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1973 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host nation Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR
Dates 31 March–15 April
Teams 6
Champions Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (12 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 30
Goals scored 258  (8.6 per game)
Attendance 331,500  (11,050 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Soviet Union Vladimir Petrov 34 points

The 1973 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 40th Ice Hockey World Championships and the 51st European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in the Soviet Union from 31 March to 15 April and the games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in the capital, Moscow. Six teams took part in the main tournament, with each team playing each other twice. The Soviet Union took back their world title, winning all ten games on home ice, with an incredible points difference, and becoming World Champions for the twelfth time.

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)[]

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 10 10 0 0 100 - 18 20
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 10 7 1 2 53 - 23 15
3 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 10 6 1 3 48 - 20 13
4 Flag of Finland.svg Finland 10 3 1 6 24 - 39 7
5 Flag of Poland.svg Poland 10 1 1 8 14 - 76 3
6 Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 10 1 0 9 19 - 82 2

West Germany was relegated to Group B.

31 March Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg 14-1
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
31 March Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 17-1
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
1 April Poland Flag of Poland.svg 2-11
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 8-3
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
2 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 2-0
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
2 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 8-2
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
3 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg 4-2
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
3 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 9-3
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
4 April West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 2-8
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
4 April Poland Flag of Poland.svg 0-5
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
5 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 2-3
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
5 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 3-2
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
6 April Poland Flag of Poland.svg 2-4
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
7 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 2-4
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
7 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 6-1
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
8 April Poland Flag of Poland.svg 1-4
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
8 April West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 2-18
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
9 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 7-0
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
9 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 2-1
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
10 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg 3-3
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
10 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 9-1
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
11 April West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 2-7
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
11 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 20-0
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
12 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 12-1
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
12 April Finland Flag of Finland.svg 1-1
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
13 April Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 2-1
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
13 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 4-2
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
14 April West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 1-4
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
15 April Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg 8-0
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
15 April Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 6-4
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

World Championship Group B (Austria)[]

Played in Graz, 22 to 31 March.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
7 Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 7 7 0 0 56 - 21 14
8 Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 5 1 1 52 - 23 11
9 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia 7 4 2 1 36 - 22 10
10 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 7 4 1 2 24 - 20 9
11 Flag of Austria.svg Austria 7 2 0 5 21 - 44 4
12 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7 2 0 5 23 - 28 4
13 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 7 2 0 5 26 - 44 4
14 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 7 0 0 7 18 - 54 0

East Germany was promoted to Group A, both Switzerland and Italy were relegated to group C. Rating Austria, Japan and Switzerland against each other head to head, they each had two points, Austria had a goal differential of +2, Japan +1, and Switzerland -3.

22 March United States Flag of the United States.svg 6-4
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
22 March East Germany Flag of East Germany.svg 6-4
Flag of Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia
22 March Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 4-3
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
22 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg 2-4
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
23 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg 6-6
Flag of the United States.svg United States
23 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg 6-5
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
24 March Romania Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg 3-0
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
24 March East Germany Flag of East Germany.svg 8-5
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
25 March United States Flag of the United States.svg 4-6
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
25 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg 2-5
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
25 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg 6-0
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
25 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg 2-4
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
26 March United States Flag of the United States.svg 11-0
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
26 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg 1-6
Flag of Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia
27 March Japan Flag of Japan.svg 4-5
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
27 March East Germany Flag of East Germany.svg 4-2
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
28 March East Germany Flag of East Germany.svg 5-3
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
28 March Romania Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg 5-4
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
28 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg 8-4
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
28 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg 0-9
Flag of the United States.svg United States
30 March United States Flag of the United States.svg 6-3
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
30 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg 4-3
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
30 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg 1-15
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
30 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg 8-4
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
31 March Italy Flag of Italy.svg 3-5
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
31 March Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg 4-10
Flag of the United States.svg United States
31 March Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia.svg 2-2
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
31 March Austria Flag of Austria.svg 2-12
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany

World Championship Group C (Netherlands)[]

Played in Geleen, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Tilburg and The Hague, from 9 to 18 March.

Team Games Won Drawn Lost Points difference Points
15 Flag of Norway.svg Norway 7 7 0 0 53 - 14 14
16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 7 5 0 2 52 - 21 10
17 Flag of Hungary (1957-1989) Hungary 7 5 0 2 44 - 24 10
18 Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990) Bulgaria 7 3 1 3 29 - 28 7
19 Flag of China.svg China 7 2 2 3 21 - 28 6
20 Flag of France.svg France 7 3 0 4 23 - 29 6
21 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 7 0 2 5 22 - 58 2
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 7 0 1 6 18 - 60 1

Norway and the Netherlands were promoted to Group B.

09 March China Flag of China.svg 3-3
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
09 March Hungary Flag of Hungary (1957-1989) 9-0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
09 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg 4-3
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990) Bulgaria
09 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2-4
Flag of France.svg France
10 March China Flag of China.svg 3-3
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990) Bulgaria
10 March France Flag of France.svg 3-1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
10 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg 14-2
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
10 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 5-3
Flag of Hungary (1957-1989) Hungary
12 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg 4-0
Flag of China.svg China
12 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990) 2-1
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
12 March Hungary Flag of Hungary (1957-1989) 7-1
Flag of France.svg France
12 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 13-3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
13 March France Flag of France.svg 6-3
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
13 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg 11-3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
13 March Hungary Flag of Hungary (1957-1989) 9-6
Flag of China.svg China
13 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 8-5
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990) Bulgaria
15 March China Flag of China.svg 2-1
Flag of France.svg France
15 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990) 9-2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
15 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg 6-0
Flag of Hungary (1957-1989) Hungary
15 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 14-0
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
16 March Norway Flag of Norway.svg 8-3
Flag of France.svg France
16 March Hungary Flag of Hungary (1957-1989) 5-1
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990) Bulgaria
16 March Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 8-8
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
16 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 7-0
Flag of China.svg China
18 March China Flag of China.svg 7-1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
18 March Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990) 6-5
Flag of France.svg France
18 March Hungary Flag of Hungary (1957-1989) 11-5
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
18 March Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3-6
Flag of Norway.svg Norway

Ranking and statistics[]

 


 1973 IIHF World Championship Winners 
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
12th title

Final standings[]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Gold medal icon Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver medal icon Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Bronze medal icon Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
4 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
5 Flag of Poland.svg Poland
6 Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

European championships final standings[]

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

Gold medal icon Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver medal icon Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Bronze medal icon Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
4 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
5 Flag of Poland.svg Poland
6 Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

Team Photos[]

References[]

  • Complete results
  • 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, 143. 


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