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1976 World Champions Czechoslovakia

The 1976 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 43rd Ice Hockey World Championships and the 54th European Championships in ice hockey. The tournament took place in Poland from 8 April to 25 April, and the games were played in Katowice. Eight teams took part in the main tournament, with each team first playing each other once. The four best teams then took part in a medal play off, and the teams placed 5-8 took part in a relegation play-off. The teams took the results from the first round through to the second round with them.

The 1976 IHWC tournament was first to feature major league professionals from the NHL and WHA although in the end only the United States made use of the new rule, recalling eight pros from the Minnesota North Stars and Minnesota Fighting Saints.[1][2] The Americans promptly made the medal play off for the first time since 1962 after beating Sweden and tying Finland in the first round.

The Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team won nine games and were unbeaten, becoming world champions for the fourth time. The defending champions from the USSR finished 2nd after sensationally losing the opening game 4-6 to hosts Poland. Sweden won the bronze after beating the Americans 7-3 in the medal round.

World Championship Group A (Poland)[]

First round[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points Difference Points
1 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 7 0 0 54 - 07 14
2 Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union 7 5 0 2 37 - 15 10
3 Flag of Sweden Sweden 7 4 0 3 22 - 18 8
4 Flag of the United States United States 7 3 1 3 19 - 23 7
5 Flag of Poland Poland 7 2 1 4 21 - 36 5
6 Flag of West Germany West Germany 7 2 0 5 19 - 35 4
7 Flag of Finland Finland 7 1 2 4 17 - 29 4
8 Flag of East Germany East Germany 7 2 0 5 11 - 37 4
08 April Federal Republic of Germany  1-4
 Sweden
08 April Czechoslovakia  10-0
 East Germany
08 April United States of America  3-3
 Finland
08 April Poland  6-4
 Soviet Union
09 April Poland  0-12
 Czechoslovakia
09 April Soviet Union  4-0
 East Germany
10 April Federal Republic of Germany  2-5
 Finland
10 April Sweden  0-2
 United States of America
11 April Poland  6-4
 East Germany
11 April Finland  1-8
 Soviet Union
11 April Czechoslovakia  3-1
 Sweden
12 April Poland  3-5
 Federal Republic of Germany
12 April East Germany  2-1
 United States of America
13 April Czechoslovakia  7-1
 Finland
13 April Soviet Union  6-1
 Sweden
14 April Poland  2-4
 United States of America
14 April East Germany  1-7
 Federal Republic of Germany
15 April Finland  3-4
 Sweden
15 April United States of America  2-10
 Czechoslovakia
15 April Federal Republic of Germany  2-8
 Soviet Union
17 April Sweden  8-2
 East Germany
17 April Poland  3-3
 Finland
17 April Soviet Union  2-3
 Czechoslovakia
18 April United States of America  5-1
 Federal Republic of Germany
18 April Finland  1-2
 East Germany
19 April Czechoslovakia  9-1
 Federal Republic of Germany
19 April Poland  1-4
 Sweden
19 April Soviet Union  5-2
 United States of America

Final Round 1-4 place[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 10 9 1 0 67 - 14 19
2 Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union 10 6 1 3 50 - 23 13
3 Flag of Sweden Sweden 10 6 0 4 36 - 29 12
4 Flag of the United States United States 10 3 1 6 24 - 42 7
21 April Czechoslovakia  5-1
 United States of America
21 April Soviet Union  3-4
 Sweden
23 April Sweden  3-5
 Czechoslovakia
23 April United States of America  1-7
 Soviet Union
25 April Sweden  7-3
 United States of America
25 April Czechoslovakia  3-3
 Soviet Union

Consolation Round 5-8 place[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points Tie
H2H Points
5 Flag of Finland Finland 10 2 4 4 35 - 41 8 5
6 Flag of West Germany West Germany 10 3 2 5 26 - 41 8 5
7 Flag of Poland Poland 10 3 2 5 32 - 47 8 2
8 Flag of East Germany East Germany 10 2 1 7 19 - 52 5

East Germany was relegated to Group B. Poland, despited defeating the USSR to open the tournament, is also relegated to make room for the return of team Canada.

