1966 World Championship

The 1966 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tourmanent was held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia from March 3 to March 14, 1966. For the fourth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament.

Qualifying Round Group B/C (Romania)[]

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Difference	Points
1	Romania	2	2	0	17 - 05	4
2	Italy	2	1	1	12 - 08	2
3	France	2	0	2	05 - 21	0

10 December 1965
	Romania	11-3	France

11 December 1965
	Italy	10-2	France

12 December 1965
	Romania	6-2	Italy

Romania qualified in Group B

Italy and France qualified in Group C

World Championship Group A (Yugoslavia)[]

Final Round[]

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	7	6	1	0	55 - 07	13
2	Czechoslovakia	7	6	0	1	32 - 15	12
3	Canada	7	5	0	2	33 - 10	10
4	Sweden	7	3	1	3	26 - 17	7
5	East Germany	7	3	0	4	12 - 30	6
6	United States	7	2	0	5	18 - 39	4
7	Finland	7	2	0	5	18 - 43	4
8	Poland	7	0	0	7	11 - 44	0

03 March
	Soviet Union	8-1	Poland

03 March
	Czechoslovakia	6-0	East Germany

03 March
	Sweden	5-1	Finland

03 March
	United States	2-7	Canada

05 March
	Canada	6-0	Poland

05 March
	Czechoslovakia	8-1	Finland

05 March
	Sweden	1-4	East Germany

05 March
	Soviet Union	11-0	United States

06 March
	Czechoslovakia	6-1	Poland

06 March
	Canada	9-1	Finland

06 March
	Sweden	6-1	United States

06 March
	Soviet Union	10-0	East Germany

08 March
	Sweden	8-2	Poland

08 March
	Soviet Union	13-2	Finland

08 March
	Czechoslovakia	7-4	United States

08 March
	Canada	6-0	East Germany

09 March
	Poland	0-4	East Germany

09 March
	United States	1-4	Finland

10 March
	Canada	1-2	Czechoslovakia

10 March
	Soviet Union	3-3	Sweden

11 March
	Finland	6-3	Poland

11 March
	East Germany	0-4	United States

11 March
	Czechoslovakia	2-1	Sweden

11 March
	Soviet Union	3-0	Canada

12 March
	Poland	4-6	United States

12 March
	East Germany	4-3	Finland

13 March
	Canada	4-2	Sweden

13 March
	Soviet Union	7-1	Czechoslovakia

World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)[]

Final Round[]

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
9	West Germany	7	7	0	0	34 - 12	14
10	Romania	7	5	1	1	29 - 16	11
11	Yugoslavia	7	4	2	1	25 - 23	10
12	Norway	7	4	0	3	28 - 17	8
13	Austria	7	3	0	4	25 - 30	6
14	Switzerland	7	2	0	5	24 - 26	4
15	Hungary	7	1	0	6	19 - 30	2
16	Great Britain	7	0	1	6	15 - 45	1

03 March
	Norway	12-2	Great Britain

03 March
	Switzerland	3-4	Romania

03 March
	West Germany	6-3	Austria

03 March
	Yugoslavia	6-4	Hungary

04 March
	West Germany	4-1	Romania

04 March
	Switzerland	6-3	Great Britain

04 March
	Hungary	2-7	Austria

04 March
	Yugoslavia	2-1	Norway

06 March
	Norway	0-4	Romania

06 March
	Hungary	8-1	Great Britain

06 March
	Austria	7-6	Switzerland

06 March
	Yugoslavia	2-6	West Germany

07 March
	Austria	3-4	Norway

07 March
	Hungary	2-4	Romania

07 March
	West Germany	10-4	Great Britain

07 March
	Yugoslavia	3-2	Switzerland

09 March
	Austria	1-7	Romania

09 March
	Switzerland	0-4	West Germany

09 March
	Hungary	2-5	Norway

09 March
	Yugoslavia	3-3	Great Britain

10 March
	Norway	4-1	Switzerland

10 March
	Hungary	0-1	West Germany

11 March
	Austria	2-1	Great Britain

11 March
	Yugoslavia	5-5	Romania

12 March
	West Germany	3-2	Norway

12 March
	Hungary	1-6	Switzerland

12 March
	Great Britain	1-4	Romania

12 March
	Yugoslavia	4-2	Austria

World Championship Group C (Yugoslavia)[]

Final Round[]

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Difference	Points
17	Italy	4	4	0	54 - 08	8
18	Denmark	4	2	2	21 - 21	4
19	South Africa	4	0	4	04 - 50	0
20	France	0	0	0	00 - 00	0

03 March
	Denmark	9-0	South Africa

04 March
	Italy	17-0	South Africa

06 March
	South Africa	2-18	Italy

07 March
	Italy	7-1	Denmark

08 March
	Denmark	5-12	Italy

11 March
	South Africa	2-6	Denmark

Team Photos[]

Game Ads[]

References[]

Szemberg, Szymon & Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 1-55168-307-5