1971 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Dates19 March–3 April
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (11th title)
Runner-up  Czechoslovakia
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played30
Goals scored234 (7.8 per game)
Attendance190,251 (6,342 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Soviet Union Anatoli Firsov 19 points
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The 1971 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which also doubled as the 49th European ice hockey championships. The Pool A, Pool B and Pool C tournaments were hosted by the following nations:

Pool A in Switzerland (Bern and Geneva), 19 March – 3 April 1971
Pool B in Switzerland (Bern, Geneva, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Lyss), 5–14 March 1971
Pool C in the Netherlands, 26 February – 7 March 1971

A record 22 nations[1] participated in the tournaments. The Pool A tournament featured the top six nations, playing a double round-robin tournament for the World Championship. Teams #7-#14 participated in the Pool B tournament with the winner qualifying for the 1972 Pool A championship while the two last-place teams were demoted to the 1972 Pool C tournament. The bottom eight teams participated in the Pool C tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the 1972 Pool B tournament.

The Soviet Union won its ninth consecutive (a record which has not been broken), and 11th overall, title.

This was the last international tournament in which goaltenders did not have to wear face masks.[2]

Qualifying round (A/B)

The Pool A tournament was held in Bern and Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 March to 3 April 1971. The East German team declined to participate. West Germany participated instead after beating Poland in two qualifying games arranged in November 1970 for the vacant slot. West Germany had placed second in last year's Pool B, while Poland had finished 6th in last year's Pool A.

 West Germany –  Poland 6:3 (2:0, 3:2, 1:1)

8 November 1970 – Munich

 Poland –  West Germany 4:4 (2:0, 2:0, 0:4)

12 November 1970 – Łódź

World Championship Group A (Switzerland)

38. World Championships URS TCH SWE FIN GER USA W T L GF–GA Pts.
1.  Soviet Union *** 3:3* 8:0* 8:1* 11:2* 10:2* 8 1 1 77:24 17
2.  Czechoslovakia 5:2 *** 5:6* 5:0* 9:1* 1:5* 7 1 2 44:20 15
3.  Sweden 3:6 1:3 *** 1:1* 7:2* 4:2* 5 1 4 29:33 11
4.  Finland 1:10 2:4 1:2 *** 4:3* 7:4* 4 1 5 31:42 9
5.  West Germany 2:12 0:4 2:1 2:7 *** 7:2* 2 0 8 22:62 4
6.  United States 5:7 0:5 3:4 3:7 5:1 *** 2 0 8 31:53 4

For the ninth straight year, the Soviet Union won the world championship, although Czechoslovakia won the 49th European championship as the Czech opening loss against the Americans did not count in the European standings. Team USA was demoted to the 1972 Pool B tournament. The Americans came into their final game needing to win by five goals, and led five to zero in the third period, but the Germans scored the only goal of the frame claiming the advantage in the tie-breaker for 5th place.

49. European Championships TCH URS SWE FIN GER W T L GF–GA Pts.
1.  Czechoslovakia *** 5:2* 5:6* 5:0* 9:1* 6 1 1 38:15 13
2.  Soviet Union 3:3 *** 8:0* 8:1* 11:2* 6 1 1 60:17 13
3.  Sweden 3:6 1:3 *** 1:1* 7:2* 3 1 4 21:28 7
4.  Finland 1:10 2:4 1:2 *** 4:3* 2 1 5 17:35 5
5.  West Germany 2:12 0:4 2:1 2:7 *** 1 0 7 14:55 2

 Czechoslovakia –  United States 1:5 (1:3, 0:1, 0:1)

19 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Nedomanský – Riutta 2, Konik, Patrick, Boucha.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Ehrensperger (SUI)

 Soviet Union –  West Germany 11:2 (2:2, 3:0, 6:0)

19 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Mišakov 3, Petrov 2, Vikulov 2, Firsov, Malcev, Zimin, Martiňuk – Alois Schloder, Philipp.

 United States –  Sweden 2:4 (1:1, 1:1, 0:2)

20 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Boucha, Falkman – Wickberg 2, Sterner, Lindberg

 West Germany –  Finland 3:4 (1:2, 1:1, 1:1)

20 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Hanig, Kuhn, Philipp – Oksanen 2, Ketola, Isaksson.

 Czechoslovakia –  Sweden 5:6 (1:2, 2:0, 2:4)

21 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Hlinka 3, Nedomanský, Panchártek – Lundström 2, Hammarström, Nilsson, Norlander, Sterner.
Referees: Bader (GER), Ehrensperger (SUI)

 Finland –  Soviet Union 1:8 (1:1, 0:2, 0:5)

21 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Koskela – Malcev 2, Petrov 2, Davydov, Vikulov, Firsov, Michajlov.

