1985 World Ice Hockey Championships
The Games of the 50th World Ice Hockey Championships and 61 Hockey Championship in 1985 took place in the countries of Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and France after a year of Olympic -related break. The meetings were held on the following dates and in the following places:
It was attended by a total of 24 teams at the World Championships.
The 9th U20 Junior World Championships were held this year be held as follows:
A total of 21 teams took part in the tournaments. Canada picked up his second world title.
- 2.1 Games
- 2.2 Final Table B of the World Cup
- 3.1 Games
- 3.2 Final Table C- WM
A World Championship
The tournament of the A group was in Prague, Czechoslovakia, discharged.
The Czechoslovak ice hockey team took advantage of their home field advantage and became the sixth time world champion. The team benefited from the 1983 introduced new host mode, after the won in the first round points and goals are not taken into the final round. The goal of this mode change to revive the basis of Soviet dominance often boring final round was achieved. Indeed, a consideration of the preliminary round points in the final bill would be the 20th time the USSR became world champion. The Sbornaja dominated the preliminary round was impressive and in this way also for the 23rd time European champions. In the final round, however, was followed by two surprising defeats against Czechoslovakia and Canada, making the Sbornaja in the final won the bronze medal. Canada could, however, for the first time after 1962 to regain the silver medal. A particularly weak tournament played the Swedes, who had for the first time in the relegation round and their worst result experienced with 6th place since 1937. Especially bitter here were the two significant defeats against arch-rivals Finland.
Preliminary round
Final Table
Relegation round for the places 5-8
( Points in the preliminary round with accepted)
Final Table
Meisterrunde for places 1-4
( no points in the preliminary round )
Final Table
Final placement of the A-WC
Champion team
Top scorer
Awards
First All - Star Team
Second All- Star Team
Final Table of the EM
( counted after the first round )
Hockey European Championship 1985 Soviet Union USSR