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1969 Ice Hockey World Championships

1969 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships

1969 Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	Sweden  Yugoslavia
Dates	15–30 March
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (9th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	219 (7.3 per game)
Attendance	196,769 (6,559 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Anatoli Firsov 14 points
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The 1969 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 36th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which also doubled as the 47th European ice hockey championships. For the first time the Pool A, B and C tournaments were hosted by different nations:

Pool AinStockholm, Sweden, 15–30 March 1969

Pool BinLjubljana, Yugoslavia, 28 February – 9 March 1969

Pool CinSkopje, Yugoslavia, 24 February – 2 March 1969

A total of 20 nations participated in the tournament. The Pool A team featured only the top six nations, now playing a double round-robin tournament for the amateur world championship. Teams #7-#14 contested the Pool B championship with the winner qualifying for the 1970 Pool A championship, while the bottom six participated in the Pool C tournament. Pool B and C began exchanging two teams this year (through promotion and relegation), a practice that lasted until 1987.

World Championship Group A (Sweden)[edit]

For the seventh straight year, the Soviet Union won the Pool A tournament. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in Czechoslovakia, but due to the Soviet invasion of the country, they declined to host.^[1] In the two games the Czechoslovak and Soviet teams played against each other, the Czechoslovak team won both times, becoming the first team to beat the Soviet Union twice in the same international tournament.^[1] For the first time in international ice hockey, body-checking was allowed in all three zones of the ice.^[2] Team USA was demoted to Pool-B after losing all ten games.

Pos.	Team	URS	SWE	TCH	CAN	FIN	USA	W	T	L	GF–GA	PTS
1.	Soviet Union	***	4:2*	0:2*	7:1*	6:1*	17:2*	8	0	2	59:23	16
2.	Sweden	2:3	***	2:0*	5:1*	6:3*	8:2*	8	0	2	45:19	16
3.	Czechoslovakia	4:3	0:1	***	6:1*	7:4*	8:3*	8	0	2	40:20	16
4.	Canada	2:4	2:4	2:3	***	5:1*	5:0*	4	0	6	26:31	8
5.	Finland	3:7	0:5	2:4	1:6	***	4:3*	2	0	8	26:52	4
6.	United States	4:8	4:10	2:6	0:1	3:7	***	0	0	10	23:74	0

47.	European Championship Rankings (URS-SWE-CSK-FIN games only)
1.	Soviet Union
2.	Sweden
3.	Czechoslovakia
4.	Finland

 Czechoslovakia –  Canada 6:1 (1:0, 2:1, 3:0)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Suchý 2, Nedomanský, Jiří Holík, Ševčík, Horešovský – King.
Referees: Wiking, Dahlberg (SWE)

 Sweden –  Finland 6:3 (3:1, 1:1, 2:1)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Henriksson 2, Sterner, Nilsson - J. Peltonen, Keinonen, Isaksson.

 Soviet Union –  United States 17:2 (3:0, 11:0, 3:2)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Starshinov 4, Firsov 4, Mikhailov 3, Yurzinov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Petrov, Mishakov - Lackey 2.

 Canada –  Finland 5:1 (1:1, 1:0, 3:0)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Caffery 2, Pinder, Bourbonnais, Huck - Keinonen.

 Sweden –  Soviet Union 2:4 (2:1, 0:1, 0:2)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Nilsson, Johansson – Starshinov, Maltsev, Mikhailov, Kharlamov.

 Czechoslovakia –  United States 8:3 (2:1, 4:2, 2:0)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Jar. Holík 2, Farda, Suchý, Hrbatý, Golonka – Lackey, Christiansen, Stordahl.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Czechoslovakia –  Finland 7:4 (4:1, 3:1, 0:2)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Machač 3, Nedomanský 2, Suchý, Jiří Holík – Rantasila 2, Partinen, Mononen.
Referees: Joyal, Villancourt (CAN)

 Sweden –  United States 8:2 (1:2, 3:0, 4:0)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Carlsson, Milton, Karlsson, Johansson, Lundström, Olsson - Markle, Pleau.

 Soviet Union –  Canada 7:1 (5:1, 2:0, 0:0)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Vikulov 2, Firsov 2, Kharlamov 2, Yakushev - Pinder.

