1969 Ice Hockey World Championships

For the seventh straight year, the Soviet Union won the Pool A tournament. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in Czechoslovakia, but due to the Soviet invasion of the country, they declined to host.[1] In the two games the Czechoslovak and Soviet teams played against each other, the Czechoslovak team won both times, becoming the first team to beat the Soviet Union twice in the same international tournament.[1] For the first time in international ice hockey, body-checking was allowed in all three zones of the ice.[2] Team USA was demoted to Pool-B after losing all ten games.

Pos.

Team

URS

SWE

TCH

CAN

FIN

USA

W

T

L

GF-GA

PTS

1.

Soviet Union

***

4:2*

0:2*

7:1*

6:1*

17:2*

8

0

2

59:23

16

2.

Sweden

2:3

***

2:0*

5:1*

6:3*

8:2*

8

0

2

45:19

16

3.

Czechoslovakia

4:3

0:1

***

6:1*

7:4*

8:3*

8

0

2

40:20

16

4.

Canada

2:4

2:4

2:3

***

5:1*

5:0*

4

0

6

26:31

8

5.

Finland

3:7

0:5

2:4

1:6

***

4:3*

2

0

8

26:52

4

6.

United States

4:8

4:10

2:6

0:1

3:7

***

0

0

10

23:74

0

47.	European Championship Rankings (URS-SWE-CSK-FIN games only)
1.	Soviet Union
2.	Sweden
3.	Czechoslovakia
4.	Finland

 Czechoslovakia –  Canada 6:1 (1:0, 2:1, 3:0)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Suchý 2, Nedomanský, Jiří Holík, Ševčík, Horešovský – King.
Referees: Wiking, Dahlberg (SWE)

 Sweden –  Finland 6:3 (3:1, 1:1, 2:1)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Henriksson 2, Sterner, Nilsson - J. Peltonen, Keinonen, Isaksson.

 Soviet Union –  United States 17:2 (3:0, 11:0, 3:2)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Starshinov 4, Firsov 4, Mikhailov 3, Yurzinov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Petrov, Mishakov - Lackey 2.

 Canada –  Finland 5:1 (1:1, 1:0, 3:0)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Caffery 2, Pinder, Bourbonnais, Huck - Keinonen.

 Sweden –  Soviet Union 2:4 (2:1, 0:1, 0:2)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Nilsson, Johansson – Starshinov, Maltsev, Mikhailov, Kharlamov.

 Czechoslovakia –  United States 8:3 (2:1, 4:2, 2:0)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Jar. Holík 2, Farda, Suchý, Hrbatý, Golonka – Lackey, Christiansen, Stordahl.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Czechoslovakia –  Finland 7:4 (4:1, 3:1, 0:2)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Machač 3, Nedomanský 2, Suchý, Jiří Holík – Rantasila 2, Partinen, Mononen.
Referees: Joyal, Villancourt (CAN)

 Sweden –  United States 8:2 (1:2, 3:0, 4:0)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Carlsson, Milton, Karlsson, Johansson, Lundström, Olsson - Markle, Pleau.

 Soviet Union –  Canada 7:1 (5:1, 2:0, 0:0)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Vikulov 2, Firsov 2, Kharlamov 2, Yakushev - Pinder.

 Soviet Union -  Finland 6:1 (3:0, 1:0, 2:1)

19. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Petrov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Firsov, Kharlamov - Oksanen.

 Czechoslovakia -  Sweden 0:2 (0:1, 0:0, 0:1)

19. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Palmqvist, Nilsson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Joyal (CAN)

 Canada –  United States 5:0 (1:0, 0:0, 4:0)

20. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Hargreaves, Caffery, Bayes, King, Huck.

 Sweden –  Canada 5:1 (1:1, 3:0, 1:0)

21. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Svedberg, Sjöberg, Johansson - Caffery.

 Czechoslovakia -  Soviet Union 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)

21. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: 33. Suchý, 47. Černý.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Finland –  United States 4:3 (1:1, 1:0, 2:2)

22. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: E. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Wahlsten - Pleau, Mayasich, Sheehy.

 United States –  Soviet Union 4:8 (1:3, 1:2, 2:3)

23. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Mayasich 2, Skime, Naslund - Mishakov 2, Paladiev, Firsov, Mikhailov, Petrov, Kharlamov, Yurzinov.

 Sweden –  Finland 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0)

23. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Karlsson 3, Sjöberg, Johansson.

 Czechoslovakia -  Canada 3:2 (1:1, 1:0, 1:1)

23. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Golomka, Hrbatý, Jar. Holík – Heindl, Bayes.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Trumble (USA)

 Sweden –  Soviet Union 2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:1)

24. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Sjöberg, Nygren - Mikhailov 2, Petrov.

 Czechoslovakia -  Finland 4:2 (2:2, 1:0, 1:0)

25. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Jiřík 2, Jiří Holík, Nedomanský – Keinonen, Isaksson.
Referees: Wiking (SWE), Trumble (USA)

 United States -  Canada 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)

25. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorer: Mott.

 Finland -  Soviet Union 3:7 (0:1, 1:4, 2:2)

26. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Leimu, Isaksson, Oksanen – Paladiev, Zimin, Starshinov, Maltsev, Petrov, Firsov, Mishakov

 Czechoslovakia -  United States 6:2 (2:0, 2:1, 2:1)

26. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Černý 2, Pospíšil, Machač – Pieau, Skime.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Sweden –  Canada 4:2 (1:0, 0:2, 3:0)

27. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Johansson, Håkan Nygren – Pinder, Heindl.

 Czechoslovakia -  Soviet Union 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1)

28. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: 15. Jiří Holík, 20. Nedomanský, 49. Horešovský, 51. Jar. Holík – 22. Kharlamov, 33. Firsov, 58. Ragulin.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Finland –  Canada 1:6 (0:3, 1:2, 0:1)

29. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Mononen - King, Stephanson, Heindl, Begg, Mott, Huck.

 Sweden –  United States 10:4 (6:2, 1:1, 3:1)

29. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Milton 3, Nilsson 3, Karlsson, Johansson, Nygren, Olsson - Lackey, Pleau, Stordahl, Gambucci.

 United States –  Finland 3:7 (1:1, 0:5, 2:1)

30. March 1969 - Stockholm
Goalscorers: Pleau, Stordahl, Christiansen - Rantasila 2, J. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Harju, E. Peltonen.

 Czechoslovakia –  Sweden 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)

30. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorer: 18. Olsson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Vaillancourt (CAN)

 Canada –  Soviet Union 2:4 (1:1, 0:1, 1:2)

30. March 1969 – Stockholm
Goalscorers: Demarco, Heindl - Mikhailov 2, Romishevsky, Maltsev.

	LEADING SCORERS	Goals	Assists	Points
1.	Anatoli Firsov	10	4	14
2.	Boris Mikhailov	9	5	14
2.	Ulf Sterner	9	5	14
4.	Jaroslav Holík	4	10	14
5.	Valeri Kharlamov	6	7	13

1.  Soviet Union
Goaltenders: Viktor Zinger, Viktor Puchkov.
Defencemen: Vitali Davydov, Igor Romishevsky, Alexander Ragulin, Vladimir Lutchenko, Yevgeni Paladiev, Viktor Kuzkin.
Forwards: Vladimir Vikulov, Alexander Maltsev, Anatoli Firsov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharlamov, Yevgeni Zimin, Viacheslav Starshinov, Alexander Yakushev, Yevgeni Mishakov, Vladimir Yurzinov.
Coaches: Arkady Chernyshev, Anatoli Tarasov.

