Host country Sweden Teams 6 Third place Czechoslovakia | Dates 15–30 March Runner-up Sweden | |
Champions Soviet Union (9th title) | ||
The 1969 World Ice Hockey 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:
Contents
- World Championship Group A Sweden
- Pool A Statistics and team rosters
- World Championship Group B Yugoslavia
- World Championship Group C Yugoslavia
- Final standings
- European championships final standings
- References
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)
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. 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. For the first time in international ice hockey, body-checking was allowed in all three zones of the ice. Team USA was demoted to Pool-B after losing all ten games.
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: Golomka, 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
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-Olov 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.
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)
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)
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
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
European championships final standings
The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: