1978 World Championship

The 1978 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 26th April to 14th May. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once in the first round, and then the four best teams meeting in a new round. This was the 45th World Championships, and also the 56th ice hockey European Championships. 
==First round==
 	Team 	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points Difference	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	7 	7 	0 	0 	44 - 15 	14
2	Soviet Union 	7 	6 	0 	1 	46 - 23 	12
3	Canada 	7 	4 	0 	3 	32 - 26 	8
4	Sweden 	7 	4 	0 	3 	35 - 21 	8
5	West Germany 	7 	2 	1 	4 	23 - 35 	5
6	United States 	7 	1 	1 	5 	25 - 42 	3
7	East Germany 	7 	1 	1 	5 	13 - 45 	3
8	Finland 	7 	1 	1 	5 	23 - 34 	3
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	Sweden	6-2	West Germany	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	Czechoslovakia	8-0	East Germany	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	Soviet Union	9-5	United States	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
26 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
27 April	 	 	 	
27 April	Finland	6-4	Canada	
27 April	 	 	 	
27 April	 	 	 	
27 April	 	 	 	
27 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
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27 April	Soviet Union	7-4	West Germany	
27 April	 	 	 	
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27 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
27 April	 	 	 	
27 April	Sweden	5-1	United States	
27 April	 	 	 	
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28 April	 	 	 	
28 April	Czechoslovakia	6-4	Finland	
28 April	 	 	 	
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28 April	 	 	 	
28 April	Canada	6-2	East Germany	
28 April	 	 	 	
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28 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
29 April	 	 	 	
29 April	Sweden	10-1	East Germany	
29 April	 	 	 	
29 April	 	 	 	
29 April	 	 	 	
29 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
29 April	 	 	 	
29 April	Czechoslovakia	8-2	West Germany	
29 April	 	 	 	
29 April	 	 	 	
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29 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
30 April	 	 	 	
30 April	Canada	7-2	United States	
30 April	 	 	 	
30 April	 	 	 	
30 April	 	 	 	
30 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
30 April	 	 	 	
30 April	Soviet Union	6-3	Finland	
30 April	 	 	 	
30 April	 	 	 	
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30 April	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
01 May	 	 	 	
01 May	Canada	6-2	West Germany	
01 May	 	 	 	
01 May	 	 	 	
01 May	 	 	 	
01 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
01 May	 	 	 	
01 May	Soviet Union	10-2	East Germany	
01 May	 	 	 	
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02 May	 	 	 	
02 May	Czechoslovakia	8-3	United States	
02 May	 	 	 	
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02 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
02 May	 	 	 	
02 May	Sweden	6-1	Finland	
02 May	 	 	 	
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03 May	 	 	 	
03 May	West Germany	7-4	United States	
03 May	 	 	 	
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03 May	 	 	 	
03 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
03 May	 	 	 	
03 May	East Germany	4-3	Finland	
03 May	 	 	 	
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04 May	 	 	 	
04 May	Czechoslovakia	5-0	Canada	
04 May	 	 	 	
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04 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
04 May	 	 	 	
04 May	Soviet Union	6-1	Sweden	
04 May	 	 	 	
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05 May	 	 	 	
05 May	West Germany	5-3	Finland	
05 May	 	 	 	
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05 May	 	 	 	
05 May	United States	7-3	East Germany	
05 May	 	 	 	
05 May	 	 	 	
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06 May	 	 	 	
06 May	Czechoslovakia	6-4	Soviet Union	
06 May	 	 	 	
06 May	 	 	 	
06 May	 	 	 	
06 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
06 May	 	 	 	
06 May	Canada	7-5	Sweden	
06 May	 	 	 	
06 May	 	 	 	
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06 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
07 May	 	 	 	
07 May	East Germany	1-1	West Germany	
07 May	 	 	 	
07 May	 	 	 	
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07 May	 	 	 	
07 May	Finland	3-3	United States	
07 May	 	 	 	
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08 May	 	 	 	
08 May	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Sweden	
08 May	 	 	 	
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08 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
08 May	 	 	 	
08 May	Soviet Union	4-2	Canada	
08 May	 	 	 	
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== Final Round 1-4 place==
 	Team 	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Soviet Union 	10 	9 	0 	1 	61 - 26 	18
2	Czechoslovakia	10 	9 	0 	1 	54 - 21 	18
3	Canada 	10 	5 	0 	5 	38 - 36 	10
4	Sweden 	10 	4 	0 	6 	39 - 37 	8
10 May	 	 	 	
10 May	Soviet Union	5-1	Canada	
10 May	 	 	 	
10 May	 	 	 	
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10 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
10 May	 	 	 	
10 May	Czechoslovakia	6-1	Sweden	
10 May	 	 	 	
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10 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
12 May	 	 	 	
12 May	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Canada	
12 May	 	 	 	
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12 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
12 May	 	 	 	
12 May	Soviet Union	7-1	Sweden	
12 May	 	 	 	
12 May	 	 	 	
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12 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
14 May	 	 	 	
14 May	Canada	3-2	Sweden	
14 May	 	 	 	
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14 May	 	 	 	
14 May	Soviet Union	3-1	Czechoslovakia	
14 May	 	 	 	
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14 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
== Consolation Round 5-8 place==
 	Team 	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
5	West Germany 	10 	3 	3 	4 	35 - 43 	9
6	United States	10 	2 	2 	6 	38 - 58 	6
7	Finland 	10 	2 	2 	6 	37 - 44 	6
8	East Germany 	10 	1 	3 	6 	20 - 57 	5
09 May	 	 	 	
09 May	Finland	4-4	West Germany	
09 May	 	 	 	
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09 May	United States	5-5	East Germany	
09 May	 	 	 	
09 May	 	 	 	
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09 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
11 May	 	 	 	
11 May	West Germany	0-0	East Germany	
11 May	 	 	 	
11 May	 	 	 	
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11 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
11 May	 	 	 	
11 May	United States	4-3	Finland	
11 May	 	 	 	
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13 May	 	 	 	
13 May	West Germany	8-4	United States	
13 May	 	 	 	
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13 May	 	 	 	
13 May	Finland	7-2	East Germany	
13 May	 	 	 	
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13 May	 	 	 	
13 May	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