 Czechoslovakia –  West Germany 9:1 (1:0, 3:1, 5:0)

22 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: B. Šťastný 2, Kochta, Farda, Černý, Martinec, Horešovský, Jiří Holík, Pospíšil – Eimansberger.
Referees: Gagnon (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

 Soviet Union –  United States 10:2 (1:0, 7:1, 2:1)

22 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Vikulov 2, Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Lutčenko, Firsov, Malcev, Charlamov – Sheehy, Christiansen.

 West Germany –  Sweden 2:7 (0:3, 1:2, 1:2)

23 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Alois Schloder, Philipp – Nordlander, Abrahamsson, Wickberg, Lundström, Lindberg, Stig-Göran Johansson, Hammarchtröm.

 United States –  Finland 4:7 (0:2, 3:3, 1:2)

23 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Gambucci 2, McElmury, Patrick – Marjamäki, Esa Peltonen, Vehmanen, Linnonmaa, Lindström, Oksanen, Koskela.

 Finland –  Sweden 1:1 (1:0, 0:0, 0:1)

24 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Ketola – Nordlander.

 Czechoslovakia –  Soviet Union 3:3 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1)

24 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Novák, Nedomanský, Kochta – Martyňuk, Firsov, Petrov.
Referees: Wycsik (POL), Ehrensperger (SUI)

 United States –  West Germany 2:7 (0:2, 1:3, 1:2)

25 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Christiansen, Boucha – Hofherr 2, Philipp 2, Völk, Hanig, Kuhn.

 Sweden –  Soviet Union 0:8 (0:4, 0:1, 0:3)

26 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Firsov 4, Michajlov 2, Petrov, Martiňuk.

 Czechoslovakia –  Finland 5:0 (0:0, 3:0, 2:0)

26 March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Farda, Novák, Nedomanský, Kochta, Jiří Holík.
Referees: Bader (GER), Dämmerich (GDR)

 Czechoslovakia –  United States 5:0 (0:0, 3:0, 2:0)

27 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Černý, Pospíšil, Bubla, Novák, Farda.
Referees: Karandin (URS), Gerber (SUI)

 West Germany –  Soviet Union 2:12 (1:1, 0:7, 1:4)

27 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Alois Schloder, Modes – Lutčenko, Vikulov, Malcev 2, Firsov, Charlamov 2, Michajlov, Zimin, Šadrin 3.

 Sweden –  United States 4:3 (1:0, 1:3, 2:0)

28 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Nilsson, Palmqvist – Gambucci 2, Boucha.

 Finland –  West Germany 7:2 (3:0, 0:1, 4:1)

28 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Repo, Järn, Erkki Mononen, Murto, Lauri Mononen, Marjamäki, Vehmanen – Bernd Kuhn, Egger.

 Soviet Union –  Finland 10:1 (5:1, 1:0, 4:0)

29 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Malcev 2, Michajlov, Petrov, Martiňuk, Staršinov, Ragulin, Firsov, Šadrin 2 – Koskela.

 Czechoslovakia –  Sweden 3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:1)

29 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Černý, Suchý, Kochta – Bergman.
Referees: Karandin (URS), Ehrenberger (SUI)

 Czechoslovakia –  West Germany 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0)

30 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Černý 2, Nedomanský, Martinec.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Gerber (SUI)

 United States –  Soviet Union 5:7 (1:1, 2:5, 2:1)

30 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Gambucci 2, Christiansen, Mellor, Boucha – Romiševskij, Malcev, Kuzkin, Michajlov, Martiňuk, Šadrin, Mišakov.

 Sweden –  West Germany 1:2 (1:0, 0:2, 0:0)

31 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Palmqvist – Schneitberger, Hanig.

 Finland –  United States 7:3 (1:1, 3:1, 3:1)

31 March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Ketola 3, Koskela 2, Luojola, Oksanen – D.Ross, McElmury, Boucha.

 Sweden –  Finland 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1)

1 April 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Svedberg, Pettersson – Koskela.

 Czechoslovakia –  Soviet Union 5:2 (1:1, 1:1, 3:0)

1 April 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Nedomanský, Suchý, Horešovský, B. Šťastný, Farda – Malcev, Charlamov.
Referees: Wycisk (POL), Ehrensperger (SUI)

 West Germany –  United States 1:5 (0:1, 0:4, 1:0)

2 April 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Hofherr – Gambucci, Patrick, Boucha, Ahearn, Christiansen.

 Czechoslovakia –  Finland 4:2 (2:1, 1:1, 1:0)

3 April 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, B. Šťastný, Hlinka – Murto, Linnonmaa.
Referees: Wycisk (POL), Ehrensperger (SUI)

 Soviet Union –  Sweden 6:3 (2:1, 0:2, 4:0)

3 April 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Firsov, Petrov, Michajlov, Lutčenko, Charlamov, Kuzkin – Håkan Wickberg, Tord Lundström, Håkan Pettersson.

Pool A statistics and team rosters

Scoring leaders Goals Assists Points
1. Soviet Union Anatoli Firsov 10 9 19
2. Soviet Union Valeri Kharlamov 5 12 17
3. Soviet Union Alexander Maltsev 10 6 16
4. Soviet Union Vladimir Petrov 8 3 11
5. Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov 7 3 10
5. United States Gary Gambucci 7 3 10

1.  Soviet Union
Goalkeepers: Viktor Konovalenko, Vladislav Tretiak.
Defencemen: Vladimir Lutchenko, Alexander Ragulin, Vitali Davydov, Viktor Kuzkin, Igor Romishevsky, Yuri Lyapkin, Gennadiy Tsygankov.
Forwards: Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharlamov, Vladimir Vikulov, Alexander Maltsev, Anatoli Firsov, Alexander Martynyuk, Yevgeni Mishakov, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Vladimir Shadrin, Yevgeni Zimin.
Coaches: Arkady Chernyshev, Anatoly Tarasov.

2.  Czechoslovakia
Goalkeepers: Jiří Holeček, Marcel Sakač.
Defencemen: Jan Suchý, František Pospíšil, Oldřich Machač, František Panchártek, Josef Horešovský, Rudolf Tajcnár, Jiří Bubla.
Forwards: Jan Havel, Václav Nedomanský, Jiří Holík, Eduard Novák, Richard Farda, Josef Černý, Vladimír Martinec, Ivan Hlinka, Bohuslav Šťastný, Jiří Kochta, Bedřich Brunclík.
Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka.

3.  Sweden
Goalkeepers: Christer Abrahamsson, Leif Holmqvist, William Löfqvist.
Defencemen: Arne Carlsson, Lennart Svedberg, Thommy Abrahamsson, Bert-Ola Nordlander, Thommie Bergman, Kjell-Rune Milton, Gunnar Andersson [sv].
Forwards: Inge Hammarström, Stig-Göran Johansson, Stefan Karlsson [sv], Hans Lindberg, Tord Lundström, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Håkan Nygren, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Pettersson, Ulf Sterner, Håkan Wickberg.
Coach: Arne Strömberg.

4.  Finland
Goalkeepers: Urpo Ylönen, Jorma Valtonen.
Defencemen: Ilpo Koskela, Seppo Lindström, Hannu Luojola, Heikki Järn, Pekka Marjamäki, Jauko Öystilä.
Forwards: Lauri Mononen, Erkki Mononen, Seppo Repo, Esa Isaksson, Jorma Vehmanen, Lasse Oksanen, Tommi Salmelainen, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Harri Linnonmaa, Matti Murto, Esa Peltonen, Juhani Tamminen.
Coaches: Seppo Liitsola, Matias Helenius.

5.  Germany
Goalkeepers: Anton Kehle, Josef Schramm.
Defencemen: Hans Schichti, Rudolf Thanner, Josef Völk, Paul Langer, Otto Schneidberger, Erwin Riedmeier, Werner Modes.
Forwards: Alois Schloder, Gustav Hanig, Bernd Kuhn, Anton Hofherr, Rainer Phillip, Lorenz Funk, Johann Eimannsberger, Franz Hofherr, Karl-Heinz Egger, Heinz Weisenbach, Klaus Ego.
Coach: Gerhard Kiessling.

6.  United States
Goalkeepers: Carl Wetzel, Mike Curran, Dick Tomasoni.
Defencemen: George Konik, Jim McElmury, Don Ross, Bruce Riutta, Tom Mellor, Dick McGlynn.
Forwards: Henry Boucha, Gary Gambucci, Craig Patrick, Craig Falkman, Keith Christiansen, Tim Sheehy, Leonard Lilyholm, Kevin Ahearn, Bob Lindberg, Paul Schilling, Pete Fichuk, Richard Toomey.
Coach: Murray Williamson.

World Championship Group B (Switzerland)

SUI POL GDR NOR JPN YUG AUT ITA W T L GF–GA pts.
7.   Switzerland *** 4:4 3:1 3:2 4:1 8:5 4:1 5:0 6 1 0 31:14 13
8.  Poland 4:4 *** 7:4 8:1 4:6 4:0 3:2 6:2 5 1 1 36:19 11
9.  East Germany 1:3 4:7 *** 8:4 9:4 5:3 11:3 11:0 5 0 2 49:24 10
10.  Norway 2:3 1:8 4:8 *** 10:6 6:3 7:2 7:2 4 0 3 37:32 8
11.  Yugoslavia 5:8 0:4 3:5 3:6 *** 7:6 3:1 4:4 2 1 4 25:34 5
12.  Japan 1:4 6:4 4:9 6:10 6:7 *** 6:2 4:4 2 1 4 33:40 5
13.  Austria 1:4 2:3 3:11 2:7 2:6 1:3 *** 6:0 1 0 6 17:34 2
14.  Italy 0:5 2:6 0:11 2:7 4:4 4:4 0:6 *** 0 2 5 12:43 2

 Norway –  Yugoslavia 6:3 (2:0, 2:1, 2:2)

5 March 1971 – Bern

 Poland –  Italy 6:2 (2:0, 2:1, 2:1)

5 March 1971 – Bern

 East Germany –  Japan 9:4 (0:1, 4:1, 5:2)

5 March 1971 – Bern

  Switzerland –  Austria 4:1 (2:0, 1:0, 1:1)

5 March 1971 – Lyss

 Yugoslavia –  Austria 3:1 (2:0, 1:1, 0:0)

6 March 1971 – Bern

 Italy –  Japan 4:4 (1:0, 0:2, 3:2)

6 March 1971 – Bern

  Switzerland –  Norway 3:2 (0:1, 2:0, 1:1)

6 March 1971 – Lyss

 Poland –  East Germany 7:4 (3:0, 1:4, 3:0)

7 March 1971 – Bern

 Norway –  Italy 7:2 (2:1, 3:1, 2:0)

8 March 1971 – Bern

 Japan –  Austria 6:2 (2:0, 2:0, 2:2)

8 March 1971 – Geneva

 East Germany –  Yugoslavia 5:3 (2:1, 1:1, 2:1)

8 March 1971 – Bern

  Switzerland –  Poland 4:4 (2:0, 1:3, 1:1)

8 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds

 East Germany –  Italy 11:0 (5:0, 1:0, 5:0)

9 March 1971 – Bern

 Norway –  Austria 7:2 (1:0, 5:0, 1:2)

9 March 1971 – Geneva

  Switzerland –  Yugoslavia 8:5 (0:1, 3:2, 5:2)

9 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds

 Japan –  Poland 6:4 (2:0, 1:2, 3:2)

10 March 1971 – Lyss

 East Germany –  Austria 11:3 (3:1, 5:1, 3:1)

11 March 1971 – Lyss

 Italy –  Yugoslavia 4:4 (2:2, 1:1, 1:1)

11 March 1971 – Bern

 Poland –  Norway 8:1 (0:0, 5:0, 3:1)

11 March 1971 – Bern

  Switzerland –  Japan 4:1 (1:0, 3:0, 0:1)

11 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds

 Norway –  Japan 10:6 (5:1, 0:3, 5:2)

13 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds

 Poland –  Yugoslavia 4:0 (1:0, 0:0, 3:0)

13 March 1971 – Bern

 Austria –  Italy 6:0 (1:0, 1:0, 4:0)

13 March 1971 – Geneva

  Switzerland –  East Germany 3:1 (2:0, 0:1, 1:0)

13 March 1971 – Bern

 Yugoslavia –  Japan 7:6 (1:2, 5:0, 1:4)

14 March 1971 – Bern

 Poland –  Austria 3:2 (0:0, 2:0, 1:2)

14 March 1971 – Geneva

 East Germany –  Norway 8:4 (1:0, 4:2, 3:2)

14 March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds

  Switzerland –  Italy 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0)

14 March 1971 – Lyss

World Championship Group C (Netherlands)

ROM FRA HUN GBR BUL NED DEN BEL W T L GF–GA Pts.
15.  Romania *** 7:1 3:3 11:2 12:3 10:2 6:2 21:0 6 1 0 70:11 13
16.  France 1:7 *** 8:4 6:4 2:1 9:2 5:1 18:1 6 0 1 49:20 12
17.  Hungary 3:3 4:8 *** 7:6 7:6 4:3 2:0 31:1 5 1 1 58:27 11
18.  Great Britain 2:11 4:6 6:7 *** 5:5 7:4 5:4 18:2 3 1 3 47:39 7
19.  Bulgaria 2:12 1:2 6:7 5:5 *** 7:0 4:5 11:1 2 1 4 36:32 5
20.  Netherlands 2:10 2:9 3:4 4:7 0:7 *** 3:1 18:0 2 0 5 32:38 4
21.  Denmark 1:6 1:5 0:2 4:5 5:4 1:3 *** 21:1 2 0 5 33:26 4
22.  Belgium 0:21 1:18 1:31 2:18 1:11 0:18 1:21 *** 0 0 7 6:138 0

 Hungary –  Bulgaria 7:6 (1:0, 4:2, 2:4)

26. February 1971 – Nijmegen

 France –  Romania 1:7 (0:0, 1:2, 0:5)

26. February 1971 – Utrecht

 Great Britain –  Belgium 18:2 (8:0, 4:0, 6:2)

26. February 1971 – Eindhoven

 Netherlands –  Denmark 3:1 (2:0, 0:0, 1:1)

26. February 1971 – Tilburg

 Denmark –  Romania 1:6 (0:0, 0:2, 1:4)

27. February 1971 – Rotterdam

 Belgium –  France 1:18 (0:7, 0:7, 1:4)

27. February 1971 – Utrecht

 Hungary –  Great Britain 7:6 (3:1, 1:2, 3:3)

27. February 1971 – Tilburg

 Netherlands –  Bulgaria 0:7 (0:4, 0:1, 0:2)

27. February 1971 – Geleen

 France –  Bulgaria 2:1 (0:1, 0:0, 2:0)

1 March 1971 – Tilburg

 Hungary –  Romania 3:3 (3:1, 0:0, 0:2)

1 March 1971 – Eindhoven

 Denmark –  Belgium 21:1 (8:0, 5:0, 8:1)

1 March 1971 – Rotterdam

 Netherlands –  Great Britain 4:7 (0:3, 3:1, 1:3)

1 March 1971 – s-Hertogenbosch

 Great Britain –  Denmark 5:4 (1:2, 3:2, 1:0)

2 March 1971 – Nijmegen

 Hungary –  France 4:8 (2:3, 0:2, 2:3)

2 March 1971 – Rotterdam

 Bulgaria –  Romania 2:12 (1:2, 1:6, 0:4)

2 March 1971 – Utrecht

 Netherlands –  Belgium 18:0 (5:0, 8:0, 5:0)

2 March 1971 – Eindhoven

 France –  Great Britain 6:4 (0:1, 4:3, 2:0)

4 March 1971 – Groningen

 Denmark –  Bulgaria 5:4 (0:2, 3:1, 2:1)

4 March 1971 – Heerenveen

 Hungary –  Belgium 31:1 (9:1, 9:0, 13:0)

4 March 1971 – s-Hertogenbosch

 Netherlands –  Romania 2:10 (2:4, 0:5, 0:1)

4 March 1971 – Tilburg

 Great Britain –  Bulgaria 5:5 (2:1, 1:2, 2:2)

5 March 1971 – Heerenveen

 Romania –  Belgium 21:0 (7:0, 7:0, 7:0)

5 March 1971 – Tilburg

 Denmark –  France 1:5 (0:3, 0:1, 1:1)

5 March 1971 – Groningen

 Netherlands –  Hungary 3:4 (0:1, 1:1, 2:2)

5 March 1971 – Rotterdam

 Bulgaria –  Belgium 11:1 (4:0, 4:0, 4:1)

7 March 1971 – Rotterdam

 Denmark –  Hungary 0:2 (0:1, 0:0, 0:1)

7 March 1971 – Eindhoven

 Romania –  Great Britain 11:2 (3:0, 4:1, 4:1)

7 March 1971 – Geleen

 Netherlands –  France 2:9 (1:4, 0:3, 1:2)

7 March 1971 – Utrecht

Ranking and statistics


 1971 IIHF World Championship winners 

Soviet Union
11th title

Tournament Awards[edit]

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

 Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia
 Sweden
4  Finland
5  West Germany
6  United States

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

 Czechoslovakia
 Soviet Union
 Sweden
4  Finland
5  West Germany

Notes

  1. ^ Passion hockey.com
  2. ^ Szemberg & Podnieks 2007, p. 199

References

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