1981 Ice Hockey World Championship

1981 Ice Hockey World and European Championships
1981 Ice Hockey World and European Championships
Tournament Details
Country	Sweden
City of	Stockholm , Gothenburg
Time spending	April 12 - April 26
Number of teams	eight
Top places
Champion	the USSR; (17th title)
Second place	Sweden
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	284 (8.88 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Mitinger - 20 (8 + 12)

The 47th World Championship was held in Sweden ( Stockholm , Gothenburg ). Competitions in group B were held from March 20 to 29 in Italy (Valgardena). Group C competed in Beijing from March 6-15.

Match Results

Group A

M	Teams	one	2	3	four	W	ABOUT
one	the USSR	•	8: 2	7: 1	10: 1	25-4	6
2	Canada	2: 8	•	4: 3	8: 1	14-12	four
3	Finland	1: 7	3: 4	•	12: 3	16-14	2
four	Netherlands	1:10	1: 8	3:12	•	5-30	0

Group B

M	Teams	one	2	3	four	W	ABOUT
one	Czechoslovakia	•	3: 3	11: 2	6: 2	20-7	five
2	Sweden	3: 3	•	4: 2	4: 2	11-7	five
3	USA	2:11	2: 4	•	10: 6	14-21	2
four	Germany	2: 6	2: 4	6:10 a.m.	•	10-20	0

For 1-4 places

M	Teams	one	2	3	four	W	ABOUT
	the USSR	•	4: 1 13: 1	8: 3 1: 1	8: 2 4: 4	38-12	ten
	Sweden	1: 4 1:13	•	3: 3 4: 2	3: 1 4: 3	16-26	7
	Czechoslovakia	3: 8 1: 1	3: 3 2: 4	•	7: 4 4: 2	20-22	6
four	Canada	2: 8 4: 4	1: 3 3: 4	4: 7 2: 4	•	16-30	one

For 5-8 places

M	Teams	five	6	7	eight	W	ABOUT
five	USA	•	6: 4 3: 3	10: 6 2: 6	7: 6 7: 3	35-28	9
6	Finland	4: 6 3: 3	•	6: 3 4: 4	12: 3 4: 2	33-21	eight
7	Germany	6:10 a.m. 6: 2	3: 6 4: 4	•	9: 2 12: 6	40-30	7
eight	Netherlands	6: 7 3: 7	3:12 2: 4	2: 9 6:12 a.m.	•	22-51	0

Statistics

Most Successful Players

Player	Result
Holger Meitinger	20 (8 + 12)
Ernst Höfner	14 (9 + 5)
Alexander Maltsev	13 (6 + 7)
Dave Christian	11 (8 + 3)
Vladimir Golikov	11 (6 + 5)
Nikolay Drozdetsky	11 (5 + 6)
Jiri Lala	10 (7 + 3)
Vladimir Petrov	10 (4 + 6)

Top Players

Goalkeeper - Vladislav Tretyak
Defender - Larry robinson
Forward - Alexander Maltsev

Symbolic Team

Goalkeeper: Peter Lindmark
Defenders: Larry Robinson - Valery Vasiliev
Forwards: Sergey Kapustin - Alexander Maltsev - Sergey Makarov

Fair Play Prize

Czechoslovakia national team

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Gold ---- the USSR

Goalkeepers	AND	PSh	BW
Vladislav Tretyak	7	13	0
Vladimir Myshkin	one	one	0
Defenders	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Vyacheslav Fetisov	eight	one	four	five	6
Alexey Kasatonov	eight	one	3	four	eight
Vasily Pervukhin	eight	one	3	four	2
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov	eight	one	2	3	four
Valery Vasiliev	eight	0	0	0	2
Sergey Babinov	7	0	one	one	6
Nikolay Makarov	one	0	0	0	0
Forwards	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Alexander Maltsev	eight	6	7	13	2
Vladimir Golikov	eight	6	five	eleven	2
Nikolay Drozdetsky	eight	five	6	eleven	four
Vladimir Petrov	eight	four	6	ten	6
Vladimir Krutov	eight	6	3	9	eight
Sergey Shepelev	eight	6	2	eight	four
Sergey Kapustin	eight	four	four	eight	2
Sergey Makarov	eight	3	five	eight	12
Victor Shalimov	eight	3	four	7	2
Alexander Skvortsov	eight	four	one	five	2
Victor Zhluktov	eight	2	3	five	eight
Andrey Khomutov	7	2	one	3	0
Yuri Lebedev	one	0	0	0	0

Trainers : Victor Tikhonov , Vladimir Yurzinov

Silver ---- Sweden

Goalkeepers	AND	PSh	BW
Peter Lindmark	eight	3	2
Raynaud Sundberg	one	7	0
Defenders	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Peter Helander	eight	one	2	3	eight
Stig Astling	eight	one	2	3	four
Yoran Lindblum	eight	0	3	3	0
Mats Valtin	eight	0	one	one	four
Anders Eldebrink	eight	0	0	0	2
Tommy Samuelsson	7	0	0	0	four
Thomas Junsson	one	0	0	0	0
Forwards	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Lars Mulin	eight	2	2	four	four
Thomas Steen	eight	one	3	four	6
Roland Ericsson	eight	2	one	3	2
Mats Neslund	eight	0	3	3	6
Dan Söderström	eight	0	2	2	6
Anders Hockansson	7	four	0	four	eight
Patrick Sundstrom	7	four	0	four	eight
Stig Roland Stoltz	7	one	2	3	6
Lennart Nurberg	6	four	0	four	0
Bengt Oke Gustafsson	6	3	one	four	eight
Inge Hammarstrom	6	one	one	2	2
Ulf Isaksson	five	0	one	one	2
Harald Luckner	four	0	0	0	2

