1979 World Championship

The 1979 Ice Hockey World Championships took place at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union from April 14 to 27. Eight teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of four, and the best two from each group advancing to the final group. The four best teams then played each other twice in the final round. This was the 46th World Championship and at the same time, the 57th ice hockey European Championship.

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)[]

First Round[]

Group 1[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	19 - 05	6
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	16 - 17	4
3	West Germany	3	0	1	2	08 - 13	1
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	08 - 16	1

14 April
	Soviet Union	7-0	Poland

14 April
	Sweden	7-3	Federal Republic of Germany

15 April
	Sweden	6-5	Poland

15 April
	Soviet Union	3-2	Federal Republic of Germany

17 April
	Federal Republic of Germany	3-3	Poland

17 April
	Soviet Union	9-3	Sweden

Group 2[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	11 - 03	5
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	12 - 11	4
3	United States	3	0	2	1	06 - 09	2
4	Finland	3	0	1	2	05 - 11	1

14 April
	Canada	6-3	United States of America

14 April
	Czechoslovakia	5-0	Finland

15 April
	Czechoslovakia	4-1	Canada

15 April
	United States of America	1-1	Finland

17 April
	Canada	5-4	Finland

17 April
	Czechoslovakia	2-2	United States of America

Final Round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	6	6	0	0	51 - 12	12
2	Czechoslovakia	6	3	1	2	25 - 30	7
3	Sweden	6	1	1	4	20 - 38	3
4	Canada	6	1	0	5	20 - 36	2

19 April
	Soviet Union	5-2	Canada

19 April
	Czechoslovakia	3-3	Sweden

21 April
	Sweden	5-2	Canada

21 April
	Soviet Union	11-1	Czechoslovakia

23 April
	Czechoslovakia	10-6	Canada

23 April
	Soviet Union	11-3	Sweden

25 April
	Soviet Union	9-2	Canada

25 April
	Czechoslovakia	6-3	Sweden

27 April
	Canada	6-3	Sweden

27 April
	Soviet Union	6-1	Czechoslovakia

Consolation Round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
5	Finland	6	4	1	1	23 - 17	9
6	West Germany	6	3	1	2	27 - 21	7
7	United States	6	2	2	2	22 - 20	6
8	Poland	6	0	2	4	15 - 29	2

18 April
	Poland	5-5	United States of America

18 April
	Finland	5-2	Federal Republic of Germany

20 April
	Poland	4-3	Finland

20 April
	Federal Republic of Germany	6-3	United States of America

22 April
	United States of America	6-2	Finland

22 April
	Federal Republic of Germany	8-1	Poland

24 April
	United States of America	5-1	Poland

24 April
	Finland	7-3	Federal Republic of Germany

26 April
	Finland	4-2	Poland

26 April
	Federal Republic of Germany	5-2	Poland

World Championship Group B (Romania)[]

First Round[]

Group 1[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	East Germany	4	4	0	0	30 - 06	8
2	Romania	4	2	1	1	22 - 16	5
3	Austria	4	2	1	1	15 - 20	5
4	Denmark	4	1	0	3	08 - 18	2
5	Hungary	4	0	0	4	10 - 25	0

16 March
	Hungary	2-10	East Germany

16 March
	Romania	7-7	Austria

17 March
	Austria	4-3	Hungary

17 March
	Denmark	1-9	East Germany

18 March
	Romania	4-1	Denmark

19 March
	Romania	8-4	Hungary

19 March
	Austria	0-7	East Germany

20 March
	Hungary	1-3	Denmark

21 March
	Austria	4-3	Denmark

21 March
	Romania	3-4	East Germany

Group 2[]

	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	29 - 08	8
2	Norway	4	3	1	16 - 13	6
3	Switzerland	4	2	2	13 - 17	4
4	Japan	4	1	3	20 - 17	2
5	China	4	0	4	08 - 31	0

