1971 Ice Hockey World Championships

1971 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships 1971 Switzerland 19 March – 3 April 6 ih USSR 11 Czechoslovakia Sweden Finland 30 234 190251 URS Anatoli Firsov 19 points 1970 1972 The 1971 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which also doubled as the 49th European ice hockey championships. The Pool A, Pool B and Pool C tournaments were hosted by the following nations: Pool A in Switzerland (Bern and Geneva), 19 March – 3 April 1971 Pool B in Switzerland (Bern, Geneva, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Lyss), 5–14 March 1971 Pool C in the Netherlands, 26 February – 7 March 1971 A record 22 nationsPassion hockey.com participated in the tournaments. The Pool A tournament featured the top six nations, playing a double round-robin tournament for the World Championship. Teams #7-#14 participated in the Pool B tournament with the winner qualifying for the 1972 Pool A championship while the two last-place teams were demoted to the 1972 Pool C tournament. The bottom eight teams participated in the Pool C tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the 1972 Pool B tournament. The Soviet Union won its ninth consecutive (a record which has not been broken), and 11th overall, title. This was the last international tournament in which goaltenders did not have to wear face masks.Szemberg Podnieks 2007 199 Qualifying round (A/B) The Pool A tournament was held in Bern and Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 March to 3 April 1971. The East German team declined to participate. West Germany participated instead after beating Poland in two qualifying games arranged in November 1970 for the vacant slot. West Germany had placed second in last year's Pool B, while Poland had finished 6th in last year's Pool A. FRG – POL 6:3 (2:0, 3:2, 1:1) 8 November 1970 – Munich POL – FRG 4:4 (2:0, 2:0, 0:4) 12 November 1970 – Łódź World Championship Group A (Switzerland) 38. World Championships URS TCH SWE FIN GER USA W T L GF–GA Pts. 1. URS *** 3:3* 8:0* 8:1* 11:2* 10:2* 8 1 1 77:24 17 2. TCH 5:2 *** 5:6* 5:0* 9:1* 1:5* 7 1 2 44:20 15 3. SWE 3:6 1:3 *** 1:1* 7:2* 4:2* 5 1 4 29:33 11 4. FIN 1:10 2:4 1:2 *** 4:3* 7:4* 4 1 5 31:42 9 5. FRG 2:12 0:4 2:1 2:7 *** 7:2* 2 0 8 22:62 4 6. USA 5:7 0:5 3:4 3:7 5:1 *** 2 0 8 31:53 4 For the ninth straight year, the Soviet Union won the world championship, although Czechoslovakia won the 49th European championship as the Czech opening loss against the Americans did not count in the European standings. Team USA was demoted to the 1972 Pool B tournament. The Americans came into their final game needing to win by five goals, and led five to zero in the third period, but the Germans scored the only goal of the frame claiming the advantage in the tie-breaker for 5th place. 49. European ChampionshipsTCH URS SWE FIN GER W T L GF–GA Pts. 1. TCH *** 5:2* 5:6* 5:0* 9:1* 6 1 1 38:15 13 2. URS 3:3 *** 8:0* 8:1* 11:2* 6 1 1 60:17 13 3. SWE 3:6 1:3 *** 1:1* 7:2* 3 1 4 21:28 7 4. FIN 1:10 2:4 1:2 *** 4:3* 2 1 5 17:35 5 5. FRG 2:12 0:4 2:1 2:7 *** 1 0 7 14:55 2 TCH – USA 1:5 (1:3, 0:1, 0:1) 19 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Nedomanský – Riutta 2, Konik, Patrick, Boucha. Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Ehrensperger (SUI) URS – FRG 11:2 (2:2, 3:0, 6:0) 19 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Mišakov 3, Petrov 2, Vikulov 2, Firsov, Malcev, Zimin, Martiňuk – Alois Schloder, Philipp. USA – SWE 2:4 (1:1, 1:1, 0:2) 20 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Boucha, Falkman – Wickberg 2, Sterner, Lindberg FRG – FIN 3:4 (1:2, 1:1, 1:1) 20 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Hanig, Kuhn, Philipp – Oksanen 2, Ketola, Isaksson. TCH – SWE 5:6 (1:2, 2:0, 2:4) 21 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Hlinka 3, Nedomanský, Panchártek – Lundström 2, Hammarström, Nilsson, Norlander, Sterner. Referees: Bader (GER), Ehrensperger (SUI) FIN – URS 1:8 (1:1, 0:2, 0:5) 21 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Koskela – Malcev 2, Petrov 2, Davydov, Vikulov, Firsov, Michajlov. TCH – FRG 9:1 (1:0, 3:1, 5:0) 22 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: B. Šťastný 2, Kochta, Farda, Černý, Martinec, Horešovský, Jiří Holík, Pospíšil – Eimansberger. Referees: Gagnon (USA), Sillankorva (FIN) URS – USA 10:2 (1:0, 7:1, 2:1) 22 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Vikulov 2, Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Lutčenko, Firsov, Malcev, Charlamov – Sheehy, Christiansen. FRG – SWE 2:7 (0:3, 1:2, 1:2) 23 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Alois Schloder, Philipp – Nordlander, Abrahamsson, Wickberg, Lundström, Lindberg, Stig-Göran Johansson, Hammarchtröm. USA – FIN 4:7 (0:2, 3:3, 1:2) 23 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Gambucci 2, McElmury, Patrick – Marjamäki, Esa Peltonen, Vehmanen, Linnonmaa, Lindström, Oksanen, Koskela. FIN – SWE 1:1 (1:0, 0:0, 0:1) 24 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Ketola – Nordlander. TCH – URS 3:3 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1) 24 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Novák, Nedomanský, Kochta – Martyňuk, Firsov, Petrov. Referees: Wycsik (POL), Ehrensperger (SUI) USA – FRG 2:7 (0:2, 1:3, 1:2) 25 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Christiansen, Boucha – Hofherr 2, Philipp 2, Völk, Hanig, Kuhn. SWE – URS 0:8 (0:4, 0:1, 0:3) 26 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Firsov 4, Michajlov 2, Petrov, Martiňuk. TCH – FIN 5:0 (0:0, 3:0, 2:0) 26 March 1971 – Bern Goalscorers: Farda, Novák, Nedomanský, Kochta, Jiří Holík. Referees: Bader (GER), Dämmerich (GDR) TCH – USA 5:0 (0:0, 3:0, 2:0) 27 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Černý, Pospíšil, Bubla, Novák, Farda. Referees: Karandin (URS), Gerber (SUI) FRG – URS 2:12 (1:1, 0:7, 1:4) 27 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Alois Schloder, Modes – Lutčenko, Vikulov, Malcev 2, Firsov, Charlamov 2, Michajlov, Zimin, Šadrin 3. SWE – USA 4:3 (1:0, 1:3, 2:0) 28 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Nilsson, Palmqvist – Gambucci 2, Boucha. FIN – FRG 7:2 (3:0, 0:1, 4:1) 28 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Repo, Järn, Erkki Mononen, Murto, Lauri Mononen, Marjamäki, Vehmanen – Bernd Kuhn, Egger. URS – FIN 10:1 (5:1, 1:0, 4:0) 29 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Malcev 2, Michajlov, Petrov, Martiňuk, Staršinov, Ragulin, Firsov, Šadrin 2 – Koskela. TCH – SWE 3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:1) 29 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Černý, Suchý, Kochta – Bergman. Referees: Karandin (URS), Ehrenberger (SUI) TCH – FRG 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0) 30 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Černý 2, Nedomanský, Martinec. Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Gerber (SUI) USA – URS 5:7 (1:1, 2:5, 2:1) 30 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Gambucci 2, Christiansen, Mellor, Boucha – Romiševskij, Malcev, Kuzkin, Michajlov, Martiňuk, Šadrin, Mišakov. SWE – FRG 1:2 (1:0, 0:2, 0:0) 31 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Palmqvist – Schneitberger, Hanig. FIN – USA 7:3 (1:1, 3:1, 3:1) 31 March 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Ketola 3, Koskela 2, Luojola, Oksanen – D.Ross, McElmury, Boucha. SWE – FIN 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1) 1 April 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Svedberg, Pettersson – Koskela. TCH – URS 5:2 (1:1, 1:1, 3:0) 1 April 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Nedomanský, Suchý, Horešovský, B. Šťastný, Farda – Malcev, Charlamov. Referees: Wycisk (POL), Ehrensperger (SUI) FRG – USA 1:5 (0:1, 0:4, 1:0) 2 April 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Hofherr – Gambucci, Patrick, Boucha, Ahearn, Christiansen. TCH – FIN 4:2 (2:1, 1:1, 1:0) 3 April 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, B. Šťastný, Hlinka – Murto, Linnonmaa. Referees: Wycisk (POL), Ehrensperger (SUI) URS – SWE 6:3 (2:1, 0:2, 4:0) 3 April 1971 – Geneva Goalscorers: Firsov, Petrov, Michajlov, Lutčenko, Charlamov, Kuzkin – Håkan Wickberg, Tord Lundström, Håkan Pettersson. Pool A statistics and team rosters Scoring leaders Goals Assists Points1. URS Anatoli Firsov 10 9 192. URS Valeri Kharlamov 5 12 173. URS Alexander Maltsev 10 6 164. URS Vladimir Petrov 8 3 115. URS Boris Mikhailov 7 3 105. USA Gary Gambucci 7 3 10 1. URS Goalkeepers: Viktor Konovalenko, Vladislav Tretiak. Defencemen: Vladimir Lutchenko, Alexander Ragulin, Vitali Davydov, Viktor Kuzkin, Igor Romishevsky, Yuri Lyapkin, Gennadiy Tsygankov. Forwards: Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharlamov, Vladimir Vikulov, Alexander Maltsev, Anatoli Firsov, Alexander Martynyuk, Yevgeni Mishakov, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Vladimir Shadrin, Yevgeni Zimin. Coaches: Arkady Chernyshev, Anatoly Tarasov. 2. TCH Goalkeepers: Jiří Holeček, Marcel Sakač. Defencemen: Jan Suchý, František Pospíšil, Oldřich Machač, František Panchártek, Josef Horešovský, Rudolf Tajcnár, Jiří Bubla. Forwards: Jan Havel, Václav Nedomanský, Jiří Holík, Eduard Novák, Richard Farda, Josef Černý, Vladimír Martinec, Ivan Hlinka, Bohuslav Šťastný, Jiří Kochta, Bedřich Brunclík. Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka. 3. SWE Goalkeepers: Christer Abrahamsson, Leif Holmqvist, William Löfqvist. Defencemen: Arne Carlsson, Lennart Svedberg, Thommy Abrahamsson, Bert-Ola Nordlander, Thommie Bergman, Kjell-Rune Milton, Gunnar Andersson (ice hockey) Gunnar Andersson sv Gunnar Andersson (ishockeyspelare). Forwards: Inge Hammarström, Stig-Göran Johansson, Stefan Karlsson (ice hockey) Stefan Karlsson sv Stefan Karlsson (ishockeyspelare), Hans Lindberg, Tord Lundström, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Håkan Nygren, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Pettersson, Ulf Sterner, Håkan Wickberg. Coach: Arne Strömberg. 4. FIN Goalkeepers: Urpo Ylönen, Jorma Valtonen. Defencemen: Ilpo Koskela, Seppo Lindström, Hannu Luojola, Heikki Järn, Pekka Marjamäki, Jauko Öystilä. Forwards: Lauri Mononen, Erkki Mononen, Seppo Repo, Esa Isaksson, Jorma Vehmanen, Lasse Oksanen, Tommi Salmelainen, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Harri Linnonmaa, Matti Murto, Esa Peltonen, Juhani Tamminen. Coaches: Seppo Liitsola, Matias Helenius. 