Trainers : Bengt Ulsson, Jan-Eric Nilsson

Bronze ---- Czechoslovakia

Goalkeepers	AND	PSh	BW
Karel Lang	7	20	2
Jaromir Shindel	2	6	0
Defenders	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Arnold Kadlec	eight	five	one	6	2
Miloslav Gorzhava	eight	0	6	6	eight
Miroslav Dvorak	eight	one	2	3	four
Peter Mishek	eight	one	0	one	6
Stanislav Gaydushek	6	0	one	one	four
Jan Neliba	6	0	0	0	6
Milan Chalupa	five	0	one	one	four
Forwards	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Jiri Lala	eight	7	3	ten	2
Milan Nowy	eight	6	2	eight	2
Pavel Richter	eight	four	four	eight	6
Vladimir Martinets	eight	3	five	eight	0
Darius Rusnak	eight	3	3	6	four
Bohuslav Ebermann	eight	one	3	four	2
Indřich Kokrment	eight	one	3	four	0
Miroslav Frycher	eight	one	2	3	0
Ivan Glinka	eight	0	3	3	0
Frantisek Blueberry	eight	2	0	2	four
Yaroslav Pouzar	7	one	one	2	2
Yaroslav Korbela	6	one	one	2	four
Norbert Kral	one	0	one	one	0

Trainers : Ludek Bukach, Stanislav Nevesely

Compositions of other teams

Canada

Goalkeepers: Phil Mayr, John Garrett;

Defenders: Dave Babich, Norm Barnes, Rick Green, Barry Long, Rob Ramage, Larry Robinson , Willy Huber;

Forwards: Pat Butette, Lucien Deblois, Mike Gartner, Guy Lafleur , Morris Lukovic, Lanny MacDonald, Dale McCourt, Dennis Maruk, John Ogrodnik, Mike Rogers, Steve Tumbellini, Mike Foligno, Ryan Walter.

Trainer: Don Cherry.

USA

Goalkeepers: Greg Moffett, Ed Walsh;

Defenders: Bill Baker, Jim Corn, Reid Larson, Craig Norwich, Wally Olds, Bob Sooter, Ron Wilson, Alan Hangsleben;

Forwards: Eron Brotin, Phil Werkota, Dave Debol, Mark Johnson, Dave Christian, Bob Miller, Warren Miller, Mark Pavelich, Steve Ulset, John Harrington, Craig Homola, Bobby Sheehan, Bruce Aikens.

Trainer: Bob Johnson.

Finland

Goalkeepers: Hannu Kamppuri, Hannu Lassila;

Defenders: Tapio Levo, Pertti Lehtonen, Lasse Litma, Timo Nummelin, Rejo Ruotsalainen, Seppo Suoraniemi, Juha Tuohimaa, Kari Eloranta;

Forwards: Seppo Akhokainen, Pekka Arbelius, Markku Kiimalaynen, Pertti Koivulahti, Hannu Koskinen, Antero Lehtonen, Mikko Leinonen, Jukka Porvari, Jorma Sevon, Ilkka Sinisalo , Juhani Tamminen, Kari Jalonen .

Trainer: Kalevi Numminen.

Germany

Goalkeepers: Karl Friesen, Bernhard Englebrecht;

Defenders: Peter Guiler, Horst-Peter Kretschmer, Harold Kreis, Robert Murray, Joachim Rail, Uli Chimer, Peter Scharf;

Forwards: Vladimir Wakatko, Manfred Wolf, Ralph Krueger, Marcus Kühl, Erich Künhakl, Holger Meitinger, Jochen Mörz, Rainer Philippe, Ernst Höfner, Jörg Chimer, Peter Schiller, Uli Egen.

Trainer: Hans Rumpf.

Netherlands

Goalkeepers: Ted Lenssen, John de Bruyne, Ed Ninghuis;

Defenders: Rick van Gogh, William Kloster, Henk Crickke, George Peternousek, Henk Hille, Fred Homburg, Chuck Huizinga;

Forwards: Ron Berteling, Larry van Viren, Harri van Hömen, Brian de Bruyane, Corky de Grave, Tiacco de Foz, Jack de Her, Tonnie Collard, Leo Kopmans, Mike Cowenhofen, Allan Pluimers, Marie Saris, Hans Smolden, Jan Janssen.

Trainer: Hans Westberg.

1981 Ice Hockey World Champion
the USSR seventeenth title

1981 European Ice Hockey Champion
the USSR twentieth title

Facts

Canadian coach Don Cherry spoke about the Soviet team: “This is the best Russian team I have ever seen. They are better than before because they are younger. "They play with the excitement that happens to hockey players playing in the Stanley Cup finals!"
The Swedish World Cup was the last for several veteran hockey players. A career in the national teams of their countries was completed by: Vladimir Petrov and Yuri Lebedev (collection of the USSR); Ivan Glinka, Vladimir Martinets and Boguslav Ebermann (collection of Czechoslovakia); Inge Hammarström, Dan Söderström and Stig Astling (collection of Sweden).
The Canadian national team immediately featured the first four numbers of the NHL Draft : Lafler (1971), Green (1976), McCourt (1977) and Ramege (1979).

Literature

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 .