1969 Ice Hockey World Championships

1969 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships 1969 Sweden Yugoslavia 15–30 March 6 ih USSR 9 Sweden Czechoslovakia Canada 30 219 196769 URS Anatoli Firsov 14 points 1968 1970 The 1969 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 36th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which also doubled as the 47th European ice hockey championships. For the first time the Pool A, B and C tournaments were hosted by different nations: Pool A in Stockholm, Sweden, 15–30 March 1969 Pool B in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 28 February – 9 March 1969 Pool C in Skopje, Yugoslavia, 24 February – 2 March 1969 A total of 20 nations participated in the tournament. The Pool A team featured only the top six nations, now playing a double round-robin tournament for the amateur world championship. Teams #7-#14 contested the Pool B championship with the winner qualifying for the 1970 Pool A championship, while the bottom six participated in the Pool C tournament. Pool B and C began exchanging two teams this year (through promotion and relegation), a practice that lasted until 1987. World Championship Group A (Sweden) For the seventh straight year, the Soviet Union won the Pool A tournament. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in Czechoslovakia, but due to the Soviet invasion of the country, they declined to host.Szemberg Podnieks 2007 59 In the two games the Czechoslovak and Soviet teams played against each other, the Czechoslovak team won both times, becoming the first team to beat the Soviet Union twice in the same international tournament. For the first time in international ice hockey, body-checking was allowed in all three zones of the ice.Szemberg Podnieks 2007 199 Team USA was demoted to Pool-B after losing all ten games. Pos. Team URS SWE TCH CAN FIN USA W T L GF–GA PTS 1. URS *** 4:2* 0:2* 7:1* 6:1* 17:2* 8 0 2 59:23 16 2. SWE 2:3 *** 2:0* 5:1* 6:3* 8:2* 8 0 2 45:19 16 3. CSK 4:3 0:1 *** 6:1* 7:4* 8:3* 8 0 2 40:20 16 4. CAN 2:4 2:4 2:3 *** 5:1* 5:0* 4 0 6 26:31 8 5. FIN 3:7 0:5 2:4 1:6 *** 4:3* 2 0 8 26:52 4 6. USA 4:8 4:10 2:6 0:1 3:7 *** 0 0 10 23:74 0 47. European Championship Rankings (URS-SWE-CSK-FIN games only) 1. URS 2. SWE 3. CSK 4. FIN CSK – CAN 6:1 (1:0, 2:1, 3:0) 15. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Suchý 2, Nedomanský, Jiří Holík, Ševčík, Horešovský – King. Referees: Wiking, Dahlberg (SWE) SWE – FIN 6:3 (3:1, 1:1, 2:1) 15. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Henriksson 2, Sterner, Nilsson - J. Peltonen, Keinonen, Isaksson. URS – USA 17:2 (3:0, 11:0, 3:2) 15. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Starshinov 4, Firsov 4, Mikhailov 3, Yurzinov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Petrov, Mishakov - Lackey 2. CAN – FIN 5:1 (1:1, 1:0, 3:0) 16. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Caffery 2, Pinder, Bourbonnais, Huck - Keinonen. SWE – URS 2:4 (2:1, 0:1, 0:2) 16. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Nilsson, Johansson – Starshinov, Maltsev, Mikhailov, Kharlamov. CSK – USA 8:3 (2:1, 4:2, 2:0) 16. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Jar. Holík 2, Farda, Suchý, Hrbatý, Golonka – Lackey, Christiansen, Stordahl. Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN) CSK – FIN 7:4 (4:1, 3:1, 0:2) 18. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Machač 3, Nedomanský 2, Suchý, Jiří Holík – Rantasila 2, Partinen, Mononen. Referees: Joyal, Villancourt (CAN) SWE – USA 8:2 (1:2, 3:0, 4:0) 18. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Carlsson, Milton, Karlsson, Johansson, Lundström, Olsson - Markle, Pleau. URS – CAN 7:1 (5:1, 2:0, 0:0) 18. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Vikulov 2, Firsov 2, Kharlamov 2, Yakushev - Pinder. URS - FIN 6:1 (3:0, 1:0, 2:1) 19. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Petrov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Firsov, Kharlamov - Oksanen. CSK - SWE 0:2 (0:1, 0:0, 0:1) 19. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Palmqvist, Nilsson. Referees: Trumble (USA), Joyal (CAN) CAN – USA 5:0 (1:0, 0:0, 4:0) 20. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Hargreaves, Caffery, Bayes, King, Huck. SWE – CAN 5:1 (1:1, 3:0, 1:0) 21. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Svedberg, Sjöberg, Johansson - Caffery. CSK - URS 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0) 21. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: 33. Suchý, 47. Černý. Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN) FIN – USA 4:3 (1:1, 1:0, 2:2) 22. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: E. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Wahlsten - Pleau, Mayasich, Sheehy. USA – URS 4:8 (1:3, 1:2, 2:3) 23. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Mayasich 2, Skime, Naslund - Mishakov 2, Paladiev, Firsov, Mikhailov, Petrov, Kharlamov, Yurzinov. SWE – FIN 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0) 23. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Karlsson 3, Sjöberg, Johansson. CSK - CAN 3:2 (1:1, 1:0, 1:1) 23. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý, Jar. Holík – Heindl, Bayes. Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Trumble (USA) SWE – URS 2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:1) 24. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Sjöberg, Nygren - Mikhailov 2, Petrov. CSK - FIN 4:2 (2:2, 1:0, 1:0) 25. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Jiřík 2, Jiří Holík, Nedomanský – Keinonen, Isaksson. Referees: Wiking (SWE), Trumble (USA) USA - CAN 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0) 25. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorer: Mott. FIN - URS 3:7 (0:1, 1:4, 2:2) 26. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Leimu, Isaksson, Oksanen – Paladiev, Zimin, Starshinov, Maltsev, Petrov, Firsov, Mishakov CSK - USA 6:2 (2:0, 2:1, 2:1) 26. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Černý 2, Pospíšil, Machač – Pieau, Skime. Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Vaillancourt (CAN) SWE – CAN 4:2 (1:0, 0:2, 3:0) 27. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Johansson, Håkan Nygren – Pinder, Heindl. CSK - URS 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1) 28. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: 15. Jiří Holík, 20. Nedomanský, 49. Horešovský, 51. Jar. Holík – 22. Kharlamov, 33. Firsov, 58. Ragulin. Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN) FIN – CAN 1:6 (0:3, 1:2, 0:1) 29. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Mononen - King, Stephanson, Heindl, Begg, Mott, Huck. SWE – USA 10:4 (6:2, 1:1, 3:1) 29. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Milton 3, Nilsson 3, Karlsson, Johansson, Nygren, Olsson - Lackey, Pleau, Stordahl, Gambucci. USA – FIN 3:7 (1:1, 0:5, 2:1) 30. March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers: Pleau, Stordahl, Christiansen - Rantasila 2, J. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Harju, E. Peltonen. CSK – SWE 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0) 30. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorer: 18. Olsson. Referees: Trumble (USA), Vaillancourt (CAN) CAN – URS 2:4 (1:1, 0:1, 1:2) 30. March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers: Demarco, Heindl - Mikhailov 2, Romishevsky, Maltsev. Pool A Statistics and team rosters LEADING SCORERS Goals Assists Points1. USSR Anatoli Firsov 10 4 142. USSR Boris Mikhailov 9 5 142. Sweden Ulf Sterner 9 5 144. Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Holík 4 10 145. USSR Valeri Kharlamov 6 7 13 1. URS Goaltenders: Viktor Zinger, Viktor Puchkov. Defencemen: Vitali Davydov, Igor Romishevsky, Alexander Ragulin, Vladimir Lutchenko, Yevgeni Paladiev, Viktor Kuzkin. Forwards: Vladimir Vikulov, Alexander Maltsev, Anatoli Firsov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharlamov, Yevgeni Zimin, Viacheslav Starshinov, Alexander Yakushev, Yevgeni Mishakov, Vladimir Yurzinov. Coaches: Arkady Chernyshev, Anatoli Tarasov. 2. SWE Goaltenders: Leif Holmqvist, Gunnar Bäckman. Defencemen: Lennart Svedberg, Arne Carlsson, Bert-Ola Nordlander, Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Nils Johansson, Kjell-Rune Milton. Forwards: Stig-Göran Johansson, Stefan Karlsson, Tord Lundström, Ulf Sterner, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Nygren, Mats Hysing, Dick Yderström, Roger Olsson, Leif Henriksson. Coach: Arne Strömberg. 3. CSK Goaltenders: Vladimír Dzurilla, Miroslav Lacký. Defencemen: Jan Suchý, Josef Horešovský, Oldřich Machač, František Pospíšil, Vladimír Bednář. Forwards: František Ševčík, Jozef Golonka, Jaroslav Jiřík, Jan Hrbatý, Jaroslav Holík, Jiří Holík, Richard Farda, Václav Nedomanský, Josef Černý, Jan Klapáč, Jan Havel, Josef Augusta. Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka. 4. CAN Goaltenders: Wayne Stephenson, Ken Dryden, Steve Rexe. Defencemen: Gary Begg, Terry O'Malley, Ken Stephanson, Jack Bownass, Bob Murdoch, Ab DeMarco, Jr. Forwards: Gerry Pinder, Fran Huck, Morris Mott, Richie Bayes, Terry Caffery, Steve King, Chuck Lefley, Roger Bourbonnais, Ted Hargreaves, Bill Heindl, Danny O'Shea Coach: Jackie McLeod. 5. FIN Goaltenders: Urpo Ylönen, Lasse Kiili. Defencemen: Seppo Lindström, Lalli Partinen, Juha Rantasila, Ilpo Koskela, Pekka Marjamäki. Forwards: Lasse Oksanen, Juhani Wahlsten, Matti Keinonen, Esa Peltonen, Jorma Peltonen, Pekka Leimu, Lauri Mononen, Esa Isaksson, Juhani Jylhä, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Harju, Kari Johansson. Coaches: Gustav Bubnik and Seppo Liitsola. 6. USA Goaltenders: Mike Curran, John Lothrop. Defencemen: Bruce Riutta, Carl Lackey, Jim Branch, Bob Paradise, John Mayasich. Forwards: Ron Nasland, Paul Coppo, Larry Pleau, Larry Stordahl, Bill Reichert, Gary Gambucci, Tim Sheehy, Keith Christiansen, Pete Markle, Jerry Lackey, Larry Skime. Coach: John Mayasich (player-coach). World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia) right|thumb|Match between Austria and Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia won 2–1. GDR POL YUG GER NOR ROM AUT ITA W T L GF–GA PTS 7. DDR *** 4:1 6:1 6:1 13:4 11:2 11:3 11:1 7 0 0 62:13 14 8. POL 1:4 *** 4:1 3:2 5:1 4:2 9:1 5:2 6 0 1 31:13 12 9. YUG 1:6 1:4 *** 4:1 3:3 4:4 2:1 2:1 3 2 2 17:20 8 10. FRG 1:6 2:3 1:4 *** 5:0 6:2 8:0 5:1 4 0 3 28:16 8 11. NOR 4:13 1:5 3:3 0:5 *** 5:4 3:3 10:2 2 2 3 26:35 6 12. ROM 2:11 2:4 4:4 2:6 4:5 *** 5:4 5:2 2 1 4 24:36 5 13. AUT 3:11 1:9 1:2 0:8 3:3 4:5 *** 3:1 1 1 5 15:39 3 14. ITA 1:11 2:5 1:2 1:5 2:10 2:5 1:3 *** 0 0 7 10:41 0 East Germany was promoted to the 1970 Pool A tournament while Austria and Italy were demoted to Pool C. Later, when Canada withdrew from international play, second place Poland was also promoted to fill their spot. POL – ROM 4:2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1) 28. February 1969 – Ljubljana DDR – ITA 11:1 (2:0, 4:1, 5:0) 28. February 1969 – Ljubljana NOR – AUT 3:3 (2:0, 1:2, 0:1) 28. February 1969 – Ljubljana YUG – FRG 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0) 28. February 1969 – Ljubljana DDR – NOR 13:4 (4:1, 5:0, 4:3) 1. March 1969 – Ljubljana FRG – ROM 6:2 (2:2, 2:0, 2:0) 1. March 1969 – Ljubljana YUG – ITA 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1) 2. March 1969 – Ljubljana POL – AUT 9:1 (2:0, 3:0, 4:1) 2. March 1969 – Ljubljana DDR – ROM 11:2 (2:1, 4:1, 5:0) 3. March 1969 – Ljubljana FRG – NOR 5:0 (0:0, 1:0, 4:0) 3. March 1969 – Ljubljana POL – ITA 5:2 (0:0, 2:1, 3:1) 3. March 1969 – Ljubljana YUG – AUT 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1) 3. March 1969 – Ljubljana NOR – ROM 5:4 (2:1, 3:1, 0:2) 4. March 1969 – Ljubljana FRG – DDR 1:6 (0:1, 1:0, 0:5) 4. March 1969 – Ljubljana AUT – ITA 3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1) 5. March 1969 – Ljubljana YUG – POL 1:4 (1:2, 0:0, 0:2) 5. March 1969 – Ljubljana DDR – AUT 11:3 (1:1, 7:1, 3:1) 6. March 1969 – Ljubljana POL – NOR 5:1 (4:0, 1:1, 0:0) 6. March 1969 – Ljubljana FRG – ITA 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0) 6. March 1969 – Ljubljana YUG – ROM 4:4 (0:1, 3:3, 1:0) 6. March 1969 – Ljubljana YUG – NOR 3:3 (0:2, 2:0, 1:1) 8. March 1969 – Ljubljana FRG – AUT 8:0 (2:0, 2:0, 4:0) 8. March 1969 – Ljubljana ROM – ITA 5:2 (0:1, 0:0, 5:1) 8. March 1969 – Ljubljana DDR – POL 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0) 8. March 1969 – Ljubljana NOR – ITA 10:2 (6:0, 3:2, 1:0) 9. March 1969 – Ljubljana POL – FRG 3:2 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1) 9. March 1969 – Ljubljana ROM – AUT 5:4 (0:1, 2:3, 3:0) 9. March 1969 – Ljubljana YUG – DDR 1:6 (0:1, 0:4, 1:1) 9. March 1969 – Ljubljana World Championship Group C (Yugoslavia) JPN SUI HUN NED BUL DEN W T L GF–GA PTS 15. JPN *** 5:2 6:3 11:0 3:4 11:1 4 0 1 36:10 8 16. SUI 2:5 *** 11:1 8:0 11:1 9:0 4 0 1 41:9 8 17. HUN 3:6 1:11 *** 13:1 5:3 4:1 3 0 2 26:22 6 18. NED 0:11 0:8 1:13 *** 7:5 4:3 2 0 3 12:40 4 19. BUL 4:3 3:11 3:5 5:7 *** 4:2 2 0 3 19:28 4 20. DEN 1:11 0:9 1:4 3:4 2:4 *** 0 0 5 7:32 0 Japan, and Switzerland were promoted to the 1970 Pool B tournament. Later Bulgaria was elevated as well to fill the vacancy left by Poland. JPN – BUL 3:4 (0:0, 2:2, 1:2) 24. February 1969 – Skopje SUI – HUN 11:1 (3:0, 4:0, 4:1) 24. February 1969 – Skopje NED – DEN 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1) 24. February 1969 – Skopje SUI – NED 8:0 (2:0, 3:0, 3:0) 25. February 1969 – Skopje HUN – BUL 5:3 (2:1, 2:2, 1:0) 26. February 1969 – Skopje JPN – DEN 11:1 (1:1, 5:0, 5:0) 26. February 1969 – Skopje NED – BUL 7:5 (2:2, 4:1, 1:2) 27. February 1969 – Skopje JPN – HUN 6:3 (0:1, 4:1, 2:1) 27. February 1969 – Skopje SUI – DEN 9:0 (3:0, 5:0, 1:0) 27. February 1969 – Skopje JPN – NED 11:0 (5:0, 4:0, 2:0) 28. February 1969 – Skopje HUN – DEN 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0) 1. March 1969 – Skopje SUI – BUL 11:3 (5:0, 3:3, 3:0) 1. March 1969 – Skopje BUL – DEN 4:2 (1:1, 3:1, 0:0) 2. March 1969 – Skopje HUN – NED 13:1 (5:0, 3:0, 5:1) 2. March 1969 – Skopje JPN – SUI 5:2 (3:0, 1:2, 1:0) 2. March 1969 – Skopje Ranking and statistics ih 1969 IIHF World Championship winners URS 9th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: SWE Leif Holmqvist Best Defenceman: CSK Jan Suchý Best Forward: SWE Ulf Sterner Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: CSK Vladimír Dzurilla Defence: CSK Jan Suchý, SWE Lennart Svedberg Forwards: URS Anatoli Firsov, CSK Václav Nedomanský, SWE Ulf Sterner Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg URSImage:silver medal icon.svg SWEImage:bronze medal icon.svg CSK4 CAN5 FIN6 USA European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg URSImage:silver medal icon.svg SWEImage:bronze medal icon.svg CSK4 FIN Notes 3 See also Czechoslovak Hockey Riots - developed as a direct result of the competition. References Summary (in French) https://web.archive.org/web/20141202013900/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1969.htm 2014-12-02 Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League 1998 Total Sports 0-8362-7114-9 498–528 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/498 Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 141 Szemberg Szymon Podnieks Andrew World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF 2007 Fenn Publishing Bolton, Ontario 2007 978-1-55168-307-2 External links IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships at SVT's open archive sv Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships 1969 Category:March 1969 sports events in Europe Cham Category:1960s in Stockholm Category:International sports competitions in Stockholm Category:Sports competitions in Ljubljana Category:1960s in Ljubljana Category:Sports competitions in Skopje Category:1960s in Skopje Category:1969 in Slovenia Category:1969 in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia Category:1968–69 in Yugoslav ice hockey Category:February 1969 sports events in Europe Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Yugoslavia