1979 Ice Hockey World Championships

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1979 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Soviet stamp sheet dedicated to the 1979 World Ice Hockey Championships
Host country	Soviet Union
Dates	14–27 April
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (16th title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	32
Goals scored	263 (8.22 per game)
Attendance	354,500 (11,078 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vladimir Petrov 15 points
← 1978 1981 →

The 1979 Ice Hockey World Championships took place at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union from 14 to 27 April. Eight teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of four, and the best two from each group advancing to the final group. The four best teams then played each other twice in the final round. This was the 46th World Championship and at the same time, the 57th European Championship. In the May 1978 congress many rules were aligned with NHL practices and archaic rules (like changing ends half way the third period) were finally officially abandoned.^[1] The games were very well attended, setting a record by averaging over eleven thousand spectators per game.

Contents

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)
First round
Group 1
Group 2
Final round
Consolation round
World Championship Group B (Romania)
First round 2
Group 1 2
Group 2 2
Final round 2
Consolation round 2
World Championship Group C (Spain)
Ranking and statistics
Tournament Awards
Final standings
European championships final standings
Citations
References

The Soviets wished the tournament to be finished before the May Day celebrations began, so the schedule was moved up one week allowing for less NHL players being eligible.^[1] The hosts won all seven games they played capturing their 16th title, the only game that was even close was their early match with West Germany, which they won three to two. The competition for the bronze (at least) was tight with Sweden edging out the Canadians. After the tournament NHL star Marcel Dionne praised the level of play and offered the following criticism of North American play, "only the media can change things here. Tell them how the European teams play with so much talent. Tell them that they play without a fight. Let them realize that if a kid does not know how to skate and shoot, but just to fight, he should not be allowed to be a hockey player. There are so many idiots who run hockey, so stupid, so stupid. Tell them."^[2]

Promotion and relegation was effective for 1981 as the IIHF ceased running a championship in Olympic years. Nations that did not participate in the Lake Placid Olympics were invited to compete in the inaugural Thayer Tutt Trophy.

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)

First round

Results between countries that moved on to the same group in the second round were carried forward.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	19	5	+14	6
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	16	17	−1	4
3	West Germany	3	0	1	2	8	13	−5	1
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	8	16	−8	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

14 April

7-0

14 April

7-3

15 April

6-5

15 April

3-2

17 April

3-3

17 April

9-3

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	5
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	12	11	+1	4
3	United States	3	0	2	1	6	9	−3	2
4	Finland	3	0	1	2	5	11	−6	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

14 April

6-3

14 April

5-0

15 April

4-1

15 April

1-1

17 April

5-4

17 April

2-2

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	6	6	0	0	51	12	+39	12
2	Czechoslovakia	6	3	1	2	25	30	−5	7
3	Sweden	6	1	1	4	20	38	−18	3
4	Canada	6	1	0	5	20	36	−16	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

19 April

5-2

19 April

3-3

21 April

5-3

21 April

11-1

23 April

10-6

23 April

11-3

25 April

9-2

25 April

6-3

27 April

6-3

27 April

6-1

Consolation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Finland	6	4	1	1	23	17	+6	9
6	West Germany	6	3	1	2	27	21	+6	7
7	United States	6	2	2	2	22	20	+2	6
8	Poland	6	0	2	4	15	29	−14	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

18 April

5-5

18 April

5-2

20 April

3-4

20 April

6-3

22 April

6-2

22 April

8-1

24 April

5-1

24 April

7-3

26 April

4-2

26 April

5-2

World Championship Group B (Romania)

Played in Galați March 16–24. This year's tournament was expanded to ten teams to try to avoid hostilities between China and South Korea, and to address a complaint by the Danes that Austria had used an ineligible player in achieving promotion in 1978. China and Denmark were both elevated with the consequence that four teams would be relegated.

