First Round - Red Division[]
| Team advanced to the Final Round | |
| Team advanced to Consolation Round |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soviet Union
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 10 |
 Finland
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 6 |
 Canada
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 6 |
 Poland
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 4 |
 Netherlands
|
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 3 |
 Japan
|
5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC-5).
| 12 February 1980 20:40 |
Japan
|
0 – 16 (0–8, 0–5, 0–3) |
Soviet Union
|
Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referee: Kompalla | ||||
| 0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 0 – 7 0 – 8 0 – 9 0 – 10 0 – 11 0 – 12 0 – 13 0 – 14 0 – 15 0 – 16 |
03:42 - Starikov (Petrov, Mikhailov) 07:55 - Kharlamov (Mikhailov) 09:47 - A. Golikov (Makarov, Starikov) 12:19 - Fetisov (Petrov, Kharlamov) 14:59 - A. Golikov (Makarov) 17:30 - Balderis (Starikov, Zhluktov) 19:00 - V. Golikov (Makarov) 19:27 - V. Golikov (Fetisov, A. Golikov) 20:06 - Petrov (Kasatonov) 21:20 - Kasatonov (Mikhailov, Balderis) 24:20 - Makarov (V. Golikov, Vasiliev) 26:33 - Mikhailov (Starikov, Kharlamov) 38:06 - Fetisov (Mikhailov, Kharlamov) 46:26 - Zhluktov (Balderis, Skvortsov) 51:21 - Petrov (Pervukhin, Kharlamov) 54:49 - A. Golikov (Makarov, V. Golikov) | |||
| 0 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
| 17 | Shots | 67 | ||
| 14 February 1980 20:00 |
Japan
|
3 – 6 (0–2, 2–2, 1–2) |
Finland
|
Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referee: Haley | ||||
S. Misawa (Hori, Hanzawa) - 37:57 Honma (Hori, S. Misawa) (PP) - 39:59 Azuma (Matsuda) - 47:38 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 1 – 4 2 – 4 2 – 5 3 – 5 3 – 6 |
02:02 - Hakulinen (Peltonen) (PP) 05:43 - Leinonen (Kiimalainen) 22:47 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo) 33:36 - Leinonen (Leinonen, Porvari) 43:34 - Kiimalainen 51:11 - Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 29 | Shots | 51 | ||
| 16 February 1980 16:30 |
Japan
|
3 – 3 (3–1, 0–1, 0–1) |
Netherlands
|
Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Referee:  Vladimir Šubrt | ||||
| Sakurai - 14:22 Urabe - 14:41 Urabe (Honma) - 14:41 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 |
18:43 - van Gog (deGraauw) 33:39 - de Cloe (deGraauw, Peternousek) 57:15 - de Cloe (deGraauw, van Gog) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 23 | Shots | 27 | ||
| 18 February 1980 13:00 |
Canada
|
6 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0) |
Japan
|
Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referee: Neagles | ||||
| Devaney (Zupancich, d'Alvise) (PP) - 09:36 Primeau - 14:35 MacLean (Maxwell) - 23:17 Davidson - 26:19 W. Anderson - 41:27 Hindmarch - 50:22 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 |
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| 14 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||
| 48 | Shots | 13 | ||
| 20 February 1980 16:30 |
Poland
|
5 – 1 (3–0, 1–0, 1–1) |
Japan
|
Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referee: Lindgren | ||||
| Zabawa (Małysiak, Janiszewski) - 03:03 Dziubiński (Kokoszka, Chowaniec) - 04:20 Małysiak (Jobczyk, Zabawa) - 11:37 Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa) - 26:05 Pytel (Marcinczak, Ujwary) (PP) - 43:57 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 5 – 1 |
54:50 - Fujii (Misawa, Hanzawa) | ||
| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 53 | Shots | 12 | ||