==World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)==
 	Team 	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
9 	Poland 	7 	6 	1 	0 	51 - 19 	13
10	Japan 	7 	5 	1 	1 	26 - 17 	11
11	Switzerland	7 	4 	1 	2 	42 - 32 	9
12	Romania 	7 	3 	1 	3 	41 - 29 	7
13	Hungary 	7 	3 	0 	4 	21 - 36 	6
14	Norway 	7 	2 	1 	4 	29 - 34 	5
15	Italy 	7 	1 	1 	5 	32 - 41 	3
16	Yugoslavia 	7 	1 	0 	6 	14 - 48 	2
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	Italy	4-5	Japan	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	Switzerland	1-8	Poland	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	Romania	6-4	Norway	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	Yugoslavia	2-4	Hungary	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
17 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	Hungary	4-3	Norway	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	Yugoslavia	2-5	Poland	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	Romania	5-5	Italy	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	Japan	1-6	Switzerland	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	Hungary	1-2	Japan	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	Romania	3-7	Switzerland	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	Norway	4-9	Poland	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
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20 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	Yugoslavia	3-12	Italy	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
20 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
21 March	 	 	 	
21 March	Poland	7-2	Hungary	
21 March	 	 	 	
21 March	 	 	 	
21 March	 	 	 	
21 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
21 March	 	 	 	
21 March	Yugoslavia	1-7	Norway	
21 March	 	 	 	
21 March	 	 	 	
21 March	 	 	 	
21 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
22 March	 	 	 	
22 March	Japan	5-2	Romania	
22 March	 	 	 	
22 March	 	 	 	
22 March	 	 	 	
22 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
22 March	 	 	 	
22 March	Italy	4-7	Switzerland	
22 March	 	 	 	
22 March	 	 	 	
22 March	 	 	 	
22 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	Hungary	0-8	Romania	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	Switzerland	6-6	Norway	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	Italy	2-12	Poland	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	Yugoslavia	1-6	Japan	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
23 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	Switzerland	12-5	Hungary	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	Norway	4-3	Italy	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	Poland	2-2	Japan	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	Yugoslavia	0-11	Romania	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
25 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	Norway	1-5	Japan	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	Italy	2-5	Hungary	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	Yugoslavia	5-3	Switzerland	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	Poland	8-6	Romania	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
26 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
== World Championship Group C (Spain)==
 	Team 	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
17	Netherlands	7 	6 	1 	0 	74 - 17 	13
18	Austria 	7 	5 	1 	1 	65 - 31 	11
19	Denmark 	7 	4 	1 	2 	59 - 25 	9
20	China 	7 	4 	0 	3 	47 - 30 	8
21	Bulgaria 	7 	3 	1 	3 	27 - 30 	7
22	France 	7 	3 	0 	4 	46 - 39 	6
23	Spain 	7 	1 	0 	6 	26 - 84 	2
24	Belgium 	7 	0 	0 	7 	13 - 101 	0
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	China	8-4	France	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
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10 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	Netherlands	18-3	Belgium	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	Austria	7-4	Denmark	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	Spain	2-7	Bulgaria	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	China	3-2	Denmark	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	Austria	9-7	France	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	Spain	11-4	Belgium	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	Bulgaria	0-8	Netherlands	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	China	12-1	Belgium	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	Denmark	7-6	France	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	Spain	0-19	Netherlands	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	Austria	3-3	Bulgaria	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	Bulgaria	10-3	Belgium	
15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	Netherlands	12-3	France	
15 March	 	 	 	
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15 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	Austria	9-4	China	
15 March	 	 	 	
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15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	Spain	2-10	Denmark	
15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	 	 	 	
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15 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	Netherlands	3-3	Denmark	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	France	9-0	Belgium	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	Spain	4-14	Austria	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	China	2-4	Bulgaria	
16 March	 	 	 	
16 March	 	 	 	
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18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	Austria	19-1	Belgium	
18 March	 	 	 	
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18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	Denmark	8-3	Bulgaria	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
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18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	Spain	3-13	France	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	China	4-6	Netherlands	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
18 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	Denmark	22-1	Belgium	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
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19 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	Bulgaria	0-4	France	
19 March	 	 	 	
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19 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	Austria	4-8	Netherlands	
19 March	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	 	
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19 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
19 March	 	 	
19 March	Spain	4-14	China
19 March	 	 	
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19 March	 	 	
==World Championships==
1978 World Championships	Country
Gold 	
Silver 	
Bronze 	Canada
4 	
5 	
6 	
7 	
8 	
==European Championships Medal Table==
1978 European Championships	Country
Gold 	
Silver 	
Bronze 	
4 	
5 	
6 	
==Photos==
78USSR.jpg|Champion Soviet Union
Prha_78-3.jpg|Finland
Praha78-2.jpg|Canada
Praha78-1.jpg|Soviet Union
77SweUSSR.jpg|Program from the Swedish-Soviet game
1978Czech.jpg|Czechoslovakia team photo
1978Belgium.jpg|Belgium team photo
World Championships
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