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1965 Ice Hockey World Championships

1965 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships


1965 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships

FieldValue
year1965
image1965 Icehockey MM-VM 1965 in Tampere.jpg
size250px
captionA Finnish stamp dedicated to the 1965 World Ice Hockey Championships
countryFinland
dates4–14 March
num_teams8
typeih
winnersUSSR
count5
secondCzechoslovakia
thirdSweden
fourthCanada
games28
goals221
attendance178968
scoring_leaderTCH Josef Golonka (14 points)
prevseason1964
nextseason1966

The 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Hakametsä, Tampere, Finland, 4–14 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.

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.

Qualifying round Group A

First round

Second round

Qualified for Group B:,

World Championship Group A (Tampere, Finland)

Norway was relegated to 1966 Group B.

Qualifying round Group B

World Championship Group B (Turku, Rauma, and Pori, Finland)

Poland earned promotion to the 1966 Group A. Romania joined France and Italy in the following year's qualification for Group B.

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goaltender: CSK Vladimír Dzurilla
    • Best Defenceman: CSK František Tikal
    • Best Forward: URS Vyacheslav Starshinov
  • Media All-Star Team:
    • Goaltender: CSK Vladimír Dzurilla
    • Defence: URS Alexander Ragulin, CSK František Tikal
    • Forwards: URS Alexander Almetov, CSK Jaroslav Jiřík, URS Konstantin Loktev

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

8

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

6

Citations

References

References

  1. "2.75 Harry Lindblad". Hockey Hall of Fame.
  2. "Milestones of Finnish Ice Hockey".
  3. Duplacey, James. (1998). "Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League". Total Sports.
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