The 1972 Winter Olympics Hockey Tournament was held in Sapporo , Japan . For the first time, the Olympic hockey tournament did not have the status of a world championship.
| Olympic Hockey Tournament 1972 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament Details | |
| Country |  Japan |
| City of | Sapporo |
| Time spending | February 3 - February 13 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Bombardier (s) |  Valery Kharlamov - 16 (9 + 7) |
For the 12th time in the hockey tournament of the Olympic Games, a set of medals was played among men.
6 teams of Division A, 5 strongest teams of Division B were admitted to the tournament, according to the results of the 1971 World Cup, and the hosts of the Games were the Japanese team.
According to the results of the 1971 World Cup , a preliminary tournament was immediately held. The losers held the tournament according to the "each with each" system for 7-11 places, and the winners according to the "each with each" system played 1-6 places. Due to the failure of the GDR team , the USSR team , as the current Olympic champion, immediately fell into the top six.
Canada boycotted the tournament, protesting against unfair international rules that allowed the USSR to recruit professionals, while forbidding Canadians who were forced to use students to do so. [one]
Preliminary Tournament
| February 3, 1972 | Japan | - |  Czechoslovakia | 2: 8 (0: 1.1: 4.1: 3) | |
| February 3, 1972 |  Sweden | - |  Yugoslavia | 8: 1 (0: 0.4: 0.4: 1) | |
| February 4, 1972 |  Switzerland | - |  USA | 3: 5 (1: 2,1: 1,1: 2) | |
| February 4, 1972 |  Germany | - |  Poland | 0: 4 (0: 0.0: 3.0: 1) | |
| February 4, 1972 |  Finland | - |  Norway | 13: 1 (3: 1.5: 0.5: 0) |
7-11 Place Tournament
| February 6, 1972 | Norway | - | Yugoslavia | 5: 2 (0: 1.3: 0.2: 1) | |
| February 6, 1972 | Germany | - | Switzerland | 5: 0 (2: 0,0: 0,3: 0) | |
| February 7, 1972 | Japan | - | Switzerland | 3: 3 (1: 1,2: 0,0: 2) | |
| February 7, 1972 | Germany | - | Yugoslavia | 6: 2 (2: 1.3: 1.2: 1) | |
| February 9, 1972 | Japan | - | Yugoslavia | 3: 2 (2: 2.0: 0.1: 0) | |
| February 9, 1972 | Germany | - | Norway | 5: 1 (3: 0,0: 0,2: 1) | |
| February 10, 1972 | Japan | - | Norway | 4: 5 (2: 2,1: 2,1: 1) | |
| February 11, 1972 | Switzerland | - | Yugoslavia | 3: 3 (1: 3.1: 0.1: 0) | |
| February 12, 1972 | Japan | - | Germany | 7: 6 (3: 1.1: 2.3: 3) | |
| February 12, 1972 | Switzerland | - | Norway | 3: 5 (0: 0.2: 1.1: 4) |
| A place | Team | AND | AT | N | P | Washers | Diff. | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Germany | four | 3 | 0 | one | 10:10 p.m. | +12 | 6 |
| 2 | Norway | four | 3 | 0 | one | 16:14 | + 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan | four | 2 | one | one | 17:16 | + 1 | five |
| four | Switzerland | four | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9:16 | - 7 | 2 |
| five | Yugoslavia | four | 0 | one | 3 | 9:17 a.m. | - eight | one |
Tournament for 1-6 places
| February 5, 1972 | the USSR | - | Finland | 9: 3 (3: 2.3: 1.3: 0) | |
| February 5, 1972 | Czechoslovakia | - | Poland | 14: 1 (5: 0.3: 1.6: 0) | |
| February 5, 1972 | Sweden | - | USA | 5: 1 (2: 1.1: 0.2: 0) | |
| February 7, 1972 | the USSR | - | Sweden | 3: 3 (1: 0.1: 0.1: 3) | |
| February 7, 1972 | Czechoslovakia | - | USA | 1: 5 (1: 1.0: 3.0: 1) | |
| February 7, 1972 | Finland | - | Poland | 5: 1 (0: 0.4: 0.1: 1) | |
| February 8, 1972 | Czechoslovakia | - | Finland | 7: 1 (1: 0.3: 0.3: 1) | |
| February 9, 1972 | Sweden | - | Poland | 5: 3 (1: 0.4: 2.0: 1) | |
| February 9, 1972 | the USSR | - | USA | 7: 2 (2: 0.3: 0.2: 2) | |
| February 10, 1972 | Czechoslovakia | - | Sweden | 2: 1 (0: 0.0: 0.2: 1) | |
| February 10, 1972 | the USSR | - | Poland | 9: 3 (4: 0.4: 2.1: 1) | |
| February 10, 1972 | Finland | - | USA | 1: 4 (1: 2.0: 1.0: 1) | |
| February 12, 1972 | USA | - | Poland | 6: 1 (2: 0.2: 0.2: 1) | |
| February 13, 1972 | Sweden | - | Finland | 3: 4 (2: 1,1: 1,0: 2) | |
| February 13, 1972 | the USSR | - | Czechoslovakia | 5: 2 (2: 0.2: 1.1: 1) |
Summary table
| A place | Team | AND | AT | N | P | Washers | Diff. | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | the USSR | five | four | one | 0 | 33:13 | +20 | 9 |
| 2 | USA | five | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18:15 | + 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | five | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26:13 | +13 | 6 |
| four | Sweden | five | 2 | one | 2 | 17:13 | + 4 | five |
| five | Finland | five | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:24 | -ten | four |
| 6 | Poland | five | 0 | 0 | five | 9:39 | -thirty | 0 |
Olympic Podium
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The composition of the winning teams
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze |
| the USSR Vladislav Tretyak , Alexander Pashkov , Gennady Tsygankov , Alexander Ragulin , Victor Kuzkin , Vladimir Lutchenko , Vitaly Davydov , Igor Romishevsky , Valery Vasiliev , Valery Kharlamov , Vladimir Vikulov , Alexander Maltsev , Anatoly Firsov , Yuri Blinov , Alexander Yakushev , Evgeni Mishakov , Vladimir Pet , Boris Mikhailov , Vladimir Shadrin , Eugene Zimin | USA Mike Curran, Pete Sears, Frank Sanders , Jim McAlmery, Rick McGlynn, Charlie Brown, Tom Mellor, Wally Olds, Craig Sarner, Kevin Ahern, Henry Boucha, Tim Sheehee, Stuart Irving, Keith Christiansen, Ron Nasland, Robbie Fto | Czechoslovakia Vladimir Dzurilla , Jiri Golecek , František wrote to , Yosef Goreshovsky , Karel Vogralik , Rudolf Taitsnar , Oldrich Mahach , Vladimir Bednarz , Wenceslas Nedomansky , Ivan Glinka , Jiri Kohta , Vladimir Martinez , Richard Farda , Jörzlaw Golsti Jolzti Golsti Golsti Golsti Golsti Golshyk Golshik Golshik , Eduard Novak |
Interesting Facts
- For the first time, the Canadian team did not participate in the Olympics .
- The USSR national team was last trained by Arkady Chernyshev .
- Japan was supposed to host the Winter Olympics in 1940, but the games did not take place due to the war.