1971 World Championship

The 1971 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which also doubled as the 49th European ice hockey championships. 
The Pool-A, Pool-B and Pool-C tournaments were hosted by the following nations:
:Pool A in Switzerland (Bern and Geneva), 19 March - 3 April 1971 
:Pool B in Switzerland (Bern, Geneva, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Lyss), 5 - 14 March 1971 
:Pool C in the Netherlands, 26 February - 7 March 1971 
A total of 22 nations participated in the tournaments. The Pool-A tournament featured the top six nations, playing a double round-robin tournament for the amateur world championship. Teams #7-#14 participated in the Pool-B tournament with the winner qualifying for the 1972 Pool-A championship while the
two last-place teams were demoted to the 1972 Pool-C tournament. The bottom eight teams participated in the Pool-C tournament with the top two
teams qualifying for the 1972 Pool-B tournament.
This was the last international tournament in which goaltenders did not have to wear face masks.
==Qualifying Round (A/B)==
The Pool-A tournament was held in Bern and Geneva, Switzerland from March 19 to April 3, 1971. The East German national ice hockey team declined to participate. West Germany participated instead after beating Poland in two qualifying games arranged in November 1970 for the vacant slot.
 - 6:3 (2:0, 3:2, 1:1) 
8. November 1970 - Munich
 - 4:4 (2:0, 2:0, 0:4) 
12. November 1970 - Łódź 
==World Championship Group A (Switzerland)==
38.	World Championships	URS 	TCH 	SWE 	FIN 	GER 	USA 	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts.
1. 	 	*** 	3:3*	8:0*	8:1*	11:2*	10:2*	8	1	1	77:24	17
2. 	 	5:2 	*** 	5:6*	5:0*	9:1* 	1:5* 	7	1	2	44:20	15
3. 	 	3:6 	1:3 	*** 	1:1*	7:2* 	4:2* 	5	1	4	29:33	11
4. 	 	1:10	2:4 	1:2 	*** 	4:3* 	7:4* 	4	1	5	31:42	9
5. 	 	2:12	0:4 	2:1 	2:7 	*** 	7:2* 	2	0	8	22:62	4
6. 	 	5:7 	0:5 	3:4 	3:7 	5:1 	*** 	2	0	8	31:53	4
For the ninth straight year, the Soviet Union won the world championship, although Czechoslovakia won the 49th. European championship as the Czech opening loss against the Americans did not count in the European standings. Team USA was demoted to the 1972 Pool-B tournament.
49.	European Championships	URS 	TCH 	SWE 	FIN 	GER 	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts.
1. 	 	*** 	5:2*	5:6*	5:0*	9:1* 	6	1	1	38:15	13
2. 	 	3:3 	*** 	8:0*	8:1*	11:2*	6	1	1	60:17	13
3. 	 	3:6 	1:3 	*** 	1:1*	7:2* 	3	1	4	21:28	7
4. 	 	1:10	2:4 	1:2 	*** 	4:3* 	2	1	5	17:35	5
5. 	 	2:12	0:4 	2:1 	2:7 	*** 	1	0	7	14:55	2
 – 	1:5 (1:3, 0:1, 0:1)
19. March 1971 – Bern		
Goalscorers: Nedomanský – Riutta 2, Konik, Patrick, Boucha.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Ehrensperger (SUI)	 
 – 11:2 (2:2, 3:0, 6:0) 
19. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Mišakov 3, Petrov 2, Vikulov 2, Firsov, Malcev, Zimin, Martiňuk - Alois Schloder, Philipp.
 – 2:4 (1:1, 1:1, 0:2) 
20. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Boucha, Falkman - Wickberg 2, Sterner, Lindberg 
 
