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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 1981
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Sweden
| dates = 12–26 April 1981
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| winners = USSR
| count = 17
| second = Sweden
| third = Czechoslovakia
| fourth = Canada
| games = 32
| goals = 288
| attendance = 171675
| scoring_leader = {{Flagicon|FRG}} Holger Meitinger <small>20 points</small>
| mvp =
| prevseason = [[1979 World Ice Hockey Championships|1979]]
| nextseason = [[1982 World Ice Hockey Championships|1982]]
}}
The 1981 [[Ice Hockey World Championships]] took place at the [[Scandinavium]] arena in [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]] 12–26 April 1981. Eight teams took part, firstly splitting into two groups of two, with the best two from each group advancing to the final group. These teams then play each other in the final round. This was the 47th World Championships, and also the 58th [[IIHF European Championship|European Championships]]. The Soviet Union became World Champions for the 17th time, and also won their twentieth European title. Don Cherry commented, "This is the best Russian team I've ever seen."<ref name=summary>[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1981.htm Summary]</ref>

The Dutch team had won Group C and Group B in successive years to play in this tournament, but did not fare well. Their best game was a narrow one goal loss to the Americans, a goal scored on a penalty shot by Dave Christian with eleven seconds left.<ref name=summary /> It was their first appearance at the top level since 1950 and they have not returned since.<ref>Ponieks page 95</ref>

==World Championship Group A (Sweden)==

===First Round===

===Group 1===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Points difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{URS}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 25 - 04 || 6
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 2 || {{CAN}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 14 - 12 || 4
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 3 || {{FIN}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 16 - 14 || 2
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 4 || {{NED}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 05 - 30 || 0
|}

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===Group 2===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Points difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || {{TCH}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 20 - 07 || 5
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 2 || {{SWE}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 11 - 07 || 5
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 3 || {{USA}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 14 - 21 || 2
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 4 || {{FRG}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 10 - 20 || 0
|}

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===Final Round===
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!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Points difference
! Points
|-style="background:gold"
| 1 || {{URS}} || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 38 - 12 || 10
|-style="background:silver"
| 2 || {{SWE}} || 6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 16 - 26 || 7
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| 4 || {{CAN}} || 6 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 16 - 30 || 1
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===Consolation Round===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Points difference
! Points
|-style=
| 5 || {{USA}} || 6 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 35 - 28 || 9
|-style=
| 6 || {{FIN}} || 6 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 33 - 21 || 8
|-style=
| 7 || {{FRG}} || 6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 40 - 30 || 7
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 8 || {{NED}} || 6 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 22 - 51 || 0
|}
''The [[Netherlands]] were relegated to Group B.''
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==World Championship Group B (Italy)==
Played in [[Urtijëi]] March 20-29. The hosts went undefeated to win, led by former Pittsburgh Penguin and Edmonton Oiler Wayne Bianchin and backstopped by former Oiler Jim Corsi.
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Points difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 9 || {{ih|ITA}} || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 38 - 18 || 13
|-style=
| 10 || {{ih|POL}} || 7 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 49 - 25 || 11
|-style=
| 11 || {{ih|SUI}} || 7 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 28 - 20 || 10
|-style=
| 12 || {{ih|GDR}} || 7 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 37 - 25 || 9
|-style=
| 13 || {{ih|ROU|1965}} || 7 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 25 - 30 || 4
|-style=
| 14 || {{ih|NOR}} || 7 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 21 - 39 || 4
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 15 || {{ih|YUG}} || 7 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 23 - 44 || 3
|-style="background:#ffcccc"
| 16 || {{ih|JPN}} || 7 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 18 - 38 || 2
|-
|}
''[[Italy]] was promoted to Group A, both [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Japan]] were relegated to Group C.''
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==World Championship Group C (China PR)==
Played in [[Beijing]] March 6–15.
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!
! Team
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Points difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 17 || {{ih|AUT}} || 7 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 43 - 05 || 14
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| 18 || {{ih|CHN}} || 7 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 46 - 14 || 12
|-style=
| 19 || {{ih|HUN|1957}} || 7 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 38 - 22 || 9
|-style=
| 20 || {{ih|DEN}} || 7 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 36 - 27 || 7
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| 21 || {{ih|FRA}} || 7 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 48 - 36 || 6
|-style=
| 22 || {{ih|BUL|1971}} || 7 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 22 - 32 || 6
|-style=
| 23 || {{ih|PRK}} || 7 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 18 - 66 || 2
|-style=
| 24 || {{ih|GBR}} || 7 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 11 - 60 || 0
|-
|}
''Both [[Austria]] and [[China]] were promoted to Group B.''
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| goals1 =
| goals2 =
}}

==Ranking and statistics==
{| style="float:right;"
|-
| style="width:3px;;"|  
|
<br />
{{winners|ih|1981 IIHF World Championship Winners|URS|17th}}

===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to [[IIHF]]:
{| class="wikitable" style="width:200px;"
|- style="background:gold;"
|align=center|[[Image:gold medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|URS}}
|- style="background:silver;"
|align=center|[[Image:silver medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|SWE}}
|- style="background:peru;"
|align=center|[[Image:bronze medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|CSK}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{ih|CAN}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{ih|USA}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|align=center|7|| {{ih|FRG}}
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|align=center|8|| {{ih|NED}}
|}

===European championships final standings===
The final standings of the [[Ice Hockey European Championships|European championships]] according to [[IIHF]]:
{| class="wikitable" style="width:200px;"
|- style="background:gold;"
|align=center|[[Image:gold medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|URS}}
|- style="background:silver;"
|align=center|[[Image:silver medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|SWE}}
|- style="background:peru;"
|align=center|[[Image:bronze medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|CSK}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{ih|FRG}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{ih|NED}}
|}

==Team Photos==
<gallery widths="200" captionalign="left">
81Sweden.jpg|[[Sweden]]
</gallery>

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1981.htm Complete results]
*{{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}}
*{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 |year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |pages=148}}

==External links==
{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}
{{IIHF Ice Hockey European Championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}
*[http://www.oppetarkiv.se/etikett/titel/Tennis_Davis_cup/ IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships at SVT's open archive (including the 1981 tournament)]

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[[Category:1981 in ice hockey|World Championships]]

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