 Soviet Union -  Finland 6:1 (3:0, 1:0, 2:1)

19. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Petrov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Firsov, Kharlamov - Oksanen.

 Czechoslovakia -  Sweden 0:2 (0:1, 0:0, 0:1)

19. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Palmqvist, Nilsson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Joyal (CAN)

 Canada –  United States 5:0 (1:0, 0:0, 4:0)

20. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Hargreaves, Caffery, Bayes, King, Huck.

 Sweden –  Canada 5:1 (1:1, 3:0, 1:0)

21. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Svedberg, Sjöberg, Johansson - Caffery.

 Czechoslovakia -  Soviet Union 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)

21. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: 33. Suchý, 47. Černý.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Finland –  United States 4:3 (1:1, 1:0, 2:2)

22. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: E. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Wahlsten - Pleau, Mayasich, Sheehy.

 United States –  Soviet Union 4:8 (1:3, 1:2, 2:3)

23. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Mayasich 2, Skime, Naslund - Mishakov 2, Paladiev, Firsov, Mikhailov, Petrov, Kharlamov, Yurzinov.

 Sweden –  Finland 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0)

23. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Karlsson 3, Sjöberg, Johansson.

 Czechoslovakia -  Canada 3:2 (1:1, 1:0, 1:1)

23. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý, Jar. Holík – Heindl, Bayes.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Trumble (USA)

 Sweden –  Soviet Union 2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:1)

24. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Sjöberg, Nygren - Mikhailov 2, Petrov.

 Czechoslovakia -  Finland 4:2 (2:2, 1:0, 1:0)

25. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Jiřík 2, Jiří Holík, Nedomanský – Keinonen, Isaksson.
Referees: Wiking (SWE), Trumble (USA)

 United States -  Canada 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)

25. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorer: Mott.

 Finland -  Soviet Union 3:7 (0:1, 1:4, 2:2)

26. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Leimu, Isaksson, Oksanen – Paladiev, Zimin, Starshinov, Maltsev, Petrov, Firsov, Mishakov

 Czechoslovakia -  United States 6:2 (2:0, 2:1, 2:1)

26. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Černý 2, Pospíšil, Machač – Pieau, Skime.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Sweden –  Canada 4:2 (1:0, 0:2, 3:0)

27. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Johansson, Håkan Nygren – Pinder, Heindl.

 Czechoslovakia -  Soviet Union 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1)

28. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: 15. Jiří Holík, 20. Nedomanský, 49. Horešovský, 51. Jar. Holík – 22. Kharlamov, 33. Firsov, 58. Ragulin.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Finland –  Canada 1:6 (0:3, 1:2, 0:1)

29. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Mononen - King, Stephanson, Heindl, Begg, Mott, Huck.

 Sweden –  United States 10:4 (6:2, 1:1, 3:1)

29. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Milton 3, Nilsson 3, Karlsson, Johansson, Nygren, Olsson - Lackey, Pleau, Stordahl, Gambucci.

 United States –  Finland 3:7 (1:1, 0:5, 2:1)

30. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Pleau, Stordahl, Christiansen - Rantasila 2, J. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Harju, E. Peltonen.

 Czechoslovakia –  Sweden 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)

30. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorer: 18. Olsson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Canada –  Soviet Union 2:4 (1:1, 0:1, 1:2)

30. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Demarco, Heindl - Mikhailov 2, Romishevsky, Maltsev.

Pool A Statistics and team rosters[edit]

	LEADING SCORERS	Goals	Assists	Points
1.	Anatoli Firsov	10	4	14
2.	Boris Mikhailov	9	5	14
2.	Ulf Sterner	9	5	14
4.	Jaroslav Holík	4	10	14
5.	Valeri Kharlamov	6	7	13

1.  Soviet Union
Goaltenders: Viktor Zinger, Viktor Puchkov.
Defencemen: Vitali Davydov, Igor Romishevsky, Alexander Ragulin, Vladimir Lutchenko, Yevgeni Paladiev, Viktor Kuzkin.
Forwards: Vladimir Vikulov, Alexander Maltsev, Anatoli Firsov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharlamov, Yevgeni Zimin, Viacheslav Starshinov, Alexander Yakushev, Yevgeni Mishakov, Vladimir Yurzinov.
Coaches: Arkady Chernyshev, Anatoli Tarasov.

