1965 Ice Hockey World Championships

A Finnish stamp dedicated to the 1965 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	3–14 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (5th title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	221 (7.89 per game)
Attendance	178,968 (6,392 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Josef Golonka (14 points)
←  1964 1966 →

The 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Hakametsä, Tampere, Finland, 3–15 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.

The event was the first Ice Hockey World Championships hosted by Finland, and was organized by Harry Lindblad, president of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. ^{[2] [3]}

18 December 1964

West Germany

2–8

Switzerland

20 December 1964

West Germany

7–2

Switzerland

3 January 1965

Switzerland

6–7

West Germany

2 March 1965

Norway

5–4

West Germany

Qualified for Group A:	Norway
Qualified for Group B:	Switzerland,   West Germany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	0	51	13	+38	14
2	Czechoslovakia	7	6	0	1	43	10	+33	12
3	Sweden	7	4	1	2	33	17	+16	9
4	Canada	7	4	0	3	28	21	+7	8
5	East Germany	7	3	0	4	18	33	−15	6
6	United States	7	2	0	5	22	44	−22	4
7	Finland	7	1	1	5	14	27	−13	3
8	Norway	7	0	0	7	12	56	−44	0

Norway was relegated to 1966 Group B.

4 March

Sweden

5–2

United States

4 March

Soviet Union

8–4

Finland

4 March

Czechoslovakia

5–1

East Germany

5 March

Sweden

5–1

East Germany

5 March

Finland

0–4

Canada

5 March

Norway

2–14

Soviet Union

6 March

United States

0–12

Czechoslovakia

6 March

Canada

6–0

Norway

7 March

Finland

2–2

Sweden

7 March

Canada

5–2

United States

7 March

Soviet Union

8–0

East Germany

8 March

Czechoslovakia

9–2

Norway

9 March

Finland

4–1

Norway

9 March

East Germany

7–4

United States

10 March

Soviet Union

5–3

Sweden

10 March

Canada

8–1

East Germany

10 March

Finland

2–5

Czechoslovakia

11 March

Sweden

10–0

Norway

11 March

Czechoslovakia

8–0

Canada

11 March

United States

2–9

Soviet Union

12 March

United States

4–0

Finland

12 March

East Germany

5–1

Norway

13 March

Sweden

6–4

Canada

13 March

Finland

2–3

East Germany

13 March

Soviet Union

3–1

Czechoslovakia

14 March

Czechoslovakia

3–2

Sweden

14 March

Canada

1–4

Soviet Union

14 March

United States

8–6

Norway

19 November 1964

Italy

2–3

Hungary

26 November 1964

Hungary

2–2

Italy

5 December 1964

Great Britain

8–2

France

12 December 1964

France

3–2

Great Britain

Qualified for Group B:	Hungary,   Great Britain
Teams in 1966 Group B qualification:	France,   Italy

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	6	5	1	0	35	15	+20	11
2	Switzerland	6	4	1	1	27	15	+12	9
3	West Germany	6	3	2	1	30	20	+10	8
4	Hungary	6	2	1	3	19	24	−5	5
5	Austria	6	2	0	4	21	28	−7	4
6	Great Britain	6	1	1	4	24	41	−17	3
7	Yugoslavia	6	0	2	4	16	29	−13	2
X	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Did not participate

Poland earned promotion to the 1966 Group A. Romania joined France and Italy in the following year's qualification for Group B.

4 March

Switzerland

7–2

Austria

4 March

Poland

9–5

Hungary

4 March

Yugoslavia

5–5

Great Britain

5 March

Poland

5–3

Austria

5 March

West Germany

8–2

Yugoslavia

6 March

Switzerland

3–1

Hungary

6 March

West Germany

12–4

Great Britain

7 March

Austria

5–4

Great Britain

7 March

Poland

3–1

Switzerland

7 March

Hungary

3–0

Yugoslavia

8 March

West Germany

2–1

Austria

9 March

Switzerland

3–3

Yugoslavia

9 March

West Germany

4–4

Hungary

9 March

Poland

11–2

Great Britain

10 March

Austria

6–5

Yugoslavia

11 March

Hungary

5–3

Austria

11 March

Poland

3–3

West Germany

11 March

Switzerland

7–4

Great Britain

12 March

Poland

4–1

Yugoslavia

12 March

Switzerland

6–1

West Germany

12 March

Hungary

1–5

Great Britain

1965 IIHF World Championship winners
Soviet Union 5th title

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Vladimír Dzurilla
  • Best Defenceman: František Tikal
  • Best Forward: Vyacheslav Starshinov
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: Vladimír Dzurilla
  • Defence: Alexander Ragulin, František Tikal
  • Forwards: Alexander Almetov, Jaroslav Jiřík, Konstantin Loktev

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

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

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Sweden
4	East Germany
5	Finland
6	Norway

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• Summary (in french)
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 139.