1969 World Championship

The 1969 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 36th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which also doubled as the 47th European ice hockey championships. For the first time the Pool A, B and C tournaments were hosted by different nations:

Pool A in Stockholm, Sweden, 15. - 30 March 1969

Pool B in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 28 February - 9 March 1969

Pool C in Skopje, Yugoslavia, 24 February - 2 March 1969

A total of 20 nations participated in the tournament. The Pool A team featured only the top six nations, now playing a double round-robin tournament for the amateur world championship. Teams #7-#14 contested the Pool B championship with the winner qualifying for the 1970 Pool A championship, while the bottom six participated in the Pool C tournament.

World Championship Group A (Sweden)

For the seventh straight year, the Soviet Union won the Pool A tournament. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in Czechoslovakia, but due to the Soviet invasion of the country, they declined to host. In the two games the Czechoslovak and Soviet teams played against each other, the Czechoslovak team won both times, becoming the first team to beat the Soviet Union twice in the same international tournament. For the first time in international ice hockey, body-checking was allowed in all three zones of the ice.. Team USA was demoted to Pool-B after losing all ten games.

Pos.

Team

URS

SWE

TCH

CAN

FIN

USA

W

T

L

GF-GA

PTS

1.

Soviet Union

***

4:2*

0:2*

7:1*

6:1*

17:2*

8

0

2

59:23

16

2.

Sweden

2:3

***

2:0*

5:1*

6:3*

8:2*

8

0

2

45:19

16

3.

Czechoslovakia

4:3

0:1

***

6:1*

7:4*

8:3*

8

0

2

40:20

16

4.

Canada

2:4

2:4

2:3

***

5:1*

5:0*

4

0

6

26:31

8

5.

Finland

3:7

0:5

2:4

1:6

***

4:3*

2

0

8

26:52

4

6.

United States of America

4:8

4:10

2:6

0:1

3:7

***

0

0

10

23:74

0

47.	European Championship Rankings (URS-SWE-CSK-FIN games only)
1.	Soviet Union
2.	Sweden
3.	Czechoslovakia
4.	Finland

Czechoslovakia – Canada 6:1 (1:0, 2:1, 3:0)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Suchý 2, Nedomanský, Jiří Holík, Ševčík, Horešovský – King.
Referees: Wiking, Dahlberg (SWE)

Sweden – Finland 6:3 (3:1, 1:1, 2:1)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Henriksson 2, Sterner, Nilsson - J. Peltonen, Keinonen, Isaksson.

Soviet Union – United States of America 17:2 (3:0, 11:0, 3:2)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Starshinov 4, Firsov 4, Mikhailov 3, Yurzinov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Petrov, Mishakov - Lackey 2.

Canada – Finland 5:1 (1:1, 1:0, 3:0)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Caffery 2, Pinder, Bourbonnais, Huck - Keinonen.

Sweden – Soviet Union 2:4 (2:1, 0:1, 0:2)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Nilsson, Johansson – Starshinov, Maltsev, Mikhailov, Kharlamov.

Czechoslovakia – United States of America 8:3 (2:1, 4:2, 2:0)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Jar. Holík 2, Farda, Suchý, Hrbatý, Golonka – Lackey, Christiansen, Stordahl.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

Czechoslovakia – Finland 7:4 (4:1, 3:1, 0:2)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Machač 3, Nedomanský 2, Suchý, Jiří Holík – Rantasila 2, Partinen, Mononen.
Referees: Joyal, Villancourt (CAN)

Sweden – United States of America 8:2 (1:2, 3:0, 4:0)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Carlsson, Milton, Karlsson, Johansson, Lundström, Olsson - Markle, Pleau.

Soviet Union – Canada 7:1 (5:1, 2:0, 0:0)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Vikulov 2, Firsov 2, Kharlamov 2, Yakushev - Pinder.

Soviet Union - Finland 6:1 (3:0, 1:0, 2:1)

19. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Petrov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Firsov, Kharlamov - Oksanen.

Czechoslovakia - Sweden 0:2 (0:1, 0:0, 0:1)

19. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Palmqvist, Nilsson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Joyal (CAN)

Canada – United States of America 5:0 (1:0, 0:0, 4:0)

20. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Hargreaves, Caffery, Bayes, King, Huck.

