1978 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships
1978 Ice Hockey World ChampionshipsTournament details |
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Host country | Czechoslovakia |
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Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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Dates | 26 April – 14 May |
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Teams | 8 |
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Final positions |
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Champions ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg/10px-Gold_medal_blank.svg.png) | Soviet Union (15th title) |
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Runner-up ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg/10px-Silver_medal_blank.svg.png) | Czechoslovakia |
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Third place ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg/10px-Bronze_medal_blank.svg.png) | Canada |
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Fourth place | Sweden |
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Tournament statistics |
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Games played | 40 |
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Goals scored | 322 (8.05 per game) |
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Attendance | 362,642 (9,066 per game) |
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Scoring leader(s) | Erich Kühnhackl 16 points |
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The 1978 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 26 April to 14 May. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once in the first round, and then the four best teams meeting in a new round. This was the 45th World Championships, and also the 56th European Championships. The USSR won for the 15th time, narrowly defeating the incumbent Czechoslovaks.
On the final day, there was essentially a gold medal game, and a bronze medal game. The Soviets played the Czechoslovaks and needed to win by at least two to win the Championship.[1] They took a three nothing lead, and hung to win by two, capturing gold by being even head-to-head with the Czechoslovaks, but having a cumulative two goal advantage against everyone else. Canada and Sweden came into the final game even, so the winner would claim the bronze. Pat Hickey scored with a minute left in the game to give Canada a three to two victory, and the medal.[2]
Because of the allowance of professionals from the NHL into the tournament, a peculiar (and new) situation arose during this year's tournament. The Minnesota North Stars had players representing Canada (2), Sweden (3), and the United States (4).[3]
World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)
First round
Source: [citation needed]
Final Round 1–4 place
Source: [citation needed]
Consolation round 5–8 place
Source: [citation needed]
East Germany was relegated to Group B.
World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)
Played in Belgrade 17–26 March.
Source: [citation needed]
Undefeated Poland was promoted to Group A, and both Italy and Yugoslavia were relegated to Group C.
World Championship Group C (Spain)
Played in the Canary Islands (Las Palmas) 10–19 March.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
17 | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 17 | +57 | 13 |
18 | Austria | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 11 |
19 | Denmark | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 9 |
20 | China | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 8 |
21 | Bulgaria | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 7 |
22 | France | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 6 |
23 | Spain | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 84 | −58 | 2 |
24 | Belgium | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 101 | −88 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
The Netherlands and Austria were both promoted to Group B. China and Denmark also ended up being promoted to alleviate a political situation between the Chinese and the South Koreans and to address the IIHF missing that Austria should have been disqualified for using Pentti Hyytiäinen.[4][5]
Ranking and statistics
Tournament Awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Media All-Star Team:
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
European championships final standings
The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:
Citations
- ^ Tie breaker
- ^ Tournament summary
- ^ Duplacey page 506
- ^ Group B and C summaries 1979
- ^ Pentti Hytiainen profile
References
- Complete results
- 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. pp. 146–7.
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- Medals were awarded to the best European participants of the World Championships or Olympic Games (marked in italics).
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