1979 World Championship

The 1979 Ice Hockey World Championships took place at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union from April 14 to 27. Eight teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of four, and the best two from each group advancing to the final group. The four best teams then played each other twice in the final round. This was the 46th World Championship and at the same time, the 57th ice hockey European Championship. 
==World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)==
=== First Round===
===Group 1===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	19 - 05 	6
2	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	16 - 17 	4
3	 	3 	0 	1 	2 	08 - 13 	1
4	 	3 	0 	1 	2 	08 - 16 	1
===Group 2===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	11 - 03 	5
2	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	12 - 11 	4
3	 	3 	0 	2 	1 	06 - 09 	2
4	 	3 	0 	1 	2 	05 - 11 	1
===Final Round===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	6 	6 	0 	0 	51 - 12 	12
2	 	6 	3 	1 	2 	25 - 30 	7
3	 	6 	1 	1 	4 	20 - 38 	3
4	 	6 	1 	0 	5 	20 - 36 	2
===Consolation Round===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
5	 	6 	4 	1 	1 	23 - 17 	9
6	 	6 	3 	1 	2 	27 - 21 	7
7	 	6 	2 	2 	2 	22 - 20 	6
8	 	6 	0 	2 	4 	15 - 29 	2
== World Championship Group B (Romania)==
=== First Round===
===Group 1===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	4 	4 	0 	0 	30 - 06 	8
2	 	4 	2 	1 	1 	22 - 16 	5
3	 	4 	2 	1 	1 	15 - 20 	5
4	 	4 	1 	0 	3 	08 - 18 	2
5	 	4 	0 	0 	4 	10 - 25 	0
===Group 2===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	4 	4 	0 	0 	29 - 08 	8
2	 	4 	3 	0 	1 	16 - 13 	6
3	 	4 	2 	0 	2 	13 - 17 	4
4	 	4 	1 	0 	3 	20 - 17 	2
5	 	4 	0 	0 	4 	08 - 31 	0
===Final Round===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
9 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	15 - 06 	6
10	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	16 - 09 	4
11	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	08 - 09 	2
12	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	05 - 20 	0
===Consolation Round===
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
13	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	14 - 06 	6
14	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	17 - 10 	4
15	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	08 - 13 	2
16	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	08 - 18 	0
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
17	 	4 	0 	0 	4 	10 - 25 	0
18	 	4 	0 	0 	4 	08 - 31 	0
==World Championship Group C (Spain)==
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
19	 	7 	7 	0 	0 	83 - 10 	14
20	 	7 	6 	0 	1 	64 - 17 	12
21	 	7 	5 	0 	2 	59 - 27 	10
22	 	7 	4 	0 	3 	35 - 28 	8
23	 	7 	2 	0 	5 	23 - 68 	4
24	 	7 	2 	0 	5 	25 - 48 	4
25	 	7 	1 	1 	5 	16 - 67 	3
26	 	7 	0 	1 	6 	13 - 53 	1
===Champions===
==World Championship Medal Table==
1979 World Championships	Country
Gold 	
Silver 	
Bronze 	
4 	Canada
5 	
6 	
7 	
8 	
===Leading scorers===
Player	Player 	G	A	Pts
 	Vladimir Petrov 	7	8	15
 	Valeri Kharlamov 	7	7	14
 	Sergei Makarov 	8	4	12
 	Aleksandr Golikov	5	7	12
 	Boris Mikhailov 	4	8	12
 	Marcus Kuhl 	6	5	11
 	Bohuslav Ebermann	5	4	9
 	Ivan Hlinka 	4	5	9
 	Helmut Balderis 	4	5	9
==European Championships medal table==
European Championships 1979	Country
Gold 	
Silver 	
Bronze 	
4 	
5 	
6 	
==Radio Ads==
79WorldCanadaRadioAd.jpg|Canada
==Team Photos==
1979Australia.jpg|Australia
1979Soviet.jpg|Soviet Union
1979Czechoslovakia.jpg|Czechoslovakia
1979UnitedStates.jpg|United States
Category:1979 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships