1970 World Ice Hockey Championships

1970 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host nation	Sweden
Dates	14–30 March
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Soviet Union (10 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	222  (7.4 per game)
Attendance	154,485  (5,150 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Alexander Maltsev 21 points

The 1970 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. 21 nations participated in three different divisions or pools:

Pool A in Stockholm, Sweden, 14. - 30 March 1970

Pool B in Bucharest, Romania, 24 February - 5 March 1970

Pool C in Galaţi, Romania, 13–22 February 1970

For the eighth straight year, the Soviet Union won the world championship. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in Montreal and Winnipeg in Canada. However, after a dispute over allowing professional players in international tournaments, the Canadian team withdrew from hosting and competing in international hockey. They would not return to international play until 1977. This tournament was also the first one to make helmets mandatory for all skaters.

World Championship Group A (Sweden)

37.

World Championships

URS

SWE

TCH

FIN

GDR

POL

W

D

L

GF-GA

Pts.

1.

Soviet Union

***

2:4*

3:1*

2:1*

12:1*

7:0*

9

0

1

68:11

18

2.

Sweden

1:3

***

5:4*

1:3*

6:1*

11:0*

7

1

2

45:21

15

3.

Czechoslovakia

1:5

2:2

***

9:1*

4:1*

6:3*

5

1

4

47:30

11

4.

Finland

1:16

3:4

5:3

***

1:0*

9:1*

5

0

5

31:40

10

5.

East Germany

1:7

2:6

3:7

4:3

***

2:2*

2

1

7

20:50

5

6.

Poland

0:11

1:5

2:10

0:4

2:5

***

0

1

9

11:70

1

• Poland demoted to Pool B.

48.	European Championships
1.	Soviet Union
2.	Sweden
3.	Czechoslovakia
4.	Finland
5.	East Germany
6.	Poland

Czechoslovakia – Poland 6:3 (2:1, 3:1, 1:1)

14. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

14. March 1970 – Stockholm

Sweden – East Germany 6:1 (1:0, 2:1, 3:0)

14. March 1970 – Stockholm

Finland – Poland 9:1 (2:1, 1:0, 6:0)

15. March 1970 – Stockholm

Soviet Union – East Germany 12:1 (3:0, 3:1, 6:0)

15. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

15. March 1970 – Stockholm Finland – East Germany 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0)

16. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

17. March 1970 – Stockholm

Soviet Union – Poland 7:0 (2:0, 5:0, 0:0)

17. March 1970 – Stockholm

Sweden – Finland 1:3 (0:2, 1:1, 0:0)

17. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

18. March 1970 – Stockholm

Sweden – Poland 11:0 (4:0, 2:0, 5:0)

19. March 1970 – Stockholm

Czechoslovakia – Finland 9:1 (1:0, 5:1, 3:0)

20. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

20. March 1970 – Stockholm

East Germany – Poland 2:2 (1:0, 1:1, 0:1)

21. March 1970 – Stockholm

Soviet Union – Finland 16:1 (5:0, 8:0, 3:1)

22. March 1970 – Stockholm

Czechoslovakia – Poland 10:2 (5:0, 2:2, 3:0)

22. March 1970 – Stockholm

Sweden - East Germany 6:2 (1:1, 3:1, 2:0)

23. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

24. March 1970 – Stockholm

Finland – Poland 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0)

24. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

24. March 1970 – Stockholm

Czechoslovakia – East Germany 7:3 (3:0, 1:1, 3:2)

25. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

25. March 1970 – Stockholm

Sweden – Finland 4:3 (1:0, 0:2, 3:1)

26. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

27. March 1970 – Stockholm

East Germany – Finland 4:3 (1:0, 0:3, 3:0)

28. March 1970 – Stockholm

Sweden – Poland 5:1 (4:0, 1:0, 0:1)

28. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

28. March 1970 – Stockholm

Czechoslovakia – Finland 3:5 (0:2, 2:2, 1:1)

30. March 1970 – Stockholm

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

30. March 1970 – Stockholm

World Championship Group B (Romania)

USA

GER

NOR

YUG

JPN

SUI

ROM

BUL

W

D

L

GF-GA

Pts.

7.

United States

***

5:2

9:2

5:1

11:1

12:3

9:1

19:1

7

0

0

70:11

14

8.

West Germany

2:5

***

3:0

6:3

3:1

3:1

5:2

13:1

6

0

1

34:13

12

9.

Norway

2:9

0:3

***

3:3

5:5

4:2

4:3

8:3

3

2

2

26:28

8

10.

Yugoslavia

1:5

3:6

3:3

***

8:2

6:3

3:4

6:0

3

1

3

30:23

7

11.

Japan

1:11

1:2

5:5

2:8

***

3:2

8:4

11:2

3

1

3

31:34

7

12.

Switzerland

3:12

1:3

2:4

3:6

2:3

***

7:1

4:2

2

0

5

22:31

4

13.

Romania

1:9

2:5

3:4

4:3

4:8

1:7

***

6:2

2

0

5

21:38

4

14.

Bulgaria

1:19

1:13

3:8

0:6

2:11

2:4

2:6

***

0

0

7

11:67

0

• The USA was promoted to Pool A while Romania and Bulgaria were demoted to Pool C.

Yugoslavia – West Germany 3:6 (1:1, 1:2, 1:3)

24. February 1970 – Bucharest

United States – Japan 11:1 (4:1, 3:0, 4:0)

24. February 1970 – Bucharest

Switzerland - Bulgaria 4:2 (2:1, 1:0, 1:1)

24. February 1970 – Bucharest

Norway - Romania 4:3 (2:0, 2:0, 0:3)

24. February 1970 – Bucharest

United States - Bulgaria 19:1 (6:1, 7:0, 6:0)

25. February 1970 – Bucharest

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

25. February 1970 – Bucharest

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

26. February 1970 – Bucharest

Yugoslavia – Romania 3:4 (0:0, 1:1, 2:3)

26. February 1970 – Bucharest

Norway – Bulgaria 8:3 (4:0, 2:2, 2:1)

27. February 1970 – Bucharest

United States – Yugoslavia 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0)

27. February 1970 – Bucharest

West Germany – Switzerland 3:1 (0:0, 3:0, 0:1)

27. February 1970 – Bucharest

Romania – Japan 4:8 (0:2, 4:1, 0:5)

27. February 1970 – Bucharest

United States – West Germany 5:2 (0:1, 3:1, 2:0)

28. February 1970 – Bucharest

Japan – Bulgaria 11:2 (3:1, 4:1, 4:0)

28. February 1970 – Bucharest

Yugoslavia - Norway 3:3 (2:0, 0:1, 1:2)

1. March 1970 - Bucharest

Romania - Switzerland 1:7 (0:3, 0:1, 1:3)

1. March 1970 - Bucharest

West Germany - Bulgaria 13:1 (5:0, 7:0, 1:1)

2. March 1970 - Bucharest

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

2. March 1970 - Bucharest

Norway – Japan 5:5 (2:1, 1:1, 2:3)

2. March 1970 - Bucharest

United States – Romania 9:1 (4:1, 1:0, 4:0)

2. March 1970 – Bucharest

United States – Norway 9:2 (4:0, 2:1, 3:1)

4. March 1970 – Bucharest

Yugoslavia – Bulgaria 6:0 (1:0, 5:0, 0:0)

4. March 1970 – Bucharest

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

4. March 1970 – Bucharest

West Germany – Romania 5:2 (0:1, 1:0, 4:1)

4. March 1970 – Bucharest

Yugoslavia – Japan 8:2 (6:1, 2:0, 0:1)

5. March 1970 – Bucharest

United States – Switzerland 12:3 (2:1, 6:1, 4:1)

5. March 1970 – Bucharest

West Germany – Norway 3:0 (0:0, 3:0, 0:0)

5. March 1970 – Bucharest

Romania – Bulgaria 6:2 (2:0, 2:0, 2:2)

5. March 1970 – Bucharest

World Championship Group C (Romania)

AUT

ITA

FRA

HUN

DEN

NED

BEL

W

D

L

GF-GA

Pts.

15.

Austria

***

3:3

7:2

3:2

4:3

9:2

11:0

5

1

0

37:12

11

16.

Italy

3:3

***

4:1

3:6

3:1

6:1

8:2

4

1

1

27:14

9

17.

France

2:7

1:4

***

4:2

2:0

9:0

11:0

4

0

2

29:15

8

18.

Hungary

2:3

6:3

2:4

***

6:2

7:1

15:2

4

0

2

38:15

8

19.

Denmark

3:4

1:3

0:0

2:6

***

3:3

11:4

1

1

4

20:22

3

20.

Netherlands

2:9

1:6

2:9

1:7

3:3

***

7:1

1

1

4

16:35

3

21.

Belgium

0:11

2:8

0:11

2:15

4:11

1:7

***

0

0

6

9:63

0

• Austria and Italy promoted to Pool-B tournament.

Italy – Denmark 3:1 (0:0, 0:0, 3:1)

13. February 1970 – Galati

Austria – France 7:2 (1:0, 2:2, 4:0)

13. February 1970 – Galati

Hungary – Netherlands 7:1 (1:1, 3:0, 3:0)

13. February 1970 – Galati

Netherlands – France 2:9 (0:6, 0:2, 2:1)

14. February 1970 – Galati

Italy – Belgium 8:2 (1:2, 5:0, 2:0)

14. February 1970 – Galati

Austria – Denmark 4:3 (2:3, 2:0, 0:0)

15. February 1970 – Galati

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

16. February 1970 – Galati

Italy – France 4:1 (0:1, 2:0, 2:0)

16. February 1970 – Galati

Austria – Hungary 3:2 (3:1, 0:0, 0:1)

16. February 1970 – Galati

Austria – Belgium 11:0 (3:0, 3:0, 5:0)

18. February 1970 – Galati

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

18. February 1970 – Galati

Italy – Hungary 3:6 (1:3, 0:1, 2:2)

18. February 1970 – Galati

Denmark – Belgium 11:4 (4:1, 2:1, 5:2)

19. February 1970 – Galati

Hungary – France 2:4 (0:2, 1:0, 1:2)

19. February 1970 – Galati

Italy – Netherlands 6:1 (3:0, 2:1, 1:0)

19. February 1970 – Galati

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

21. February 1970 – Galati

Hungary – Belgium 15:2 (5:1, 3:0, 7:1)

21. February 1970 – Galati

Denmark – France 0:2 (0:0, 0:1, 0:1)

21. February 1970 – Galati

France – Belgium 11:0 (4:0, 2:0, 5:0)

22. February 1970 – Galati

Hungary – Denmark 6:2 (4:2, 1:0, 1:0)

22. February 1970 – Galati

Austria – Italy 3:3 (2:3, 0:0, 1:0)

22. February 1970 – Galati

Ranking and statistics

1970 IIHF World Championship Winners  Soviet Union 10th title Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: Soviet Union Sweden Czechoslovakia 4 Finland 5 East Germany 6 Poland European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Soviet Union Sweden Czechoslovakia 4 Finland 5 West Germany 6 Poland Notes References Summary (in french) 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, 141–2.  Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, Template:Citation/identifier  External links Ice Hockey World Championships 1920 · 1924 · 1928 · 1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey European Championships 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1929 • 1932 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships at SVT's open archive