The 1985 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague , Czechoslovakia from 17th April to 3rd May. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once. The four best teams then played each other again. This was the 50th World Championships, and also the 61st European Championships of ice hockey . The home side, Czechoslovakia, became world champions for the 6th time, and the Soviet Union won their 23rd European title. For the European Championship, only games between European sides are included.
World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)
First Round
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
1
Soviet Union
7
7
0
0
52 - 08
14
2
United States
7
4
1
2
24 - 34
9
3
Canada
7
4
1
2
33 - 23
9
4
Czechoslovakia
7
4
1
2
30 - 16
9
5
Finland
7
2
2
3
23 - 25
6
6
Sweden
7
2
0
5
24 - 30
4
7
West Germany
7
1
1
5
17 - 31
3
8
East Germany
7
0
2
5
11 - 47
2
17 April
Canada
9-1
East Germany
17 April
Soviet Union
11-1
United States
17 April
Sweden
3-2
West Germany
17 April
Czechoslovakia
5-0
Finland
18 April
Canada
5-0
West Germany
18 April
Soviet Union
5-1
Finland
18 April
United States
4-3
Sweden
18 April
Czechoslovakia
6-1
East Germany
20 April
United States
4-3
Canada
20 April
Soviet Union
6-0
East Germany
20 April
Czechoslovakia
6-1
West Germany
20 April
Finland
5-0
Sweden
21 April
Canada
5-2
Finland
21 April
Sweden
11-0
East Germany
21 April
Soviet Union
10-2
West Germany
21 April
United States
3-1
Czechoslovakia
23 April
Canada
4-4
Czechoslovakia
23 April
Soviet Union
6-2
Sweden
23 April
United States
4-3
West Germany
23 April
Finland
4-4
East Germany
24 April
United States
5-5
East Germany
24 April
Finland
3-3
West Germany
25 April
Czechoslovakia
7-2
Sweden
25 April
Soviet Union
9-1
Canada
26 April
Finland
8-3
United States
26 April
West Germany
6-0
East Germany
27 April
Canada
6-3
Sweden
27 April
Soviet Union
5-1
Czechoslovakia
Final Round
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
1
Czechoslovakia
3
3
0
0
18 - 06
6
2
Canada
3
2
0
1
09 - 08
4
3
Soviet Union
3
1
0
2
12 - 08
2
4
United States
3
0
0
3
07 - 24
0
29 April
Canada
3-2
United States
29 April
Czechoslovakia
2-1
Soviet Union
01 May
Canada
3-1
Soviet Union
01 May
Czechoslovakia
11-2
United States
03 May
Czechoslovakia
5-3
Canada
03 May
Soviet Union
10-3
United States
Consolation Round
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
5
Finland
10
4
2
4
39 - 33
10
6
Sweden
10
4
0
6
37 - 40
8
7
West Germany
10
3
1
6
28 - 41
7
8
East Germany
10
0
2
8
16 - 64
2
28 April
Finland
6-2
East Germany
28 April
Sweden
5-2
West Germany
30 April
Sweden
7-2
East Germany
30 April
West Germany
5-4
Finland
02 May
Finland
6-1
Sweden
02 May
West Germany
4-1
East Germany
World Championship Group B (Switzerland)
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
9
Poland
7
6
1
0
37 - 13
13
10
Switzerland
7
5
1
1
29 - 13
11
11
Italy
7
5
0
2
29 - 22
10
12
Austria
7
3
0
4
18 - 24
6
13
Japan
7
3
0
4
31 - 36
6
14
Netherlands
7
3
0
4
36 - 25
6
15
Norway
7
2
0
5
28 - 38
4
16
Hungary
7
0
0
7
17 - 54
0
21 March
Poland
7-1
Italy
21 March
Switzerland
9-1
Hungary
22 March
Italy
5-2
Netherlands
22 March
Norway
5-8
Japan
22 March
Hungary
0-2
Austria
23 March
Netherlands
3-4
Poland
23 March
Norway
1-2
Switzerland
24 March
Hungary
3-5
Poland
24 March
Switzerland
4-1
Japan
24 March
Austria
1-4
Italy
25 March
Japan
4-3
Netherlands
25 March
Austria
2-5
Norway
26 March
Hungary
1-6
Italy
26 March
Poland
2-2
Switzerland
27 March
Austria
8-3
Japan
27 March
Netherlands
8-2
Norway
28 March
Netherlands
12-4
Hungary
28 March
Poland
6-4
Norway
28 March
Switzerland
5-1
Austria
30 March
Austria
4-2
Netherlands
30 March
Poland
8-0
Japan
30 March
Norway
9-6
Hungary
30 March
Switzerland
5-1
Italy
31 March
Hungary
2-11
Japan
31 March
Norway
2-6
Italy
31 March
Poland
5-0
Austria
31 March
Switzerland
2-6
Netherlands
World Championship Group C (France)
Team
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points difference
Points
17
France
7
6
1
0
54 - 13
13
18
Yugoslavia
7
6
0
1
36 - 13
12
19
China
7
5
1
1
45 - 22
11
20
Romania
7
4
0
3
51 - 29
8
21
Denmark
7
3
0
4
16 - 23
6
22
Bulgaria
7
2
0
5
27 - 45
4
23
North Korea
7
1
0
6
18 - 56
2
24
Spain
7
0
0
7
09 - 55
0
14 March
France
12-1
Spain
14 March
Romania
11-3
Bulgaria
14 March
China
3-7
Yugoslavia
14 March
North Korea
1-3
Denmark
15 March
Denmark
1-0
Spain
15 March
France
4-4
China
15 March
Yugoslavia
5-2
Romania
15 March
Bulgaria
8-1
North Korea
17 March
France
12-0
North Korea
17 March
Yugoslavia
4-3
Denmark
17 March
Romania
8-2
Spain
17 March
China
10-4
Bulgaria
18 March
North Korea
5-18
Romania
18 March
France
2-1
Yugoslavia
18 March
Denmark
1-6
China
18 March
Bulgaria
9-3
Spain
20 March
Bulgaria
0-4
Yugoslavia
20 March
France
6-2
Denmark
20 March
North Korea
8-1
Spain
20 March
Romania
4-6
China
22 March
China
6-1
North Korea
22 March
France
10-2
Bulgaria
22 March
Romania
5-0
Denmark
22 March
Yugoslavia
7-1
Spain
23 March
France
8-3
Romania
23 March
China
10-1
Spain
23 March
Yugoslavia
8-2
North Korea
23 March
Denmark
6-1
Bulgaria
World championship medal table
European Championship medal table