1967 Ice Hockey World Championships

1967 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships 1967 1967 World Ice Hockey Championships USSR-CAN.jpg USSR-Canada 2–1 game on 27 March Austria 18–29 March 8 ih USSR 7 Sweden Canada Czechoslovakia 28 205 172800 URS Anatoli Firsov (22 points) 1966 1968 The 1967 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 34th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Vienna, Austria from March 18 to March 29, 1967. The Soviet Union won the tournament for the fifth straight year, Sweden won the silver medal, and Canada claimed the bronze medal. Host selection Bids to host the event were received from the Austrian Ice Hockey Association and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) in March 1965. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) voted to host the event in Austria. Canada had bid hoping to combine the event with the Canadian Centennial. CAHA second vice-president Lloyd Pollock reacted by saying, "possibly we should consider now whether or not its worth" going to future championships, in a comment that foreshadowed Canada's eventual withdrawal from the world championships in 1970.Officials Lay Blame At Ahearne's Feet Sullivan Jack Jack Sullivan (journalist) March 11, 1965 Winnipeg Free Press Winnipeg, Manitoba 45 https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-mar-11-1965-1149033/ Summary For the fifth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament. They won all their games claiming their seventh World championship, and eleventh European. The competition for the other medals was very close, with Sweden, Canada, and Czechoslovakia all being in contention until the end. Sweden defeated Canada on the final day to clinch a medal and claimed Silver when the Czechs lost to the Soviets in the final game. Canada claimed Bronze, losing out to Sweden on the head-to-head tie-breaker. The East Germans handily defeated the West this year, which was believed to have settled who would be relegated. However, starting in 1969, the top tier shrank to only six nations meaning that both German entries ended up being relegated. The tournament also featured an historic first, when Finland defeated Czechoslovakia. In Group 'B' the championship was settled on the final day. With one game to play, both Romania and Poland had ten points, both had a goal differential of +14, and they had tied each other, so whoever won their final game by a wider margin would claim tournament victory. The Romanians defeated Yugoslavia five to three, and then had to watch as the Poles defeated Austria seven to two. The Polish team were quite fortunate that Romania had blown a lead on the second last day against Austria, but were very unfortunate that the change in the top tier format allowed for no promotion from Group 'B' Oddly, the leading scorer (Zoltán Horváth) came from the last placed team, Hungary. Japan won all four of their games by wide margins to claim Group 'C' but had to wait (like Poland) until 1969 for another chance to move up. World Championship Group A (Austria) Final Round main WDL R 2 URS URS SWE SWE CAN CAN TCH TCH USA USA FIN FIN GDR GDR FRG FRG 7 0 0 58 9 4 1 2 31 22 4 1 2 28 15 3 2 2 29 18 3 1 3 20 23 2 1 4 14 24 1 1 5 14 38 0 1 6 11 56 red1 R R complete Both East and West Germany were relegated as the top tier shrank to six nations for 1969. #eeeeee 18 March URS 8–2 FIN #eeeeee 18 March TCH 6–2 FRG #eeeeee 18 March SWE 3–4 USA #eeeeee 18 March CAN 6–3 GDR #eeeeee 19 March CAN 5–1 FIN #eeeeee 19 March URS 7–2 USA #eeeeee 20 March TCH 6–0 GDR #eeeeee 20 March SWE 3–1 FRG #eeeeee 21 March URS 12–0 GDR #eeeeee 21 March FIN 1–5 SWE #eeeeee 21 March CAN 13–1 