1978 Ice Hockey World Championships

1978 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships October 2020 1978 Czechoslovakia 26 April – 14 May 8 1 1 ih USSR 15 Czechoslovakia Canada Sweden 40 322 362642 FRG Erich Kühnhackl 16 points 1977 1979 The 1978 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 26 April to 14 May. Held at the Sportovní hala ČSTV in the capital city, it was the sixth time Czechoslovakia hosted the competition. 27 April 1978 Úspěšné vykročení našich 8 https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1978/4/27/8.png Rudé právo Prague cs 2 September 2024 Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once in the first round, and then the four best teams meeting in a new round. This was the 45th World Championships, and also the 56th European Championships. The USSR won for the 15th time, narrowly defeating the incumbent Czechoslovaks. On the final day, there was essentially a gold medal game, and a bronze medal game. The Soviets played the Czechoslovaks and needed to win by at least two to win the Championship.http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1978.htm Tie breaker 25 October 2012 2 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141202024611/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1978.htm dead They took a three nothing lead, and hung to win by two, capturing gold by being even head-to-head with the Czechoslovaks, but having a cumulative two goal advantage against everyone else. Canada and Sweden came into the final game even, so the winner would claim the bronze. Pat Hickey scored with a minute left in the game to give Canada a three to two victory, and the medal.http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1978.htm Tournament summary 25 October 2012 2 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141202024611/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1978.htm dead Because of the allowance of professionals from the NHL into the tournament, a peculiar (and new) situation arose during this year's tournament. The Minnesota North Stars had players representing Canada (2), Sweden (3), and the United States (4).Duplacey page 506 World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia) First round main WDL QR 2 TCH TCH URS URS CAN CAN SWE SWE FRG FRG USA USA GDR GDR FIN FIN 7 0 0 44 15 6 0 1 46 23 4 0 3 32 26 4 0 3 35 21 2 1 4 23 35 1 1 5 25 42 1 1 5 13 45 1 1 5 23 34 #ccffcc A A A A red1 R R R R complete #eeeeee 26 April SWE 6–2 FRG #eeeeee 26 April TCH 8–0 GDR #eeeeee 26 April URS 9–5 USA #eeeeee 27 April FIN 6–4 CAN #eeeeee 27 April URS 7–4 FRG #eeeeee 27 April SWE 5–1 USA #eeeeee 28 April TCH 6–4 FIN #eeeeee 28 April CAN 6–2 GDR #eeeeee 29 April SWE 10–1 GDR #eeeeee 29 April TCH 8–2 FRG #eeeeee 30 April CAN 7–2 USA #eeeeee 30 April URS 6–3 FIN #eeeeee 1 May CAN 6–2 FRG #eeeeee 1 May URS 10–2 GDR #eeeeee 2 May TCH 8–3 USA #eeeeee 2 May SWE 6–1 FIN #eeeeee 3 May FRG 7–4 USA #eeeeee 3 May GDR 4–3 FIN #eeeeee 4 May TCH 5–0 CAN #eeeeee 4 May URS 6–1 SWE #eeeeee 5 May FRG 5–3 FIN #eeeeee 5 May USA 7–3 GDR #eeeeee 6 May TCH 6–4 URS #eeeeee 6 May CAN 7–5 SWE #eeeeee 7 May GDR 1–1 FRG #eeeeee 7 May FIN 3–3 USA #eeeeee 8 May TCH 3–2 SWE #eeeeee 8 May URS 4–2 CAN Final Round 1–4 place main WDL 2 URS URS TCH TCH CAN CAN SWE SWE 9 0 1 61 26 9 0 1 54 21 5 0 5 38 36 4 0 6 39 37 gold 1ST silver 2ND #cc9966 3RD complete #eeeeee 10 May URS 5–1 CAN #eeeeee 10 May TCH 6–1 SWE #eeeeee 12 May TCH 3–2 CAN #eeeeee 12 May URS 7–1 SWE #eeeeee 14 May CAN 3–2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0) SWE Sportovní hala ČSTV, Prague 14,500 15 May 1978 Skončilo mistrovství světa a Evropy v ledním hokeji 8 https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1978/5/15/8.png Rudé právo Prague cs 2 September 2024 #eeeeee 14 May URS 3–1 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1) Vladislav Tretiak Jiří Holeček TCH Helmuts Balderis / Vladimir Petrov / Vladimir Golikov Ivan Hlinka Sportovní hala ČSTV, Prague 14,500 Consolation round 5–8 place main WDL R 2 5 FRG FRG USA USA FIN FIN GDR GDR 3 3 4 35 43 2 2 6 38 58 2 2 6 37 44 1 3 6 20 57 red1 R complete East Germany was relegated to Group B. #eeeeee 9 May FIN 4–4 FRG #eeeeee 9 May USA 5–5 GDR #eeeeee 11 May FRG 0–0 GDR #eeeeee 11 May USA 4–3 FIN #eeeeee 13 May FRG 8–4 (2–1, 1–1, 5–2) USA Sportovní hala ČSTV, Prague 10,000 #eeeeee 13 May FIN 7–2 (3–1, 4–0, 0–1) GDR Sportovní hala ČSTV, Prague 9,500 World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia) Played in Belgrade 17–26 March. main WDL QR 2 9 POL POL JPN JPN SUI SUI ROU ROU 1965 HUN HUN 1957 NOR NOR ITA ITA YUG YUG 6 1 0 51 19 5 1 1 26 17 4 1 2 42 32 3 1 3 41 29 3 0 4 21 36 2 1 4 29 34 1 1 5 32 41 1 0 6 14 48 #ccffcc A red1 R R complete Undefeated Poland was promoted to Group A, and both Italy and Yugoslavia were relegated to Group C. #eeeeee 17 March ITA 4–5 JPN #eeeeee 17 March SUI 1–8 POL #eeeeee 17 March ROU 1965 6–4 NOR #eeeeee 17 March YUG 2–4 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 18 March HUN 1957 4–3 NOR #eeeeee 18 March YUG 2–5 POL #eeeeee 19 March ROU 1965 5–5 ITA #eeeeee 19 March JPN 1–6 SUI #eeeeee 20 March HUN 1957 1–2 JPN #eeeeee 20 March ROU 1965 3–7 SUI #eeeeee 20 March NOR 4–9 POL #eeeeee 20 March YUG 3–12 ITA #eeeeee 21 March POL 7–2 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 21 March YUG 1–7 NOR #eeeeee 22 March JPN 5–2 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 22 March ITA 4–7 SUI #eeeeee 23 March HUN 1957 0–8 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 23 March SUI 6–6 NOR #eeeeee 23 March ITA 2–12 POL #eeeeee 23 March YUG 1–6 JPN #eeeeee 25 March SUI 12–5 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 25 March NOR 4–3 ITA #eeeeee 25 March POL 2–2 JPN #eeeeee 25 March YUG 0–11 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 26 March NOR 1–5 JPN #eeeeee 26 March ITA 2–5 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 26 March YUG 5–3 SUI #eeeeee 26 March POL 8–6 ROU 1965 World Championship Group C (Spain) Played in the Canary Islands (Las Palmas) 10–19 March. main WDL Q 2 17 NED NED AUT AUT DEN DEN CHN CHN BUL BUL FRA FRA ESP ESP BEL BEL 6 1 0 74 17 5 1 1 65 31 4 1 2 59 25 4 0 3 47 30 3 1 3 27 30 3 0 4 46 39 1 0 6 26 84 0 0 7 13 101 #ccffcc A A complete The Netherlands and Austria were both promoted to Group B. China and Denmark also ended up being promoted to alleviate a political situation between the Chinese and the South Koreans and to address the IIHF missing that Austria should have been disqualified for using Pentti Hyytiäinen.http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1979.htm Group B and C summaries 1979 25 October 2012 6 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150106123653/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1979.htm dead Pentti Hytiainen profile #eeeeee 10 March CHN 8–4 FRA #eeeeee 10 March NED 18–3 BEL #eeeeee 10 March AUT 7–4 DEN #eeeeee 10 March ESP 2–7 BUL #eeeeee 12 March CHN 3–2 DEN #eeeeee 12 March AUT 9–7 FRA #eeeeee 12 March ESP 11–4 BEL #eeeeee 12 March BUL 0–8 NED #eeeeee 13 March CHN 12–1 BEL #eeeeee 13 March DEN 7–6 FRA #eeeeee 13 March ESP 0–19 NED #eeeeee 13 March AUT 3–3 BUL #eeeeee 15 March BUL 10–3 BEL #eeeeee 15 March NED 12–3 FRA #eeeeee 15 March AUT 9–4 CHN #eeeeee 15 March ESP 2–10 DEN #eeeeee 16 March NED 3–3 DEN #eeeeee 16 March FRA 9–0 BEL #eeeeee 16 March ESP 4–14 AUT #eeeeee 16 March CHN 2–4 BUL #eeeeee 18 March AUT 19–1 BEL #eeeeee 18 March DEN 8–3 BUL #eeeeee 18 March ESP 3–13 FRA #eeeeee 18 March CHN 4–6 NED #eeeeee 19 March DEN 22–1 BEL #eeeeee 19 March BUL 0–4 FRA #eeeeee 19 March AUT 4–8 NED #eeeeee 19 March ESP 4–14 CHN Ranking and statistics ih 1978 IIHF World Championship winners URS 15th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: CSK Jiří Holeček Best Defenceman: URS Viacheslav Fetisov Best Forward: CAN Marcel Dionne Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: CSK Jiří Holeček Defence: CSK Jiří Bubla, URS Viacheslav Fetisov Forwards: CSK Ivan Hlinka, URS Sergei Kapustin, URS Alexander Maltsev Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: URS CSK CAN4 SWE5 FRG6 USA7 FIN8 GDR European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg URSImage:silver medal icon.svg CSKImage:bronze medal icon.svg SWE4 FRG5 GDR6 FIN Citations References Complete results https://web.archive.org/web/20141202024611/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1978.htm 2 December 2014 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 146–7 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships World 1978 World Ice Hockey Championships World Ice Hockey Championships Category:Sports competitions in Prague Category:1970s in Prague Category:March 1978 sports events in Europe Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Yugoslavia Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Spain Category:1970s in Belgrade Category:International sports competitions in Belgrade Category:Sport in Las Palmas World Ice Hockey Championships World Ice Hockey Championships World Ice Hockey Championships Category:Ice hockey competitions in Belgrade