* Teams are listed by final ranking. W-L-T-PTS are calculated
from all games
played including preliminary, medal and consolation
rounds. Often teams
with superior W-L-T marks finish with inferior
rankings due to early
tournament losses that seed them in a lower bracket.
WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS - 1970 to 2000
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1970 Stockholm, Sweden
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union
10
9
1
0 68
11 18
2 Sweden
10 7
2
1
45 21 15
3 Czechoslovakia 10
5
4
1
47 30 11
4 Finland
10
5
5
0 31
40 10
5 East Germany
10
2
7
1 20
50 5
6 Poland
10 0
9
1
11 70 1
* -Canada was to host their first
World
Championship, with games set
for Montreal and Winnipeg.
Canadian officials however were convinced
that their top amateurs could
not compete with the other National teams.
The IIHF agreed to have
Canada
select 9 professionals to play.
However, meetings later in
Geneva produced so many reciprocal claims
that Canada was forbidden
to allow professionals at all.
With so many players playing
from the NHL, AHL, IHL, Western Hockey League,
Central Hockey League and
Eastern Hockey League, Canada was losing close to
their top 600 players.
Meanwhile, all other
countries
routinely sent their best players, while
still calling them amateurs.
The result, Canada withdrew
from WC competition until 1977. The tournament
was quickly moved to
Stockholm.
Soviet Union vs Czechoslovakia
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1971 Berne, Switzerland
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union
10
8
1
1 77
24 17
2 Czechoslovakia 10
7
2
1
44 20 15
3 Sweden
10 5
4
1
29 33 11
4 Finland
10
4
5
1 31
42 9
5 Germany
10
2
8
0 22
62 4
6
USA
10 2
8
0
31 53 4
* -World and European chamionships
were
counted seperately. Games involving
North American teams did
not count for European title. USSR won WC, but
Czechoslovakia won European
title after games involving USA were removed.
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1972 Prague, Czechoslovakia
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Czechoslovakia 10
9
0
1
72 16 19
2 Soviet Union
10
7
1
2 78
17 16
3 Sweden
10 5
4
1
49 33 11
4 Finland
10
4
6
0 47
48 8
5 Germany
10
2
8
0 21
76 4
6 Switzerland
10
1
9
0 19
96 2
* -First time World and European
chamionship
was played seperately
from Olympics. This was a
first step in bringing Canada back to the
WC's, since separation from
the Olympics made it possible to allow
participation by
professionals.
-It was this tournament in
Prague
that the final arrangements were made
for the Summit Series between
USSR and Canada. Canadians long believed
NHL players would easily
beat the Soviets.
The NHL pros scored 2 fast
goals in the first game of the 8 game series,
but lost 7-3 and were shocked.
Canada regrouped, and had
to win the last 3 games in Moscow to win the series
4-3-1.
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1973 Moscow, USSR
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union
10
10 0
0 100
18
20
2 Sweden
10 7
2
1
53 23 15
3 Czechoslovakia 10
6
3
1
48 20 13
4 Finland
10
3
6
1 24
39 7
5 Poland
10 1
8
1
14 76 3
6 Germany
10
1
9
0 19
82 2
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1974 Helsinki, Finland
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union
10
9
1
0 64
18 18
2 Czechoslovakia 10
7
3
0
57 20 14
3 Sweden
10 5
4
1
38 24 11
4 Finland
10
4
4
2 34
39 10
5 Poland
10 1
7
2
22 64 4
6 East Germany
10
1
8
1 21
71 3
* -Drug testing was introduced by the
IIHF
in 1969, but made it's first
headlines in the 1974 WC's.
Ulf Nilsson from Sweden was
tested positive for ephedrine, which was
on the IOC's banned substance
list. Sweden's 4-1 win over Poland was
changed to a 5-0 loss, thus
keeping Poland in Pool A for 1975.
Finland goalie Stig Wetzell
also tested postive for ephedrine, and again,
a 5-2 win over Czechoslovakia
was changed to a 5-0 loss.
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1975 Germany
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union
10
10 0
0 90
23 20
2 Czechoslovakia 10
8
2
0
55 19 16
3 Sweden
10 5
5
0
51 34 10
4 Finland
10
5
5
0 36
34 10
5 Poland
10 2
8
0
18 78 4
6
USA
10 0
10 0
22 84 0
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1976 Katowice, Poland
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Czechoslovakia 10
9
0
1
67 14 19
2 Soviet Union
10
6
3
1 50
23 13
3 Sweden
10
6
4
0 36
29 12
4
USA
10 3
6
1
24 42 7
5 Finland
10
2
4
4 35
41 8
6 Germany
10
3
5
2 26
41 8
7 Poland
10 3
5
2
32 47 8
8 East Germany
10
2
7
1 19
52 5
* -Dr.Gunther Sabetski was apointed
president
of the IIHF, and declared
that professional players
would be allowed to play in the WC's in 1976.
This was to allow Canada
back in, which they did the following year.
-With 8 teams in Pool A, a new
format
was introduced splitting the
nations in 2 groups of 4.
The top 2 nations of each division would
then continue to the medal
round.
The USA used the new rules
by getting 7 players from the NHL and WHA,
and after going winless the
previous year, finished in the top 4 for
the first time since 1962.
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1977 Vienna, Austria
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Czechoslovakia 10
7
2
1
54 32 15
2 Sweden
10 7
3
0
43 19 14
3 Soviet Union
10
7
3
0 77
24 14
4 Canada
10 6
3
1
47 35 13
5 Finland
10
5
5
0 45
43 10
6
USA
10 3
6
1
29 43 7
7 Germany
10
2
7
1 23
58 5
8 Romania
10
1
9
0 20
84 2
* -Canada returns to WC's. The players
were selected from 6 NHL clubs
that failed to qualify for
the Stanley Cup playoffs.
-The tournament starts 2 weeks later than other WC's, played in mid-April.
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1978 Prague, Czechoslovakia
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union
10
9
1
0 61
26 18
2 Czechoslovakia 10
9
1
0
54 21 18
3 Canada
10 5
5
0
38 36 10
4 Sweden
10 4
6
0
39 37 8
5 Germany
10
3
4
3 35
43 9
6
USA
10 2
6
2
38 58 6
7 Finland
10
2
6
2 37
44 6
8 East Germany
10
1
6
3 20
57 5
* -The start date was pushed back
more,
from late April to early May.
This allowed for more
professionals
to attend from the NHL. For the
first time, teamates from
NHL clubs were now opponents when they
joined their respective
nation.
ie: Minnesota North Stars had 2
Canadians, 3 played for
Sweden,
4 played for USA.
Previously, this had only
happened in soccer's (football) World Cup.
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1979 Moscow, Soviet Union
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union
8
8 0
0
61 14 16
2 Czechoslovakia 8
4
2
2 32
32 10
3 Sweden
8
3
4
1
33 46 7
4 Canada
8
3
5
0
31 43 6
5 Finland
8
4
3
1 27
27 9
6 Germany
8
3
4
1 32
31 7
7
USA
8
2
3
3
27 28 7
8 Poland
8
0
6
2
20 42 2
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1981 Sweden
GP W
L
T
GF GA PTS
1 Soviet Union
8
6
0
2 55
14 14
2 Sweden
8
5
2
1
24 30 11
3 Czechoslovakia 8
4
2
2 37
26 10
4 Canada
8
2
5
1
28 34 5
5
USA
8
4
3
1
39 43 9
6 Finland
8
3
3
2 37
32 8
7 Germany
8
3
4
1 44
40 7
8 Holland
8
0
8
0 24
69 0
* -Holland jumped from Pool C to Pool A in just 2 seasons.
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1982 Helsinki, Finland
GP W L T GF GA PTS* -Canada stocked it's team with
junior
players, and waited for NHL teams
to be eliminated from Stanley
Cup playoffs to get players.
It gave Canada it's strongest
team since rejoining in 1977, although
they only had one practice
before play began.