Sweden – Canada 5:1 (1:1, 3:0, 1:0)

21. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Svedberg, Sjöberg, Johansson - Caffery.

Czechoslovakia - Soviet Union 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)

21. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: 33. Suchý, 47. Černý.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

Finland – United States of America 4:3 (1:1, 1:0, 2:2)

22. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: E. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Wahlsten - Pleau, Mayasich, Sheehy.

United States of America – Soviet Union 4:8 (1:3, 1:2, 2:3)

23. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Mayasich 2, Skime, Naslund - Mishakov 2, Paladiev, Firsov, Mikhailov, Petrov, Kharlamov, Yurzinov.

Sweden – Finland 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0)

23. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Karlsson 3, Sjöberg, Johansson.

Czechoslovakia - Canada 3:2 (1:1, 1:0, 1:1)

23. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Golomka, Hrbatý, Jar. Holík – Heindl, Bayes.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Trumble (USA)

Sweden – Soviet Union 2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:1)

24. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Sjöberg, Nygren - Mikhailov 2, Petrov.

Czechoslovakia - Finland 4:2 (2:2, 1:0, 1:0)

25. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Jiřík 2, Jiří Holík, Nedomanský – Keinonen, Isaksson.
Referees: Wiking (SWE), Trumble (USA)

United States of America - Canada 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)

25. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorer: Mott.

Finland - Soviet Union 3:7 (0:1, 1:4, 2:2)

26. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Leimu, Isaksson, Oksanen – Paladiev, Zimin, Starshinov, Maltsev, Petrov, Firsov, Mishakov

Czechoslovakia - United States of America 6:2 (2:0, 2:1, 2:1)

26. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Černý 2, Pospíšil, Machač – Pieau, Skime.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Vaillancourt (CAN)

Sweden – Canada 4:2 (1:0, 0:2, 3:0)

27. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Johansson, Håkan Nygren – Pinder, Heindl.

Czechoslovakia - Soviet Union 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1)

28. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: 15. Jiří Holík, 20. Nedomanský, 49. Horešovský, 51. Jar. Holík – 22. Kharlamov, 33. Firsov, 58. Ragulin.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

Finland – Canada 1:6 (0:3, 1:2, 0:1)

29. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Mononen - King, Stephanson, Heindl, Begg, Mott, Huck.

Sweden – United States of America 10:4 (6:2, 1:1, 3:1)

29. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Milton 3, Nilsson 3, Karlsson, Johansson, Nygren, Olsson - Lackey, Pleau, Stordahl, Gambucci.

United States of America – Finland 3:7 (1:1, 0:5, 2:1)

30. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Pleau, Stordahl, Christiansen - Rantasila 2, J. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Harju, E. Peltonen.

Czechoslovakia – Sweden 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)

30. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorer: 18. Olsson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Vaillancourt (CAN)

Canada – Soviet Union 2:4 (1:1, 0:1, 1:2)

30. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Demarco, Heindl - Mikhailov 2, Romishevsky, Maltsev.

Pool A Statistics. Awards and Team Rosters

IIHF Awards

Best Goaltender	Leif Holmqvist
Best Defenceman	Jan Suchý
Best Forward	Ulf Sterner

All Stars

Goal	Vladimír Dzurilla
Defence	Lennart Svedberg
Defence	Jan Suchý
Left Wing	Anatoli Firsov
Center	Ulf Sterner
Right wing	Václav Nedomanský

	LEADING SCORERS	Goals	Assists	Points
1.	Anatoli Firsov	10	4	14
2.	Boris Mikhailov	9	5	14
2.	Ulf Sterner	9	5	14
4.	Jaroslav Holík	4	10	14
5.	Valeri Kharlamov	6	7	13

1. Soviet Union
Goaltenders: Viktor Zinger, Viktor Puchkov.
Defencemen: Vitali Davydov, Igor Romishevsky, Alexander Ragulin, Vladimir Lutchenko, Yevgeni Paladiev, Viktor Kuzkin.
Forwards: Vladimir Vikulov, Alexander Maltsev, Anatoli Firsov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharlamov, Yevgeni Zimin, Viacheslav Starshinov, Alexander Yakushev, Yevgeni Mishakov, Vladimir Yurzinov.
Coaches: Arkady Chernyshev, Anatoli Tarasov.

2. Sweden
Goaltenders: Leif Holmqvist, Gunnar Bäckman.
Defencemen: Lennart Svedberg, Arne Carlsson, Bert-Olov Nordlander, Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Nils Johansson, Kjell-Rune Milton.
Forwards: Stig-Göran Johansson, Stefan Karlsson, Tord Lundström, Ulf Sterner, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Nygren, Mats Hysing, Dick Yderström, Roger Olsson, Leif Henriksson.
Coach: Arne Strömberg.

3. Czechoslovakia
Goaltenders: Vladimír Dzurilla, Miroslav Lacký.
Defencemen: Jan Suchý, Josef Horešovský, Oldřich Machač, František Pospíšil, Vladimír Bednář.
Forwards: František Ševčík, Jozef Golonka, Jaroslav Jiřík, Jan Hrbatý, Jaroslav Holík, Jiří Holík, Richard Farda, Václav Nedomanský, Josef Černý, Jan Klapáč, Jan Havel, Josef Augusta.
Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka.

4. Canada
Goaltenders: Wayne Stephenson, Steve Rexe.
Defencemen: Gary Begg, Terry O'Malley, Ken Stephanson, Jack Bownass, Bob Murdoch, Ab DeMarco, Jr.
Forwards: Gerry Pinder, Fran Huck, Morris Mott, Richie Bayes, Terry Caffery, Steve King, Chuck Lefley, Roger Bourbonnais, Ted Hargreaves, Bill Heindl, Danny O'Shea
Coach: Jackie McLeod.

5. Finland
Goaltenders: Urpo Ylönen, Lasse Kiili.
Defencemen: Seppo Lindström, Lalli Partinen, Juha Rantasila, Ilpo Koskela, Pekka Marjamäki.
Forwards: Lasse Oksanen, Juhani Wahlsten, Matti Keinonen, Esa Peltonen, Jorma Peltonen, Pekka Leimu, Lauri Mononen, Esa Isaksson, Juhani Jylhä, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Harju, Kari Johansson.
Coaches: Gustav Bubnik and Seppo Liitsola.

6. United States of America
Goaltenders: Mike Curran, John Lothrop.
Defencemen: Bruce Riutta, Carl Lackey, Jim Branch, Bob Paradise, John Mayasich.
Forwards: Ron Nasland, Paul Coppo, Larry Pleau, Larry Stordahl, Bill Reichert, Gary Gambucci, Tim Sheehy, Keith Christiansen, Pete Markle, Jerry Lackey, Larry Skime.
Coach: John Mayasich (player-coach).

Team Photos

Soviet Union

World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)

GDR

POL

YUG

GER

NOR

ROM

AUT

ITA

W

T

L

GF-GA

PTS

7.

East Germany

***

4:1

6:1

6:1

13:4

11:2

11:3

11:1

7

0

0

62:13

14

8.

Poland

1:4

***

4:1

3:2

5:1

4:2

9:1

5:2

6

0

1

31:13

12

9.

Yugoslavia

1:6

1:4

***

4:1

3:3

4:4

2:1

2:1

4

0

3

17:20

8

10.

Federal Republic of Germany

1:6

2:3

1:4

***

5:0

6:2

8:0

5:1

4

0

3

28:16

8

11.

Norway

4:13

1:5

3:3

0:5

***

5:4

3:3

10:2

3

0

4

26:35

6

12.

Romania

2:11

2:4

4:4

2:6

4:5

***

5:4

5:2

2

1

4

24:36

5

13.

Austria

3:11

1:9

1:2

0:8

3:3

4:5

***

3:1

1

1

5

15:39

3

14.

Italy

1:11

2:5

1:2

1:5

2:10

2:5

1:3

***

0

0

7

10:41

0

• East Germany and Poland were promoted to the 1970 Pool A tournament while Austria and Italy were demoted to Pool C.

