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The 1973 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 40th Ice Hockey World Championships and the 51st European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in the Soviet Union from 31 March to 15 April and the games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow.

1973 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
A Soviet stamp sheet dedicated to the 1973 World Ice Hockey Championships
Host country	Soviet Union
Dates	31 March – 15 April
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (12th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	258 (8.6 per game)
Attendance	331,500 (11,050 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vladimir Petrov 34 points
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Six teams took part in the main tournament, with each team playing each other twice. The Soviet Union took back their world title and became World Champions for the 12th time.

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	10	10	0	0	100	18	+82	20
2	Sweden	10	7	1	2	53	23	+30	15
3	Czechoslovakia	10	6	1	3	48	20	+28	13
4	Finland	10	3	1	6	24	39	−15	7
5	Poland	10	1	1	8	14	76	−62	3
6	West Germany	10	1	0	9	19	82	−63	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

West Germany was relegated to Group B.

31 March

14–1

31 March

17–1

1 April

2–11

1 April

8–3

2 April

2–0

2 April

8–2

3 April

4–2

3 April

9–3

4 April

2–8

4 April

0–5

5 April

2–3

5 April

3–2

6 April

2–4

7 April

2–4

7 April

6–1

8 April

1–4

8 April

2–18

9 April

7–0

9 April

2–1

10 April

3–3

10 April

9–1

11 April

2–7

11 April

20–0

12 April

12–1

12 April

1–1

13 April

2–1

13 April

4–2

14 April

1–4

15 April

8–0

15 April

6–4

World Championship Group B (Austria)

Played in Graz, 22 to 31 March. The Austrian team was coached by Father David Bauer who had established the Canada men's national ice hockey team.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	East Germany	7	7	0	0	56	21	+35	14
8	United States	7	5	1	1	52	23	+29	11
9	Yugoslavia	7	4	2	1	36	22	+14	10
10	Romania	7	4	1	2	24	20	+4	9
11	Austria	7	2	0	5	21	44	−23	4
12	Japan	7	2	0	5	23	28	−5	4
13	Switzerland	7	2	0	5	26	44	−18	4
14	Italy	7	0	0	7	18	54	−36	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

East Germany was promoted to Group A, both Switzerland and Italy were relegated to group C. Rating Austria, Japan and Switzerland against each other head to head, they each had two points, Austria had a goal differential of +2, Japan +1, and Switzerland -3.

22 March

6–4

22 March

6–4

22 March

4–3

22 March

2–4

23 March

6–6

23 March

6–5

24 March

3–0

24 March

8–5

25 March

4–6

25 March

2–5

25 March

6–0

25 March

2–4

26 March

11–0

26 March

1–6

27 March

4–5

27 March

4–2

28 March

5–3

28 March

5–4

28 March

8–4

28 March

0–9

30 March

6–3

30 March

4–3

30 March

1–15

30 March

8–4

31 March

3–5

31 March

4–10

31 March

2–2

31 March

2–12

World Championship Group C (Netherlands)

Played in Geleen, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Tilburg and The Hague, from 9 to 18 March.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Norway	7	7	0	0	53	14	+39	14
16	Netherlands	7	5	0	2	52	21	+31	10
17	Hungary	7	5	0	2	44	24	+20	10
18	Bulgaria	7	3	1	3	29	28	+1	7
19	China	7	2	2	3	21	28	−7	6
20	France	7	3	0	4	23	29	−6	6
21	Denmark	7	0	2	5	22	58	−36	2
22	Great Britain	7	0	1	6	18	60	−42	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Norway and the Netherlands were promoted to Group B.

9 March

3–3

9 March

9–0

9 March

4–3

9 March

2–4

10 March

3–3

10 March

3–1

10 March

14–2

10 March

5–3

12 March

4–0

12 March

2–1

12 March

7–1

12 March

13–3

13 March

6–3

13 March

11–3

13 March

9–6

13 March

8–5

15 March

2–1

15 March

9–2

15 March

6–0

15 March

14–0

16 March

8–3

16 March

5–1

16 March

8–8

16 March

7–0

18 March

7–1

18 March

6–5

18 March

11–5

18 March

3–6

Ranking and statistics

1973 IIHF World Championship winners
Soviet Union 12th title

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Jiří Holeček
- Best Defenceman: Valeri Vasiliev
- Best Forward: Boris Mikhailov
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Jiří Holeček
- Defence: Alexander Gusev, Börje Salming
- Forwards: Valeri Kharlamov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia
4	Finland
5	Poland
6	West Germany

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia
4	Finland
5	Poland
6	West Germany

References

^ "Bauer, Father David -- Biography -- Honoured Builder". Legends of Hockey. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

External links

Complete results
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. p. 143.

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