2.  Sweden
Goaltenders: Leif Holmqvist, Gunnar Bäckman.
Defencemen: Lennart Svedberg, Arne Carlsson, Bert-Ola Nordlander, Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Nils Johansson, Kjell-Rune Milton.
Forwards: Stig-Göran Johansson, Stefan Karlsson, Tord Lundström, Ulf Sterner, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Nygren, Mats Hysing, Dick Yderström, Roger Olsson, Leif Henriksson.
Coach: Arne Strömberg.

3.  Czechoslovakia
Goaltenders: Vladimír Dzurilla, Miroslav Lacký.
Defencemen: Jan Suchý, Josef Horešovský, Oldřich Machač, František Pospíšil, Vladimír Bednář.
Forwards: František Ševčík, Jozef Golonka, Jaroslav Jiřík, Jan Hrbatý, Jaroslav Holík, Jiří Holík, Richard Farda, Václav Nedomanský, Josef Černý, Jan Klapáč, Jan Havel, Josef Augusta.
Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka.

4.  Canada
Goaltenders: Wayne Stephenson, Ken Dryden.
Defencemen: Gary Begg, Terry O'Malley, Ken Stephanson, Jack Bownass, Bob Murdoch, Ab DeMarco, Jr.
Forwards: Gerry Pinder, Fran Huck, Morris Mott, Richie Bayes, Terry Caffery, Steve King, Chuck Lefley, Roger Bourbonnais, Ted Hargreaves, Bill Heindl, Danny O'Shea
Coach: Jackie McLeod.

5.  Finland
Goaltenders: Urpo Ylönen, Lasse Kiili.
Defencemen: Seppo Lindström, Lalli Partinen, Juha Rantasila, Ilpo Koskela, Pekka Marjamäki.
Forwards: Lasse Oksanen, Juhani Wahlsten, Matti Keinonen, Esa Peltonen, Jorma Peltonen, Pekka Leimu, Lauri Mononen, Esa Isaksson, Juhani Jylhä, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Harju, Kari Johansson.
Coaches: Gustav Bubnik and Seppo Liitsola.

6.  United States
Goaltenders: Mike Curran, John Lothrop.
Defencemen: Bruce Riutta, Carl Lackey, Jim Branch, Bob Paradise, John Mayasich.
Forwards: Ron Nasland, Paul Coppo, Larry Pleau, Larry Stordahl, Bill Reichert, Gary Gambucci, Tim Sheehy, Keith Christiansen, Pete Markle, Jerry Lackey, Larry Skime.
Coach: John Mayasich (player-coach).

Match between Austria and Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia won 2–1.

GDR

POL

YUG

GER

NOR

ROM

AUT

ITA

W

T

L

GF-GA

PTS

7.

East Germany

***

4:1

6:1

6:1

13:4

11:2

11:3

11:1

7

0

0

62:13

14

8.

Poland

1:4

***

4:1

3:2

5:1

4:2

9:1

5:2

6

0

1

31:13

12

9.

Yugoslavia

1:6

1:4

***

4:1

3:3

4:4

2:1

2:1

3

2

2

17:20

8

10.

West Germany

1:6

2:3

1:4

***

5:0

6:2

8:0

5:1

4

0

3

28:16

8

11.

Norway

4:13

1:5

3:3

0:5

***

5:4

3:3

10:2

2

2

3

26:35

6

12.

Romania

2:11

2:4

4:4

2:6

4:5

***

5:4

5:2

2

1

4

24:36

5

13.

Austria

3:11

1:9

1:2

0:8

3:3

4:5

***

3:1

1

1

5

15:39

3

14.

Italy

1:11

2:5

1:2

1:5

2:10

2:5

1:3

***

0

0

7

10:41

0

• East Germany was promoted to the 1970 Pool A tournament while Austria and Italy were demoted to Pool C. Later, when Canada withdrew from international play, second place Poland was also promoted to fill their spot.

