1975 World Championship

The 1975 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 42nd Ice Hockey World Championships and the 53rd European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in West Germany from 3 April to 19 April and the games were played in Munich and Düsseldorf. Six teams took part in the main tournament, each playing each other twice. The Soviet Union won all of their games, and became World Champions for the fourteenth time, and won their 17th European title.
==World Championship Group A (West Germany)==
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	 	10 	10 	0 	0 	90 - 23 	20
2	 	10 	8 	0 	2 	55 - 19 	16
3	 	10 	5 	0 	5 	51 - 34 	10
4	 	10 	5 	0 	5 	36 - 34 	10
5	 	10 	2 	0 	8 	18 - 78 	4
6	 	10 	0 	0 	10 	22 - 84 	0
With Group A expanding to eight teams in 1976 no nation was relegated.
==World Championship Group B (Japan)==
Played in Sapporo March 14-23.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
7 	 	7 	6 	0 	1 	41 - 18 	12
8 	 	7 	6 	0 	1 	34 - 17 	12
9 	 	7 	4 	0 	3 	31 - 33 	8
10	 	7 	3 	1 	3 	30 - 23 	7
11	 	7 	2 	2 	3 	26 - 26 	6
12	 	7 	2 	2 	3 	21 - 24 	6
13	 	7 	2 	0 	5 	22 - 40 	4
14	 	7 	0 	1 	6 	11 - 35 	1
With Group A expanding to eight teams in 1976, both East and West Germany were promoted, and no nation was relegated. Canada had been offered a spot in Group A first, but they declined until 1977.Duplacey pg506
==World Championship Group C (Bulgaria)==
Played in Sofia March 1-10. China was supposed to participate but forfeited.China forfeits Group C.
 	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
15	 	6 	5 	1 	0 	43 - 03 	11
16	 	6 	4 	1 	1 	40 - 17 	9
17	 	6 	3 	1 	2 	32 - 16 	7
18	 	6 	3 	1 	2 	44 - 21 	7
19	 	6 	2 	2 	2 	32 - 22 	6
20	 	6 	1 	0 	5 	26 - 32 	2
21	 	6 	0 	0 	6 	05 - 111 	0
Norway and Bulgaria were promoted to Group B.
==World Championship medals==
1975 World Championships	Country
Gold 	
Silver 	
Bronze 	
4 	
5 	
6 	
==European Championship medal table==
1975 European Championships	Country
Gold 	
Silver 	
Bronze 	
4 	
5 	
==References==
*Complete results
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