Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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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.


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[edit] Medalists

Pos Team
Gold Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Silver Flag of the United States United States
Bronze Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia


[edit] 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


[edit] Group A

First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 5 4 0 1 33 13 9
2 Flag of the United States United States 5 3 2 0 18 15 6
3 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 0 26 13 6
4 Flag of Sweden Sweden 5 2 2 1 17 13 5
5 Flag of Finland Finland 5 2 3 0 14 24 4
6 Flag of Poland Poland 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


[edit] 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 Flag of West Germany West Germany 4 3 1 0 22 10 6
8 Flag of Norway Norway 4 3 1 0 16 14 6
9 Flag of Japan Japan 4 2 1 1 17 16 5
10 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 4 0 2 2 9 16 2
11 Yugoslavia 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


[edit] Leading scorers

Rk Team GP G A Pts
1 Valeri Kharlamov 5 9 6 15
2 Václav Nedomanský 5 6 3 9
3 Vladimir Vikulov 5 5 4 9
4 Craig Sarner 5 4 5 9
5 Aleksandr Maltsev 5 4 3 7
5 Kevin Ahearn 5 4 3 7
7 Anatoli Firsov 5 2 5 7
8 Yuri Blinov 5 3 3 6
8 Jiří Kochta 5 3 3 6
10 Richard Farda 5 1 5 6


[edit] Final Ranking

  1. USSR
  2. United States
  3. Czechoslovakia
  4. Sweden
  5. Finland
  6. Poland
  7. West Germany
  8. Norway
  9. Japan
  10. Switzerland
  11. Yugoslavia
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