1981 Ice Hockey World Championships

1981 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships November 2020 1981 Sweden 12–26 April 1981 8 1 2 ih USSR 17 Sweden Czechoslovakia Canada 32 288 171675 FRG Holger Meitinger 20 points 1979 1982 The 1981 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Sweden between 12 and 26 April 1981, with games being played in the arenas of Scandinavium in Gothenburg and Johanneshovs isstadion in Stockholm. Eight teams took part, first splitting into two groups of four, with the best two from each group advancing to the final group. These teams then play each other in the final round. This was the 47th World Championships, and also the 58th European Championships. The Soviet Union became World Champions for the 17th time, and also won their 20th European title. Don Cherry commented, "This is the best Russian team I've ever seen."http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1981.htm Summary 25 October 2012 21 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131021010618/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1981.htm dead The Dutch team had won Group C and Group B in successive years to play in this tournament, but did not fare well. Their best game was a narrow one goal loss to the Americans, a goal scored on a penalty shot by Dave Christian with eleven seconds left. It was their first appearance at the top level since 1950 and they have not returned since.Ponieks page 95 World Championship Group A (Sweden) First round Group 1 main WDL QR 2 URS URS CAN CAN FIN FIN NED NED 3 0 0 25 04 2 0 1 14 12 1 0 2 16 14 0 0 3 05 30 #ccffcc A A red1 R R complete #eeeeee 12 April CAN 4–3 FIN #eeeeee 12 April URS 10–1 NED #eeeeee 13 April CAN 8–1 NED #eeeeee 13 April URS 7–1 FIN #eeeeee 15 April URS 8–2 CAN #eeeeee 15 April FIN 12–3 NED Group 2 main WDL QR 2 TCH TCH SWE SWE USA USA FRG FRG 2 1 0 20 07 2 1 0 11 07 1 0 2 14 21 0 0 3 10 20 #ccffcc A A red1 R R complete #eeeeee 12 April TCH 11–2 USA #eeeeee 12 April SWE 4–2 FRG #eeeeee 14 April SWE 4–2 USA #eeeeee 14 April TCH 6–2 FRG #eeeeee 15 April TCH 3–3 SWE #eeeeee 15 April USA 10–6 FRG Final round main WDL 2 URS URS SWE SWE TCH TCH CAN CAN 4 2 0 38 12 3 1 2 16 26 2 2 2 20 22 0 1 5 16 30 gold 1ST silver 2ND #cc9966 3RD complete #eeeeee 18 April TCH 7–4 CAN #eeeeee 18 April URS 4–1 SWE #eeeeee 20 April SWE 3–1 CAN #eeeeee 20 April URS 8–3 TCH #eeeeee 22 April CAN 4–4 URS #eeeeee 22 April SWE 4–2 TCH #eeeeee 24 April TCH 4–2 CAN #eeeeee 24 April URS 13–1 SWE #eeeeee 26 April SWE 4–3 CAN #eeeeee 26 April URS 1–1 TCH Consolation round main WDL R 2 5 USA USA FIN FIN FRG FRG NED NED 4 1 1 35 28 3 2 1 33 21 3 1 2 40 30 0 0 6 22 51 red1 R complete Note: one game from previous round carried forward The Netherlands were relegated to Group B. #eeeeee 17 April USA 7–6 NED #eeeeee 17 April FIN 6–3 FRG #eeeeee 19 April FRG 9–2 NED #eeeeee 19 April USA 6–4 FIN #eeeeee 21 April FRG 6–2 USA #eeeeee 21 April FIN 4–2 NED #eeeeee 23 April USA 7–3 NED #eeeeee 23 April FRG 4–4 FIN #eeeeee 25 April FRG 12–6 NED #eeeeee 25 April FIN 3–3 USA World Championship Group B (Italy) Played in Urtijëi 20–29 March. The hosts went undefeated to win, led by former Pittsburgh Penguin and Edmonton Oiler Wayne Bianchin and backstopped by former Oiler Jim Corsi. main WDL QR 2 9 ITA ITA POL POL SUI SUI GDR GDR ROU ROU 1965 NOR NOR YUG YUG JPN JPN 6 1 0 38 18 5 1 1 49 25 4 2 1 28 20 4 1 2 37 25 2 0 5 25 30 2 0 5 21 39 1 1 5 23 44 1 0 6 18 38 #ccffcc A red1 R R complete Italy was promoted to Group A, both Yugoslavia and Japan were relegated to Group C. #eeeeee 20 March GDR 4–3 JPN #eeeeee 20 March ROU 1965 5–6 POL #eeeeee 20 March SUI 5–2 NOR #eeeeee 20 March ITA 6–4 YUG #eeeeee 21 March SUI 3–3 POL #eeeeee 21 March JPN 0–2 NOR #eeeeee 21 March GDR 11–3 YUG #eeeeee 21 March ITA 3–2 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 23 March ROU 1965 1–6 GDR #eeeeee 23 March POL 13–4 NOR #eeeeee 23 March JPN 7–3 YUG #eeeeee 23 March ITA 4–2 SUI #eeeeee 24 March JPN 2–11 POL #eeeeee 24 March YUG 3–2 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 24 March ITA 6–1 NOR #eeeeee 24 