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

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

Soviet Union

6 April

Czechoslovakia

8-3

United States

6 April

Soviet Union

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

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.

14 March

West Germany

9-2

Netherlands

14 March

Yugoslavia

5-0

Switzerland

14 March

East Germany

7-3

Romania

14 March

Japan

7-1

Italy

15 March

Romania

4-4

Yugoslavia

15 March

West Germany

6-3

Japan

16 March

Italy

3-0

Netherlands

16 March

East Germany

5-8

Switzerland

17 March

Yugoslavia

2-4

Italy

17 March

West Germany

0-5

East Germany

17 March

Romania

6-1

Netherlands

17 March

Japan

3-2

Switzerland

18 March

West Germany

2-1

Yugoslavia

18 March

Japan

2-2

Romania

19 March

Netherlands

3-4

Switzerland

19 March

East Germany

9-2

Italy

20 March

Romania

3-4

Switzerland

20 March

West Germany

5-2

Italy

20 March

Yugoslavia

7-3

Netherlands

20 March

East Germany

3-1

Japan

21 March

Yugoslavia

8-4

Japan

21 March

West Germany

4-1

Romania

22 March

Switzerland

10-6

Italy

22 March

East Germany

6-1

Netherlands

23 March

Romania

7-4

Italy

23 March

Japan

1-1

Netherlands

23 March

West Germany

8-3

Switzerland

23 March

East Germany

6-3

Yugoslavia

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

Norway and Bulgaria were promoted to Group B.

1 March

Norway

2-0

Austria

1 March

France

4-0

Denmark

1 March

Hungary

14-0

Belgium

2 March

France

15-0

Belgium

2 March

Norway

5-5

Denmark

2 March

Bulgaria

4-1

Austria

4 March

Austria

4-4

France

4 March

Norway

5-0

Hungary

4 March

Bulgaria

20-3

Belgium

5 March

Norway

24-0

Belgium

5 March

Austria

4-2

Denmark

5 March

Bulgaria

4-6

Hungary

7 March

Austria

4-2

Hungary

7 March

Norway

6-1

France

7 March

Bulgaria

3-2

Denmark

8 March

Hungary

17-3

Denmark

8 March

Austria

19-2

Belgium

8 March

Bulgaria

7-3

France

10 March

Hungary

5-5

France

10 March

Denmark

19-0

Belgium

10 March

Bulgaria

2-2

Norway

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Sweden
4	Finland
5	Poland
6	United States

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Sweden
4	Finland
5	Poland

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. p. 144.