1975 Ice Hockey World Championships

1975 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	3–19 April
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (14th title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	272 (9.07 per game)
Attendance	169,000 (5,633 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Viktor Shalimov 19 points
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The 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 42nd Ice Hockey World Championships and the 53rd European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in West Germany from 3 to 19 April and the games were played in Munich and Düsseldorf. Six teams took part in the main tournament, each playing each other twice. The Soviet Union won all of their games, and became World Champions for the 14th time, and won their 17th European title.

This year did not offer much in the way of drama, with the expected order of finish happening again, and the host not even playing in the top level tournament.^[1] This helped to change the player eligibility rules and change the format. Finland narrowly missed a medal again, finishing fourth for the sixth straight year.

World Championship Group A (West Germany)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	10	10	0	90	23	+67	20
2	Czechoslovakia	10	8	2	55	19	+36	16
3	Sweden	10	5	5	51	34	+17	10
4	Finland	10	5	5	36	34	+2	10
5	Poland	10	2	8	18	78	−60	4
6	United States	10	0	10	22	84	−62	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

With Group A expanding to eight teams in

1976

no nation was relegated.

3 April

Czechoslovakia

5-0

Poland

3 April

Soviet Union

10-5

United States

4 April

Poland

0-10

Sweden

4 April

United States

4-7

Finland

5 April

Sweden

2-5

Czechoslovakia

5 April

Finland

4-8

6 April

8-3

6 April

13-2

Poland

7 April

United States

0-7

Sweden

7 April

Poland

2-5

Finland

8 April

Czechoslovakia

2-5

Soviet Union

8 April

Finland

0-1

Sweden

9 April

Poland

5-3

United States

10 April

Finland

2-6

Czechoslovakia

10 April

Sweden

1-4

Soviet Union

12 April

Poland

2-8

Czechoslovakia

12 April

United States

1-13

Soviet Union

13 April

Sweden

13-0

Poland

13 April

Finland

9-1

United States

14 April

Czechoslovakia

7-0

Sweden

14 April

Soviet Union

5-2

Finland

15 April

United States

0-8

Czechoslovakia

15 April

Poland

1-15

Soviet Union

16 April

Sweden

12-3

United States

16 April

Finland

4-1

Poland

17 April

Soviet Union

4-1

Czechoslovakia

17 April

Sweden

1-2

Finland

18 April

United States

2-5

Poland

19 April

Czechoslovakia

5-1

Finland

19 April

Soviet Union

13-4

Sweden

World Championship Group B (Japan)

Played in Sapporo 14–23 March.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	East Germany	7	6	0	1	41	18	+23	12
8	West Germany	7	6	0	1	34	17	+17	12
9	Switzerland	7	4	0	3	31	33	−2	8
10	Yugoslavia	7	3	1	3	30	23	+7	7
11	Romania	7	2	2	3	26	26	0	6
12	Japan	7	2	2	3	21	24	−3	6
13	Italy	7	2	0	5	22	40	−18	4
14	Netherlands	7	0	1	6	11	35	−24	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

With Group A expanding to eight teams in

1976, both East and West Germany were promoted, and no nation was relegated. Canada had been offered a spot in Group A first, but they declined until 1977.^[2] Additionally, the top six nations qualified for the Innsbruck Olympics

9-2

5-0

7-3

7-1

4-4

6-3

3-0

5-8

2-4

0-5

6-1

3-2

2-1

2-2

3-4

9-2

3-4

5-2

7-3

3-1

8-4

4-1

10-6

6-1

7-4

1-1

8-3

6-3

World Championship Group C (Bulgaria)

Played in Sofia 1–10 March. China was supposed to participate but forfeited.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Norway	6	4	2	0	44	8	+36	10
16	Bulgaria	6	4	1	1	40	17	+23	9
17	Austria	6	3	1	2	32	16	+16	7
18	Hungary	6	3	1	2	44	21	+23	7
19	France	6	2	2	2	32	22	+10	6
20	Denmark	6	1	1	4	31	33	−2	3
21	Belgium	6	0	0	6	5	111	−106	0