1977 Ice Hockey World Championships

1977 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships October 2020 1977 Logo 1977 IIHF World Championship.png Austria 21 April – 8 May 8 ih Czechoslovakia 5 Sweden USSR Canada 40 338 171900 URS Vladimir Petrov 21 points 1976 1978 The 1977 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Vienna, Austria from 21 April to 8 May. Eight teams took part, first playing each other once, then the four best teams advancing to a new round. The tournament was also the 55th ice hockey European Championship. Czechoslovakia won for the fifth time, and second in a row, claiming their 14th and final European title as well. Canada returned after an eight-year absence with a team comprised completely of NHL players from teams that had missed the Stanley Cup playoffs.Duplacey page 506 While being competitive in most games, many people were reportedly upset by the Canadians' conduct on the ice and after the games. The team refused to listen to the opposing teams' national anthems when they lost, and the coach, Johnny Wilson, explained their multiple misconduct penalties by saying, "We just couldn't compete with the Soviets, and ... it is natural to try to get revenge."http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1977.htm Tournament summary 25 October 2012 1 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150101004237/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1977.htm dead The tournament itself was very close for the medals, with a spectacular last day. Canada, with a chance still to get a bronze, set a record by defeating the eventual champions eight to two. Never before had a first place team lost a game that badly.Duplacey page 506 But the Swedes, by beating the Soviets for a second time, saved the Czechoslovaks, and at the same time pushed themselves into second and Canada into fourth. World Championship Group A (Austria) First round main WDL QR 2 SWE SWE URS URS TCH TCH CAN CAN FIN FIN USA USA FRG FRG ROU ROU 1965 6 0 1 39 09 6 0 1 65 16 5 1 1 46 20 4 1 2 31 25 3 0 4 22 37 1 1 5 18 35 1 1 5 17 45 0 0 7 12 63 #ccffcc A A A A red1 R R R R complete #eeeeee 21 April CAN 4–1 USA #eeeeee 21 April TCH 11–3 FIN #eeeeee 21 April URS 10–0 FRG #eeeeee 21 April SWE 8–1 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 22 April SWE 4–2 CAN #eeeeee 22 April USA 7–2 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 22 April URS 11–6 FIN #eeeeee 22 April TCH 9–3 FRG #eeeeee 24 April URS 11–1 CAN #eeeeee 24 April TCH 13–1 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 24 April SWE 5–1 FIN #eeeeee 24 April USA 3–3 FRG #eeeeee 25 April URS 18–1 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 25 April SWE 7–1 FRG #eeeeee 26 April FIN 3–2 USA #eeeeee 26 April CAN 3–3 TCH #eeeeee 27 April CAN 5–1 FIN #eeeeee 27 April FRG 6–3 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 28 April URS 6–1 TCH #eeeeee 28 April SWE 9–0 USA #eeeeee 29 April CAN 9–3 FRG #eeeeee 29 April FIN 4–2 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 30 April TCH 3–1 SWE #eeeeee 30 April URS 8–2 USA #eeeeee 1 May FIN 4–1 FRG #eeeeee 1 May CAN 7–2 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 2 May SWE 5–1 URS #eeeeee 2 May TCH 6–3 USA Final Round 1–4 place main WDL 2 TCH TCH SWE SWE URS URS CAN CAN 7 1 2 54 32 7 0 3 43 19 7 0 3 77 24 6 1 3 47 35 gold 1ST silver 2ND #cc9966 3RD complete #eeeeee 4 May CAN 7–0 SWE #eeeeee 4 May TCH 4–3 URS #eeeeee 6 May TCH 2–1 SWE #eeeeee 6 May URS 8–1 CAN #eeeeee 8 May CAN 8–2 TCH #eeeeee 8 May SWE 3–1 URS Consolation round 5–8 place main WDL R 2 5 FIN FIN USA USA FRG FRG ROU ROU 1965 5 0 5 45 43 3 1 6 29 43 2 1 7 23 58 1 0 9 20 84 red1 R complete Romania was relegated to Group B. #eeeeee 3 May FIN 14–1 ROU 1965 #eeeeee 3 May USA 4–1 FRG #eeeeee 5 May ROU 1965 5–4 USA #eeeeee 5 May FIN 7–2 FRG #eeeeee 7 May USA 3–2 FIN #eeeeee 7 May FRG 3–2 ROU 1965 World Championship Group B (Japan) Played in Tokyo 10–21 March. Played with nine countries because Group A had relegated two nations the previous year to make room for Canada. main WDL QR 2 9 GDR GDR POL POL JPN JPN NOR NOR SUI SUI HUN HUN 1957 YUG YUG NED NED AUT AUT 8 0 0 57 16 6 0 2 39 22 5 1 2 30 21 4 2 2 30 30 4 0 4 35 33 3 0 5 27 46 2 1 5 30 36 1 2 5 23 39 0 0 8 19 47 #ccffcc A red1 R R complete East Germany was promoted to Group A, both the Netherlands and Austria were relegated