1973 Ice Hockey World Championships


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.
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 twelfth time.

World Championship Group A (Soviet Union)

West Germany was relegated to Group B.

World Championship Group B (Austria)

Played in Graz, 22 to 31 March.
TeamGamesWonDrawnLostPoints differencePoints
7770056 - 2114
8751152 - 2311
9742136 - 2210
10741224 - 209
11720521 - 444
12720523 - 284
13720526 - 444
14700718 - 540

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.

World Championship Group C (Netherlands)

Played in Geleen, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Tilburg and The Hague, from 9 to 18 March.
TeamGamesWonDrawnLostPoints differencePoints
15770053 - 1414
16750252 - 2110
17750244 - 2410
18731329 - 287
19722321 - 286
20730423 - 296
21702522 - 582
22701618 - 601

Norway and the Netherlands were promoted to Group B.

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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5
6

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:
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5
6