968 - Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Lasse Oksanen 2, Esa Peltonen 2, Matti Reunamаki 2, Juhani Wahlsten, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Keinonen, Matti Harju, Pekka Leimu - Albin Felc, Franc Smolej.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''' {{flagicon|Germany}} West Germany - {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania  7:0 (1:0, 3:0, 3:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''4. February 1968 - Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Gustav Hanig 2, Alois Schloder, Ernst Kopf, Otto Schneitberger, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Finland, East Germany and West Germany qualify for Group A medal round. Romania, Yugoslavia and Norway participate in Group B for 9th-14th place.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==World Championship Group A (France)==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Final Round===&lt;br /&gt;
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|Rank&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;120&amp;quot;|Team&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|Pld&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|W&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|L&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|T&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|GF&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|GA&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|Pts&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center bgcolor=&amp;quot;ffde4f&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|'''1'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|URS}}&lt;br /&gt;
|7||6||1||0||48||10||'''12'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center bgcolor=&amp;quot;#dfdfdf&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|'''2'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|TCH}}&lt;br /&gt;
|7||5||1||1||33||17||'''11'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center bgcolor=&amp;quot;#ffbb43&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|'''3'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|CAN}}&lt;br /&gt;
|7||5||2||0||28||15||'''10'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''4'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|SWE}}&lt;br /&gt;
|7||4||2||1||23||18||'''9'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''5'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|FIN}}&lt;br /&gt;
|7||3||3||1||17||23||'''7'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''6'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|USA}}&lt;br /&gt;
|7||2||4||1||23||28||'''5'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''7'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|FRG}}&lt;br /&gt;
|7||1||6||0||13||39||'''2'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''8'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|GDR}}&lt;br /&gt;
|7||0||7||0||13||48||'''0'''&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Czechoslovakia – {{Flagicon|USA}} USA	5:1  (1:1, 2:0, 2:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''6. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Suchý, Havel, Jiřík, Hejma, Jiří Holík – Volmar.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Dahlberg, Wiking (SWE)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|USSR}} USSR – {{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland	8:0  (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''6. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Starshinov 2, Mishakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Populanov.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Bucala, Kořínek (TCH)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada – {{flagicon|Germany}} West Germany 	6:1  (0:0, 4:1, 2:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''6. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Bourbonnais 2, Cadieux, Dinnen, Mott, Huck – Kopf.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Seglin, Snietkov (URS)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Sweden}}  Sweden – {{Flagicon|USA}} USA	4:3  (0:0, 4:2, 0:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''7. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Nilsson, Wickberg, Hedlund, Bengsston – Falkman, Lilyholm, Nanne.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': McEvoy, Kubinec (CAN)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|USSR}} USSR – {{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany	9:0  (4:0, 2:0, 3:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''7. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Firsov 3, Vikulov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Alexandrov, Zaytsev.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Wycisk (POL), Johannessen (NOR)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Czechoslovakia – {{flagicon|Germany}} West Germany 	5:1  (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''8. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Hrbatý, Golonka, Havel, Hejma, Ševčík – Lax.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Kubinec, McEvoy (CAN)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada – {{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland	2:5  (1:2, 0:1, 1:2)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''8. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': O’Shea, McMillan – Keinonen, Oksanen, J. Peltonen, Koskela, Wahlsten.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Trumble (USA), Seglin (URS)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Sweden}}  Sweden – {{flagicon|Germany}} West Germany	5:4  (4:3, 0:0, 1:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''9. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Svedberg, Lundström, Nordlander, Olsson, Öberg – Kuhn, Hanig, Reif, Kopf.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|USSR}} USSR – {{Flagicon|USA}} USA	10:2  (6:0, 4:2, 0:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''9. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Firsov 3, Blinov 2, Populanov 2, Kuzkin, Starshinov, Moyseyev – Ross, Morrison.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Dahlberg (SWE), Kubinec (CAN)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada – {{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany	11:0  (4:0, 4:0, 3:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''9. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Mott 4, Huck 2, Hargreaves, O’Shea, Bourbonnais, Monteith, H. Pinder.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''' {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Czechoslovakia – {{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland	4:3  (0:1, 3:0, 1:2)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''10. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Nedomanský 2, Golonka, Havel – Keinonen, Ketola, Oksanen.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Wiking (SWE), Snětkov (URS)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Sweden}}  Sweden – {{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany	5:2  (1:0, 2:1, 2:1''')&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''10. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Hedlund 2, Wickberg, Lundström, Henriksson – Plotka, Fuchs.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Seglin (URS), Wycisk (POL)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada – {{Flagicon|USA}} USA	3:2  (1:2, 0:0, 2:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''11. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Cadieux 2, Johnston – Pleau, Riutta.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Snietkov, Seglin (URS)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|USSR}} USSR – {{flagicon|Germany}} West Germany 	9:1  (4:1, 4:0, 1:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''11. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Goal scorers: Populanov 2, Alexandrov 2, Ionov, Starshinov, Mayorov, Moyseyev, Firsov – Funk.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Trumble (USA), Valentin (AUT)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Czechoslovakia – {{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany	10:3  (5:2, 1:0, 4:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''12. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Horešovský 4, Nedomanský 2, Jiřík, Suchý, Kochta, Ševčík – Karrenbauer, Novy, Peters.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Dahlberg (SWE), Sillankorva (FIN)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Sweden}}  Sweden – {{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland	5:1  (1:0, 2:1, 2:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''12. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Wickberg 2, Granholm, Nillsson, Bengsston – Oksanen.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{Flagicon|USA}} USA – {{flagicon|Germany}} West Germany 	8:1  (2:1, 4:0, 2:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''12. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Volmar 2, Ross, Morrison, Nanne, Pleau, Cunnoff, P. Hurley – Funk.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': McEvoy (CAN), Seglin (URS)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|USSR}} USSR – {{flagicon|Sweden}}  Sweden 	3:2  (1:1, 0:0, 2:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''13. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Firsov 2, Blinov – Öberg, Svedberg.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
''' {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Czechoslovakia – {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada 	2:3  (0:0, 0:3, 2:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''13. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Havel, Nedomanský – Huck, Bourbonnais, Cadieux.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany – {{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland	2:3  (1:2, 0:1, 1:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''14. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': R. Noack, Peters – Harju 2, Keinonen.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Bucala (TCH), Dahlberg (SWE)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany – {{Flagicon|USA}} USA	4:6  (1:3, 1:1, 2:2)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''15. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Fuchs 2, Karrenbauer 2 – Stordahl 2, P. Hurley 2, Volmar, Lilyholm.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Sweden}}  Sweden – {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada	0:3  (0:2, 0:0, 0:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''15. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Johnston, G. Pinder, O‘Shea.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Sillankorva (FIN), Kořínek (TCH)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Czechoslovakia – {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR	5:4  (3:1, 1:1, 1:2)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''15. February 1968 - Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Mayorov 2, Blinov, Populanov.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland– {{flagicon|Germany}} West Germany 	4:1  (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''16. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Leimu 2, Ketola, J. Peltonen – Schloder.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Kořínek, Bucala (TCH)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany – {{flagicon|Germany}} West Germany	2:4  (0:1, 1:2, 1:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''17. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Hiller, Fuchs – Funk, Waitl, Hanig, Lax.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': McEvoy (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{Flagicon|USA}} USA – {{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland	1:1  (1:1, 0:0, 0:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''17. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Volmar – Wahlsten.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Czechoslovakia – {{flagicon|Sweden}}  Sweden 	2:2  (1:1, 1:0, 0:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''17. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Golonka, Hrbatý – Bengtsson, Henriksson.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|USSR}} USSR – {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada	5:0  (1:0, 1:0, 3:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''17. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goal scorers''': Firsov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Zimin.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Referees''': Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==World Championship Group B (France)==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Consolation Round===&lt;br /&gt;
Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|Rank&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;120&amp;quot;|Team&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|Pld&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|W&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|L&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|T&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|GF&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|GA&lt;br /&gt;
!bgcolor=&amp;quot;#efefef&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;20&amp;quot;|Pts&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''9'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|YUG}}&lt;br /&gt;
|5||5||0||0||33||9||'''10'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''10'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|JPN}}&lt;br /&gt;
|5||4||1||0||27||12||'''8'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''11'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|NOR}}&lt;br /&gt;
|5||3||2||0||15||15||'''6'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''12'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|ROU|1965}}&lt;br /&gt;
|5||2||3||0||22||23||'''4'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''13'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|AUT}}&lt;br /&gt;
|5||1||4||0||12||27||'''2'''&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|'''14'''&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|{{ih|FRA}}&lt;br /&gt;
|5||0||5||0||9||32||'''0'''&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia – {{flagicon|Japan}} Japan 5:1 (2:0, 0:0, 3:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''7. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Tisler 2, Beravs, Felc, Mlakar – Iwamoto.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Romania}} Romania – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 3:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''7. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Fagarasi, Calamar, Mois – Schupp, Samonig.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Norway}}  Norway – {{Flagicon|France}} France 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''8. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Hagensen, Smefjell, Dalsören, Mikkelsen – Liberman.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{Flagicon|France}} France – {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania 3:7 (0:2, 0:2, 3:3)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''9. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Itzicsohn, Mazza, Lacarriere – Iuliu Szabo 2, Florescu 2, Pana, Geza Szabo, Stefan.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 6:0 (2:0, 2:0, 2:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''9. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Ivo Jan 3, Roman Smolej, Tisler, Klinar.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan – {{flagicon|Norway}}  Norway  4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''10. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{Flagicon|France}} France – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 2:5 (0:1, 2:3, 0:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''11. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Faucomprez, Caux – Puschnig 2, Kirchbaumer, St. John, Schupp.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan – {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''12. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Norway}}  Norway – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 5:4 (3:1, 2:1, 0:2)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''12. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Dalsören 2, Bjölbak, Olsen, Hansen – Schupp 2, Weingärtner, St. John.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{Flagicon|France}} France – {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia 1:10 (0:6, 0:1, 1:3)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''13. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Itzicsohn – Tisler 3, Ivo Jan 2, Felc 2, Beravs, Roman Smolej, Hiti.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Norway}}  Norway – {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''14. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Bergeid, Olsen, Syversen, Mikkelsen – Pana, Iuliu Szabo, Czaka.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria  11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''15. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia – {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania 9:5 (5:3, 1:1, 3:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''16. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Roman Smolej 2, Tisler 2, Felc 2, Ivo Jan, Hiti, Jug – Iuliu Szabo 2, Tekei, Florescu, Geza Szabo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{Flagicon|France}} France – {{flagicon|Japan}} Japan 2:6 (0:0, 0:4, 2:2)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''17. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia – {{flagicon|Norway}}  Norway 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1)'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''17. February 1968 – Grenoble'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Goalscorers''': Hiti, Franz Smolej, Ivo Jan - Dalsören, Bjölbak.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Final ranking==&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|USSR}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Czechoslovakia}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Canada}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Sweden}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Finland}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|United States}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|West Germany}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|East Germany}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Yugoslavia}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Japan}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Norway}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Romania}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Austria}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|France}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==European Championship final ranking==&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|USSR}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Czechoslovakia}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Sweden}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Finland}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|West Germany}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|East Germany}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Yugoslavia}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Norway}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Romania}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|Austria}}&lt;br /&gt;
# {{ih|France}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==[[IIHF]] Awards==&lt;br /&gt;
{| cellpadding=2 border=1 style=&amp;quot;text-align:center;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;70px&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;150px&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|'''Best Goaltender'''||style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;| {{flagicon|Canada}}  Ken Broderick&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|'''Best Defenceman'''||style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}  Josef Horešovský&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|'''Best Forward'''||style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;| {{flagicon|USSR}} Anatoli Firsov&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Team Photos==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery widths=&amp;quot;250&amp;quot; captionalign=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
67-68CanOly.jpg|[[Canada]]&lt;br /&gt;
68SovOly.jpg|[[Soviet Union]]&lt;br /&gt;
1968USAOly.jpg|[[United States]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Citations==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References== &lt;br /&gt;
*{{cite book |last=Duplacey |first=James |title=Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League |year=1998 |publisher=Total Sports |isbn=0-8362-7114-9|pages=498–528}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=IIHF Media Guide &amp;amp; Record Book 2011 |year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |pages=25–6, 30, 110–1}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.hhof.com/htmltimecapsule/oly1968.shtml Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1968 Olympics]&lt;br /&gt;
*{{cite book |last=Wallechinsky |first=David |title=The Complete Book of the Olympics |year=1988 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0-14-010771-1|pages=614}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/JO1968.htm Jeux Olympiques 1968]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Olympic Games}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{IIHF Ice Hockey European Championships}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Wikipedia}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Ice hockey at the Olympic Games]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1968 in ice hockey|Olympics, Winter]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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