1966 Ice Hockey World Championships

1966 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships October 2018 1966 1966 World Ice Hockey Championships stamp of Yugoslavia.jpg 240px Stamp of Yugoslavia dedicated to the 1966 World Ice Hockey Championships Yugoslavia 3–13 March 8 ih USSR 6 Czechoslovakia Canada Sweden 28 205 147492 URS Veniamin Aleksandrov (17 points) 1965 1967 The 1966 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia from 3 to 13 March 1966. For the fourth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament. For the Soviets, it was their sixth World and tenth European title. Czechoslovakia beat both Canada and Sweden two to one, to take the Silver, while the Swedes' historic loss to East Germany helped put them fourth behind Canada for the Bronze. The lower two tiers (Groups B and C) were formalized, so there would be no more qualifying tournaments with promotion and relegation taking places between these two tournaments as well. West Germany won all their games to return to the top level of competition while Great Britain went winless and was replaced by Group C winner Italy. Qualifying round Group B/C (Bucharest Romania) main WDL 2 ROU ROU ITA ITA FRA FRA 2 0 0 17 5 1 0 1 12 8 0 0 2 5 21 complete #eeeeee 10 December 1965 ROU 11–3 FRA #eeeeee 11 December 1965 ITA 10–2 FRA #eeeeee 12 December 1965 ROU 6–2 ITA thumb|Italy - France Romania qualified in Group B Italy and France qualified in Group C World Championship Group A (Ljubljana) The Canadian national team players wanted to withdraw from the World Championships in protest of the officiating in a loss to the Czechoslovak national team in which Canada was the more-penalized team and had two goals disallowed. The team's manager Father David Bauer stayed up all night with the team and talked them into continuing to avoid a national embarrassment and sanctions against the team.https://thehockeywriters.com/50-years-ago-in-hockey-players-relent-canada-back-in-tourney/ Players Relent – Canada Back In Tourney Cole Rick March 11, 2016 The Hockey Writers February 9, 2021Oliver Greg Father Bauer and the Great Experiment: The Genesis of Canadian Olympic Hockey ECW Press 2017 Toronto, Ontario 978-1-77041-249-1 149–150 Final round thumb|right|1966 World Championship opening ceremony main WDL Q 2 URS URS TCH TCH CAN CAN SWE SWE GDR GDR USA USA FIN FIN POL POL 6 1 0 55 7 6 0 1 32 15 5 0 2 33 10 3 1 3 26 17 3 0 4 12 30 2 0 5 18 39 2 0 5 18 43 0 0 7 11 44 red1 E complete Poland was relegated to Group B for 1967. #eeeeee 3 March URS 8–1 POL #eeeeee 3 March TCH 6–0 GDR #eeeeee 3 March SWE 5–1 FIN #eeeeee 3 March USA 2–7 CAN #eeeeee 5 March CAN 6–0 POL #eeeeee 5 March TCH 8–1 FIN #eeeeee 5 March SWE 1–4 GDR #eeeeee 5 March URS 11–0 USA #eeeeee 6 March TCH 6–1 POL #eeeeee 6 March CAN 9–1 FIN #eeeeee 6 March SWE 6–1 USA #eeeeee 6 March URS 10–0 GDR #eeeeee 8 March SWE 8–2 POL #eeeeee 8 March URS 13–2 FIN #eeeeee 8 March TCH 7–4 USA #eeeeee 8 March CAN 6–0 GDR #eeeeee 9 March POL 0–4 GDR #eeeeee 9 March USA 1–4 FIN #eeeeee 10 March CAN 1–2 TCH #eeeeee 10 March URS 3–3 SWE #eeeeee 11 March FIN 6–3 POL #eeeeee 11 March GDR 0–4 USA #eeeeee 11 March TCH 2–1 SWE #eeeeee 11 March URS 3–0 CAN #eeeeee 12 March POL 4–6 USA #eeeeee 12 March GDR 4–3 FIN #eeeeee 13 March CAN 4–2 SWE #eeeeee 13 March URS 7–1 TCH World Championship Group B (Zagreb) Final round main WDL Q 2 9 FRG FRG ROU ROU YUG YUG NOR NOR AUT AUT SUI SUI HUN HUN GBR GBR 7 0 0 34 12 5 1 1 29 16 4 2 1 25 23 4 0 3 28 17 3 0 4 25 30 2 0 5 24 26 1 0 6 19 30 0 1 6 15 45 #ccffcc A red1 E complete West Germany was promoted to the top level while Great Britain was relegated to Group C for 1967 (but did not participate again until 1971). #eeeeee 3 March NOR 12–2 GBR #eeeeee 3 March SUI 3–4 ROU #eeeeee 3 March FRG 6–3 AUT #eeeeee 3 March YUG 6–4 HUN #eeeeee 4 March FRG 4–1 ROU #eeeeee 4 March SUI 6–3 GBR #eeeeee 4 March HUN 2–7 AUT #eeeeee 4 March YUG 2–1 NOR #eeeeee 6 March NOR 0–4 ROU #eeeeee 6 March HUN 8–1 GBR #eeeeee 6 March AUT 7–6 SUI #eeeeee 6 March YUG 2–6 FRG #eeeeee 7 March AUT 3–4 NOR #eeeeee 7 March HUN 2–4 ROU #eeeeee 7 March FRG 10–4 GBR #eeeeee 7 March YUG 3–2 SUI #eeeeee 9 March AUT 1–7 ROU #eeeeee 9 March SUI 0–4 FRG #eeeeee 9 March HUN 2–5 NOR #eeeeee 9 March YUG 3–3 GBR #eeeeee 10 March NOR 4–1 SUI #eeeeee 10 March HUN 0–1 FRG #eeeeee 11 March AUT 2–1 GBR #eeeeee 11 March YUG 5–5 ROU #eeeeee 12 March FRG 3–2 NOR #eeeeee 12 March HUN 1–6 SUI #eeeeee 12 March GBR 1–4 ROU #eeeeee 12 March YUG 4–2 AUT World Championship Group C (Jesenice) A Yugoslav 'B' team participated unofficially in the tournament, playing games against each of the three other participating nations. This was South Africa's last appearance in the World Championships until 1992. Final round main WDL Q 2 17 ITA ITA DEN DEN YUGB YUG B RSA RSA 1928 5 0 0 54 8 2 1 2 21 21 1 1 1 11 13 0 0 5 4 50 #ccffcc A complete Italy was promoted to Group B, France decided not to participate, Yugoslavia B team participated instead of France #eeeeee 3 March DEN 9–0 RSA 1928 #eeeeee 4 March ITA 17–0 RSA 1928 #eeeeee 5 March YUG B 5–5 DEN #eeeeee 6 March RSA 1928 2–18 ITA #eeeeee 7 March ITA 7–1 DEN #eeeeee 8 March DEN 5–12 ITA #eeeeee 10 March YUG B 4–1 RSA 1928 #eeeeee 11 March RSA 1928 2–6 DEN #eeeeee 12 March YUG B 2–7 ITA Ranking and statistics ih 1966 IIHF World Championship winners URS 6th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: CAN Seth Martin Best Defenceman: URS Alexander Ragulin Best Forward: URS Konstantin Loktev Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: CAN Seth Martin Defence: CAN Gary Begg, URS Alexander Ragulin Forwards: URS Veniamin Alexandrov, CAN Fran Huck, URS Konstantin Loktev Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: URS CSK CAN4 SWE5 GDR6 USA7 FIN8 POL European championships final standings thumb|USSR stamp Please note: At the time of the championship Sweden was awarded the bronze, however, East Germany should have won because of their better record amongst only European clubs. In 1999 this mistake was corrected and living players were presented with the medals they were supposed to have won.Müller The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: URS CSK GDR4 SWE5 FIN6 POL Citations References Müller Stephan 2005 International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904–2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=huA3Y4pU9noC&q=Ice%20hockey&pg=PP1 Books on Demand 978-3-8334-4189-9 Summary (in french) https://web.archive.org/web/20131030213336/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1966.htm 30 October 2013 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 139–40 Szemberg Szymon Podnieks Andrew World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF Fenn Publishing Bolton, Ontario 2007 978-1-55168-307-2 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships 1966 1966 Category:Sports competitions in Ljubljana Category:March 1966 sports events in Europe Category:1960s in Ljubljana Category:1960s in Zagreb Category:Sports competitions in Zagreb Category:Sport in Jesenice, Jesenice