FRG #eeeeee 21 March TCH 8–3 USA #eeeeee 23 March TCH 1–3 FIN #eeeeee 23 March GDR 2–8 SWE #eeeeee 23 March URS 16–1 FRG #eeeeee 23 March USA 1–2 CAN #eeeeee 25 March GDR 0–0 USA #eeeeee 25 March FIN 2–2 FRG #eeeeee 25 March URS 9–1 SWE #eeeeee 25 March TCH 1–1 CAN #eeeeee 26 March USA 2–0 FIN #eeeeee 26 March GDR 8–1 FRG #eeeeee 27 March TCH 5–5 SWE #eeeeee 27 March URS 2–1 CAN #eeeeee 28 March GDR 1–5 FIN #eeeeee 28 March USA 8–3 FRG #eeeeee 29 March CAN 0–6 SWE #eeeeee 29 March TCH 2–4 URS World Championship Group B (Austria) Final Round main WDL R 2 9 POL POL ROU ROU NOR NOR YUG YUG ITA ITA AUT AUT SUI SUI HUN HUN 5 2 0 32 13 5 2 0 34 18 5 0 2 35 21 2 3 2 29 31 2 1 4 23 31 2 1 4 23 34 1 1 5 22 37 0 2 5 27 40 red1 R R complete Both Switzerland and Hungary were relegated to the 'C' pool for 1969, additionally they missed qualifying for the 1968 Olympics. No one was promoted. #eeeeee 18 March HUN 6–6 YUG #eeeeee 18 March NOR 1–3 POL #eeeeee 18 March ROU 7–2 SUI #eeeeee 18 March AUT 2–4 ITA #eeeeee 20 March YUG 3–3 POL #eeeeee 20 March ITA 2–7 ROU #eeeeee 20 March SUI 2–5 NOR #eeeeee 20 March AUT 5–4 HUN #eeeeee 21 March HUN 3–7 POL #eeeeee 21 March AUT 3–8 YUG #eeeeee 21 March NOR 2–3 ROU #eeeeee 21 March SUI 5–7 ITA #eeeeee 23 March HUN 2–5 ROU #eeeeee 23 March ITA 2–4 YUG #eeeeee 23 March POL 7–1 SUI #eeeeee 23 March AUT 2–5 NOR #eeeeee 25 March ITA 4–4 HUN #eeeeee 25 March ROU 3–3 POL #eeeeee 25 March YUG 2–9 NOR #eeeeee 25 March AUT 5–2 SUI #eeeeee 27 March HUN 5–6 NOR #eeeeee 27 March POL 2–0 ITA #eeeeee 27 March SUI 3–3 YUG #eeeeee 27 March AUT 4–4 ROU #eeeeee 28 March NOR 7–4 ITA #eeeeee 28 March SUI 7–3 HUN #eeeeee 28 March ROU 5–3 YUG #eeeeee 28 March AUT 2–7 POL World Championship Group C (Austria) Final Round main WDL 2 17 JPN JPN DEN DEN BUL BUL FRA FRA NED NED 4 0 0 46 8 2 0 2 18 23 2 0 2 17 17 1 0 3 18 21 1 0 3 19 49 complete With the top level shrinking, no one was promoted but Japan earned a trip to the Grenoble Olympics. Belgium, Great Britain, and North Korea were expected to play in this tournament, but did not participate.http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1967.htm Summary and explanations 2013-02-11 2014-12-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20141202005656/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1967.htm dead #eeeeee 19 March BUL 10–3 NED #eeeeee 19 March JPN 11–2 DEN #eeeeee 20 March BUL 3–2 FRA #eeeeee 22 March JPN 8–2 BUL #eeeeee 22 March FRA 12–6 NED #eeeeee 23 March DEN 5–2 FRA #eeeeee 26 March NED 8–7 DEN #eeeeee 26 March JPN 7–2 FRA #eeeeee 27 March DEN 4–2 BUL #eeeeee 28 March JPN 20–2 NED Ranking and statistics ih 1967 IIHF World Championship winners URS 7th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: USA Carl Wetzel Best Defenceman: URS Vitaly Davydov Best Forward: URS Anatoli Firsov Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: USA Carl Wetzel Defence: CAN Carl Brewer, URS Alexander Ragulin Forwards: URS Veniamin Alexandrov, URS Alexander Almetov, URS Anatoli Firsov Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: URS SWE CAN4 CSK5 USA6 FIN7 GDR8 FRG 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 FIN5 GDR6 FRG Citations References Summary (in french) https://web.archive.org/web/20141202005656/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1967.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 140–1 Szemberg Szymon Podnieks Andrew World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF 2007 Fenn Publishing Bolton, Ontario 2007 978-1-55168-307-2 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Austria Category:March 1967 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Vienna Category:1960s in Vienna