1978 World Championship

The 1978 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 26th April to 14th May. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once in the first round, and then the four best teams meeting in a new round. This was the 45th World Championships, and also the 56th ice hockey European Championships.

First round[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points Difference	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	7	7	0	0	44 - 15	14
2	Soviet Union	7	6	0	1	46 - 23	12
3	Canada	7	4	0	3	32 - 26	8
4	Sweden	7	4	0	3	35 - 21	8
5	West Germany	7	2	1	4	23 - 35	5
6	United States	7	1	1	5	25 - 42	3
7	East Germany	7	1	1	5	13 - 45	3
8	Finland	7	1	1	5	23 - 34	3

26 April
	Sweden	6-2	West Germany

26 April
	Czechoslovakia	8-0	East Germany

26 April
	Soviet Union	9-5	United States

27 April
	Finland	6-4	Canada

27 April
	Soviet Union	7-4	West Germany

27 April
	Sweden	5-1	United States

28 April
	Czechoslovakia	6-4	Finland

28 April
	Canada	6-2	East Germany

29 April
	Sweden	10-1	East Germany

29 April
	Czechoslovakia	8-2	West Germany

30 April
	Canada	7-2	United States

30 April
	Soviet Union	6-3	Finland

01 May
	Canada	6-2	West Germany

01 May
	Soviet Union	10-2	East Germany

02 May
	Czechoslovakia	8-3	United States

02 May
	Sweden	6-1	Finland

03 May
	West Germany	7-4	United States

03 May
	East Germany	4-3	Finland

04 May
	Czechoslovakia	5-0	Canada

04 May
	Soviet Union	6-1	Sweden

05 May
	West Germany	5-3	Finland

05 May
	United States	7-3	East Germany

06 May
	Czechoslovakia	6-4	Soviet Union

06 May
	Canada	7-5	Sweden

07 May
	East Germany	1-1	West Germany

07 May
	Finland	3-3	United States

08 May
	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Sweden

08 May
	Soviet Union	4-2	Canada

Final Round 1-4 place[]

	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	10	9	1	61 - 26	18
2	Czechoslovakia	10	9	1	54 - 21	18
3	Canada	10	5	5	38 - 36	10
4	Sweden	10	4	6	39 - 37	8

10 May
	Soviet Union	5-1	Canada

10 May
	Czechoslovakia	6-1	Sweden

12 May
	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Canada

12 May
	Soviet Union	7-1	Sweden

14 May
	Canada	3-2	Sweden

14 May
	Soviet Union	3-1	Czechoslovakia

Consolation Round 5-8 place[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
5	West Germany	10	3	3	4	35 - 43	9
6	United States	10	2	2	6	38 - 58	6
7	Finland	10	2	2	6	37 - 44	6
8	East Germany	10	1	3	6	20 - 57	5

09 May
	Finland	4-4	West Germany

09 May
	United States	5-5	East Germany

11 May
	West Germany	0-0	East Germany

11 May
	United States	4-3	Finland

13 May
	West Germany	8-4	United States

13 May
	Finland	7-2	East Germany

World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
9	Poland	7	6	1	0	51 - 19	13
10	Japan	7	5	1	1	26 - 17	11
11	Switzerland	7	4	1	2	42 - 32	9
12	Romania	7	3	1	3	41 - 29	7
13	Hungary	7	3	0	4	21 - 36	6
14	Norway	7	2	1	4	29 - 34	5
15	Italy	7	1	1	5	32 - 41	3
16	Yugoslavia	7	1	0	6	14 - 48	2

17 March
	Italy	4-5	Japan

17 March
	Switzerland	1-8	Poland

17 March
	Romania	6-4	Norway

17 March
	Yugoslavia	2-4	Hungary

18 March
	Hungary	4-3	Norway

18 March
	Yugoslavia	2-5	Poland

19 March
	Romania	5-5	Italy

19 March
	Japan	1-6	Switzerland

20 March
	Hungary	1-2	Japan

20 March
	Romania	3-7	Switzerland

20 March
	Norway	4-9	Poland

20 March
	Yugoslavia	3-12	Italy

21 March
	Poland	7-2	Hungary

21 March
	Yugoslavia	1-7	Norway

22 March
	Japan	5-2	Romania

22 March
	Italy	4-7	Switzerland

23 March
	Hungary	0-8	Romania

23 March
	Switzerland	6-6	Norway

23 March
	Italy	2-12	Poland

23 March
	Yugoslavia	1-6	Japan

25 March
	Switzerland	12-5	Hungary

25 March
	Norway	4-3	Italy

25 March
	Poland	2-2	Japan

25 March
	Yugoslavia	0-11	Romania

26 March
	Norway	1-5	Japan

26 March
	Italy	2-5	Hungary

26 March
	Yugoslavia	5-3	Switzerland

26 March
	Poland	8-6	Romania

World Championship Group C (Spain)[]

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
17	Netherlands	7	6	1	0	74 - 17	13
18	Austria	7	5	1	1	65 - 31	11
19	Denmark	7	4	1	2	59 - 25	9
20	China	7	4	0	3	47 - 30	8
21	Bulgaria	7	3	1	3	27 - 30	7
22	France	7	3	0	4	46 - 39	6
23	Spain	7	1	0	6	26 - 84	2
24	Belgium	7	0	0	7	13 - 101	0

10 March
	China	8-4	France

10 March
	Netherlands	18-3	Belgium

10 March
	Austria	7-4	Denmark

10 March
	Spain	2-7	Bulgaria

12 March
	China	3-2	Denmark

12 March
	Austria	9-7	France

12 March
	Spain	11-4	Belgium

12 March
	Bulgaria	0-8	Netherlands

13 March
	China	12-1	Belgium

13 March
	Denmark	7-6	France

13 March
	Spain	0-19	Netherlands

13 March
	Austria	3-3	Bulgaria

15 March
	Bulgaria	10-3	Belgium

15 March
	Netherlands	12-3	France

15 March
	Austria	9-4	China

15 March
	Spain	2-10	Denmark

16 March
	Netherlands	3-3	Denmark

16 March
	France	9-0	Belgium

16 March
	Spain	4-14	Austria

16 March
	China	2-4	Bulgaria

18 March
	Austria	19-1	Belgium

18 March
	Denmark	8-3	Bulgaria

18 March
	Spain	3-13	France

18 March
	China	4-6	Netherlands

19 March
	Denmark	22-1	Belgium

19 March
	Bulgaria	0-4	France

19 March
	Austria	4-8	Netherlands

	Spain	4-14	China
19 March

World Championships[]

1978 World Championships	Country
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Canada
4	Sweden
5	Germany
6	United States
7	Finland
8	East Germany

European Championships Medal Table[]

1978 European Championships	Country
Gold	Czechoslovakia
Silver	Soviet Union
Bronze	Sweden
4	Germany
5	Finland
6	East Germany

Photos[]

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