5. GER Goalkeepers: Anton Kehle, Josef Schramm. Defencemen: Hans Schichti, Rudolf Thanner, Josef Völk, Paul Langer, Otto Schneidberger, Erwin Riedmeier, Werner Modes. Forwards: Alois Schloder, Gustav Hanig, Bernd Kuhn, Anton Hofherr, Rainer Phillip, Lorenz Funk, Johann Eimannsberger, Franz Hofherr, Karl-Heinz Egger, Heinz Weisenbach, Klaus Ego. Coach: Gerhard Kiessling. 6. USA Goalkeepers: Carl Wetzel, Mike Curran, Dick Tomasoni. Defencemen: George Konik, Jim McElmury, Don Ross, Bruce Riutta, Tom Mellor, Dick McGlynn. Forwards: Henry Boucha, Gary Gambucci, Craig Patrick, Craig Falkman, Keith Christiansen, Tim Sheehy, Leonard Lilyholm, Kevin Ahearn, Bob Lindberg, Paul Schilling, Pete Fichuk, Richard Toomey. Coach: Murray Williamson. World Championship Group B (Switzerland) SUI POL GDR NOR JPN YUG AUT ITA W T L GF–GA pts. 7. SUI *** 4:4 3:1 3:2 4:1 8:5 4:1 5:0 6 1 0 31:14 13 8. POL 4:4 *** 7:4 8:1 4:6 4:0 3:2 6:2 5 1 1 36:19 11 9. GDR 1:3 4:7 *** 8:4 9:4 5:3 11:3 11:0 5 0 2 49:24 10 10. NOR 2:3 1:8 4:8 *** 10:6 6:3 7:2 7:2 4 0 3 37:32 8 11. YUG 5:8 0:4 3:5 3:6 *** 7:6 3:1 4:4 2 1 4 25:34 5 12. JPN 1:4 6:4 4:9 6:10 6:7 *** 6:2 4:4 2 1 4 33:40 5 13. AUT 1:4 2:3 3:11 2:7 2:6 1:3 *** 6:0 1 0 6 17:34 2 14. ITA 0:5 2:6 0:11 2:7 4:4 4:4 0:6 *** 0 2 5 12:43 2 Switzerland qualify for 1972 Pool A championship tournament; Austria and Italy demoted to 1972 Pool C tournament. Additionally, the top six qualify for the Sapporo Olympics. NOR – YUG 6:3 (2:0, 2:1, 2:2) 5 March 1971 – Bern POL – ITA 6:2 (2:0, 2:1, 2:1) 5 March 1971 – Bern GDR – JPN 9:4 (0:1, 4:1, 5:2) 5 March 1971 – Bern SUI – AUT 4:1 (2:0, 1:0, 1:1) 5 March 1971 – Lyss YUG – AUT 3:1 (2:0, 1:1, 0:0) 6 March 1971 – Bern ITA – JPN 4:4 (1:0, 0:2, 3:2) 6 March 1971 – Bern SUI – NOR 3:2 (0:1, 2:0, 1:1) 6 March 1971 – Lyss POL – GDR 7:4 (3:0, 1:4, 3:0) 7 March 1971 – Bern NOR – ITA 7:2 (2:1, 3:1, 2:0) 8 March 1971 – Bern JPN – AUT 6:2 (2:0, 2:0, 2:2) 8 March 1971 – Geneva GDR – YUG 5:3 (2:1, 1:1, 2:1) 8 March 1971 – Bern SUI – POL 4:4 (2:0, 1:3, 1:1) 8 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds GDR – ITA 11:0 (5:0, 1:0, 5:0) 9 March 1971 – Bern NOR – AUT 7:2 (1:0, 5:0, 1:2) 9 March 1971 – Geneva SUI – YUG 8:5 (0:1, 3:2, 5:2) 9 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds JPN – POL 6:4 (2:0, 1:2, 3:2) 10 March 1971 – Lyss GDR – AUT 11:3 (3:1, 5:1, 3:1) 11 March 1971 – Lyss ITA – YUG 4:4 (2:2, 1:1, 1:1) 11 March 1971 – Bern POL – NOR 8:1 (0:0, 5:0, 3:1) 11 March 1971 – Bern SUI – JPN 4:1 (1:0, 3:0, 0:1) 11 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds NOR – JPN 10:6 (5:1, 0:3, 5:2) 13 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds POL – YUG 4:0 (1:0, 0:0, 3:0) 13 March 1971 – Bern AUT – ITA 6:0 (1:0, 1:0, 4:0) 13 March 1971 – Geneva SUI – GDR 3:1 (2:0, 0:1, 1:0) 13 March 1971 – Bern YUG – JPN 7:6 (1:2, 5:0, 1:4) 14 March 1971 – Bern POL – AUT 3:2 (0:0, 2:0, 1:2) 14 March 1971 – Geneva GDR – NOR 8:4 (1:0, 4:2, 3:2) 14 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI – ITA 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0) 14 March 1971 – Lyss World Championship Group C (Netherlands) ROM FRA HUN GBR BUL NED DEN BEL W T L GF–GA Pts. 15. ROM *** 7:1 3:3 11:2 12:3 10:2 6:2 21:0 6 1 0 