1966 Ice Hockey World Championships

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The 1966 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia from 3 to 14 March 1966. For the fourth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament. For the Soviets, it was their sixth World and tenth European title. Czechoslovakia beat both Canada and Sweden two to one, to take the Silver, while the Swedes' historic loss to East Germany helped put them fourth behind Canada for the Bronze.

1966 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Stamp of Yugoslavia dedicated to the 1966 World Ice Hockey Championships
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	3–14 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (6th title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	205 (7.32 per game)
Attendance	147,492 (5,268 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Veniamin Aleksandrov (17 points)
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The lower two tiers (Groups B and C) were formalized, so there would be no more qualifying tournaments with promotion and relegation taking places between these two tournaments as well. West Germany won all their games to return to the top level of competition while Great Britain went winless and was replaced by Group C winner Italy.

Qualifying round Group B/C (Bucharest Romania)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Romania	2	2	0	0	17	5	+12	4
2	Italy	2	1	0	1	12	8	+4	2
3	France	2	0	0	2	5	21	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 December 1965

11–3

11 December 1965

10–2

12 December 1965

6–2

Romania qualified in Group B

Italy and France qualified in Group C

World Championship Group A (Ljubljana)

The Canadian national team players wanted to withdraw from the World Championships in protest of the officiating in a loss to the Czechoslovakian national team in which Canada was the more-penalized team and had two goals disallowed. The team's manager Father David Bauer stayed up all night with the team and talked them into continuing to avoid a national embarrassment and sanctions against the team.^[1]^[2]

Final round

1966 World Championship opening ceremony

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	7	6	1	0	55	7	+48	13
2	Czechoslovakia	7	6	0	1	32	15	+17	12
3	Canada	7	5	0	2	33	10	+23	10
4	Sweden	7	3	1	3	26	17	+9	7
5	East Germany	7	3	0	4	12	30	−18	6
6	United States	7	2	0	5	18	39	−21	4
7	Finland	7	2	0	5	18	43	−25	4
8	Poland	7	0	0	7	11	44	−33	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Poland was relegated to Group B for 1967.

3 March

8–1

3 March

6–0

3 March

5–1

3 March

2–7

5 March

6–0

5 March

8–1

5 March

1–4

5 March

11–0

6 March

6–1

6 March

9–1

6 March

6–1

6 March

10–0

8 March

8–2

8 March

13–2

8 March

7–4

8 March

6–0

9 March

0–4

9 March

1–4

10 March

1–2

10 March

3–3

11 March

6–3

11 March

0–4

11 March

2–1

11 March

3–0

12 March

4–6

12 March

4–3

13 March

4–2

13 March

7–1

World Championship Group B (Zagreb)

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	West Germany	7	7	0	0	34	12	+22	14
10	Romania	7	5	1	1	29	16	+13	11
11	Yugoslavia	7	4	2	1	25	23	+2	10
12	Norway	7	4	0	3	28	17	+11	8
13	Austria	7	3	0	4	25	30	−5	6
14	Switzerland	7	2	0	5	24	26	−2	4
15	Hungary	7	1	0	6	19	30	−11	2
16	Great Britain	7	0	1	6	15	45	−30	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

West Germany was promoted to the top level while Great Britain was relegated to Group C for 1967 (but did not participate again until 1971).

3 March

12–2

3 March

3–4

3 March

6–3

3 March

6–4

4 March

4–1

4 March

6–3

4 March

2–7

4 March

2–1

6 March

0–4

6 March

8–1

6 March

7–6

6 March

2–6

7 March

3–4

7 March

2–4

7 March

10–4

7 March

3–2

9 March

1–7

9 March

0–4

9 March

2–5

9 March

3–3

10 March

4–1

10 March

0–1

11 March

2–1

11 March

5–5

12 March

3–2

12 March

1–6

12 March

1–4

12 March

4–2

World Championship Group C (Jesenice)

A Yugoslav 'B' team participated unofficially in the tournament, playing games against each of the three other participating nations. This was South Africa's last appearance in the World Championships until 1992.

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Italy	5	5	0	0	54	8	+46	10
18	Denmark	5	2	1	2	21	21	0	5
19	Yugoslavia B	3	1	1	1	11	13	−2	3
20	South Africa	5	0	0	5	4	50	−46	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Italy was promoted to Group B, France decided not to participate, Yugoslavia B team participated instead of France

3 March

9–0

4 March

17–0

5 March

B

5–5

6 March

2–18

7 March

7–1

8 March

5–12

10 March

B

4–1

11 March

2–6

12 March

B

2–7

Ranking and statistics

1966 IIHF World Championship winners
Soviet Union 6th title

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Seth Martin
- Best Defenceman: Alexander Ragulin
- Best Forward: Konstantin Loktev
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Seth Martin
- Defence: Gary Begg, Alexander Ragulin
- Forwards: Veniamin Alexandrov, Fran Huck, Konstantin Loktev

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Canada
4	Sweden
5	East Germany
6	United States
7	Finland
8	Poland

European championships final standings

Please note: At the time of the championship Sweden was awarded the bronze, however, East Germany should have won because of their better record amongst only European clubs. In 1999 this mistake was corrected and living players were presented with the medals they were supposed to have won.^[3]

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	East Germany
4	Sweden
5	Finland
6	Poland

Citations

^ Cole, Rick (11 March 2016). "Players Relent – Canada Back In Tourney". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ Oliver, Greg (2017). Father Bauer and the Great Experiment: The Genesis of Canadian Olympic Hockey. Toronto, Ontario: ECW Press. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-1-77041-249-1.
^ Müller

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1966 IIHF World Championship.

Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904–2005. Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9.
Summary (in french)
Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 139–40.
Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 978-1-55168-307-2

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