 – 3:4 (1:2, 1:1, 1:1) 
20. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Hanig, Kuhn, Philipp – Oksanen 2, Ketola, Isaksson.
 – 	5:6 (1:2, 2:0, 2:4)
21. March 1971 – Bern		
Goalscorers: Hlinka 3, Nedomanský, Panchártek – Lundström 2, Hammarström, Nilsson, Norlander, Sterner.
Referees: Bader (GER), Ehrensperger (SUI)	
 – 1:8 (1:1, 0:2, 0:5) 
21. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Koskela - Malcev 2, Petrov 2, Davydov, Vikulov, Firsov, Michajlov.
 – 	9:1 (1:0, 3:1, 5:0)
22. March 1971 – Bern		
Goalscorers: B. Šťastný 2, Kochta, Farda, Černý, Martinec, Horešovský, Jiří Holík, Pospíšil – Eimansberger.
Referees: Gagnon (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)		
 – 10:2 (1:0, 7:1, 2:1) 
22. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Vikulov 2, Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Lutčenko, Firsov, Malcev, Charlamov – Sheehy, Christiansen.
 – 2:7 (0:3, 1:2, 1:2) 
23. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Alois Schloder, Philipp – Nordlander, Abrahamsson, Wickberg, Lundström, Lindberg, Stig-Göran Johansson, Hammarchtröm.
 – 4:7 (0:2, 3:3, 1:2) 
23. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Gambucci 2, McElmury, Patrick – Marjamäki, Esa Peltonen, Vehmanen, Linnonmaa, Lindström, Oksanen, Koskela.
 – 1:1 (1:0, 0:0, 0:1) 
24. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Ketola – Nordlander. 
 – 	3:3 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1)
24. March 1971 – Bern	
Goalscorers: Novák, Nedomanský, Kochta – Martyňuk, Firsov, Petrov.
Referees: Wycsik (POL), Ehrensperger (SUI)	
 – 2:7 (0:2, 1:3, 1:2) 
25. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Christiansen, Boucha – Hofherr 2, Philipp 2, Völk, Hanig, Kuhn.
 – 0:8 (0:4, 0:1, 0:3) 
26. March 1971 – Bern
Goalscorers: Firsov 4, Michajlov 2, Petrov, Martiňuk.
 – 	5:0 (0:0, 3:0, 2:0)
26. March 1971 – Bern		
Goalscorers: Farda, Novák, Nedomanský, Kochta, Jiří Holík.
Referees: Bader (GER), Dämmerich (GDR)	
 – 	5:0 (0:0, 3:0, 2:0)
	
27. March 1971 – Ženeva		
Goalscorers: Černý, Pospíšil, Bubla, Novák, Farda.
Referees: Karandin (URS), Gerber (SUI)		 
	
 
 – 2:12 (1:1, 0:7, 1:4) 
27. March 1971 – Ženeva
Goalscorers: Alois Schloder, Modes – Lutčenko, Vikulov, Malcev 2, Firsov, Charlamov 2, Michajlov, Zimin, Šadrin 3.
 – 4:3 (1:0, 1:3, 2:0) 
28. March 1971 – Ženeva
Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Nilsson, Palmqvist – Gambucci 2, Boucha.
 – 7:2 (3:0, 0:1, 4:1) 
28. March 1971 – Ženeva
Goalscorers: Repo, Järn, Erkki Mononen, Murto, Lauri Mononen, Marjamäki, Vehmanen – Bernd Kuhn, Egger.
 – 10:1 (5:1, 1:0, 4:0) 
29. March 1971 – Geneva
Goalscorers: Malcev 2, Michajlov, Petrov, Martiňuk, Staršinov, Ragulin, Firsov, Šadrin 2 – Koskela.
 – 	3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:1) 
29. March 1971 – Geneva		
Goalscorers: Černý, Suchý, Kochta – Bergman.
Referees: Karandin (URS), Ehrenberger (SUI)	 
 – 	4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0) 
30. March 1971 – Ženeva		
Goalscorers: Černý 2, Nedomanský, Martinec.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Gerber (SUI)		 
 – 5:7 (1:1, 2:5, 2:1) 
30. March 1971 – Ženeva
Goalscorers: Gambucci 2, Christiansen, Mellor, Boucha – Romiševskij, Malcev, Kuzkin, Michajlov, Martiňuk, Šadrin, Mišakov.
 – 1:2 (1:0, 0:2, 0:0) 
31. March 1971 – Ženeva
Goalscorers: Palmqvist – Schneitberger, Hanig.
 – 7:3 (1:1, 3:1, 3:1) 
31. March 1971 – Ženeva
Goalscorers: Ketola 3, Koskela 2, Luojola, Oksanen - D.Ross, McElmury, Boucha.
 – 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1) 
1. April 1971 - Ženeva
Goalscorers: Svedberg, Pettersson – Koskela.
 – 	5:2 (1:1, 1:1, 3:0)
1. April 1971 - Ženeva	
Goalscorers: Nedomanský, Suchý, Horešovský, B. Šťastný, Farda – Malcev, Charlamov.
Referees: Wycisk (POL), Ehrensperger (SUI)	
 
