1979 Ice Hockey World Championship

1979 Ice Hockey World and European Championships
1979 Ice Hockey World and European Championships
Tournament Details
Country	the USSR
City of	Moscow
Time spending	April 14 - April 27
Number of teams	eight
Top places
Champion	the USSR; (16th title)
Second place	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	257 (8.03 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Petrov - 15 (7 + 8)

The 46th World Championship was held in the USSR ( Moscow ). Competitions in group B were held from March 16 to 24 in Romania ( Galati ). The group C tournament took place in Barcelona, Spain from March 16 to 25.

The formula of the championship has changed. The teams were divided into two groups and played in one circle. At the next stage, the two strongest teams from each group played each other in two rounds without taking into account one match played in the first stage. Teams that took 3-4 places in the first stage according to the same scheme played the places from 5 to 8.

Match Results

Group A

M	Teams	one	2	3	four	W	ABOUT
one	the USSR	•	9: 3	3: 2	7: 0	19-5	6
2	Sweden	3: 9	•	7: 3	6: 5	16-17	four
3	Germany	2: 3	3: 7	•	3: 3	8-13	one
four	Poland	0: 7	5: 6	3: 3	•	8-16	one

Group B

M	Teams	one	2	3	four	W	ABOUT
one	Czechoslovakia	•	4: 1	2: 2	5: 0	11-3	five
2	Canada	1: 4	•	6: 3	5: 4	12-11	four
3	USA	2: 2	3: 6	•	1: 1	6-9	2
four	Finland	0: 5	4: 5	1: 1	•	5-11	one

For 1-4 places

M	Teams	one	2	3	four	W	ABOUT
	the USSR	•	11: 1 6: 1	9: 3 11: 3	5: 2 9: 2	51-12	12
	Czechoslovakia	1:11 1: 6	•	3: 3 6: 3	4: 1 10: 6	25-30	7
	Sweden	3: 9 3:11	3: 3 3: 6	•	5: 3 3: 6	20-38	3
four	Canada	2: 5 2: 9	1: 4 6:10 a.m.	3: 5 6: 3	•	20-36	2

For 5-8 places

M	Teams	five	6	7	eight	W	ABOUT
five	Finland	•	5: 2 7: 3	1: 1 2: 6	4: 3 4: 2	23-17	9
6	Germany	2: 5 3: 7	•	6: 3 5: 2	3: 3 8: 1	27-21	7
7	USA	1: 1 6: 2	3: 6 2: 5	•	5: 5 5: 1	22-20	6
eight	Poland	3: 4 2: 4	3: 3 1: 8	5: 5 1: 5	•	15-29	2

Statistics

Top Players

Goalkeeper: Vladislav Tretyak
Defenders: Valery Vasiliev - Jiri Bubla
Forwards: Boris Mikhailov - Sergey Makarov - Wilf Payman

Most Successful Players

Player	Result
Vladimir Petrov	15 (7 + 8)
Valery Kharlamov	14 (7 + 7)
Sergey Makarov	12 (8 + 4)
Alexander Golikov	12 (5 + 7)
Boris Mikhailov	12 (4 + 8)
Marcus Kühl	11 (6 + 5)

Symbolic Team

Goalkeeper: Vladislav Tretyak
Defenders: Jiri Bubla - Valery Vasiliev
Forwards: Boris Mikhailov - Vladimir Petrov - Sergey Makarov

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Gold

the USSR

Goalkeepers	AND	PSh	BW
Vladislav Tretyak	7	12	0
Vladimir Myshkin	2	2	0
Defenders	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov	eight	3	four	7	2
Valery Vasiliev	eight	one	3	four	0
Vladimir Lutchenko	eight	0	2	2	four
Sergey Babinov	7	2	four	6	14
Vasily Pervukhin	7	0	3	3	0
Gennady Tsygankov	7	one	one	2	6
Irek Gimaev	four	0	0	0	four
Sergey Starikov	one	0	one	one	2
Forwards	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Vladimir Petrov	eight	7	eight	15	ten
Valery Kharlamov	eight	7	7	14	four
Sergey Makarov	eight	eight	four	12	6
Alexander Golikov	eight	five	7	12	2
Boris Mikhailov	eight	four	eight	12	0
Helmut Balderis	eight	four	five	9	9
Vladimir Golikov	eight	one	7	eight	four
Sergey Kapustin	eight	6	one	7	12
Victor Zhluktov	eight	four	3	7	2
Alexander Yakushev	eight	four	2	6	eight
Alexander Skvortsov	7	2	3	five	0
Yuri Lebedev	7	2	2	four	14

Trainers : Victor Tikhonov , Vladimir Yurzinov

Silver

Czechoslovakia

Goalkeepers	AND	PSh	BW
Jiri Kralik	6	17	0
Marcel Sakach	four	15	0
Defenders	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Jiri Bubla	eight	one	3	four	eight
Milan Chalupa	eight	one	2	3	ten
Vitezlav Durish	eight	one	one	2	eight
Milan Figala	7	2	one	3	6
Milan Kuzhela	7	0	0	0	2
Miroslav Dvorak	7	0	0	0	0
Frantisek Kaberle	2	0	0	0	2
Joseph Bukovinsky	2	0	0	0	0
Forwards	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Bohuslav Ebermann	eight	five	four	9	0
Ivan Glinka	eight	four	five	9	6
Yaroslav Pouzar	eight	four	3	7	6
Peter Shtastny	eight	2	3	five	6
Marian Stastny	eight	0	five	five	2
Libor Gavlicek	eight	0	four	four	2
Vladimir Martinets	7	five	3	eight	2
Anton Shtastny	7	five	one	6	2
Jiri Novak	7	one	2	3	four
Milan Nowy	6	0	2	2	four
Ladislav brought	6	one	0	one	four
Miroslav Frycher	one	0	0	0	2

Trainers : Karel Gut , Jan Starshi

Bronze

Sweden

Goalkeepers	AND	PSh	BW
Pelle Lindbergh	five	29th	0
Sune Edling	3	17	0
Defenders	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Thomas Junsson	eight	one	3	four	eight
Ulf Weinstock	eight	3	0	3	0
Sture Andersson	eight	one	one	2	0
Mats Valtin	eight	one	0	one	2
Leif Svensson	eight	0	0	0	6
Thomas Ericsson	6	one	2	3	6
Turd Nenzen	five	0	0	0	2
Forwards	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Mats Neslund	eight	five	2	7	eight
Bengt Oke Gustafsson	eight	four	3	7	0
Leif Holmgren	eight	2	3	five	four
Peter Wallin	eight	one	four	five	2
Inge Hammarstrom	eight	3	one	four	four
Per Lundquist	eight	3	0	3	2
Dan Labraaten	eight	one	one	2	four
Bengt Lundholm	7	one	3	four	four
Rolf Edberg	6	four	3	7	2
Lars-Eric Ericsson	6	one	2	3	12
Lennart Nurberg	five	one	0	one	0
Hokan Ericsson	3	0	0	0	2
Roger Lindstrom	2	0	0	0	0

Trainers : Tommy Sandlin, Jan-Eric Nilsson

1979 World Ice Hockey Champion
the USSR sixteenth title

1979 European Ice Hockey Champion
the USSR nineteenth title

Sources

Hockey: Small Encyclopedia of Sports / Comp. Brusovansky A.M., Lukashin Yu.S., Ryzhkov D.L. - M .: Physical education and sport, 1990. - 685 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-278-00153-4 .