1973 Ice Hockey World Championships
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A Soviet stamp sheet dedicated to the 1973 World Ice Hockey Championships
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  USSR |
| Dates | 31 March – 15 April |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
Soviet Union (12th title) |
Runner-up  |
 Sweden |
Third place  |
 Czechoslovakia |
| Fourth place |  Finland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 258 (8.6 per match) |
| Attendance | 331,500 (11,050 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Vladimir Petrov 34 points |
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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 twelfth time.
Contents
World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)
| Team | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points difference | Points | |
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| 1 | Soviet Union |
10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100 - 18 | 20 |
| 2 | Sweden |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 53 - 23 | 15 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia |
10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 48 - 20 | 13 |
| 4 | Finland |
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 24 - 39 | 7 |
| 5 |  Poland |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 - 76 | 3 |
| 6 |  West Germany |
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 19 - 82 | 2 |
West Germany was relegated to Group B.
| 31 March | Czechoslovakia |
14–1 |
Poland |
| 31 March | Soviet Union |
17–1 |
West Germany |
| 1 April | Poland |
2–11 |
Sweden |
| 1 April | Finland |
8–3 |
West Germany |
| 2 April | Sweden |
2–0 |
Czechoslovakia |
| 2 April | Soviet Union |
8–2 |
Finland |
| 3 April | Czechoslovakia |
4–2 |
West Germany |
| 3 April | Soviet Union |
9–3 |
Poland |
| 4 April | West Germany |
2–8 |
Sweden |
| 4 April | Poland |
0–5 |
Finland |
| 5 April | Finland |
2–3 |
Sweden |
| 5 April | Soviet Union |
3–2 |
Czechoslovakia |
| 6 April | Poland |
2–4 |
West Germany |
| 7 April | Finland |
2–4 |
Czechoslovakia |
| 7 April | Soviet Union |
6–1 |
Sweden |
| 8 April | Poland |
1–4 |
Czechoslovakia |
| 8 April | West Germany |
2–18 |
Soviet Union |
| 9 April | Sweden |
7–0 |
Poland |
| 9 April | Finland |
2–1 |
West Germany |
| 10 April | Czechoslovakia |
3–3 |
Sweden |
| 10 April | Soviet Union |
9–1 |
Finland |
| 11 April | West Germany |
2–7 |
Czechoslovakia |
| 11 April | Soviet Union |
20–0 |
Poland |
| 12 April | Sweden |
12–1 |
West Germany |
| 12 April | Finland |
1–1 |
Poland |
| 13 April | Sweden |
2–1 |
Finland |
| 13 April | Soviet Union |
4–2 |
Czechoslovakia |
| 14 April | West Germany |
1–4 |
Poland |
| 15 April | Czechoslovakia |
8–0 |
Finland |
| 15 April | Soviet Union |
6–4 |
Sweden |
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.[1]
| Team | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points difference | Points | |
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| 7 |  East Germany |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 56 - 21 | 14 |
| 8 |  United States |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 52 - 23 | 11 |
| 9 |  Yugoslavia |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 36 - 22 | 10 |
| 10 |  Romania |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 - 20 | 9 |
| 11 |  Austria |
7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 - 44 | 4 |
| 12 |  Japan |
7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23 - 28 | 4 |
| 13 |  Switzerland |
7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 26 - 44 | 4 |
| 14 |  Italy |
7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 - 54 | 0 |
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.
