1966 World Ice Hockey Championships

1966 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	3–14 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (6th title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	205 (7.32 per match)
Attendance	147,492 (5,268 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Veniamin Aleksandrov 17 points
← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia from March 3 to March 14, 1966. For the fourth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament. For the Soviets, it was their sixth World and tenth European title. The Czechs beat both Canada and Sweden two to one, to take the Silver, while the Swedes' historic loss to East Germany helped put them fourth behind Canada for the Bronze.

The lower two tiers (Groups B and C) were formalized, so there would be no more qualifying tournaments with promotion and relegation taking places between these two tournaments as well. West Germany won all their games to return to the top level of competition while Great Britain went winless and was replaced by Group C winner Italy.

Qualifying Round Group B/C (Bucarest Romania)

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1	Romania	2	2	0	0	17 - 05	4
2	Italy	2	1	0	1	12 - 08	2
3	France	2	0	0	2	05 - 21	0

10 December 1965

11-3

11 December 1965

10-2

12 December 1965

6-2

Romania qualified in Group B

Italy and France qualified in Group C

World Championship Group A (Ljubljana)

Final Round

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	7	6	1	0	55 - 07	13
2	Czechoslovakia	7	6	0	1	32 - 15	12
3	Canada	7	5	0	2	33 - 10	10
4	Sweden	7	3	1	3	26 - 17	7
5	East Germany	7	3	0	4	12 - 30	6
6	United States	7	2	0	5	18 - 39	4
7	Finland	7	2	0	5	18 - 43	4
8	Poland	7	0	0	7	11 - 44	0

Poland was relegated to Group B for 1967.

3 March

8-1

3 March

6-0

3 March

5-1

3 March

2-7

5 March

6-0

5 March

8-1

5 March

1-4

5 March

11-0

6 March

6-1

6 March

9-1

6 March

6-1

6 March

10-0

8 March

8-2

8 March

13-2

8 March

7-4

8 March

6-0

9 March

0-4

9 March

1-4

10 March

1-2

10 March

3-3

11 March

6-3

11 March

0-4

11 March

2-1

11 March

3-0

12 March

4-6

12 March

4-3

13 March

4-2

13 March

7-1

World Championship Group B (Zagreb)

Final Round

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
9	West Germany	7	7	0	0	34 - 12	14
10	Romania	7	5	1	1	29 - 16	11
11	Yugoslavia	7	4	2	1	25 - 23	10
12	Norway	7	4	0	3	28 - 17	8
13	Austria	7	3	0	4	25 - 30	6
14	Switzerland	7	2	0	5	24 - 26	4
15	Hungary	7	1	0	6	19 - 30	2
16	Great Britain	7	0	1	6	15 - 45	1

West Germany was promoted to the top level while Great Britain was relegated to Group C for 1967 (but did not participate again until 1971).

3 March

12-2

3 March

3-4

3 March

6-3

3 March

6-4

4 March

4-1

4 March

6-3

4 March

2-7

4 March

2-1

6 March

0-4

6 March

8-1

6 March

7-6

6 March

2-6

7 March

3-4

7 March

2-4

7 March

10-4

7 March

3-2

9 March

1-7

9 March

0-4

9 March

2-5

9 March

3-3

10 March

4-1

10 March

0-1

11 March

2-1

11 March

5-5

12 March

3-2

12 March

1-6

12 March

1-4

12 March

4-2

World Championship Group C (Jesenice)

A Yugoslav 'B' team participated unofficially in the tournament, playing games against each of the three other participating nations. This was South Africa's last appearance in the World Championships until 1992.

Final Round

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
17	Italy	4	4	0	0	54 - 08	8
18	Denmark	4	2	0	2	21 - 21	4
19	South Africa	4	0	0	4	04 - 50	0
20	Yugoslavia B	0	0	0	0	00 - 00	0

Italy was promoted to Group B, France decided not to participate, Yugoslavia B team participated instead of France

3 March

9-0

4 March

17-0

5 March

B

5-5

6 March

2-18

7 March

7-1

8 March

5-12

10 March

B

4-1

11 March

2-6

12 March

B

2-7

Ranking and statistics

1966 IIHF World Championship Winners
Soviet Union 6th title

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Seth Martin
- Best Defenceman: Alexander Ragulin
- Best Forward: Konstantin Loktev
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Seth Martin
- Defence: Gary Begg, Alexander Ragulin
- Forwards: Veniamin Alexandrov, Fran Huck, Konstantin Loktev

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Canada
4	Sweden
5	East Germany
6	United States
7	Finland
8	Poland

European championships final standings

Please note: At the time of the championship Sweden was awarded the bronze, however, East Germany should have won because of their better record amongst only European clubs. In 1999 this mistake was corrected and living players were presented with the medals they were supposed to have won.^[1]

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	East Germany
4	Sweden
5	Finland
6	Poland

Citations

↑ Müller

References

Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904–2005. Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9.
Summary (in french)
Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 139–40.
Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 1-55168-307-5

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