2.  Sweden
Goaltenders: Leif Holmqvist, Gunnar Bäckman.
Defencemen: Lennart Svedberg, Arne Carlsson, Bert-Ola Nordlander, Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Nils Johansson, Kjell-Rune Milton.
Forwards: Stig-Göran Johansson, Stefan Karlsson, Tord Lundström, Ulf Sterner, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Nygren, Mats Hysing, Dick Yderström, Roger Olsson, Leif Henriksson.
Coach: Arne Strömberg.

3.  Czechoslovakia
Goaltenders: Vladimír Dzurilla, Miroslav Lacký.
Defencemen: Jan Suchý, Josef Horešovský, Oldřich Machač, František Pospíšil, Vladimír Bednář.
Forwards: František Ševčík, Jozef Golonka, Jaroslav Jiřík, Jan Hrbatý, Jaroslav Holík, Jiří Holík, Richard Farda, Václav Nedomanský, Josef Černý, Jan Klapáč, Jan Havel, Josef Augusta.
Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka.

4.  Canada
Goaltenders: Wayne Stephenson, Ken Dryden, Steve Rexe.
Defencemen: Gary Begg, Terry O'Malley, Ken Stephanson, Jack Bownass, Bob Murdoch, Ab DeMarco, Jr.
Forwards: Gerry Pinder, Fran Huck, Morris Mott, Richie Bayes, Terry Caffery, Steve King, Chuck Lefley, Roger Bourbonnais, Ted Hargreaves, Bill Heindl, Danny O'Shea
Coach: Jackie McLeod.

5.  Finland
Goaltenders: Urpo Ylönen, Lasse Kiili.
Defencemen: Seppo Lindström, Lalli Partinen, Juha Rantasila, Ilpo Koskela, Pekka Marjamäki.
Forwards: Lasse Oksanen, Juhani Wahlsten, Matti Keinonen, Esa Peltonen, Jorma Peltonen, Pekka Leimu, Lauri Mononen, Esa Isaksson, Juhani Jylhä, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Harju, Kari Johansson.
Coaches: Gustav Bubnik and Seppo Liitsola.

6.  United States
Goaltenders: Mike Curran, John Lothrop.
Defencemen: Bruce Riutta, Carl Lackey, Jim Branch, Bob Paradise, John Mayasich.
Forwards: Ron Nasland, Paul Coppo, Larry Pleau, Larry Stordahl, Bill Reichert, Gary Gambucci, Tim Sheehy, Keith Christiansen, Pete Markle, Jerry Lackey, Larry Skime.
Coach: John Mayasich (player-coach).

World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)[edit]

GDR

POL

YUG

GER

NOR

ROM

AUT

ITA

W

T

L

GF–GA

PTS

7.

East Germany

***

4:1

6:1

6:1

13:4

11:2

11:3

11:1

7

0

0

62:13

14

8.

Poland

1:4

***

4:1

3:2

5:1

4:2

9:1

5:2

6

0

1

31:13

12

9.

Yugoslavia

1:6

1:4

***

4:1

3:3

4:4

2:1

2:1

3

2

2

17:20

8

10.

West Germany

1:6

2:3

1:4

***

5:0

6:2

8:0

5:1

4

0

3

28:16

8

11.

Norway

4:13

1:5

3:3

0:5

***

5:4

3:3

10:2

2

2

3

26:35

6

12.

Romania

2:11

2:4

4:4

2:6

4:5

***

5:4

5:2

2

1

4

24:36

5

13.

Austria

3:11

1:9

1:2

0:8

3:3

4:5

***

3:1

1

1

5

15:39

3

14.

Italy

1:11

2:5

1:2

1:5

2:10

2:5

1:3

***

0

0

7

10:41

0

• East Germany was promoted to the 1970 Pool A tournament while Austria and Italy were demoted to Pool C. Later, when Canada withdrew from international play, second place Poland was also promoted to fill their spot.

