
At the 1972 Winter Olympics held in Sapporo, Japan, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. Games were held at the Makomanai Ice Arena and at the Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink.
Medalists
Qualification matches
Winners (in bold) as well as the gold medalist at the previous Olympics (USSR) qualify for the Group A to play for 1st-6th places. Other teams played in Group B for 7th-11th places.
- February 3
- Japan 2-8 Czechoslovakia
- Sweden 8-1 Yugoslavia
- February 4
- USA 5-3 Switzerland
- Poland 4-0 West Germany
- Finland 13-1 Norway
Group A
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 9 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 6 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 4 |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 0 |
- February 5
- Sweden 5-1 USA
- Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
- USSR 9-3 Finland
- February 7
- USSR 3-3 Sweden
- USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia
- Finland 5-1 Poland
- February 8
- Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland
- February 9
- Sweden 5-3 Poland
- USSR 7-2 USA
- February 10
- USSR 9-3 Poland
- Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden
- USA 4-1 Finland
- February 12
- USA 6-1 Poland
- February 13
- Finland 4-3 Sweden
- USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia
Group B
Teams, which lost their games in the qualification round, played in this group.
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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7 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 6 |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 6 |
9 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 5 |
10 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
11 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 1 |
- February 6
- Norway 5-2 Yugoslavia
- West Germany 5-0 Switzerland
- February 7
- Japan 3-3 Switzerland
- West Germany 6-2 Yugoslavia
- February 9
- Japan 3-2 Yugoslavia
- West Germany 5-1 Norway
- February 10
- Japan 4-5 Norway
- Switzerland 3-3 Yugoslavia
- February 12
- Japan 7-6 West Germany
- Norway 5-3 Switzerland

1972 Olympics leading scorer Valeri Kharlamov
Leading scorers
Player | GP | G | A | Pts |
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Valeri Kharlamov (![]() |
5 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Václav Nedomanský (![]() |
5 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Vladimir Vikulov (![]() |
5 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Craig Sarner (![]() |
5 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Aleksandr Maltsev (![]() |
5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Kevin Ahearn (![]() |
5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Anatoli Firsov (![]() |
5 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Yury Blinov(![]() |
5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Jiří Kochta (![]() |
5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Richard Farda (![]() |
5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Final Ranking
- USSR
- United States
- Czechoslovakia
- Sweden
- Finland
- Poland
- West Germany
- Norway
- Japan
- Switzerland
- Yugoslavia
Team Photos
See Also
- 1972 Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team
- 1972 Finland national ice hockey team
- 1972 Japan national ice hockey team
- 1972 Norway national ice hockey team
- 1972 Poland national ice hockey team
- 1972 Soviet Union national ice hockey team
- 1972 Sweden national ice hockey team
- 1972 Switzerland national ice hockey team
- 1972 United States national ice hockey team
- 1972 West Germany national ice hockey team
- 1972 Yugoslavia national ice hockey team
References
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