1969 Ice Hockey World Championships

For the seventh straight year, the Soviet Union won the Pool A tournament. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in Czechoslovakia, but due to the Soviet invasion of the country, they declined to host.{{harvnb|Szemberg|Podnieks|2007|p=59}} In the two games the Czechoslovak and Soviet teams played against each other, the Czechoslovak team won both times, becoming the first team to beat the Soviet Union twice in the same international tournament. For the first time in international ice hockey, body-checking was allowed in all three zones of the ice.{{harvnb|Szemberg|Podnieks|2007|p=199}} Team USA was demoted to Pool-B after losing all ten games.

{{ih|CSK}} – {{ih|CAN}} 6:1 (1:0, 2:1, 3:0)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Suchý 2, Nedomanský, Jiří Holík, Ševčík, Horešovský – King.

Referees: Wiking, Dahlberg (SWE)

{{ih|SWE}} – {{ih|FIN}} 6:3 (3:1, 1:1, 2:1)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Henriksson 2, Sterner, Nilsson - J. Peltonen, Keinonen, Isaksson.

{{ih|URS}} – {{ih|USA}} 17:2 (3:0, 11:0, 3:2)

15. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Starshinov 4, Firsov 4, Mikhailov 3, Yurzinov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Petrov, Mishakov - Lackey 2.

{{ih|CAN}} – {{ih|FIN}} 5:1 (1:1, 1:0, 3:0)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Caffery 2, Pinder, Bourbonnais, Huck - Keinonen.

{{ih|SWE}} – {{ih|URS}} 2:4 (2:1, 0:1, 0:2)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Nilsson, Johansson – Starshinov, Maltsev, Mikhailov, Kharlamov.

{{ih|CSK}} – {{ih|USA}} 8:3 (2:1, 4:2, 2:0)

16. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Jar. Holík 2, Farda, Suchý, Hrbatý, Golonka – Lackey, Christiansen, Stordahl.

Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

{{ih|CSK}} – {{ih|FIN}} 7:4 (4:1, 3:1, 0:2)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Machač 3, Nedomanský 2, Suchý, Jiří Holík – Rantasila 2, Partinen, Mononen.

Referees: Joyal, Villancourt (CAN)

{{ih|SWE}} – {{ih|USA}} 8:2 (1:2, 3:0, 4:0)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Carlsson, Milton, Karlsson, Johansson, Lundström, Olsson - Markle, Pleau.

{{ih|URS}} – {{ih|CAN}} 7:1 (5:1, 2:0, 0:0)

18. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Vikulov 2, Firsov 2, Kharlamov 2, Yakushev - Pinder.

{{ih|URS}} - {{ih|FIN}} 6:1 (3:0, 1:0, 2:1)

19. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Petrov 2, Paladiev, Maltsev, Firsov, Kharlamov - Oksanen.

{{ih|CSK}} - {{ih|SWE}} 0:2 (0:1, 0:0, 0:1)

19. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Palmqvist, Nilsson.

Referees: Trumble (USA), Joyal (CAN)

{{ih|CAN}} – {{ih|USA}} 5:0 (1:0, 0:0, 4:0)

20. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Hargreaves, Caffery, Bayes, King, Huck.

{{ih|SWE}} – {{ih|CAN}} 5:1 (1:1, 3:0, 1:0)

21. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Lundström 2, Svedberg, Sjöberg, Johansson - Caffery.

{{ih|CSK}} - {{ih|URS}} 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)

21. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: 33. Suchý, 47. Černý.

Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

{{ih|FIN}} – {{ih|USA}} 4:3 (1:1, 1:0, 2:2)

22. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: E. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Wahlsten - Pleau, Mayasich, Sheehy.

{{ih|USA}} – {{ih|URS}} 4:8 (1:3, 1:2, 2:3)

23. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Mayasich 2, Skime, Naslund - Mishakov 2, Paladiev, Firsov, Mikhailov, Petrov, Kharlamov, Yurzinov.

{{ih|SWE}} – {{ih|FIN}} 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0)

23. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Karlsson 3, Sjöberg, Johansson.

{{ih|CSK}} - {{ih|CAN}} 3:2 (1:1, 1:0, 1:1)

23. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý, Jar. Holík – Heindl, Bayes.

Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Trumble (USA)

{{ih|SWE}} – {{ih|URS}} 2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:1)

24. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Sjöberg, Nygren - Mikhailov 2, Petrov.

{{ih|CSK}} - {{ih|FIN}} 4:2 (2:2, 1:0, 1:0)

25. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Jiřík 2, Jiří Holík, Nedomanský – Keinonen, Isaksson.

Referees: Wiking (SWE), Trumble (USA)

{{ih|USA}} - {{ih|CAN}} 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)

25. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorer: Mott.

{{ih|FIN}} - {{ih|URS}} 3:7 (0:1, 1:4, 2:2)

26. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Leimu, Isaksson, Oksanen – Paladiev, Zimin, Starshinov, Maltsev, Petrov, Firsov, Mishakov

{{ih|CSK}} - {{ih|USA}} 6:2 (2:0, 2:1, 2:1)

26. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Černý 2, Pospíšil, Machač – Pieau, Skime.

Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Vaillancourt (CAN)

{{ih|SWE}} – {{ih|CAN}} 4:2 (1:0, 0:2, 3:0)

27. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Sterner 2, Johansson, Håkan Nygren – Pinder, Heindl.

{{ih|CSK}} - {{ih|URS}} 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1)

28. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: 15. Jiří Holík, 20. Nedomanský, 49. Horešovský, 51. Jar. Holík – 22. Kharlamov, 33. Firsov, 58. Ragulin.

Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Vaillancourt (CAN)

{{ih|FIN}} – {{ih|CAN}} 1:6 (0:3, 1:2, 0:1)

29. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Mononen - King, Stephanson, Heindl, Begg, Mott, Huck.

{{ih|SWE}} – {{ih|USA}} 10:4 (6:2, 1:1, 3:1)

29. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Milton 3, Nilsson 3, Karlsson, Johansson, Nygren, Olsson - Lackey, Pleau, Stordahl, Gambucci.

{{ih|USA}} – {{ih|FIN}} 3:7 (1:1, 0:5, 2:1)

30. March 1969 - Stockholm

Goalscorers: Pleau, Stordahl, Christiansen - Rantasila 2, J. Peltonen 2, Leimu, Harju, E. Peltonen.

{{ih|CSK}} – {{ih|SWE}} 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)

30. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorer: 18. Olsson.

Referees: Trumble (USA), Vaillancourt (CAN)

{{ih|CAN}} – {{ih|URS}} 2:4 (1:1, 0:1, 1:2)

30. March 1969 – Stockholm

Goalscorers: Demarco, Heindl - Mikhailov 2, Romishevsky, Maltsev.

1. {{ih|URS}}

Goaltenders: Viktor Zinger, Viktor Puchkov.

Defencemen: Vitali Davydov, Igor Romishevsky, Alexander Ragulin, Vladimir Lutchenko, Yevgeni Paladiev, Viktor Kuzkin.

Forwards: Vladimir Vikulov, Alexander Maltsev, Anatoli Firsov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharlamov, Yevgeni Zimin, Viacheslav Starshinov, Alexander Yakushev, Yevgeni Mishakov, Vladimir Yurzinov.

Coaches: Arkady Chernyshev, Anatoli Tarasov.

2. {{ih|SWE}}

Goaltenders: Leif Holmqvist, Gunnar Bäckman.

Defencemen: Lennart Svedberg, Arne Carlsson, Bert-Ola Nordlander, Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Nils Johansson, Kjell-Rune Milton.

Forwards: Stig-Göran Johansson, Stefan Karlsson, Tord Lundström, Ulf Sterner, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Björn Palmqvist, Håkan Nygren, Mats Hysing, Dick Yderström, Roger Olsson, Leif Henriksson.

Coach: Arne Strömberg.

3. {{ih|CSK}}

Goaltenders: Vladimír Dzurilla, Miroslav Lacký.

Defencemen: Jan Suchý, Josef Horešovský, Oldřich Machač, František Pospíšil, Vladimír Bednář.

Forwards: František Ševčík, Jozef Golonka, Jaroslav Jiřík, Jan Hrbatý, Jaroslav Holík, Jiří Holík, Richard Farda, Václav Nedomanský, Josef Černý, Jan Klapáč, Jan Havel, Josef Augusta.

Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka.

4. {{ih|CAN}}

Goaltenders: Wayne Stephenson, Ken Dryden, Steve Rexe.

Defencemen: Gary Begg, Terry O'Malley, Ken Stephanson, Jack Bownass, Bob Murdoch, Ab DeMarco, Jr.

Forwards: Gerry Pinder, Fran Huck, Morris Mott, Richie Bayes, Terry Caffery, Steve King, Chuck Lefley, Roger Bourbonnais, Ted Hargreaves, Bill Heindl, Danny O'Shea

Coach: Jackie McLeod.

5. {{ih|FIN}}

Goaltenders: Urpo Ylönen, Lasse Kiili.

Defencemen: Seppo Lindström, Lalli Partinen, Juha Rantasila, Ilpo Koskela, Pekka Marjamäki.

Forwards: Lasse Oksanen, Juhani Wahlsten, Matti Keinonen, Esa Peltonen, Jorma Peltonen, Pekka Leimu, Lauri Mononen, Esa Isaksson, Juhani Jylhä, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Matti Harju, Kari Johansson.

Coaches: Gustav Bubnik and Seppo Liitsola.

6. {{ih|USA}}

Goaltenders: Mike Curran, John Lothrop.

Defencemen: Bruce Riutta, Carl Lackey, Jim Branch, Bob Paradise, John Mayasich.

Forwards: Ron Nasland, Paul Coppo, Larry Pleau, Larry Stordahl, Bill Reichert, Gary Gambucci, Tim Sheehy, Keith Christiansen, Pete Markle, Jerry Lackey, Larry Skime.

Coach: John Mayasich (player-coach).

File:Srečanje med Jugoslavijo in Avstrijo 1969 (2).jpg and Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia won 2–1.]]

• East Germany was promoted to the 1970 Pool A tournament while Austria and Italy were demoted to Pool C. Later, when Canada withdrew from international play, second place Poland was also promoted to fill their spot.

{{ih|POL}} – {{ih|ROM}} 4:2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|DDR}} – {{ih|ITA}} 11:1 (2:0, 4:1, 5:0)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|NOR}} – {{ih|AUT}} 3:3 (2:0, 1:2, 0:1)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|YUG}} – {{ih|FRG}} 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0)

28. February 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|DDR}} – {{ih|NOR}} 13:4 (4:1, 5:0, 4:3)

1. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|FRG}} – {{ih|ROM}} 6:2 (2:2, 2:0, 2:0)

1. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|YUG}} – {{ih|ITA}} 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1)

2. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|POL}} – {{ih|AUT}} 9:1 (2:0, 3:0, 4:1)

2. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|DDR}} – {{ih|ROM}} 11:2 (2:1, 4:1, 5:0)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|FRG}} – {{ih|NOR}} 5:0 (0:0, 1:0, 4:0)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|POL}} – {{ih|ITA}} 5:2 (0:0, 2:1, 3:1)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|YUG}} – {{ih|AUT}} 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1)

3. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|NOR}} – {{ih|ROM}} 5:4 (2:1, 3:1, 0:2)

4. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|FRG}} – {{ih|DDR}} 1:6 (0:1, 1:0, 0:5)

4. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|AUT}} – {{ih|ITA}} 3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1)

5. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|YUG}} – {{ih|POL}} 1:4 (1:2, 0:0, 0:2)

5. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|DDR}} – {{ih|AUT}} 11:3 (1:1, 7:1, 3:1)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|POL}} – {{ih|NOR}} 5:1 (4:0, 1:1, 0:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|FRG}} – {{ih|ITA}} 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|YUG}} – {{ih|ROM}} 4:4 (0:1, 3:3, 1:0)

6. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|YUG}} – {{ih|NOR}} 3:3 (0:2, 2:0, 1:1)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|FRG}} – {{ih|AUT}} 8:0 (2:0, 2:0, 4:0)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|ROM}} – {{ih|ITA}} 5:2 (0:1, 0:0, 5:1)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|DDR}} – {{ih|POL}} 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)

8. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|NOR}} – {{ih|ITA}} 10:2 (6:0, 3:2, 1:0)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|POL}} – {{ih|FRG}} 3:2 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|ROM}} – {{ih|AUT}} 5:4 (0:1, 2:3, 3:0)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

{{ih|YUG}} – {{ih|DDR}} 1:6 (0:1, 0:4, 1:1)

9. March 1969 – Ljubljana

• Japan, and Switzerland were promoted to the 1970 Pool B tournament. Later Bulgaria was elevated as well to fill the vacancy left by Poland.

{{ih|JPN}} – {{ih|BUL}} 3:4 (0:0, 2:2, 1:2)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|SUI}} – {{ih|HUN}} 11:1 (3:0, 4:0, 4:1)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|NED}} – {{ih|DEN}} 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1)

24. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|SUI}} – {{ih|NED}} 8:0 (2:0, 3:0, 3:0)

25. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|HUN}} – {{ih|BUL}} 5:3 (2:1, 2:2, 1:0)

26. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|JPN}} – {{ih|DEN}} 11:1 (1:1, 5:0, 5:0)

26. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|NED}} – {{ih|BUL}} 7:5 (2:2, 4:1, 1:2)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|JPN}} – {{ih|HUN}} 6:3 (0:1, 4:1, 2:1)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|SUI}} – {{ih|DEN}} 9:0 (3:0, 5:0, 1:0)

27. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|JPN}} – {{ih|NED}} 11:0 (5:0, 4:0, 2:0)

28. February 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|HUN}} – {{ih|DEN}} 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0)

1. March 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|SUI}} – {{ih|BUL}} 11:3 (5:0, 3:3, 3:0)

1. March 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|BUL}} – {{ih|DEN}} 4:2 (1:1, 3:1, 0:0)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|HUN}} – {{ih|NED}} 13:1 (5:0, 3:0, 5:1)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

{{ih|JPN}} – {{ih|SUI}} 5:2 (3:0, 1:2, 1:0)

2. March 1969 – Skopje

{{stack begin}}

{{winners|ih|1969 IIHF World Championship winners|URS|9th}}

• Best players selected by the directorate:
• Best Goaltender: {{flagicon|SWE}} Leif Holmqvist
• Best Defenceman: {{flagicon|CSK}} Jan Suchý
• Best Forward: {{flagicon|SWE}} Ulf Sterner
• Media All-Star Team:
• Goaltender: {{flagicon|CSK}} Vladimír Dzurilla
• Defence: {{flagicon|CSK}} Jan Suchý, {{flagicon|SWE}} Lennart Svedberg
• Forwards: {{flagicon|URS}} Anatoli Firsov, {{flagicon|CSK}} Václav Nedomanský, {{flagicon|SWE}} Ulf Sterner

{{stack end}}

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

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• Czechoslovak Hockey Riots - developed as a direct result of the competition.

• [http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1969.htm Summary (in French)]
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• {{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 |year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |pages=141}}
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