First round - Blue Division[]
| Team advanced to the Final Round | |
| Team advanced to Consolation Round |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 9 |
 United States of America
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 |
 Czechoslovakia
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 6 |
 Romania
|
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 3 |
 Federal Republic of Germany
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 2 |
 Norway
|
5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC-5).
| 12 February 1980 16:30 |
Romania
|
6 – 4 (1–1, 2–3, 3–0) |
Federal Republic of Germany
|
Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referee: Neagles | ||||
| Costea (Moroşan) (PP) - 5:15 Costea (E. Antal, Tureanu) (PP) - 24:46 Tureanu (Gall, Costea) - 37:46 Tureanu (Costea) - 44:12 Tureanu (Gall) - 46:30 Olenici - 53:17 |
1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 3 – 4 4 – 4 5 – 4 6 – 4 |
11:50 - Vacatko (Philipp, Krüll) 22:37 - Truntschka (Egen, Kiessling) 26:13 - Vacatko (Kuhl, Philipp) 35:34 - Egen (Scharf) (PP) | ||
| 16 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
| 38 | Shots | 53 | ||
| 14 February 1980 13:00 |
Romania
|
0 – 8 (0–3, 0–4, 0–1) |
Sweden
|
Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Referee:  Karl-Gustav Kaisla | ||||
| 0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 0 – 7 0 – 8 |
00:40 - Åhlberg (Näslund) 05:59 - Lundqvist (Samuelsson, Berglund) 07:42 - J. Eriksson (Waltin) 21:50 - T. Eriksson (Söderström, Molin) (PP) 28:05 - Molin 32:31 - Molin (Berglund) 37:17 - Lundholm (H. Eriksson) 50:18 - Jonsson (Holmgren) | |||
| 26 min | Penalties | 15 min | ||
| 19 | Shots | 44 | ||
| 16 February 1980 13:00 |
Romania
|
2 – 7 (0–2, 1–3, 1–2) |
Czechoslovakia
|
Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Referee:  Josef Kompalla | ||||
Cazacu (Halauca, Sólyom) - 21:39 Cazacu (Gall) - 44:08 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 1 – 6 2 – 6 2 – 7 |
13:35 - P. Šťastný (Bubla, A. Šťastný) 19:00 - Lukáč (Nový, Pouzar) 26:07 - Kadlec 28:43 - Nový (Pouzar, Kaberle) 33:41 - P. Šťastný 41:46 - Lukáč (Neliba) 45:46 - Pouzar (Lukáč, Nový) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
| 29 | Shots | 45 | ||
| 18 February 1980 20:30 |
United States of America
|
7 – 2 (2–0, 2–1, 3–1) |
Romania
|
Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referee: Dombrovski | ||||
| Schneider (Pavelich, Harrington) - 12:03 Strobel (Schneider, Ramesy) - 15:52 Wells (Verchota, Morrow) - 29:34 Schneider (Harrington) - 37:05 Christoff (O'Callahan) (PP) - 43:14 Broten (Eruzione) - 56:12 McClanahan (Johnson) - 58:09 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 5 – 2 6 – 2 7 – 2 |
33:40 - Tureanu (Nistor) (PP) 52:48 - Halauca (Moroşan) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 51 | Shots | 21 | ||
| 20 February 1980 13:00 |
Norway
|
3 – 3 (1–1, 0–1, 2–1) |
Romania
|
Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Referee:  Vladimir Šubrt | ||||
| Foyn (Myhre, Falk Nilsen) (PP) - 00:56 Sethereng (Falk Nilsen, Molberg) (PP) - 58:39 Molberg (Myhre, Nilsen) - 59:31 |
1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 |
05:10 - Costea (E. Antal, Tureanu) 31:27 - Gall (E. Antal, Axinte) 52:43 - Tureanu (Gall) | ||
| 26 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 29 | ||