1972 Olympics

At the 1972 Winter Olympics held in Sapporo, Japan, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. Games were held at the Makomanai Ice Arena and at the Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink.
==Medalists==
Gold: 	Silver: 	Bronze:
Vladislav TretiakAlexander PashkovVitaly DavydovViktor KuzkinAlexander RagulinGennadiy TsygankovVladimir LutchenkoValeri VasilievIgor RomishevskyYevgeny MishakovAlexander MaltsevAlexander YakushevVladimir VikulovAnatoli FirsovValeri KharlamovYury BlinovBoris MikhailovVladimir PetrovVladimir ShadrinYevgeny Zimin	Mike CurranPete SearsWally OldsTom MellorFrank SandersJim McElmuryCharles BrownDick McGlynnRon NaslundRobbie FtorekStu IrvingKevin AhearnHenry BouchaCraig SarnerTimothy SheehyKeith ChristiansenMark Howe	Vladimír DzurillaJiří HolečekVladimír BednářRudolf TacjnárOldřich MachačFrantišek PospíšilJosef HorešovskýKarel VohralíkVáclav NedomanskýJiří HolíkJaroslav HolíkJiří KochtaEduard NovákRichard FardaJosef ČernýVladimír MartinecIvan HlinkaBohuslav Šťastný
==Qualification matches==
Winners (in bold) as well as the gold medalist at the previous Olympics (USSR) qualify for the Group A to play for 1st-6th places. Other teams played in Group B for 7th-11th places.
*February 3
**Japan 2-8 Czechoslovakia
**Sweden 8-1 Yugoslavia
*February 4
**USA 5-3 Switzerland
**Poland 4-0 West Germany
**Finland 13-1 Norway
==Group A==
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1 	 	5 	4	0	1	33	13	9
2 	 	5 	3	2	0	18	15	6
3 	 	5 	3	2	0	26	13	6
4 	 	5 	2	2	1	17	13	5
5 	 	5 	2	3	0	14	24	4
6 	 	5 	0	5	0	9 	39	0
*February 5
**Sweden 5-1 USA
**Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
**USSR 9-3 Finland
*February 7
**USSR 3-3 Sweden
**USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia
**Finland 5-1 Poland
*February 8
**Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland
*February 9
**Sweden 5-3 Poland
**USSR 7-2 USA
*February 10
**USSR 9-3 Poland
**Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden
**USA 4-1 Finland
*February 12
**USA 6-1 Poland
*February 13
**Finland 4-3 Sweden
**USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia
==Group B==
Teams, which lost their games in the qualification round, played in this group.
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7 	 	4 	3	1	0	22	10	6
8 	 	4 	3	1	0	16	14	6
9 	 	4 	2	1	1	17	16	5
10 	 	4 	0	2	2	9 	16	2
11 	 	4 	0	3	1	9 	17	1
*February 6
**Norway 5-2 Yugoslavia
**West Germany 5-0 Switzerland
*February 7
**Japan 3-3 Switzerland
**West Germany 6-2 Yugoslavia
*February 9
**Japan 3-2 Yugoslavia
**West Germany 5-1 Norway
*February 10
**Japan 4-5 Norway
**Switzerland 3-3 Yugoslavia
*February 12
**Japan 7-6 West Germany
**Norway 5-3 Switzerland
==Leading scorers==
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts
Valeri Kharlamov () 	5 	9	6	15
Václav Nedomanský ()	5 	6	3	9
Vladimir Vikulov () 	5 	5	4	9
Craig Sarner () 	5 	4	5	9
Aleksandr Maltsev ()	5 	4	3	7
Kevin Ahearn () 	5 	4	3	7
Anatoli Firsov () 	5 	2	5	7
Yury Blinov() 	5 	3	3	6
Jiří Kochta () 	5 	3	3	6
Richard Farda () 	5 	1	5	6
==Final Ranking==
# USSR
# United States
# Czechoslovakia
# Sweden
# Finland
# Poland
# West Germany
# Norway
# Japan
# Switzerland
# Yugoslavia
==Team Photos==
1972USAOlympics.jpg|United States
==See Also==
*1972 Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team
*1972 Finland national ice hockey team
*1972 Japan national ice hockey team
*1972 Norway national ice hockey team
*1972 Poland national ice hockey team
*1972 Soviet Union national ice hockey team
*1972 Sweden national ice hockey team
*1972 Switzerland national ice hockey team
*1972 United States national ice hockey team
*1972 West Germany national ice hockey team
*1972 Yugoslavia national ice hockey team
==References==
*Jeux Olympiques 1972
Category:Olympic Games
Olympics, Winter