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1973 Ice Hockey World Championships

1973 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships

Field	Value
year	1973
image	1973 CPA 4223.jpg
size	270px
caption	A Soviet stamp sheet dedicated to the 1973 World Ice Hockey Championships
country	Soviet Union
dates	31 March – 15 April
num_teams	6
type	ih
winners	USSR
count	12
second	Sweden
third	Czechoslovakia
fourth	Finland
games	30
goals	258
attendance	331500
scoring_leader	URS Vladimir Petrov 34 points
prevseason	[1972](1972-ice-hockey-world-championships)
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The 1973 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 40th Ice Hockey World Championships and the 51st European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in the Soviet Union from 31 March to 15 April and the games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow.

Six teams took part in the main tournament, with each team playing each other twice. The Soviet Union took back their world title and became World Champions for the 12th time.

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)

West Germany was relegated to Group B.

World Championship Group B (Austria)

Played in Graz, 22 to 31 March. The Austrian team was coached by Father David Bauer who had established the Canada men's national ice hockey team.

East Germany was promoted to Group A, both Switzerland and Italy were relegated to group C. Rating Austria, Japan and Switzerland against each other head to head, they each had two points, Austria had a goal differential of +2, Japan +1, and Switzerland -3.

World Championship Group C (Netherlands)

Played in Geleen, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Tilburg and The Hague, from 9 to 18 March.

Norway and the Netherlands were promoted to Group B.

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: CSK Jiří Holeček
- Best Defenceman: URS Valeri Vasiliev
- Best Forward: URS Boris Mikhailov
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: CSK Jiří Holeček
- Defence: URS Alexander Gusev, SWE Börje Salming
- Forwards: URS Valeri Kharlamov, URS Boris Mikhailov, URS Vladimir Petrov

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

6

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

6

References

"Bauer, Father David -- Biography -- Honoured Builder".

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