1971 Ice Hockey World Championships

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:

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
← 1970
1972 →
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)

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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)

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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

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

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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
  • Switzerland qualify for 1972 Pool A championship tournament; Austria and Italy demoted to 1972 Pool C tournament. Additionally, the top six qualify for the Sapporo Olympics.

  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)

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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
  • Romania and France qualify for 1972 Pool B tournament, and the Sapporo Olympics.

  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

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 1971 IIHF World Championship winners 
 
Soviet Union
11th title

Tournament Awards

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Final standings

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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

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The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

    Czechoslovakia
    Soviet Union
    Sweden
4   Finland
5   West Germany

Notes

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References

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  • Summary (in french)
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 142.
  • Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 978-1-55168-307-2