 Poland –  Romania 4:2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Italy 11:1 (2:0, 4:1, 5:0)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

 Norway –  Austria 3:3 (2:0, 1:2, 0:1)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  West Germany 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Norway 13:4 (4:1, 5:0, 4:3)

1. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  Romania 6:2 (2:2, 2:0, 2:0)

1. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Italy 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1)

2. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Poland –  Austria 9:1 (2:0, 3:0, 4:1)

2. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Romania 11:2 (2:1, 4:1, 5:0)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  Norway 5:0 (0:0, 1:0, 4:0)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Poland –  Italy 5:2 (0:0, 2:1, 3:1)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Austria 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Norway –  Romania 5:4 (2:1, 3:1, 0:2)

4. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  East Germany 1:6 (0:1, 1:0, 0:5)

4. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Austria –  Italy 3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1)

5. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Poland 1:4 (1:2, 0:0, 0:2)

5. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Austria 11:3 (1:1, 7:1, 3:1)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Poland –  Norway 5:1 (4:0, 1:1, 0:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  Italy 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Romania 4:4 (0:1, 3:3, 1:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  Norway 3:3 (0:2, 2:0, 1:1)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 West Germany –  Austria 8:0 (2:0, 2:0, 4:0)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Romania –  Italy 5:2 (0:1, 0:0, 5:1)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 East Germany –  Poland 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Norway –  Italy 10:2 (6:0, 3:2, 1:0)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Poland –  West Germany 3:2 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Romania –  Austria 5:4 (0:1, 2:3, 3:0)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

 Yugoslavia –  East Germany 1:6 (0:1, 0:4, 1:1)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

JPN

SUI

HUN

NED

BUL

DEN

W

T

L

GF-GA

PTS

15.

Japan

***

5:2

6:3

11:0

3:4

11:1

4

0

1

36:10

8

16.

Switzerland

2:5

***

11:1

8:0

11:1

9:0

4

0

1

41:9

8

17.

Hungary

3:6

1:11

***

13:1

5:3

4:1

3

0

2

26:22

6

18.

Netherlands

0:11

0:8

1:13

***

7:5

4:3

2

0

3

12:40

4

19.

Bulgaria

4:3

3:11

3:5

5:7

***

4:2

2

0

3

19:28

4

20.

Denmark

1:11

0:9

1:4

3:4

2:4

***

0

0

5

7:32

0

• Japan, and Switzerland were promoted to the 1970 Pool B tournament. Later Bulgaria was elevated as well to fill the vacancy left by Poland.

 Japan –  Bulgaria 3:4 (0:0, 2:2, 1:2)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

  Switzerland –  Hungary 11:1 (3:0, 4:0, 4:1)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

 Netherlands –  Denmark 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

  Switzerland –  Netherlands 8:0 (2:0, 3:0, 3:0)

25. February 1969 – Skopje

 Hungary –  Bulgaria 5:3 (2:1, 2:2, 1:0)

26. February 1969 – Skopje

 Japan –  Denmark 11:1 (1:1, 5:0, 5:0)

26. February 1969 – Skopje

 Netherlands –  Bulgaria 7:5 (2:2, 4:1, 1:2)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

 Japan –  Hungary 6:3 (0:1, 4:1, 2:1)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

  Switzerland –  Denmark 9:0 (3:0, 5:0, 1:0)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

 Japan –  Netherlands 11:0 (5:0, 4:0, 2:0)

28. February 1969 – Skopje

 Hungary –  Denmark 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0)

1. March 1969 – Skopje

  Switzerland –  Bulgaria 11:3 (5:0, 3:3, 3:0)

1. March 1969 – Skopje

 Bulgaria –  Denmark 4:2 (1:1, 3:1, 0:0)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

 Hungary –  Netherlands 13:1 (5:0, 3:0, 5:1)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

 Japan –   Switzerland 5:2 (3:0, 1:2, 1:0)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

• Czechoslovak Hockey Riots - developed as a direct result of the competition.

• 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. p. 141.
• Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 1-55168-307-5

• IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)