| 22 March | United States |
6–4 |
Japan |
| 22 March | East Germany |
6–4 |
Yugoslavia |
| 22 March | Switzerland |
4–3 |
Italy |
| 22 March | Austria |
2–4 |
Romania |
| 23 March | Yugoslavia |
6–6 |
United States |
| 23 March | Austria |
6–5 |
Italy |
| 24 March | Romania |
3–0 |
Japan |
| 24 March | East Germany |
8–5 |
Switzerland |
| 25 March | United States |
4–6 |
East Germany |
| 25 March | Italy |
2–5 |
Romania |
| 25 March | Yugoslavia |
6–0 |
Switzerland |
| 25 March | Austria |
2–4 |
Japan |
| 26 March | United States |
11–0 |
Italy |
| 26 March | Austria |
1–6 |
Yugoslavia |
| 27 March | Japan |
4–5 |
Switzerland |
| 27 March | East Germany |
4–2 |
Romania |
| 28 March | East Germany |
5–3 |
Japan |
| 28 March | Romania |
5–4 |
Switzerland |
| 28 March | Yugoslavia |
8–4 |
Italy |
| 28 March | Austria |
0–9 |
United States |
| 30 March | United States |
6–3 |
Romania |
| 30 March | Yugoslavia |
4–3 |
Japan |
| 30 March | Italy |
1–15 |
East Germany |
| 30 March | Austria |
8–4 |
Switzerland |
| 31 March | Italy |
3–5 |
Japan |
| 31 March | Switzerland |
4–10 |
United States |
| 31 March | Yugoslavia |
2–2 |
Romania |
| 31 March | Austria |
2–12 |
East Germany |
World Championship Group C (Netherlands)
Played in Geleen, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Tilburg and The Hague, from 9 to 18 March.
| Team | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points difference | Points | |
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| 15 |  Norway |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 53 - 14 | 14 |
| 16 |  Netherlands |
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 52 - 21 | 10 |
| 17 |  Hungary |
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 44 - 24 | 10 |
| 18 |  Bulgaria |
7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 29 - 28 | 7 |
| 19 |  China |
7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 21 - 28 | 6 |
| 20 |  France |
7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 - 29 | 6 |
| 21 |  Denmark |
7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 22 - 58 | 2 |
| 22 |  Great Britain |
7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18 - 60 | 1 |
Norway and the Netherlands were promoted to Group B.
| 9 March | China |
3–3 |
Denmark |
| 9 March | Hungary |
9–0 |
Great Britain |
| 9 March | Norway |
4–3 |
Bulgaria |
| 9 March | Netherlands |
2–4 |
France |
| 10 March | China |
3–3 |
Bulgaria |
| 10 March | France |
3–1 |
Great Britain |
| 10 March | Norway |
14–2 |
Denmark |
| 10 March | Netherlands |
5–3 |
Hungary |
| 12 March | Norway |
4–0 |
China |
| 12 March | Bulgaria |
2–1 |
Denmark |
| 12 March | Hungary |
7–1 |
France |
| 12 March | Netherlands |
13–3 |
Great Britain |
| 13 March | France |
6–3 |
Denmark |
| 13 March | Norway |
11–3 |
Great Britain |
| 13 March | Hungary |
9–6 |
China |
| 13 March | Netherlands |
8–5 |
Bulgaria |
| 15 March | China |
2–1 |
France |
| 15 March | Bulgaria |
9–2 |
Great Britain |
| 15 March | Norway |
6–0 |
Hungary |
| 15 March | Netherlands |
14–0 |
Denmark |
| 16 March | Norway |
8–3 |
France |
| 16 March | Hungary |
5–1 |
Bulgaria |
| 16 March | Great Britain |
8–8 |
Denmark |
| 16 March | Netherlands |
7–0 |
China |
| 18 March | China |
7–1 |
Great Britain |
| 18 March | Bulgaria |
6–5 |
France |
| 18 March | Hungary |
11–5 |
Denmark |
| 18 March | Netherlands |
3–6 |
Norway |
Ranking and statistics
Tournament Awards
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Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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Soviet Union |
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Sweden |
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Czechoslovakia |
| 4 | Finland |
| 5 | Poland |
| 6 | West Germany |
European championships final standings
The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:
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Soviet Union |
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Sweden |
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Czechoslovakia |
| 4 | Finland |
| 5 | Poland |
| 6 | West Germany |
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