16 March
	Norway	5-1	Switzerland

16 March
	Japan	5-6	Netherlands

17 March
	Netherlands	8-1	Norway

17 March
	China	4-6	Switzerland

18 March
	Japan	9-3	China

19 March
	Japan	3-4	Norway

19 March
	Netherlands	5-2	Switzerland

20 March
	Norway	6-1	China

21 March
	Netherlands	10-0	China

21 March
	Japan	3-4	Switzerland

Final Round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
9	Netherlands	3	3	0	15 - 06	6
10	East Germany	3	2	1	16 - 09	4
11	Romania	3	1	2	08 - 09	2
12	Norway	3	0	3	05 - 20	0

23 March
	East Germany	9-2	Norway

23 March
	Romania	2-3	Netherlands

24 March
	East Germany	3-4	Netherlands

24 March
	Romania	3-2	Norway

Consolation Round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
13	Switzerland	3	3	0	14 - 06	6
14	Japan	3	2	1	17 - 10	4
15	Austria	3	1	2	08 - 13	2
16	Denmark	3	0	3	08 - 18	0

23 March
	Denmark	1-3	Switzerland

23 March
	Austria	2-3	Japan

24 March
	Denmark	4-11	Japan

24 March
	Austria	2-7	Switzerland

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
17	Hungary	4	0	0	4	10 - 25	0
18	China	4	0	0	4	08 - 31	0

World Championship Group C (Spain)[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
19	Yugoslavia	7	7	0	0	83 - 10	14
20	Italy	7	6	0	1	64 - 17	12
21	France	7	5	0	2	59 - 27	10
22	Bulgaria	7	4	0	3	35 - 28	8
23	United Kingdom	7	2	0	5	23 - 68	4
24	Spain	7	2	0	5	25 - 48	4
25	South Korea	7	1	1	5	16 - 67	3
26	Australia	7	0	1	6	13 - 53	1

16 March
	Spain	7-1	South Korea

16 March
	Bulgaria	0-3	France

16 March
	United Kingdom	0-12	Italy

16 March
	Australia	0-10	Yugoslavia

17 March
	Australia	4-12	Italy

17 March
	France	5-7	Yugoslavia

18 March
	South Korea	9-6	United Kingdom

18 March
	Bulgaria	5-4	Spain

19 March
	France	9-3	Australia

19 March
	United Kingdom	2-4	Bulgaria

19 March
	Yugoslavia	18-0	South Korea

19 March
	Spain	1-10	Italy

20 March
	Australia	3-5	United Kingdom

20 March
	Italy	11-0	South Korea

21 March
	Bulgaria	1-7	Yugoslavia

21 March
	France	8-2	Spain

22 March
	South Korea	0-0	Australia

22 March
	Italy	8-4	Bulgaria

22 March
	United Kingdom	3-15	France

22 March
	Yugoslavia	16-1	Spain

24 March
	Spain	4-6	United Kingdom

24 March
	Yugoslavia	4-2	Italy

24 March
	South Korea	3-15	France

24 March
	Australia	1-11	Bulgaria

25 March
	United Kingdom	1-21	Yugoslavia

25 March
	France	4-9	Italy

25 March
	South Korea	3-10	Bulgaria

25 March
	Spain	6-2	Australia

Champions[]

1979 IIHF World Championship Winners
Soviet Union 16^th title

World Championship Medal Table[]

1979 World Championships	Country
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Sweden
4	Canada
5	Finland
6	Germany
7	United States
8	Poland

Leading scorers[]

	G	A	Pts
Vladimir Petrov	7	8	15
Valeri Kharlamov	7	7	14
Sergei Makarov	8	4	12
Aleksandr Golikov	5	7	12
Boris Mikhailov	4	8	12
Marcus Kuhl	6	5	11
Bohuslav Ebermann	5	4	9
Ivan Hlinka	4	5	9
Helmut Balderis	4	5	9

European Championships medal table[]

European Championships 1979	Country
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Sweden
4	Finland
5	Germany
6	Poland

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