 – 1:5 (0:1, 0:4, 1:0) 
2. April 1971 – Ženeva
Goalscorers: Hofherr – Gambucci, Patrick, Boucha, Ahearn, Christiansen.
 – 	4:2 (2:1, 1:1, 1:0)
3. April 1971 – Ženeva		
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, B. Šťastný, Hlinka – Murto, Linnonmaa. 
Referees: Wycisk (POL), Ehrensperger (SUI)	 
 – 6:3 (2:1, 0:2, 4:0) 
3. April 1971 – Ženeva
Goalscorers: Firsov, Petrov, Michajlov, Lutčenko, Charlamov, Kuzkin – Håkan Wickberg, Tord Lundström, Håkan Pettersson.
==Pool-A Statistics and Team Rosters==
 	Scoring Leaders 	Goals	Assists	Points
1.	Anatoli Firsov 	10 	9 	19
2.	Valeri Kharlamov 	5 	12 	17
3.	Alexander Maltsev	10 	6 	16
4.	Vladimir Petrov 	8 	3 	11
5.	Boris Mikhailov 	7 	3 	10
5.	Gary Gambucci 	7 	3 	10
 	
Best Goaltender	Jiří Holeček
Best Defencemen	Jan Suchý
 Ilpo Koskela
Best Forward 	Anatoli Firsov
IIHF Tournament All Star Team
 	
Goal 	Jiří Holeček
Defence 	Ilpo Koskela
Defence 	Jan Suchý
Left Wing 	Anatoli Firsov
Center 	Alexander Maltsev
Right Wing	Vladimir Vikulov
1. 
Goalkeepers: Viktor Konovalenko, Vladislav Tretiak. 
Defencemen: Vladimir Lutčenko, Alexandr Ragulin, Vitalij Davidov, Viktor Kuzkin, Igor Romiševskij, Jurij Ljapkin.
Forwards: Boris Michajlov, Vladimir Petrov, Valerij Charlamov, Vladimir Vikulov, Alexandr Malcev, Anatolij Firsov, Alexandr Martyňuk, Jevgenij Mišakov, Vjačeslav Staršinov, Vladimir Šadrin, Gennadij Cygankov, Jevgenij Zimin.
Coaches: Arkadij Černyšev, Anatolij Tarasov.
 