to Group C. #eeeeee 10 March POL 4–2 NED #eeeeee 10 March NOR 4–2 YUG #eeeeee 10 March GDR 7–1 AUT #eeeeee 10 March JPN 5–2 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 11 March AUT 4–7 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 11 March NOR 4–3 SUI #eeeeee 12 March GDR 7–6 YUG #eeeeee 12 March POL 5–2 SUI #eeeeee 12 March JPN 8–2 NED #eeeeee 13 March YUG 6–4 AUT #eeeeee 13 March NED 2–8 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 13 March JPN 2–2 NOR #eeeeee 14 March GDR 9–2 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 14 March POL 7–3 NOR #eeeeee 14 March SUI 10–3 AUT #eeeeee 15 March POL 1–7 GDR #eeeeee 15 March YUG 5–5 NED #eeeeee 15 March JPN 3–2 SUI #eeeeee 16 March NED 4–3 AUT #eeeeee 16 March NOR 8–2 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 16 March JPN 4–1 YUG #eeeeee 17 March GDR 10–3 SUI #eeeeee 17 March NOR 4–2 AUT #eeeeee 17 March POL 10–0 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 18 March GDR 4–2 NED #eeeeee 18 March SUI 5–3 YUG #eeeeee 18 March JPN 2–5 POL #eeeeee 19 March NOR 4–4 NED #eeeeee 19 March YUG 1–3 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 19 March JPN 6–2 AUT #eeeeee 20 March SUI 7–3 HUN 1957 #eeeeee 20 March GDR 8–1 NOR #eeeeee 20 March POL 3–0 AUT #eeeeee 21 March SUI 3–2 NED #eeeeee 21 March JPN 0–5 GDR #eeeeee 21 March POL 4–6 YUG World Championship Group C (Denmark) Played in Copenhagen and Hørsholm, 12–20 March. The hosts did not lose a game, outscored their opponents by forty-six, but it was not enough to win. Only one team was promoted this year so that Group B could return to having eight clubs, and their tie on the last day against Italy left them in second place. Spain made its debut in the World Championships, not having competed since the European Championships of 1926. main WDL Q 2 18 ITA ITA DEN DEN BUL BUL 1971 FRA FRA ESP ESP 1977 BEL BEL GBR GBR 5 1 0 64 06 5 1 0 61 15 4 0 2 47 25 3 0 3 37 24 1 0 5 17 61 1 0 5 24 89 1 0 5 17 47 #ccffcc A complete Italy was promoted to Group B. #eeeeee 12 March DEN 9–2 GBR #eeeeee 12 March FRA 12–3 BEL #eeeeee 12 March ITA 12–0 ESP 1977 #eeeeee 13 March GBR 3–6 FRA #eeeeee 13 March ESP 1977 2–14 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 13 March BEL 1–21 ITA #eeeeee 14 March DEN 6–3 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 15 March FRA 2–8 ITA #eeeeee 15 March GBR 6–5 BEL #eeeeee 15 March DEN 14–3 ESP 1977 #eeeeee 16 March FRA 4–6 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 17 March BEL 4–17 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 17 March GBR 1–15 ITA #eeeeee 18 March FRA 12–1 ESP 1977 #eeeeee 18 March DEN 27–4 BEL #eeeeee 19 March ITA 6–0 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 19 March GBR 2–5 ESP 1977 #eeeeee 19 March DEN 3–1 FRA #eeeeee 20 March BEL 7–6 ESP 1977 #eeeeee 20 March GBR 3–7 BUL 1971 #eeeeee 20 March DEN 2–2 ITA Ranking and statistics ih 1977 IIHF World Championship winners CSK 5th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: SWE Göran Högosta Best Defenceman: URS Valeri Vasiliev Best Forward: URS Helmut Balderis Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: SWE Göran Högosta Defence: CSK František Pospíšil, URS Valeri Vasiliev Forwards: URS Helmut Balderis, CSK Vladimír Martinec, URS Vladimir Petrov Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: CSK SWE URS4 CAN5 FIN6 USA7 FRG8 ROU 1965 European championships final standings thumb|Game ticket The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg CSKImage:silver medal icon.svg SWEImage:bronze medal icon.svg URS4 FIN5 FRG6 ROU 1965 Citations References Complete results https://web.archive.org/web/20150101004237/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1977.htm 1 January 2015 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 145–6 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships World Championships 1977 Ice Hockey World Championships Category:Sports competitions in Vienna Category:1970s in Vienna Ice Hockey World Championships Ice Hockey World Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Japan Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Ice Hockey World Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Denmark Category:Hørsholm Municipality Category:International sports competitions in Copenhagen Category:1970s in Copenhagen World Championships World Championships