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Encyclopedia > Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

At the 1972 Winter Olympics held in Sapporo, Japan, one Ice Hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey. Games were held at the Makomanai Ice Arena. The XI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1972 in Japan. ... Sapporo scene Sapporo White Illumination Sapporo (札幌市; -shi) is the fifth-largest city in Japan and it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Makomanai Ice Arena is an indoor ice hockey arena in Sapporo, Japan. ...

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Medalists

Pos Team
Gold USSR
Silver United States
Bronze Czechoslovakia

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Qualification matches

Winners (in bold) as well as the gold medalist at the previous Olympics (USSR) qualify for the Group A to play for 1st-6th places. Other teams played in Group B for 7th-11th places.

  • Czechoslovakia 8-2 Japan
  • Sweden 8-1 Yugoslavia
  • Finland 13-1 Norway
  • Poland 4-0 West Germany
  • USA 5-3 Switzerland

Group A

First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

Rank Pld W T L GF GA Pts
1 USSR 5 4 1 0 33 13 9
2 United States 5 3 0 2 18 15 6
3 Czechoslovakia 5 3 0 2 26 13 6
4 Sweden 5 2 1 2 17 13 5
5 Finland 5 2 0 3 14 24 4
6 Poland 5 0 0 5 9 39 0
  • USSR 7-2 USA
  • USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia
  • USSR 9-3 Finland
  • USSR 9-3 Poland
  • USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia
  • USA 4-1 Finland
  • USA 6-1 Poland
  • Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden
  • Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland
  • Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
  • Sweden 3-3 USSR
  • Sweden 5-1 USA
  • Sweden 5-3 Poland
  • Finland 4-3 Sweden
  • Finland 5-1 Poland

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Group B

Teams, which lost their games in the qualification round, played in this group.

Rank Pld W T L GF GA Pts
7 West Germany 4 3 0 1 22 10 6
8 Norway 4 3 0 1 16 14 6
9 Japan 4 2 1 1 17 16 5
10 Switzerland 4 0 2 2 9 16 2
11 Yugoslavia 4 0 1 3 9 17 1
  • West Germany 5-1 Norway
  • West Germany 5-0 Switzerland
  • West Germany 6-2 Yugoslavia
  • Norway 5-4 Japan
  • Norway 5-3 Switzerland
  • Norway 5-2 Yugoslavia
  • Japan 7-6 West Germany
  • Japan 3-3 Switzerland
  • Japan 3-2 Yugoslavia
  • Switzerland 3-3 Yugoslavia

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Leading scorers

Rk GP G A Pts
1 Valeri Kharlamov 5 9 6 15
2 Vaclav Nedomansky 5 6 3 9
3 Vladimir Vikulov 5 5 4 9
4 Craig Sarner 5 4 5 9
5 Aleksandr Maltsev 5 4 3 7
5 Kevin Ahearn 5 4 3 7
7 Anatoli Firsov 5 2 5 7
8 Yuri Blinov 5 3 3 6
8 Jiri Kochta 5 3 3 6
10 Richard Farda 5 1 5 6

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Final ranking

  1. USSR
  2. United States
  3. Czechoslovakia
  4. Sweden
  5. Finland
  6. Poland
  7. West Germany
  8. Norway
  9. Japan
  10. Switzerland
  11. Yugoslavia


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