1979 Ice Hockey World Championships

1979 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships 1979 1979 CPA 4958.jpg 280px Soviet stamp sheet dedicated to the 1979 World Ice Hockey Championships Soviet Union 14–27 April 8 2 1 ih USSR 16 Czechoslovakia Sweden Canada 32 263 354500 URS Vladimir Petrov 15 points 1978 1981 The 1979 Ice Hockey World Championships took place at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union from 14 to 27 April. Eight teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of four, and the best two from each group advancing to the final group. The four best teams then played each other twice in the final round. This was the 46th World Championship and at the same time, the 57th European Championship. In the May 1978 congress many rules were aligned with NHL practices and archaic rules (like changing ends half way the third period) were finally officially abandoned. The games were very well attended, setting a record by averaging over eleven thousand spectators per game. The Soviets wished the tournament to be finished before the May Day celebrations began, so the schedule was moved up one week allowing for less NHL players being eligible. The hosts won all seven games they played capturing their 16th title, the only game that was even close was their early match with West Germany, which they won three to two. The competition for the bronze (at least) was tight with Sweden edging out the Canadians. After the tournament NHL star Marcel Dionne praised the level of play and offered the following criticism of North American play, "only the media can change things here. Tell them how the European teams play with so much talent. Tell them that they play without a fight. Let them realize that if a kid does not know how to skate and shoot, but just to fight, he should not be allowed to be a hockey player. There are so many idiots who run hockey, so stupid, so stupid. Tell them."Marcel Dionne's quote (translated from French) https://web.archive.org/web/20150106123653/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1979.htm 2015-01-06 . passionhockey.com Promotion and relegation was effective for 1981 as the IIHF ceased running a championship in Olympic years. Nations that did not participate in the Lake Placid Olympics were invited to compete in the inaugural Thayer Tutt Trophy. World Championship Group A (Soviet Union) First round Results between countries that moved on to the same group in the second round were carried forward. Group 1 main WDL QR 2 URS URS SWE SWE FRG FRG POL POL 3 0 0 19 05 2 0 1 16 17 0 1 2 08 13 0 1 2 08 16 #ccffcc A A red1 R R complete #eeeeee 14 April URS 7-0 POL #eeeeee 14 April SWE 7-3 FRG #eeeeee 15 April SWE 6-5 POL #eeeeee 15 April URS 3-2 FRG #eeeeee 17 April FRG 3-3 POL #eeeeee 17 April URS 9-3 SWE Group 2 main WDL QR 2 TCH TCH CAN CAN USA USA FIN FIN 2 1 0 11 03 2 0 1 12 11 0 2 1 06 09 0 1 2 05 11 #ccffcc A A red1 R R complete #eeeeee 14 April CAN 6-3 USA #eeeeee 14 April TCH 5-0 FIN #eeeeee 15 April TCH 4-1 CAN #eeeeee 15 April USA 1-1 FIN #eeeeee 17 April CAN 5-4 FIN #eeeeee 17 April TCH 2-2 USA Final round main WDL 2 URS URS TCH TCH SWE SWE CAN CAN 6 0 0 51 12 3 1 2 25 30 1 1 4 20 38 1 0 5 20 36 complete #eeeeee 19 April URS 5-2 CAN #eeeeee 19 April TCH 3-3 SWE #eeeeee 21 April SWE 5-3 CAN #eeeeee 21 April URS 11-1 TCH #eeeeee 23 April TCH 10-6 CAN #eeeeee 23 April URS 11-3 SWE #eeeeee 25 April URS 9-2 CAN #eeeeee 25 April TCH 6-3 SWE #eeeeee 27 April CAN 6-3 SWE #eeeeee 27 April URS 6-1 TCH Consolation round main WDL R 2 5 FIN FIN FRG FRG USA USA POL POL 4 1 1 23 17 3 1 2 27 21 2 2 2 22 20 0 2 4 15 29 red1 R complete #eeeeee 18 April POL 5-5 USA #eeeeee 18 April FIN 5-2 FRG #eeeeee 20 April POL 3-4 FIN #eeeeee 20 April FRG 6-3 USA #eeeeee 22 April USA 6-2 FIN #eeeeee 22 April FRG 8-1 POL #eeeeee 24 April USA 5-1 POL #eeeeee 24 April FIN 7-3 FRG #eeeeee 26 April FIN 4-2 POL #eeeeee 26 April FRG 5-2 USA World Championship Group B (Romania) Played in Galați March 16–24. This year's tournament was expanded to ten teams to try to avoid hostilities between China and South Korea, and to address a complaint by the Danes that Austria had used an ineligible player in achieving promotion in 1978. China and Denmark were both elevated with the consequence that four teams would be relegated. First round The ten teams were split into groups of five, the top two of each battled for promotion to Group A, the next two played in a group to decide fifth through eighth, and both bottom place teams were simply relegated without playing further. Additionally, the top two in each group joined all Group A teams at the Lake Placid Olympics. Group 1 main WDL QR 2 GDR GDR ROU ROU 1965 AUT AUT DEN DEN HUN HUN 1957 4 0 0 30 06 2 1 1 22 16 2 1 1 15 20 1 0 3 08 18 0 0 4 10 25 #ccffcc A A red1 R R complete Hungary was relegated to Group C. #eeeeee 16 March HUN 1957 2-10 GDR #eeeeee 16 March ROU 1965 7-7 AUT #eeeeee 17 March AUT 4-3 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 17 March DEN 1-9 GDR #eeeeee 18 March ROU 1965 4-1 DEN #eeeeee 19 March ROU 1965 8-4 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 19 March AUT 0-7 GDR #eeeeee 20 March HUN 1957 1-3 DEN #eeeeee 21 March AUT 4-3 DEN #eeeeee 21 March ROU 1965 3-4 GDR Group 2 main WDL QR 2 NED NED NOR NOR SUI SUI JPN JPN CHN CHN 4 0 0 29 08 3 0 1 16 13 2 0 2 13 17 1 0 3 20 17 0 0 4 08 31 #ccffcc A A red1 R R complete China was relegated to Group C. #eeeeee 16 March NOR 5-1 SUI #eeeeee 16 March JPN 5-6 NED #eeeeee 17 March NED 8-1 NOR #eeeeee 17 March CHN 4-6 SUI #eeeeee 18 March JPN 9-3 CHN #eeeeee 19 March JPN 3-4 NOR #eeeeee 19 March NED 5-2 SUI #eeeeee 20 March NOR 6-1 CHN #eeeeee 21 March NED 10-0 CHN #eeeeee 21 March JPN 3-4 SUI Final round main WDL Q 2 9 NED NED GDR GDR ROU ROU 1965 NOR NOR 3 0 0 15 06 2 0 1 16 09 1 0 2 08 09 0 0 3 05 20 #ccffcc A complete The Netherlands were promoted to Group A. #eeeeee 23 March GDR 9-2 NOR #eeeeee 23 March ROU 1965 2-3 NED #eeeeee 24 March GDR 3-4 NED #eeeeee 24 March ROU 1965 3-2 NOR Consolation round main WDL R 2 13 SUI SUI JPN JPN AUT AUT DEN DEN 3 0 0 14 06 2 0 1 17 10 1 0 2 08 13 0 0 3 08 18 red1 R R complete Both Austria and Denmark were relegated to Group C. #eeeeee 23 March DEN 1-3 SUI #eeeeee 23 March AUT 2-3 JPN #eeeeee 24 March DEN 4-11 JPN #eeeeee 24 March AUT 2-7 SUI World Championship Group C (Spain) Played in Barcelona March 16–25. This tournament was supposed to be played in China but the Chinese said that they would deny entrance to the South Korean team. To avoid political issues with the two playing each other, both China and Denmark (last year's 3rd and 4th place teams) were elevated to Group B and two extra nations were allowed to participate in Group C.Summary of conflict https://web.archive.org/web/20150106123653/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1979.htm 2015-01-06 . passionhockey.com main WDL Q 2 19 YUG YUG ITA ITA FRA FRA BUL BUL 1971 GBR GBR ESP ESP 1977 KOR KOR AUS AUS 7 0 0 83 10 6 0 1 64 17 5 0 2 59 27 4 0 3 35 28 2 0 5 23 68 2 0 5 25 48 1 1 5 16 67 0 1 6 13 53 #ccffcc A A complete Both Yugoslavia and Italy were promoted to Group B. #eeeeee 16 March ESP 1977 7-1 KOR #eeeeee 16 March BUL 1971 0-3 FRA #eeeeee 16 March GBR 0-12 ITA #eeeeee 16 March AUS 0-10 YUG #eeeeee 17 March AUS 4-12 ITA #eeeeee 17 March FRA 5-7 YUG #eeeeee 18 March KOR 9-6 GBR #eeeeee 18 March BUL 1971 5-4 ESP 1977 #eeeeee 19 March FRA 9-3 AUS #eeeeee 19 March GBR 2-4 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 19 March YUG 18-0 KOR #eeeeee 19 March ESP 1977 1-10 ITA #eeeeee 20 March AUS 3-5 GBR #eeeeee 20 March ITA 11-0 KOR #eeeeee 21 March BUL 1971 1-7 YUG #eeeeee 21 March FRA 8-2 ESP 1977 #eeeeee 22 March KOR 0-0 AUS #eeeeee 22 March ITA 8-4 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 22 March GBR 3-15 FRA #eeeeee 22 March YUG 16-1 ESP 1977 #eeeeee 24 March ESP 1977 4-6 GBR #eeeeee 24 March YUG 4-2 ITA #eeeeee 24 March KOR 3-15 FRA #eeeeee 24 March AUS 1-11 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 25 March GBR 1-21 YUG #eeeeee 25 March FRA 4-9 ITA #eeeeee 25 March KOR 3-10 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 25 March ESP 1977 6-2 AUS Ranking and statistics ih 1979 IIHF World Championship winners URS 16th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: URS Vladislav Tretiak Best Defenceman: URS Valeri Vasiliev Best Forward: CAN Wilf Paiement Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: URS Vladislav Tretiak Defence: CSK Jiří Bubla, URS Valeri Vasiliev Forwards: URS Sergei Makarov, URS Boris Mikhailov, URS Vladimir Petrov Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: URS CSK SWE4 CAN5 FIN6 FRG7 USA8 POL European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg URSImage:silver medal icon.svg CSKImage:bronze medal icon.svg SWE4 FIN5 FRG6 POL Citations Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League 1998 Total Sports 0-8362-7114-9 506 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/506 References Complete results https://web.archive.org/web/20150106123653/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1979.htm 2015-01-06 Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 147–8 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships World Ice Hockey Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the Soviet Union Category:April 1979 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Moscow Category:1979 in Moscow Category:1979 in Russian sport Category:March 1979 sports events in Europe Category:1979 in Catalonia Category:Sports competitions in Barcelona Category:1970s in Barcelona Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Spain Category:Sport in Galați Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Romania Category:1978–79 in Romanian ice hockey Category:1978–79 in Spanish ice hockey