1965 World Ice Hockey Championships
The 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Tampere, Finland, 3 March - 15 March. Eight teams took part, each playing each other once. The Soviets became world champions for the fifth time, winning all of their games. This also counted as their ninth European title, with the Czechs finishing second and the Swedes third. For the third straight year Canada finished fourth. The tournament employed new tie-breaking rules, which some believed were supposed to be in place for the Innsbruck Olympics. To decide medals priority would be given to the team who won the head-to-head game, unless they tied, or more than two teams were tied. In those two cases goal differential would be used, but only the goal differential between the top four teams.[1]
Fifteen nations played in two groups, with qualification games used to establish the tier for closely ranked teams. From now on, the last place team in group 'A' would be relegated, with the group 'B' champion being promoted to replace them. Poland went undefeated to earn promotion, defeating the Swiss, and tying the West Germans.
Qualifying Round Group A
First round
Second round
2 March 1965 | Norway  | 5-4
| West Germany | |
World Championship Group A (Tampere, Finland)
Norway was relegated to 1966 Group B.
5 March | Norway  | 2-14
| Soviet Union | |
8 March | Czechoslovakia  | 9-2
| Norway | |
10 March | Soviet Union  | 5-3
| Sweden | |
11 March | Czechoslovakia  | 8-0
| Canada | |
13 March | Soviet Union  | 3-1
| Czechoslovakia | |
14 March | Czechoslovakia  | 3-2
| Sweden | |
14 March | Canada  | 1-4
| Soviet Union | |
Qualifying Round Group B
World Championship Group B (Turku, Rauma, and Pori, Finland)
Poland earned promotion to the 1966 Group A. Romania joined France and Italy in the following year's qualification for Group B.
11 March | Poland  | 3-3
| West Germany | |
Ranking and statistics
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1965 IIHF World Championship Winners |
 Soviet Union 5th title |
Tournament Awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Media All-Star Team:
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Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
European championships final standings
The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:
Citations
- ↑ Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. p. 505. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
References
- Summary (in french)
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 139.