The 1965

Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annua ...

took place in Hakametsä,

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, 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

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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. 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 Harry Gustaf Lindblad (30 July 1912 – 2 February 1984) was a Finnish ice hockey administrator, coach and player. He served as the Finnish Ice Hockey Association president for 18 years, after five years as its vice-president. During this time, ...

, president of the

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Qualifying Round Group A

First round

Second round

World Championship Group A (Tampere, Finland)

Yleisradio's sports commentator booth in Hakametsä

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was relegated to

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Group B.''

Qualifying Round Group B

World Championship Group B (Turku, Rauma, and Pori, Finland)

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

earned promotion to the

Group A.

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joined

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and

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in the following year's qualification for Group B.''

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best

Goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near t ...

Vladimír Dzurilla Vladimír Dzurilla (August 2, 1942 in Bratislava, Slovakia – July 27, 1995 in Düsseldorf, Germany) was a Slovak ice hockey goaltender playing for Czechoslovakia. Dzurilla, a refrigerator repairman by profession, was goalie for the ...

**Best

Defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the la ...

František Tikal František Tikal (18 July 1933 – 10 August 2008) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey defenseman. He played 17 seasons in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Sparta Praha and won two national titles. Internationally he played 59 games for Czechoslovaki ...

**Best

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Vyacheslav Starshinov Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starshinov (russian: Вячеслав Иванович Старшинов; born May 6, 1940 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian former ice hockey player, coach and executive. Starshinov played in the Soviet Hockey League fo ...

*Media All-Star Team: **Goaltender: Vladimír Dzurilla **Defence:

Alexander Ragulin Alexander Pavlovich "Rags" Ragulin (russian: Александр Павлович Рагулин; 5 May 1941 – 17 November 2004) was a Russian ice hockey player. He is considered one of the best defensemen in Soviet ice hock ...

, František Tikal **Forwards:

Alexander Almetov Alexander Davletovich Almetov (russian: Александр Давлетович Альметов, January 18, 1940 – September 21, 1992) was an ice hockey player who played as a forward for HC CSKA Moscow and for the USSR Team. ...

Jaroslav Jiřík Jaroslav Jiřík (December 10, 1939 – July 11, 2011) was a Czech professional ice hockey right winger. He became the first player that an Eastern Bloc country released to play in the National Hockey League when he appeared in thre ...

Konstantin Loktev Konstantin Borisovich Loktev (April 16, 1933 – November 4, 1996) was a Soviet ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964. ...

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

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European championships final standings

The final standings of the

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according to

Citations

References

Summary (in french)
* {{IIHF Ice Hockey European Championships IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

March 1965 sports events in Europe Sports competitions in Tampere International sports competitions in Turku 1960s in Turku Rauma, Finland Sport in Pori