Poland – Romania 4:2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

East Germany – Italy 11:1 (2:0, 4:1, 5:0)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

Norway – Austria 3:3 (2:0, 1:2, 0:1)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

Yugoslavia – Federal Republic of Germany 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

East Germany – Norway 13:4 (4:1, 5:0, 4:3)

1. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Federal Republic of Germany – Romania 6:2 (2:2, 2:0, 2:0)

1. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Yugoslavia – Italy 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1)

2. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Poland – Austria 9:1 (2:0, 3:0, 4:1)

2. March 1969 – Ljubljana

East Germany – Romania 11:2 (2:1, 4:1, 5:0)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Federal Republic of Germany – Norway 5:0 (0:0, 1:0, 4:0)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Poland – Italy 5:2 (0:0, 2:1, 3:1)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Yugoslavia – Austria 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Norway – Romania 5:4 (2:1, 3:1, 0:2)

4. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Federal Republic of Germany – East Germany 1:6 (0:1, 1:0, 0:5)

4. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Austria – Italy 3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1)

5. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Yugoslavia – Poland 1:4 (1:2, 0:0, 0:2)

5. March 1969 – Ljubljana

East Germany – Austria 11:3 (1:1, 7:1, 3:1)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Poland – Norway 5:1 (4:0, 1:1, 0:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Federal Republic of Germany – Italy 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Yugoslavia – Romania 4:4 (0:1, 3:3, 1:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Yugoslavia – Norway 3:3 (0:2, 2:0, 1:1)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Federal Republic of Germany – Austria 8:0 (2:0, 2:0, 4:0)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Romania – Italy 5:2 (0:1, 0:0, 5:1)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

East Germany – Poland 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Norway – Italy 10:2 (6:0, 3:2, 1:0)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Poland – Federal Republic of Germany 3:2 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Romania – Austria 5:4 (0:1, 2:3, 3:0)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

Yugoslavia – East Germany 1:6 (0:1, 0:4, 1:1)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

World Championship Group C (Yugoslavia)

JPN

SUI

HUN

NED

BUL

DEN

W

T

L

GF-GA

PTS

15.

Japan

***

5:2

6:3

11:0

3:4

11:1

4

0

1

36:10

8

16.

Switzerland

2:5

***

11:1

8:0

11:1

9:0

4

0

1

41:9

8

17.

Hungary

3:6

1:11

***

13:1

5:3

4:1

3

0

2

26:22

6

18.

Netherlands

0:11

0:8

1:13

***

7:5

4:3

2

0

3

12:40

4

19.

Bulgaria

4:3

3:11

3:5

5:7

***

4:2

2

0

3

19:28

4

20.

Denmark

1:11

0:9

1:4

3:4

2:4

***

0

0

5

7:32

0

• Japan, Switzerland and Hungary were promoted to the 1970 Pool B tournament.

Japan – Bulgaria 3:4 (0:0, 2:2, 1:2)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

Switzerland – Hungary 11:1 (3:0, 4:0, 4:1)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

Netherlands – Denmark 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

Switzerland – Netherlands 8:0 (2:0, 3:0, 3:0)

25. February 1969 – Skopje

Hungary – Bulgaria 5:3 (2:1, 2:2, 1:0)

26. February 1969 – Skopje

Japan – Denmark 11:1 (1:1, 5:0, 5:0)

26. February 1969 – Skopje

Netherlands – Bulgaria 7:5 (2:2, 4:1, 1:2)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

Japan – Hungary 6:3 (0:1, 4:1, 2:1)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

Switzerland – Denmark 9:0 (3:0, 5:0, 1:0)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

Japan – Netherlands 11:0 (5:0, 4:0, 2:0)

28. February 1969 – Skopje

Hungary – Denmark 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0)

1. March 1969 – Skopje

Switzerland – Bulgaria 11:3 (5:0, 3:3, 3:0)

1. March 1969 – Skopje

Bulgaria – Denmark 4:2 (1:1, 3:1, 0:0)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

Hungary – Netherlands 13:1 (5:0, 3:0, 5:1)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

Japan – Switzerland 5:2 (3:0, 1:2, 1:0)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

References

• Szemberg, Szymon & Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 1-55168-307-5