 Poland –  Romania 4:2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Italy 11:1 (2:0, 4:1, 5:0)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

 Norway –  Austria 3:3 (2:0, 1:2, 0:1)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  West Germany 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Norway 13:4 (4:1, 5:0, 4:3)

1. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  Romania 6:2 (2:2, 2:0, 2:0)

1. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Italy 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1)

2. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Poland –  Austria 9:1 (2:0, 3:0, 4:1)

2. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Romania 11:2 (2:1, 4:1, 5:0)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  Norway 5:0 (0:0, 1:0, 4:0)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Poland –  Italy 5:2 (0:0, 2:1, 3:1)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Austria 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Norway –  Romania 5:4 (2:1, 3:1, 0:2)

4. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  East Germany 1:6 (0:1, 1:0, 0:5)

4. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Austria –  Italy 3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1)

5. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Poland 1:4 (1:2, 0:0, 0:2)

5. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Austria 11:3 (1:1, 7:1, 3:1)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Poland –  Norway 5:1 (4:0, 1:1, 0:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  Italy 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Romania 4:4 (0:1, 3:3, 1:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Norway 3:3 (0:2, 2:0, 1:1)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  Austria 8:0 (2:0, 2:0, 4:0)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Romania –  Italy 5:2 (0:1, 0:0, 5:1)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Poland 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Norway –  Italy 10:2 (6:0, 3:2, 1:0)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Poland –  West Germany 3:2 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Romania –  Austria 5:4 (0:1, 2:3, 3:0)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  East Germany 1:6 (0:1, 0:4, 1:1)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

World Championship Group C (Yugoslavia)[edit]

JPN

SUI

HUN

NED

BUL

DEN

W

T

L

GF–GA

PTS

15.

Japan

***

5:2

6:3

11:0

3:4

11:1

4

0

1

36:10

8

16.

Switzerland

2:5

***

11:1

8:0

11:1

9:0

4

0

1

41:9

8

17.

Hungary

3:6

1:11

***

13:1

5:3

4:1

3

0

2

26:22

6

18.

Netherlands

0:11

0:8

1:13

***

7:5

4:3

2

0

3

12:40

4

19.

Bulgaria

4:3

3:11

3:5

5:7

***

4:2

2

0

3

19:28

4

20.

Denmark

1:11

0:9

1:4

3:4

2:4

***

0

0

5

7:32

0

• Japan, and Switzerland were promoted to the 1970 Pool B tournament. Later Bulgaria was elevated as well to fill the vacancy left by Poland.

 Japan –  Bulgaria 3:4 (0:0, 2:2, 1:2)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

  Switzerland –  Hungary 11:1 (3:0, 4:0, 4:1)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

 Netherlands –  Denmark 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

  Switzerland –  Netherlands 8:0 (2:0, 3:0, 3:0)

25. February 1969 – Skopje

 Hungary –  Bulgaria 5:3 (2:1, 2:2, 1:0)

26. February 1969 – Skopje

 Japan –  Denmark 11:1 (1:1, 5:0, 5:0)

26. February 1969 – Skopje

 Netherlands –  Bulgaria 7:5 (2:2, 4:1, 1:2)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

 Japan –  Hungary 6:3 (0:1, 4:1, 2:1)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

  Switzerland –  Denmark 9:0 (3:0, 5:0, 1:0)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

 Japan –  Netherlands 11:0 (5:0, 4:0, 2:0)

28. February 1969 – Skopje

 Hungary –  Denmark 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0)

1. March 1969 – Skopje

  Switzerland –  Bulgaria 11:3 (5:0, 3:3, 3:0)

1. March 1969 – Skopje

 Bulgaria –  Denmark 4:2 (1:1, 3:1, 0:0)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

 Hungary –  Netherlands 13:1 (5:0, 3:0, 5:1)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

 Japan –   Switzerland 5:2 (3:0, 1:2, 1:0)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

Ranking and statistics[edit]

1969 IIHF World Championship winners
Soviet Union 9th title

Tournament Awards[edit]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Leif Holmqvist
  • Best Defenceman: Jan Suchý
  • Best Forward: Ulf Sterner
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: Vladimír Dzurilla
  • Defence: Jan Suchý, Lennart Svedberg
  • Forwards: Anatoli Firsov, Václav Nedomanský, Ulf Sterner

Final standings[edit]

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia
4	Canada
5	Finland
6	United States

European championships final standings[edit]

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia
4	Finland

Notes[edit]

See also[edit]

• Czechoslovak Hockey Riots - developed as a direct result of the competition.

References[edit]

• Summary (in French)
• 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. 141.
• Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 978-1-55168-307-2

External links[edit]

• IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)