1972 Ice Hockey World Championships

1972 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships October 2020 1972 Czechoslovakia 7–22 April 6 1 1 ih Czechoslovakia 3 USSR Sweden Finland 30 288 285564 URS Alexander Maltsev 22 points 1971 1973 The 1972 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 39th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 7 to 22 April 1972, and the Czechoslovakia national team won the tournament, the third time they had done so and first since 1949, ending the Soviet Union's streak of nine consecutive titles.Szemberg Podnieks 2007 199 In addition it was the Czechoslovaks' 12th European title. For the first time, a separate tournament is held for both the World Championships and the Winter Olympics. Previously, the Olympic tournament was held in lieu of a world championships, with the winner being declared world champion for that year. It also marked the first time in international ice hockey that all goaltenders were required to wear face masks. The American team, who had won the silver medal earlier in the year at the Olympics, failed to win the 'B' pool, losing to Poland in their final game. World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia) thumb|Finland–Soviet Union game in Prague. Alexander Maltsev (left side), Valeri Vasiliev (right side) and Lauri Mononen (middle) are pictured. main WDL 2 y CSK CSK URS URS SWE SWE FIN FIN FRG FRG SUI SUI 9 1 0 72 16 7 2 1 78 17 5 1 4 49 33 4 0 6 47 48 2 0 8 21 76 1 0 9 19 96 gold 1ST silver 2ND #cc9966 3RD #ffcccc E complete #eeeeee 7 April TCH 19–1 SUI #eeeeee 7 April URS 11–0 FRG #eeeeee 8 April SUI 1–12 SWE #eeeeee 8 April FRG 5–8 FIN #eeeeee 9 April TCH 4–1 SWE #eeeeee 9 April FIN 2–10 URS #eeeeee 10 April TCH 8–1 FRG #eeeeee 10 April URS 10–2 SUI #eeeeee 11 April FRG 0–10 SWE #eeeeee 11 April SUI 3–2 FIN #eeeeee 12 April FIN 1–2 SWE #eeeeee 12 April TCH 3–3 URS #eeeeee 13 April SUI 3–6 FRG #eeeeee 14 April SWE 2–11 URS #eeeeee 14 April TCH 5–3 FIN #eeeeee 15 April TCH 12–2 SUI #eeeeee 15 April FRG 0–7 URS #eeeeee 16 April SWE 8–5 SUI #eeeeee 16 April FIN 13–3 FRG #eeeeee 17 April URS 7–2 FIN #eeeeee 17 April TCH 2–0 SWE #eeeeee 18 April TCH 8–1 FRG #eeeeee 18 April SUI 0–14 URS #eeeeee 19 April SWE 7–1 FRG #eeeeee 19 April FIN 9–1 SUI #eeeeee 20 April SWE 4–5 FIN #eeeeee 20 April TCH 3–2 URS #eeeeee 21 April FRG 4–1 SUI #eeeeee 22 April TCH 8–2 FIN #eeeeee 22 April URS 3–3 SWE World Championship Group B (Romania) thumb|150px| Played in Bucharest from 24 March to 2 April. main WDL Q 2 y 7 POL POL USA USA GDR GDR ROU ROU 1965 JPN JPN YUG YUG NOR NOR 6 0 0 41 12 5 0 1 39 22 4 0 2 31 18 3 0 3 25 26 1 1 4 20 49 1 0 5 25 28 0 1 5 15 41 #ccffcc A #ffcccc E complete Poland was promoted to Group A, both Norway and France were relegated to Group C. The French team boycotted the tournament in a protest over their federation's failure to finance the team's participation in the Sapporo OlympicsFrance BoycottsExplanation of Olympic controversy (in french) #eeeeee 24 March USA 5–3 YUG #eeeeee 24 March POL 9–1 NOR #eeeeee 24 March GDR 7–1 JPN #eeeeee 25 March ROU 3–2 YUG #eeeeee 26 March GDR 5–2 NOR #eeeeee 26 March USA 14–5 JPN #eeeeee 27 March ROU 7–2 NOR #eeeeee 27 March POL 11–1 JPN #eeeeee 27 March GDR 4–3 YUG #eeeeee 29 March USA 6–5 GDR #eeeeee 29 March JPN 4–4 NOR #eeeeee 29 March ROU 0–7 POL #eeeeee 30 March ROU 3–8 GDR #eeeeee 30 March USA 5–1 NOR #eeeeee 30 March POL 5–3 YUG #eeeeee 1 April ROU 10–3 JPN #eeeeee 1 April YUG 11–5 NOR #eeeeee 1 April POL 6–5 USA #eeeeee 2 April JPN 6–3 YUG #eeeeee 2 April ROU 2–4 USA #eeeeee 2 April POL 3–2 GDR World Championship Group C (Romania) Played in Miercurea-Ciuc from 3 March to the 12th. The Chinese won their first game ever played in a World Championship.Group C main WDL Q 2 y 14 AUT AUT ITA ITA CHN CHN BUL BUL 1971 HUN HUN DEN DEN NED NED 5 1 0 21 12 4 1 1 31 13 2 2 2 19 20 3 0 3 20 19 2 2 2 31 24 1 0 5 11 33 1 0 5 13 25 #ccffcc A A complete Both Austria and Italy were promoted to Group B. #eeeeee 3 March CHN 4–3 BUL #eeeeee 3 March HUN 11–4 DEN #eeeeee 4 March ITA 3–1 NED #eeeeee 4 March AUT 4–2 DEN #eeeeee 5 March ITA 6–2 BUL #eeeeee 5 March NED 4–3 CHN #eeeeee 6 March BUL 6–2 HUN #eeeeee 6 March CHN 6–1 DEN #eeeeee 6 March AUT 4–2 NED #eeeeee 8 March ITA 7–1 CHN #eeeeee 8 March AUT 4–3 HUN #eeeeee 8 March BUL 5–3 NED #eeeeee 9 March ITA 8–0 DEN #eeeeee 9 March AUT 4–2 BUL #eeeeee 9 March HUN 6–1 NED #eeeeee 11 March CHN 2–2 AUT #eeeeee 11 March DEN 4–2 NED #eeeeee 11 March HUN 6–6 ITA #eeeeee 12 March BUL 2–0 DEN #eeeeee 12 March HUN 3–3 CHN #eeeeee 12 March AUT 3–1 ITA Ranking and statistics ih 1972 IIHF World Championship winners CSK 3rd Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: FIN Jorma Valtonen Best Defenceman: CSK František Pospíšil Best Forward: URS Alexander Maltsev Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: CSK Jiří Holeček Defence: CSK Oldřich Machač, CSK František Pospíšil Forwards: URS Valeri Kharlamov, URS Alexander Maltsev, URS Vladimir Vikulov Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: CSK URS SWE4 FIN5 FRG6 SUI 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 FRG6 SUI Notes 30em References 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 142–3 Szemberg Szymon Podnieks Andrew World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF 2007 Fenn Publishing Bolton, Ontario 2007 978-1-55168-307-2 Complete results at Passionhockey.com Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia Category:Sports competitions in Prague World Ice Hockey Championships, 1972 World Ice Hockey Championships Category:1970s in Prague Category:Sport in Miercurea Ciuc World Ice Hockey Championships Category:1970s in Bucharest Category:Sports competitions in Bucharest Category:1971–72 in Romanian ice hockey Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Romania