1965 Ice Hockey World Championships

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1965 Ice Hockey World Championships
Josef Golonka (14 points)

The 1965

Hakametsä, Tampere, Finland, 3–15 March. Eight teams took part, each playing each other once. The Soviets became world champions for the fifth time, winning all of their games. This also counted as their ninth European title, with the Czechs finishing second and the Swedes third. For the third straight year Canada finished fourth. The tournament employed new tie-breaking rules, which some believed were supposed to be in place for the Innsbruck Olympics. To decide medals priority would be given to the team who won the head-to-head game, unless they tied, or more than two teams were tied. In those two cases goal differential would be used, but only the goal differential between the top four teams.[1]

Fifteen nations played in two groups, with qualification games used to establish the tier for closely ranked teams. From now on, the last place team in group 'A' would be relegated, with the group 'B' champion being promoted to replace them. Poland went undefeated to earn promotion, defeating the Swiss, and tying the West Germans.

The event was the first Ice Hockey World Championships hosted by Finland, and was organized by Harry Lindblad, president of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association.[2][3]

Qualifying round Group A

First round

18 December 1964
West Germany 
2–8  Switzerland
20 December 1964
West Germany 
7–2  Switzerland
3 January 1965
West Germany

Second round

2 March 1965
West Germany
Qualified for Group A:  Norway
Qualified for Group B:   
West Germany

World Championship Group A (Tampere, Finland)

Yle's sports commentator booth in Hakametsä 1965.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Soviet Union 7 7 0 0 51 13 +38 14
2  Czechoslovakia 7 6 0 1 43 10 +33 12
3  Sweden 7 4 1 2 33 17 +16 9
4  Canada 7 4 0 3 28 21 +7 8
5  East Germany 7 3 0 4 18 33 −15 6
6  United States 7 2 0 5 22 44 −22 4
7  Finland 7 1 1 5 14 27 −13 3
8  Norway 7 0 0 7 12 56 −44 0
Source: [citation needed]

1966
Group B.

4 MarchSweden 5–2 United States
4 MarchSoviet Union 8–4 Finland
4 MarchCzechoslovakia 5–1 East Germany
5 MarchSweden 5–1 East Germany
5 MarchFinland 0–4 Canada
5 MarchNorway 2–14 Soviet Union
6 MarchUnited States 0–12 Czechoslovakia
6 MarchCanada 6–0 Norway
7 MarchFinland 2–2 Sweden
7 MarchCanada 5–2 United States
7 MarchSoviet Union 8–0 East Germany
8 MarchCzechoslovakia 9–2 Norway
9 MarchFinland 4–1 Norway
9 MarchEast Germany 7–4 United States
10 MarchSoviet Union 5–3 Sweden
10 MarchCanada 8–1 East Germany
10 MarchFinland 2–5 Czechoslovakia
11 MarchSweden 10–0 Norway
11 MarchCzechoslovakia 8–0 Canada
11 MarchUnited States 2–9 Soviet Union
12 MarchUnited States 4–0 Finland
12 MarchEast Germany 5–1 Norway
13 MarchSweden 6–4 Canada
13 MarchFinland 2–3 East Germany
13 MarchSoviet Union 3–1 Czechoslovakia
14 MarchCzechoslovakia 3–2 Sweden
14 MarchCanada 1–4 Soviet Union
14 MarchUnited States 8–6 Norway

Qualifying round Group B

19 November 1964Italy 2–3 Hungary
26 November 1964Hungary 2–2 Italy
5 December 1964Great Britain 8–2 France
12 December 1964France 3–2 Great Britain
Qualified for Group B:  Hungary,
 Great Britain
Teams in
1966 Group B qualification
:
 France,
 Italy

World Championship Group B (Turku, Rauma, and Pori, Finland)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 6 5 1 0 35 15 +20 11
2   Switzerland 6 4 1 1 27 15 +12 9
3  
West Germany
6 3 2 1 30 20 +10 8
4  Hungary 6 2 1 3 19 24 −5 5
5  Austria 6 2 0 4 21 28 −7 4
6  Great Britain 6 1 1 4 24 41 −17 3
7  Yugoslavia 6 0 2 4 16 29 −13 2
X  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Did not participate
Source: [citation needed]

1966 Group A. Romania joined France and Italy
in the following year's qualification for Group B.

4 MarchSwitzerland 7–2 Austria
4 MarchPoland 9–5 Hungary
4 MarchYugoslavia 5–5 Great Britain
5 MarchPoland 5–3 Austria
5 March
West Germany 
8–2 Yugoslavia
6 MarchSwitzerland 3–1 Hungary
6 March
West Germany 
12–4 Great Britain
7 MarchAustria 5–4 Great Britain
7 MarchPoland 3–1  Switzerland
7 MarchHungary 3–0 Yugoslavia
8 March
West Germany 
2–1 Austria
9 MarchSwitzerland 3–3 Yugoslavia
9 March
West Germany 
4–4 Hungary
9 MarchPoland 11–2 Great Britain
10 MarchAustria 6–5 Yugoslavia
11 MarchHungary 5–3 Austria
11 March
West Germany
11 MarchSwitzerland 7–4 Great Britain
12 MarchPoland 4–1 Yugoslavia
12 March
West Germany
12 MarchHungary 1–5 Great Britain

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

IIHF
:

1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden
4  Canada
5  East Germany
6  United States
7  Finland
8  Norway

European championships final standings

The final standings of the

IIHF
:

1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden
4  East Germany
5  Finland
6  Norway

Citations

  1. .
  2. ^ "2.75 Harry Lindblad". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Milestones of Finnish Ice Hockey". Leijonat. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

References

  • Summary (in french)
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 139.