1972 World Ice Hockey Championships

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1972 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host nation  Czechoslovakia
Dates 7–22 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia (3 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 30
Goals scored 288  (9.6 per game)
Attendance 285,564  (9,519 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Soviet Union Alexander Maltsev 22 points

The 1972 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 39th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 7 to 22 April 1972, and the Czechoslovakia national team won the tournament, the third time they had done so and first since 1949, ending the Soviet Union's streak of nine consecutive titles.[1] In addition it was the Czech's 12th European title.

For the first time, a separate tournament is held for both the World Championships and the Olympic Games. Previously, the Winter Olympics tournament was held in lieu of a world championships, with the winner being declared world champion for that year.[1] It also marked the first time in international ice hockey that all goaltenders were required to wear face masks.[1]

The American team, who had won the Silver medal earlier in the year at the Olympics, could not even win the 'B' pool, losing to Poland in their final match.

World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia 10 9 0 1 72 16 19
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union 10 7 1 2 78 17 16
3 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 10 5 4 1 49 33 11
4 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 10 4 6 0 47 48 8
5 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany 10 2 8 0 21 76 4
6 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 10 1 9 0 19 96 2
7 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 19-1
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
7 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 11-0
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
8 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 1-12
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
8 April West Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 5-8
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
9 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 4-1
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
9 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 2-10
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
10 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 8-1
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
10 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 10-2
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
11 April West Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 0-10
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
11 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 3-2
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
12 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 1-2
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
12 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 3-3
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
13 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 3-6
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
14 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 2-11
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
14 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 5-3
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
15 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 12-2
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
15 April West Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 0-7
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
16 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 8-5
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
16 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 13-3
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
17 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 7-2
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
17 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 2-0
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
18 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 8-1
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
18 April Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 0-14
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
19 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 7-1
 Flag of Germany.svg.png West Germany
19 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 9-1
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
20 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 4-5
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
20 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 3-2
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
21 April West Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 4-1
 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
22 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 8-2
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
22 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 3-3
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden

World Championship Group B (Romania)

Played in Bucharest from 24 March to 2 April.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
7 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 6 6 0 0 41 12 12
8 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 6 5 1 0 39 22 10
9 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany 6 4 2 0 31 18 8
10 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg.png Romania 6 3 3 0 25 26 6
11 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 6 1 4 1 20 49 3
12 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia 6 1 5 0 25 28 2
13 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 6 0 5 1 15 41 1

Poland was promoted to Group A, both Norway and France were relegated to Group C. The French team boycotted the tournament in a protest over their federation's failure to finance the team's participation in the Sapporo Olympics[2][3]

24 March United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5-3
 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia
24 March Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 9-1
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
24 March East Germany Flag of East Germany.svg.png 7-1
 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
25 March Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 3-2
 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia
26 March East Germany Flag of East Germany.svg.png 5-2
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
26 March United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 14-5
 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
27 March Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 7-2
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
27 March Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 11-1
 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
27 March East Germany Flag of East Germany.svg.png 4-3
 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia
29 March United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 6-5
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
29 March Japan Flag of Japan.svg.png 4-4
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
29 March Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 0-7
 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland
30 March Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 3-8
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany
30 March United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5-1
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
30 March Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 5-3
 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia
1 April Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 10-3
 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
1 April Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png 11-5
 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
1 April Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 6-5
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
2 April Japan Flag of Japan.svg.png 6-3
 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia
2 April Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 2-4
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
2 April Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 3-2
 Flag of East Germany.svg.png East Germany

World Championship Group C (Romania)

Played in Miercurea-Ciuc from 3 March to the 12th. The Chinese won their first game ever played in a World Championship.[4]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
14 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 6 5 0 1 21 12 11
15 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 6 4 1 1 31 13 9
16 Flag of China.svg.png China 6 2 2 2 19 20 6
17 Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).png Bulgaria 6 3 3 0 20 19 6
18 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 6 2 2 2 31 24 6
19 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 6 1 5 0 13 25 2
20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 6 1 5 0 11 33 2

Both Austria and Italy were promoted to Group B.

3 March China Flag of China.svg.png 4-3
 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
3 March Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 11-4
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
4 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 3-1
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
4 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 4-2
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
5 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 6-2
 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
5 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png 4-3
 Flag of China.svg.png China
6 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 6-2
 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
6 March China Flag of China.svg.png 6-1
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
6 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 4-2
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
8 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 7-1
 Flag of China.svg.png China
8 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 4-3
 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
8 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 5-3
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
9 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 8-0
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
9 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 4-2
 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
9 March Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 6-1
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
11 March China Flag of China.svg.png 2-2
 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
11 March Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 4-2
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
11 March Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 6-6
 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
12 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 2-0
 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
12 March Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 3-3
 Flag of China.svg.png China
12 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 3-1
 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy

Ranking and statistics

 


 1972 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Czechoslovakia
3rd title

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

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

Team Photos

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Szemberg & Podnieks 2007, p. 199
  2. ↑ France Boycotts
  3. ↑ Explanation of Olympic controversy (in french)
  4. ↑ Group C

References

  • 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, 142–3. 
  • Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing,  
  • Complete results at Passionhockey.com
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