March SUI 2–1 GDR #eeeeee 26 March YUG 4–4 SUI #eeeeee 26 March ROU 1965 5–1 JPN #eeeeee 26 March GDR 6–3 NOR #eeeeee 26 March ITA 4–1 POL #eeeeee 28 March NOR 6–2 YUG #eeeeee 28 March SUI 8–3 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 28 March GDR 3–7 POL #eeeeee 28 March ITA 9–2 JPN #eeeeee 29 March YUG 4–8 POL #eeeeee 29 March NOR 3–7 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 29 March SUI 4–3 JPN #eeeeee 29 March ITA 6–6 GDR World Championship Group C (China PR) Played in Beijing 6–15 March. main WDL Q 2 17 AUT AUT CHN CHN HUN HUN 1957 DEN DEN FRA FRA BUL BUL 1971 PRK PRK GBR GBR 7 0 0 43 05 6 0 1 46 14 4 1 2 38 22 3 1 3 36 27 3 0 4 48 36 3 0 4 22 32 1 0 6 18 66 0 0 7 11 60 #ccffcc A A complete Both Austria and China were promoted to Group B. #eeeeee 6 March AUT 10–0 PRK #eeeeee 6 March HUN 1957 8–0 GBR #eeeeee 6 March FRA 7–0 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 6 March CHN 5–1 DEN #eeeeee 7 March GBR 2–11 FRA #eeeeee 7 March CHN 6–2 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 7 March PRK 5–9 DEN #eeeeee 7 March AUT 7–0 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 9 March HUN 1957 10–3 PRK #eeeeee 9 March DEN 4–6 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 9 March FRA 1–7 AUT #eeeeee 9 March CHN 12–2 GBR #eeeeee 10 March HUN 1957 11–6 FRA #eeeeee 10 March PRK 2–9 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 10 March GBR 2–13 DEN #eeeeee 10 March CHN 0–3 AUT #eeeeee 12 March BUL 1971 4–2 GBR #eeeeee 12 March FRA 17–1 PRK #eeeeee 12 March AUT 4–2 DEN #eeeeee 12 March CHN 3–1 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 13 March CHN 10–3 FRA #eeeeee 13 March GBR 1–5 PRK #eeeeee 13 March HUN 1957 2–2 DEN #eeeeee 13 March AUT 5–0 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 15 March AUT 7–2 GBR #eeeeee 15 March BUL 1971 1–6 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 15 March FRA 3–5 DEN #eeeeee 15 March CHN 10–2 PRK Ranking and statistics ih 1981 IIHF World Championship winners URS 17th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: SWE Peter Lindmark Best Defenceman: CAN Larry Robinson Best Forward: URS Alexander Maltsev Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: SWE Peter Lindmark Defence: CAN Larry Robinson, URS Valeri Vasiliev Forwards: URS Sergei Kapustin, URS Sergei Makarov, URS Alexander Maltsev Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: URS SWE CSK4 CAN5 USA6 FIN7 FRG8 NED European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: File:gold medal icon.svg URSFile:silver medal icon.svg SWEFile:bronze medal icon.svg CSK4 FIN5 FRG6 NED Fanfare of the Championships The fanfare for the Championships was written by Benny Andersson (from ABBA) in 1981. It was later used as the jingle/opening theme for the television special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA aired later in 1981. Reference - Palm, Carl Magnus: ABBA - The Complete Recordings Sessions, page 106. Verulam Publishing Ltd (13 October 1994). 0-907938-10-8. 978-0-907938-10-1. Citations References Complete results https://web.archive.org/web/20131021010618/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1981.htm 21 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 148 To hear the Fanfare of the Championships External links 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Juniors IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships at SVT's open archive (including the 1981 tournament) sv Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships World 1981 Category:April 1981 sports events in Europe Category:International sports competitions in Gothenburg Category:International sports competitions in Stockholm Category:1980s in Stockholm Category:1980s in Gothenburg Category:March 1981 sports events in Europe Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Italy Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by China Category:1980–81 in Italian ice hockey Category:1980–81 in Asian ice hockey Category:1981 in Chinese sport Category:Sports competitions in Beijing Category:1981 in Beijing Category:March 1981 in Sweden