First round

The ten teams were split into groups of five, the top two of each battled for promotion to Group A, the next two played in a group to decide fifth through eighth, and both bottom place teams were simply relegated without playing further. Additionally, the top two in each group joined all Group A teams at the Lake Placid Olympics.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	East Germany	4	4	0	0	30	6	+24	8
2	Romania	4	2	1	1	22	16	+6	5
3	Austria	4	2	1	1	15	20	−5	5
4	Denmark	4	1	0	3	8	18	−10	2
5	Hungary	4	0	0	4	10	25	−15	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Hungary was relegated to Group C.

16 March

2-10

16 March

7-7

17 March

4-3

17 March

1-9

18 March

4-1

19 March

8-4

19 March

0-7

20 March

1-3

21 March

4-3

21 March

3-4

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	29	8	+21	8
2	Norway	4	3	0	1	16	13	+3	6
3	Switzerland	4	2	0	2	13	17	−4	4
4	Japan	4	1	0	3	20	17	+3	2
5	China	4	0	0	4	8	31	−23	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

China was relegated to Group C.

16 March

5-1

16 March

5-6

17 March

8-1

17 March

4-6

18 March

9-3

19 March

3-4

19 March

5-2

20 March

6-1

21 March

10-0

21 March

3-4

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9	6
10	East Germany	3	2	0	1	16	9	+7	4
11	Romania	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	2
12	Norway	3	0	0	3	5	20	−15	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

The Netherlands were promoted to Group A.

23 March

9-2

23 March

2-3

24 March

3-4

24 March

3-2

Consolation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	14	6	+8	6
14	Japan	3	2	0	1	17	10	+7	4
15	Austria	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	2
16	Denmark	3	0	0	3	8	18	−10	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Both Austria and Denmark were relegated to Group C.

23 March

1-3

23 March

2-3

24 March

4-11

24 March

2-7

World Championship Group C (Spain)

Played in Barcelona March 16–25. This tournament was supposed to be played in China but the Chinese said that they would deny entrance to the South Korean team. To avoid political issues with the two playing each other, both China and Denmark (last year's 3rd and 4th place teams) were elevated to Group B and two extra nations were allowed to participate in Group C.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
19	Yugoslavia	7	7	0	0	83	10	+73	14
20	Italy	7	6	0	1	64	17	+47	12
21	France	7	5	0	2	59	27	+32	10
22	Bulgaria	7	4	0	3	35	28	+7	8
23	Great Britain	7	2	0	5	23	68	−45	4
24	Spain	7	2	0	5	25	48	−23	4
25	South Korea	7	1	1	5	16	67	−51	3
26	Australia	7	0	1	6	13	53	−40	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Both Yugoslavia and Italy were promoted to Group B.

16 March

7-1

16 March

0-3

16 March

0-12

16 March

0-10

17 March

4-12

17 March

5-7

18 March

9-6

18 March

5-4

19 March

9-3

19 March

2-4

19 March

18-0

19 March

1-10

20 March

3-5

20 March

11-0

21 March

1-7

21 March

8-2

22 March

0-0

22 March

8-4

22 March

3-15

22 March

16-1

24 March

4-6

24 March

4-2

24 March

3-15

24 March

1-11

25 March

1-21

25 March

4-9

25 March

3-10

25 March

6-2

Ranking and statistics

1979 IIHF World Championship winners
Soviet Union 16th title

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Vladislav Tretiak
- Best Defenceman: Valeri Vasiliev
- Best Forward: Wilf Paiement
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Vladislav Tretiak
- Defence: Jiří Bubla, Valeri Vasiliev
- Forwards: Sergei Makarov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Sweden
4	Canada
5	Finland
6	West Germany
7	United States
8	Poland

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Sweden
4	Finland
5	West Germany
6	Poland

Citations

1 2 Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League . Total Sports. p. 506. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
↑ Marcel Dionne's quote (translated from French). passionhockey.com
↑ Summary of conflict. passionhockey.com

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