 
2. 
Goalkeepers: Jiří Holeček, Marcel Sakač.
Defencemen: Jan Suchý, František Pospíšil, Oldřich Machač, František Panchártek, Josef Horešovský, Rudolf Tajcnár, Jiří Bubla.
Forwards: Jan Havel, Václav Nedomanský, Jiří Holík, Eduard Novák, Richard Farda, Josef Černý, Vladimír Martinec, Ivan Hlinka, Bohuslav Šťastný, Jiří Kochta, Bedřich Brunclík.
Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka. 
3. 
Goalkeepers: Christer Abrahamsson, Leif Holmqvist, William Löfqvist. 
Defencemen: Arne Carlsson, Lennart Svedberg, Thommy Abrahamsson, Bert-Ola Nordlander, Thommie Bergman, Kjell-Rune Milton, Gunnar Andersson.
Forwards: Inge Hammarström, Stig-Göran Johansson, Stefan Karlsson, Hans Lindberg, Tord Lundström, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Håkan Nygren, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Pettersson, Ulf Sterner, Håkan Wickberg.
Coach: Arne Strömberg.
4. 
Goalkeepers: Urpo Ylönen, Jorma Valtonen.
Defencemen: Ilpo Koskela, Seppo Lindström, Hannu Luojola, Heikki Järn, Pekka Marjamäki, Jauko Öystilä. 
Forwards: Lauri Mononen, Erkki Mononen, Seppo Repo, Esa Isaksson, Jorma Vehmanen, Lasse Oksanen, Tommi Salmelainen, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Harri Linnonmaa, Matti Murto, Esa Peltonen, Juhani Tamminen.
Coaches: Seppo Liitsola, Matias Helenius. 
5. 
Goalkeepers: Anton Kehle, Josef Schramm.
Defencemen: Hans Schichti, Rudolf Thanner, Josef Völk, Paul Langer, Otto Schneidberger, Riedmeier, Modes.
Forwards: Alois Schloder, Gustav Hanig, Bernd Kuhn, Anton Hofherr, Rainer Phillip, Lorenz Funk, Johann Eimannsberger, F. Hofherr, Karl-Heinz Egger, Heinz Weisenbach, Ego.
Coach: Gerhard Kiessling.	 
6. 
Goalkeepers: Carl Wetzel, Mike Curran, Dick Tomasoni.
Defencemen: George Konik, Jim McElmury, Don Ross, Bruce Riutta, Tom Mellor, Dick McGlynn.
Forwards: Henry Boucha, Gary Gambucci, Craig Patrick, Craig Falkman, Keith Christiansen, Tim Sheehy, Leonard Lilyholm, Kevin Ahearn, Bob Lindberg, Paul Schilling, Pete Fichuk, Richard Toomey.
Coach: Murray Williamson.
==World Championship Group B (Switzerland)==
 		SUI	POL	GDR 	NOR 	JPN 	YUG	AUT 	ITA 	W	T	L	GF-GA	pts.
7. 		***	4:4	3:1 	3:2 	4:1 	8:5	4:1 	5:0 	6	1	0	31:14	13
8. 		4:4	***	7:4 	8:1 	4:6 	4:0	3:2 	6:2 	5	1	1	36:19	11
9. 		1:3	4:7	*** 	8:4 	9:4 	5:3	11:3	11:0	5	0	2	49:24	10
10.		2:3	1:8	4:8 	*** 	10:6	6:3	7:2 	7:2 	4	0	3	37:32	8
11.		1:4	6:4	4:9 	6:10	*** 	6:7	6:2 	4:4 	2	1	4	33:40	5
12.		5:8	0:4	3:5 	3:6 	7:6 	***	3:1 	4:4 	2	1	4	25:34	5
13.		1:4	2:3	3:11	2:7 	2:6 	1:3	*** 	6:0 	1	0	6	17:34	2
14.		0:5	2:6	0:11	2:7 	4:4 	4:4	0:6 	*** 	1	0	6	12:43	2
* Switzerland qualify for 1972 Pool-A championship tournament; Austria and Italy demoted to 1972 Pool-C tournament.
 – 6:3 (2:0, 2:1, 2:2) 
5. March 1971 – Bern
 – 6:2 (2:0, 2:1, 2:1) 
5. March 1971 – Bern
 – 9:4 (0:1, 4:1, 5:2) 
5. March 1971 – Bern
 – 4:1 (2:0, 1:0, 1:1) 
5. March 1971 – Lyss
 – 3:1 (2:0, 1:1, 0:0) 
6. March 1971 – Bern
 – 4:4 (1:0, 0:2, 3:2) 
6. March 1971 – Bern
 – 3:2 (0:1, 2:0, 1:1) 
6. March 1971 – Lyss
 – 7:4 (3:0, 1:4, 3:0) 
7. March 1971 – Bern
 – 7:2 (2:1, 3:1, 2:0) 
8. March 1971 – Bern
 – 6:2 (2:0, 2:0, 2:2) 
8. March 1971 – Geneva
 – 5:3 (2:1, 1:1, 2:1) 
8. March 1971 – Bern
 – 4:4 (2:0, 1:3, 1:1) 
8. March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds
 – 11:0 (5:0, 1:0, 5:0) 
9. March 1971 – Bern
 – 7:2 (1:0, 5:0, 1:2)
 
