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HIGHLIGHTS This was the last IIHF tournament where three titles (Olympic, World and European) were contested. In their penultimate match of the tournament, the USSR team lost to the Czechoslovakian team, which gave a tie-breaking advantage to the latter as each team had a record of 5 wins, 1 loss (10 points) with one game remaining. Yet the USSR team was also tied with Canada and would play the Canadians for the final game of the tournament. For teams finishing with identical records, it is games between the tied teams that determines placings. In their final matches of the tournament, Sweden tied with Czechoslovakia, while the USSR won its game that day against Canada, and the triple championship. To win the championship, Czechoslovakia needed to win its game against Sweden and for Canada to lose or tie its match with USSR. Had Canada won against USSR and Czechoslovakia won its game over Sweden, Canada would have tied Czechoslovakia with 12 points but prevailed in the tie breaker to win the championship. MEDALISTS QUALIFICATION MATCHES Winners (in bold) qualify for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-14th places.
GROUP A First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
GROUP B Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places.
LEADING SCORERS FINAL RANKING # USSR # Czechoslovakia # Canada # Sweden # Finland # United States # West Germany # East Germany # Yugoslavia # Japan # Norway # Romania # Austria # France |
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