1978 Ice Hockey World Championships

6–2

26 April

8–0

26 April

9–5

27 April

6–4

27 April

7–4

27 April

5–1

28 April

6–4

28 April

6–2

29 April

10–1

29 April

8–2

30 April

7–2

30 April

6–3

1 May

6–2

1 May

10–2

2 May

8–3

2 May

6–1

3 May

7–4

3 May

4–3

4 May

5–0

4 May

6–1

5 May

5–3

5 May

7–3

6 May

6–4

6 May

7–5

7 May

1–1

7 May

3–3

8 May

3–2

8 May

4–2

Final Round 1–4 place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	10	9	1	61	26	+35	18
2	Czechoslovakia	10	9	1	54	21	+33	18
3	Canada	10	5	5	38	36	+2	10
4	Sweden	10	4	6	39	37	+2	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 May

5–1

10 May

6–1

12 May

3–2

12 May

7–1

14 May

3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Sportovní hala ČSTV, Prague
Attendance: 14,500

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14 May

3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Sportovní hala ČSTV, Prague
Attendance: 14,500

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Vladislav Tretiak

Goalies

Jiří Holeček

Helmuts Balderis	1–0
Vladimir Petrov	2–0
Vladimir Golikov	3–0
	3–1	Ivan Hlinka

Consolation round 5–8 place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	West Germany	10	3	3	4	35	43	−8	9
6	United States	10	2	2	6	38	58	−20	6
7	Finland	10	2	2	6	37	44	−7	6
8	East Germany	10	1	3	6	20	57	−37	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

East Germany was relegated to Group B.

9 May

4–4

9 May

5–5

11 May

0–0

11 May

4–3

13 May

8–4
(2–1, 1–1, 5–2)

Sportovní hala ČSTV, Prague
Attendance: 10,000

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13 May

7–2
(3–1, 4–0, 0–1)

Sportovní hala ČSTV, Prague
Attendance: 9,500

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World Championship Group B (Yugoslavia)

Played in Belgrade 17–26 March.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Poland	7	6	1	0	51	19	+32	13
10	Japan	7	5	1	1	26	17	+9	11
11	Switzerland	7	4	1	2	42	32	+10	9
12	Romania	7	3	1	3	41	29	+12	7
13	Hungary	7	3	0	4	21	36	−15	6
14	Norway	7	2	1	4	29	34	−5	5
15	Italy	7	1	1	5	32	41	−9	3
16	Yugoslavia	7	1	0	6	14	48	−34	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Undefeated Poland was promoted to Group A, and both Italy and Yugoslavia were relegated to Group C.

17 March

4–5

17 March

1–8

17 March

6–4

17 March

2–4

18 March

4–3

18 March

2–5

19 March

5–5

19 March

1–6

20 March

1–2

20 March

3–7

20 March

4–9

20 March

3–12

21 March

7–2

21 March

1–7

22 March

5–2

22 March

4–7

23 March

0–8

23 March

6–6

23 March

2–12

23 March

1–6

25 March

12–5

25 March

4–3

25 March

2–2

25 March

0–11

26 March

1–5

26 March

2–5

26 March

5–3

26 March

8–6

World Championship Group C (Spain)

Played in the Canary Islands (Las Palmas) 10–19 March.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Netherlands	7	6	1	0	74	17	+57	13
18	Austria	7	5	1	1	65	31	+34	11
19	Denmark	7	4	1	2	59	25	+34	9
20	China	7	4	0	3	47	30	+17	8
21	Bulgaria	7	3	1	3	27	30	−3	7
22	France	7	3	0	4	46	39	+7	6
23	Spain	7	1	0	6	26	84	−58	2
24	Belgium	7	0	0	7	13	101	−88	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

The Netherlands and Austria were both promoted to Group B. China and Denmark also ended up being promoted to alleviate a political situation between the Chinese and the South Koreans and to address the IIHF missing that Austria should have been disqualified for using Pentti Hyytiäinen.^[6]^[7]

10 March

8–4

10 March

18–3

10 March

7–4

10 March

2–7

12 March

3–2

12 March

9–7

12 March

11–4

12 March

0–8

13 March

12–1

13 March

7–6

13 March

0–19

13 March

3–3

15 March

10–3

15 March

12–3

15 March

9–4

15 March

2–10

16 March

3–3

16 March

9–0

16 March

4–14

16 March

2–4

18 March

19–1

18 March

8–3

18 March

3–13

18 March

4–6

19 March

22–1

19 March

0–4

19 March

4–8

19 March

4–14