9. March 1971 – Geneva
 – 8:5 (0:1, 3:2, 5:2) 
9. March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds
 – 6:4 (2:0, 1:2, 3:2) 
10. March 1971 – Lyss
 – 11:3 (3:1, 5:1, 3:1) 
11. March 1971 – Lyss
 – 4:4 (2:2, 1:1, 1:1) 
11. March 1971 – Bern
 – 8:1 (0:0, 5:0, 3:1) 
11. March 1971 – Bern
 – 4:1 (1:0, 3:0, 0:1) 
11. March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds
 – 10:6 (5:1, 0:3, 5:2) 
13. March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds
 – 4:0 (1:0, 0:0, 3:0) 
13. March 1971 – Bern
 – 6:0 (1:0, 1:0, 4:0) 
13. March 1971 – Geneva
 – 3:1 (2:0, 0:1, 1:0) 
13. March 1971 – Bern
 – 7:6 (1:2, 5:0, 1:4) 
14. March 1971 – Bern
 – 3:2 (0:0, 2:0, 1:2) 
14. March 1971 – Geneva
 – 8:4 (1:0, 4:2, 3:2) 
14. March 1971 – La Chaux-de-Fonds
 – 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0) 
14. March 1971 – Lyss
==World Championship Group C (Netherlands)==
 		ROM 	FRA 	HUN 	GBR 	BUL 	DEN 	NED 	BEL 	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts.
15.		*** 	7:1 	3:3 	11:2	12:3	6:2 	10:2	21:0	6	1	0	70:11	13
16.		1:7 	*** 	8:4 	6:4 	2:1 	5:1 	9:2 	18:1	6	0	1	49:20	12
17.		3:3 	4:8 	*** 	7:6 	7:6 	2:0 	4:3 	31:1	5	1	1	58:27	11
18.		2:11	4:6 	6:7 	*** 	5:5 	5:4 	7:4 	18:2	3	1	3	47:39	7
19.		2:12	1:2 	6:7 	5:5 	*** 	4:5 	7:0 	11:1	2	1	4	36:32	5
20.		1:6 	1:5 	0:2 	4:5 	5:4 	*** 	1:3 	21:1	2	0	5	33:26	4
21.		2:10	2:9 	3:4 	4:7 	0:7 	3:1 	*** 	18:0	2	0	5	32:38	4
22.		0:21	1:18	1:31	2:18	1:11	1:21	0:18	*** 	0	0	7	6:138	0
* Romania and France qualify for 1972 Pool-B tournament.
 – 7:6 (1:0, 4:2, 2:4) 
26. February 1971 – Nijmegen
 – 1:7 (0:0, 1:2, 0:5) 
26. February 1971 – Utrecht
 – 18:2 (8:0, 4:0, 6:2) 
26. February 1971 – Eindhoven
 - 3:1 (2:0, 0:0, 1:1) 
26. February 1971 – Tilburg
 – 1:6 (0:0, 0:2, 1:4) 
27. February 1971 – Rotterdam
 – 1:18 (0:7, 0:7, 1:4) 
27. February 1971 – Utrecht
 – 7:6 (3:1, 1:2, 3:3) 
27. February 1971 – Tilburg
 – 0:7 (0:4, 0:1, 0:2) 
27. February 1971 – Geleen
 - 2:1 (0:1, 0:0, 2:0) 
1. March 1971 - Tilburg
 – 3:3 (3:1, 0:0, 0:2) 
1. March 1971 - Eindhoven
 - 21:1 (8:0, 5:0, 8:1) 
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1. March 1971 - Rotterdam
 – 4:7 (0:3, 3:1, 1:3) 
1. March 1971 – s-Hertogenbosch
 – 5:4 (1:2, 3:2, 1:0) 
2. March 1971 – Nijmegen
 – 4:8 (2:3, 0:2, 2:3) 
2. March 1971 – Rotterdam
 – 2:12 (1:2, 1:6, 0:4) 
2. March 1971 – Utrecht
 – 18:0 (5:0, 8:0, 5:0) 
2. March 1971 – Eindhoven
 – 6:4 (0:1, 4:3, 2:0) 
4. March 1971 – Groningen
 - 5:4 (0:2, 3:1, 2:1) 
4. March 1971 – Heerenveen
 – 31:1 (9:1, 9:0, 13:0) 
4. March 1971 – s-Hertogenbosch
 – 2:10 (2:4, 0:5, 0:1) 
4. March 1971 – Tilburg
 - 5:5 (2:1, 1:2, 2:2) 
5. March 1971 – Heerenveen
 – 21:0 (7:0, 7:0, 7:0) 
5. March 1971 – Tilburg
 – 1:5 (0:3, 0:1, 1:1) 
5. March 1971 – Groningen
 – 3:4 (0:1, 1:1, 2:2) 
5. March 1971 – Rotterdam
 – 11:1 (4:0, 4:0, 4:1) 
7. March 1971 – Rotterdam
 – 0:2 (0:1, 0:0, 0:1) 
7. March 1971 – Eindhoven
 – 11:2 (3:0, 4:1, 4:1)
7. March 1971 – Geleen
 – 2:9 (1:4, 0:3, 1:2) 
7. March 1971 – Utrecht
==Team Photos==
1971USSR.jpg|Soviet Union
71USA.jpg|United States
==Notes==
==References==
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