20 April Poland  5-4
 East Germany
20 April Finland  4-4
 Federal Republic of Germany
22 April Poland  5-5
 Finland
22 April East Germany  1-1
 Federal Republic of Germany
24 April Finland  9-3
 East Germany
24 April Poland  1-2
 Federal Republic of Germany

World Championship Group B (Switzerland)[]

Played in Aarau and Bienne March 18-27.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
9  Romania 7 5 1 1 40 - 23 11
10  Japan 7 5 0 2 34 - 17 10
11  Norway 7 4 0 3 29 - 21 8
12  Switzerland 7 4 0 3 25 - 28 8
13  Yugoslavia 7 4 0 3 37 - 26 8
14  Netherlands 7 3 0 4 22 - 30 6
15  Italy 7 2 1 4 23 - 41 5
16  Bulgaria 7 0 0 7 23 - 47 0

Romania was promoted to Group A, and both Italy and Bulgaria were relegated to Group C.

18 March Netherlands  4-3
 Norway
18 March Switzerland  5-1
 Bulgaria
18 March Italy  2-8
 Yugoslavia
18 March Romania  7-5
 Japan
19 March Italy  8-3
 Bulgaria
19 March Switzerland  5-4
 Yugoslavia
20 March Japan  4-0
 Netherlands
20 March Romania  2-1
 Norway
21 March Yugoslavia  5-2
 Romania
21 March Switzerland  4-2
 Netherlands
21 March Italy  4-2
 Norway
21 March Bulgaria  3-4
 Japan
22 March Yugoslavia  9-7
 Bulgaria
22 March Switzerland  4-1
 Italy
23 March Romania  8-1
 Netherlands
23 March Norway  3-2
 Japan
24 March Romania  5-5
 Italy
24 March Japan  3-2
 Yugoslavia
24 March Netherlands  5-3
 Bulgaria
24 March Switzerland  3-7
 Norway
26 March Japan  10-0
 Italy
26 March Norway  7-2
 Bulgaria
26 March Netherlands  1-5
 Yugoslavia
26 March Switzerland  2-7
 Romania
27 March Norway  6-4
 Yugoslavia
27 March Switzerland  2-6
 Japan
27 March Romania  9-4
 Bulgaria
27 March Netherlands  9-3
 Italy

World Championship Group C (Poland)[]

Played in Gdansk March 8-13.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
17  Austria 4 4 0 0 38 - 09 8
18  Hungary 4 3 0 1 30 - 09 6
19  France 4 2 0 2 14 - 18 4
20  Denmark 4 1 0 3 16 - 24 2
21  United Kingdom 4 0 0 4 06 - 44 0

Both Austria and Hungary were promoted to Group B.

08 March Austria  4-3
 Denmark
08 March Hungary  11-0
 United Kingdom
09 March United Kingdom  2-21
 Austria
09 March Hungary  6-1
 France
10 March France  7-4
 Denmark
11 March Denmark  7-3
 United Kingdom
11 March Austria  6-3
 Hungary
12 March France  5-1
 United Kingdom
13 March Hungary  10-2
 Denmark
13 March Austria  7-1
 France

World Championship medal table[]

1976 World Championships Country
Gold Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Silver Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union
Bronze Flag of Sweden Sweden
4 Flag of the United States United States
5 Flag of Finland Finland
6 Flag of Germany Germany
7 Flag of Poland Poland
8 Flag of East Germany East Germany

European Championship medal table[]

European Championships 1976 Country
Gold Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Silver Flag of Sweden Sweden
Bronze Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union
4 Flag of West Germany West Germany
5 Flag of Poland Poland
6 Flag of Finland Finland
7 Flag of East Germany East Germany

References[]

  1. Podnieks page 145
  2. Duplacey page 506
  • Complete results
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 145. 
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