1978 World Ice Hockey Championships
First round
Columns: Team | Games | Drawn | Lost | Points Difference | Points
Czechoslovakia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 44 - 15 | 14 | Soviet Union | 7 | 0 | 1 | 46 - 23 | 12 | Canada | 7 | 0 | 3 | 32 - 26 | 8 | Sweden | 7 | 0 | 3 | 35 - 21 | 8 | West Germany | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 - 35 | 5 | United States | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 - 42 | 3 | East Germany | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 - 45 | 3 | Finland | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 - 34 | 3