A Finnish stamp dedicated to the 1965 World Ice Hockey Championships
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Finland |
| Dates | 3–14 March |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Soviet Union (5th title) |
Runner-up  |  Czechoslovakia |
Third place  |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  Canada |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 221 (7.89 per game) |
| Attendance | 178,968 (6,392 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Josef Golonka (14 points) |
← 1964
1966 →
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The 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in 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]
| 18 December 1964 | West Germany  | 2–8 |  Switzerland |
| 20 December 1964 | West Germany | 7–2 | Switzerland |
| 3 January 1965 | Switzerland | 6–7 | West Germany |
| 2 March 1965 | Norway  | 5–4 | West Germany |
| Qualified for Group A: | Norway
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| Qualified for Group B: | Switzerland, West Germany
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Soviet Union
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7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 13 | +38 | 14 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 10 | +33 | 12 |
| 3 | Sweden
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 9 |
| 4 | Canada
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 8 |
| 5 |  East Germany
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7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 6 |
| 6 |  United States
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7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 4 |
| 7 | Finland
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7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 3 |
| 8 | Norway
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7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 56 | −44 | 0 |
Norway was relegated to 1966 Group B.
| 4 March | Sweden | 5–2 | United States |
| 4 March | Soviet Union | 8–4 | Finland |
| 4 March | Czechoslovakia | 5–1 | East Germany |
| 5 March | Sweden | 5–1 | East Germany |
| 5 March | Finland | 0–4 | Canada |
| 5 March | Norway | 2–14 | Soviet Union |
| 6 March | United States | 0–12 | Czechoslovakia |
| 6 March | Canada | 6–0 | Norway |
| 7 March | Finland | 2–2 | Sweden |
| 7 March | Canada | 5–2 | United States |
| 7 March | Soviet Union | 8–0 | East Germany |
| 8 March | Czechoslovakia | 9–2 | Norway |
| 9 March | Finland | 4–1 | Norway |
| 9 March | East Germany | 7–4 | United States |
| 10 March | Soviet Union | 5–3 | Sweden |
| 10 March | Canada | 8–1 | East Germany |
| 10 March | Finland | 2–5 | Czechoslovakia |
| 11 March | Sweden | 10–0 | Norway |
| 11 March | Czechoslovakia | 8–0 | Canada |
| 11 March | United States | 2–9 | Soviet Union |
| 12 March | United States | 4–0 | Finland |
| 12 March | East Germany | 5–1 | Norway |
| 13 March | Sweden | 6–4 | Canada |
| 13 March | Finland | 2–3 | East Germany |
| 13 March | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| 14 March | Czechoslovakia | 3–2 | Sweden |
| 14 March | Canada | 1–4 | Soviet Union |
| 14 March | United States | 8–6 | Norway |
| 19 November 1964 | Italy  | 2–3 |  Hungary |
| 26 November 1964 | Hungary | 2–2 | Italy |
| 5 December 1964 | Great Britain  | 8–2 |  France |
| 12 December 1964 | France | 3–2 | Great Britain |
| Qualified for Group B: | Hungary, Great Britain
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| Teams in 1966 Group B qualification: | France, Italy
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Poland
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 11 | |
| 2 | Switzerland
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 9 | |
| 3 | West Germany
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 8 | |
| 4 | Hungary
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Austria
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 4 | |
| 6 | Great Britain
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 3 | |
| 7 |  Yugoslavia
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 2 | |
| X |  Romania
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not participate |
Poland earned promotion to the 1966 Group A. Romania joined France and Italy in the following year's qualification for Group B.
| 4 March | Switzerland | 7–2 | Austria |
| 4 March | Poland | 9–5 | Hungary |
| 4 March | Yugoslavia | 5–5 | Great Britain |
| 5 March | Poland | 5–3 | Austria |
| 5 March | West Germany | 8–2 | Yugoslavia |
| 6 March | Switzerland | 3–1 | Hungary |
| 6 March | West Germany | 12–4 | Great Britain |
| 7 March | Austria | 5–4 | Great Britain |
| 7 March | Poland | 3–1 | Switzerland |
| 7 March | Hungary | 3–0 | Yugoslavia |
| 8 March | West Germany | 2–1 | Austria |
| 9 March | Switzerland | 3–3 | Yugoslavia |
| 9 March | West Germany | 4–4 | Hungary |
| 9 March | Poland | 11–2 | Great Britain |
| 10 March | Austria | 6–5 | Yugoslavia |
| 11 March | Hungary | 5–3 | Austria |
| 11 March | Poland | 3–3 | West Germany |
| 11 March | Switzerland | 7–4 | Great Britain |
| 12 March | Poland | 4–1 | Yugoslavia |
| 12 March | Switzerland | 6–1 | West Germany |
| 12 March | Hungary | 1–5 | Great Britain |
| 1965 IIHF World Championship winners |
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 Soviet Union 5th title |
Vladimír Dzurilla František Tikal Vyacheslav Starshinov Vladimír Dzurilla Alexander Ragulin, František Tikal Alexander Almetov, Jaroslav Jiřík, Konstantin LoktevThe final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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Soviet Union
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Czechoslovakia
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Sweden
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| 4 | Canada
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| 5 | East Germany
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| 6 | United States
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| 7 | Finland
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| 8 | Norway
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The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:
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Soviet Union
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Czechoslovakia
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Sweden
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| 4 | East Germany
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| 5 | Finland
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| 6 | Norway
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