70:11 13 16. FRA 1:7 *** 8:4 6:4 2:1 9:2 5:1 18:1 6 0 1 49:20 12 17. HUN 3:3 4:8 *** 7:6 7:6 4:3 2:0 31:1 5 1 1 58:27 11 18. GBR 2:11 4:6 6:7 *** 5:5 7:4 5:4 18:2 3 1 3 47:39 7 19. BUL 2:12 1:2 6:7 5:5 *** 7:0 4:5 11:1 2 1 4 36:32 5 20. NED 2:10 2:9 3:4 4:7 0:7 *** 3:1 18:0 2 0 5 32:38 4 21. DEN 1:6 1:5 0:2 4:5 5:4 1:3 *** 21:1 2 0 5 33:26 4 22. BEL 0:21 1:18 1:31 2:18 1:11 0:18 1:21 *** 0 0 7 6:138 0 Romania and France qualify for 1972 Pool B tournament, and the Sapporo Olympics. HUN – BUL 7:6 (1:0, 4:2, 2:4) 26. February 1971 – Nijmegen FRA – ROM 1:7 (0:0, 1:2, 0:5) 26. February 1971 – Utrecht GBR – BEL 18:2 (8:0, 4:0, 6:2) 26. February 1971 – Eindhoven NED – DEN 3:1 (2:0, 0:0, 1:1) 26. February 1971 – Tilburg DEN – ROM 1:6 (0:0, 0:2, 1:4) 27. February 1971 – Rotterdam BEL – FRA 1:18 (0:7, 0:7, 1:4) 27. February 1971 – Utrecht HUN – GBR 7:6 (3:1, 1:2, 3:3) 27. February 1971 – Tilburg NED – BUL 0:7 (0:4, 0:1, 0:2) 27. February 1971 – Geleen FRA – BUL 2:1 (0:1, 0:0, 2:0) 1 March 1971 – Tilburg HUN – ROM 3:3 (3:1, 0:0, 0:2) 1 March 1971 – Eindhoven DEN – BEL 21:1 (8:0, 5:0, 8:1) 1 March 1971 – Rotterdam NED – GBR 4:7 (0:3, 3:1, 1:3) 1 March 1971 – s-Hertogenbosch GBR – DEN 5:4 (1:2, 3:2, 1:0) 2 March 1971 – Nijmegen HUN – FRA 4:8 (2:3, 0:2, 2:3) 2 March 1971 – Rotterdam BUL – ROM 2:12 (1:2, 1:6, 0:4) 2 March 1971 – Utrecht NED – BEL 18:0 (5:0, 8:0, 5:0) 2 March 1971 – Eindhoven FRA – GBR 6:4 (0:1, 4:3, 2:0) 4 March 1971 – Groningen DEN – BUL 5:4 (0:2, 3:1, 2:1) 4 March 1971 – Heerenveen HUN – BEL 31:1 (9:1, 9:0, 13:0) 4 March 1971 – s-Hertogenbosch NED – ROM 2:10 (2:4, 0:5, 0:1) 4 March 1971 – Tilburg GBR – BUL 5:5 (2:1, 1:2, 2:2) 5 March 1971 – Heerenveen ROM – BEL 21:0 (7:0, 7:0, 7:0) 5 March 1971 – Tilburg DEN – FRA 1:5 (0:3, 0:1, 1:1) 5 March 1971 – Groningen NED – HUN 3:4 (0:1, 1:1, 2:2) 5 March 1971 – Rotterdam BUL – BEL 11:1 (4:0, 4:0, 4:1) 7 March 1971 – Rotterdam DEN – HUN 0:2 (0:1, 0:0, 0:1) 7 March 1971 – Eindhoven ROM – GBR 11:2 (3:0, 4:1, 4:1) 7 March 1971 – Geleen NED – FRA 2:9 (1:4, 0:3, 1:2) 7 March 1971 – Utrecht Ranking and statistics ih 1971 IIHF World Championship winners URS 11th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: CSK Jiří Holeček Best Defenceman: CSK Jan Suchý Best Forward: URS Anatoli Firsov Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: CSK Jiří Holeček Defence: FIN Ilpo Koskela, CSK Jan Suchý Forwards: URS Anatoli Firsov, URS Alexander Maltsev, URS Vladimir Vikulov Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg URSImage:silver medal icon.svg CSKImage:bronze medal icon.svg SWE4 FIN5 FRG6 USA European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg CSKImage:silver medal icon.svg URSImage:bronze medal icon.svg SWE4 FIN5 FRG Notes 3 References Summary (in french) 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 142 Szemberg Szymon Podnieks Andrew World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF 2007 Fenn Publishing Bolton, Ontario 978-1-55168-307-2 2007 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Switzerland Category:March 1971 sports events in Europe Category:April 1971 sports events in Europe Category:20th century in Geneva Category:20th century in Bern Category:Sports competitions in Bern Category:Sports competitions in Geneva Category:February 1971 sports events in Europe Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds World Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands