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1976 Ice Hockey World Championships

1976 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships

Field	Value
year	1976
country	Poland
dates	8–25 April
num_teams	8
type	ih
winners	Czechoslovakia
count	4
second	USSR
third	Sweden
fourth	USA
games	40
goals	289
attendance	219000
scoring_leader	TCH Vladimír Martinec 20 points
prevseason	[1975](1975-ice-hockey-world-championships)
nextseason	[1977](1977-ice-hockey-world-championships)

The 1976 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 43rd Ice Hockey World Championships and the 54th European Championships in ice hockey. The tournament took place in Poland from 8 to 25 April, and the games were played in Katowice. Eight teams took part in the main tournament, with each team first playing each other once. The four best teams then took part in a medal play off, and the teams placed 5–8 took part in a relegation play-off. The teams took the results from the first round through to the second round with them.

In response to charges of the rules regarding amateurism being unfair a change was implemented for this year. The 1976 IHWC tournament was first to feature major league professionals from the NHL and WHA, although in the end only the United States made use of the new rule, recalling eight pros from the Minnesota North Stars and Minnesota Fighting Saints. Some nations, such as the Soviet Union, had been using pros all along, while circumventing their status by listing them in the military. The Americans promptly made the medal play off for the first time since 1962 after beating Sweden and tying Finland in the first round.

The Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team won nine games and were unbeaten, becoming world champions for the fourth time. The defending champions from the USSR finished 2nd after sensationally losing the opening game 4–6 to hosts Poland. Sweden won the bronze after beating the Americans 7-3 in the medal round. In the European standings Sweden moved up one position leaving the Soviets with the bronze for the first time ever.

World Championship Group A (Poland)

First round

0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4

Erich Kühnhackl - 40:39 24:49 - Dan Labraaten

54:37 - Roland Eriksson 56:44 - Hans Jax 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3

Brad Morrow - 27:56 William Schneider - 35:39 Bill Klatt - 45:07 14:13 - Timo Nummelin

49:04 - Tapio Koskinen 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–2 5–2 5–3 6–3 6–4 R. Nowiński - 14:33

W. Jobczyk - 22:45 M. Jaskierski - 23:06

W. Jobczyk - 26:48

W. Jobczyk - 58:57

20:39 - Boris Mikhailov

25:16 - Alexander Yakushev

53:50 - Valeri Kharlamov

59:09 - Boris Mikhailov 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 0–9 0–10 0–11 0–12 19:43 – Peter Šťastný 24:19 – Jiří Novák 25:44 – Jiří Holík 40:56 – Peter Šťastný 42:00 – Vladimír Martinec 45:36 – Jiří Novák 47:46 – Jiří Bubla 50:52 – Bohuslav Šťastný 53:55 – Jiří Novák 54:32 – František Černík 59:47 – Ivan Hlinka 2–0 3–0 4–0 Valeri Kharlamov – 25:50 Boris Mikhailov – 52:50 Segey Kapustin – 57:29 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–5 Erich Kühnhackl – 25:44

32:56 – Timo Nummelin 38:06 – Jouni Peltonen 39:40 – Matti Murto 40:11 – Matti Murto 43:50 – Jouni Rinne 0–2 47:57 – Klatt 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 5–2 5–3 5–4 6–4 Jobczyk – 04:14 Kokoszka – 18:25 Marcińczak – 21:25

Ziętara – 38:00

Jobczyk – 56:54

24:24 – Stasche

38:25 – Stasche 47:20 – Patschinski 55:40 – Slapke 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 1–6 1–7 1–8

Leppä – 33:59 22:02 – Korotkov

34:24 – Maltsev 37:47 – Shalimov 54:14 – Lutchenko 56:01 – Lyapkin 56:53 – Zhluktov 59:19 – Balderis 2–0 3–0 3–1 Nový – 34:42 Martinec – 50:07

54:31 – Jax 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–5 3–5

Góralczyk – 31:59

Góralczyk – 55:24 08:51 – Köberle 14:24 – Kühnhackl

Philipp – 35:56 Kretschner – 42:50 Köberle – 53:30 2–0 2–1 Müller – 45:35

57:56 – Klatt 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 Martinec – 19:53 Holík – 21:44 Nový – 28:12 Nový – 31:03 Šťastný – 35:20 Bubla – 43:37 Šťastný – 59:25 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 6–1 Mikhailov – 07:25 Maltsev – 24:10 Yakushev – 24:32 Mikhailov – 44:01 Shalimov – 49:36

50:59 – Lundberg 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 2–4

Jobczyk – 26:39

Góralczyk – 51:45 04:56 – Jensen

27:17 – Schneider 49:06 – Ross

Final Round 1–4 place

Consolation Round 5–8 place

East Germany was relegated to Group B. Poland was also relegated to make room for the return of team Canada.

World Championship Group B (Switzerland)

Played in Aarau and Bienne 18–27 March.

Romania was promoted to Group A, and both Italy and Bulgaria were relegated to Group C.

World Championship Group C (Poland)

Played in Gdańsk 8–13 March.

Both Austria and Hungary were promoted to Group B.

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: CSK Jiří Holeček
- Best Defenceman: CSK František Pospíšil
- Best Forward: CSK Vladimír Martinec
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: CSK Jiří Holeček
- Defence: CSK František Pospíšil, SWE Mats Waltin
- Forwards: URS Valeri Kharlamov, CSK Vladimír Martinec, CSK Milan Nový

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:

7

References

Complete results

References

Podnieks page 145
Duplacey page 506
"Soviet Amateur Athlete: A Real Pro (Published 1974)".
[http://www.goironpigs.com/?cat=65&paged=3 Salming-less Sweden skips]
(21 July 1974). "Soviet Amateur Athlete: A Real Pro". The New York Times.
IIHF. (2008). "Poland scores biggest shocker in World Championship history". IIHF.com.

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