Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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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 and at the Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Qualification matches 3 Group A 4 Group B 5 Leading scorers 6 Final ranking

[edit] Medalists

Pos	Team
Gold	USSR
Silver	United States
Bronze	Czechoslovakia

[edit] 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.

• February 3
  • 16:00 Makomanai. Czechoslovakia 8-2 Japan
  • 19:30 Makomanai. Sweden 8-1 Yugoslavia
• February 4
  • 14:00 Makomanai. USA 5-3 Switzerland
  • 19:00 Makomanai. West Germany 0-4 Poland
  • 19:00 Tsukisamu. Finland 13-1 Norway

[edit] Group A

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

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

• February 5
  • 10:00 Makomanai. Sweden 5-1 USA
  • 14:00 Makomanai. Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
  • 19:00 Makomanai. USSR 9-3 Finland

• February 7
  • 11:30 Makomanai. USSR 3-3 Sweden
  • 16:00 Tsukisamu. Czechoslovakia 1-5 USA
  • 19:30 Tsukisamu. Finland 5-1 Poland

• February 8
  • 14:00 Makomanai. Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland

• February 9
  • 14:00 Makomanai. Sweden 5-3 Poland
  • 19:00 Makomanai. USSR 7-2 USA

• February 10
  • 14:00 Makomanai. USSR 9-3 Poland
  • 19:00 Makomanai. Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden
  • 19:00 Tsukisamu. Finland 1-4 USA

• February 12
  • 19:30 Makomanai. Poland 1-6 USA

• February 13
  • 9:00 Makomanai. Sweden 3-4 Finland
  • 12:30 Makomanai. USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia

[edit] Group B

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

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7	West Germany	4	3	1	0	22	10	6
8	Norway	4	3	1	0	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	3	1	9	17	1

• February 6
  • 12:30 Tsukisamu. Norway 5-2 Yugoslavia
  • 16:00 Tsukisamu. Switzerland 0-5 West Germany

• February 7
  • 14:45 Makomanai. Switzerland 3-3 Japan
  • 12:30 Tsukisamu. West Germany 6-2 Yugoslavia

• February 9
  • 10:00 Makomanai. Yugoslavia 2-3 Japan
  • 14:00 Tsukisamu. West Germany 5-1 Norway

• February 10
  • 10:00 Makomanai. Norway 5-4 Japan
  • 14:00 Tsukisamu. Switzerland 3-3 Yugoslavia

• February 12
  • 16:00 Makomanai. West Germany 6-7 Japan
  • 14:00 Tsukisamu. Switzerland 3-5 Norway

[edit] Leading scorers

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Valeri Kharlamov	5	9	6	15
2	Václav Nedomanský	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	Jiří Kochta	5	3	3	6
10	Richard Farda	5	1	5	6

[edit] 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

Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in ice hockey

Events at the 1972 Winter Olympics (Sapporo)
Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating