Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Olympiahalle Innsbruck
Medalists
Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   West Germany
«1972	1980»

At the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria, the USSR team won the Gold Medal in ice hockey. Star forward, Valeri Kharlamov scored the game-winning goal in the final game. Games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck.

Highlights

The main rivalry in the tournament was between the USSR and Czechoslovakian national teams. The Czechoslovakian team suffered from influenza throughout the tournament, and they finished the game against Poland with only twelve players on the bench. A doping test of one of the players was positive and a loss was recorded for the Czechoslovakian team, although Poland did not receive points.

In the final, Czechoslovakia was up 2-0 after the first period. In the second the score was tied by Vladimir Shadrin and Vladimir Petrov. Eight minutes before the end of the game Edouard Novak scored the third goal for the Czechoslovakian team. But subsequent goals by Aleksandr Yakushev and one minute later by Valeri Kharlamov lead to the victory of the USSR.

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Soviet Union Vladislav Tretiak Aleksandr Sidelnikov Aleksandr Gusev Vladimir Lutchenko Sergei Babinov Yury Lyapkin Gennadiy Tsygankov Sergey Kapustin Aleksandr Maltsev Boris Aleksandrov Boris Mikhailov Alexander Yakushev Vladimir Petrov Valeri Kharlamov Vladimir Shadrin Valeri Vasiliev Viktor Shalimov Viktor Zhluktov	Czechoslovakia Jiří Holík Oldřich Machač František Pospíšil Jiří Holeček Bohuslav Šťastný Ivan Hlinka Vladimír Martinec Eduard Novák Josef Augusta Jiří Bubla Milan Chalupa Jiří Crha Miroslav Dvořák Bohuslav Ebermann Milan Kajkl Jiří Novák Milan Nový Jaroslav Pouzar	West Germany Lorenz Funk Ernst Köpf, Sr. Alois Schloder Rudolf Thanner Josef Völk Anton Kehle Erich Kühnhackl Rainer Philipp Klaus Auhuber Ignaz Berndaner Wolfgang Boos Martin Hinterstocker Udo Kiessling Walter Köberle Stefan Metz Franz Reindl Ferenc Vozar Erich Weißhaupt

First round

Winners qualify for the Group A to play for 1st-6th places. Other teams played in Group B for 7th-12th places. Canada withdrew from international amateur hockey entirely because of disagreements over professionals not being allowed to play, therefore they did not send a team to the 1976 Winter Olympics.

• February 2
  • Poland 7-4 Romania
  • Czechoslovakia 14-1 Bulgaria
  • West Germany 5-1 Switzerland

• February 3
  • USSR 16-3 Austria
  • Finland 11-2 Japan
  • USA 8-4 Yugoslavia

Final round

Finland − West Germany on a Paraguayan stamp

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

Rank		Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	40	11	10
2	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	17	10	6
3	West Germany	5	2	3	0	21	24	4
4	Finland	5	2	3	0	19	18	4
5	United States	5	2	3	0	15	21	4
6	Poland	5	1	4	0	9	37	0

• February 6
  • Czechoslovakia 2-1 Finland
  • West Germany 7-4 Poland
  • USSR 6-2 USA

• February 8
  • Finland 5-3 West Germany
  • USSR 16-1 Poland
  • Czechoslovakia 5-0 USA

• February 10
  • USSR 7-3 West Germany
  • Poland 1-0* Czechoslovakia
  • USA 5-4 Finland

• February 12
  • Czechoslovakia 7-4 West Germany
  • USA 7-2 Poland
  • USSR 7-2 Finland

• February 14
  • USSR 4-3 Czechoslovakia
  • Finland 7-1 Poland
  • West Germany 4-1 USA

* Note: The score after the Czechoslovakia vs Poland match was 7-1, but due to the positive doping test of one of the Czechoslovakian players, the team was recorded a 0-1 loss. Poland didn't receive any points.

Consolation round

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

Rank		Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7	Romania	5	4	1	0	23	15	8
8	Austria	5	3	2	0	18	14	6
9	Japan	5	3	2	0	20	18	6
10	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	0	22	19	6
11	Switzerland	5	2	3	0	24	22	4
12	Bulgaria	5	0	5	0	19	38	0

• February 5
  • Yugoslavia 6-4 Switzerland
  • Romania 3-1 Japan
  • Austria 6-2 Bulgaria

• February 7
  • Yugoslavia 4-3 Romania
  • Switzerland 8-3 Bulgaria
  • Austria 3-2 Japan

• February 9
  • Yugoslavia 8-5 Bulgaria
  • Austria 3-4 Romania
  • Japan 6-4 Switzerland

• February 11
  • Romania 9-4 Bulgaria
  • Austria 3-5 Switzerland
  • Japan 4-3 Yugoslavia

• February 13
  • Romania 4-3 Switzerland
  • Japan 7-5 Bulgaria
  • Austria 3-1 Yugoslavia

Leading scorers

Rk		GP	G	A	Pts
1	Vladimir Shadrin	5	6	4	10
2	Aleksandr Maltsev	5	5	5	10
2	Viktor Shalimov	5	5	5	10
2	Erich Kuhnhackl	5	5	5	10
2	Valeri Kharlamov	5	5	5	10
6	Ernst Kopf	5	3	5	8
7	Vladimir Petrov	5	4	3	7
8	Alexander Yakushev	5	3	4	7
8	Bob Dobek	5	3	4	7
10	Lorenz Funk	5	2	5	7

Final ranking

1. Soviet Union
2. Czechoslovakia
3. West Germany
4. Finland
5. United States
6. Poland
7. Romania
8. Austria
9. Japan
10. Yugoslavia
11. Switzerland
12. Bulgaria

References

• Jeux Olympiques 1976