1985 Ice Hockey World Championships

The 1985 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia from April 17 to May 3. This was the 50th World Championships and the 61st European Championships of ice hockey. Eight teams competed, with each team playing every other team once. The top four teams then played each other again to decide the final rankings.

Czechoslovakia won the world championship for the sixth time, while the Soviet Union claimed their 23rd European title. It was a historic tournament for several reasons. The Soviet team played without their famous goaltender Tretiak for the first time since 1969. Canada had its best performance since returning to the championships in 1977 and even defeated the Soviet Union for the first time since 1961.

Surprisingly, Sweden did very poorly, having their worst finish since 1937. This tournament also marked the last appearance for East Germany at the top level. The event ended with some trouble during the bronze medal game between the US and the Soviet Union, which led to some coaches and players being suspended.

World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)

Venues

First round

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Final Round

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Consolation round

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East Germany were moved down to a lower group.

Prague	Sportovní hala ČSTV Zimní stadion Eden Locations of the two venues in Prague.	Prague
Sportovní hala ČSTV Capacity: 14,000		Zimní stadion Eden Capacity: 5,100

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	0	52	8	+44	14
2	United States	7	4	1	2	24	34	−10	9
3	Canada	7	4	1	2	33	23	+10	9
4	Czechoslovakia	7	4	1	2	30	16	+14	9
5	Finland	7	2	2	3	23	25	−2	6
6	Sweden	7	2	0	5	24	30	−6	4
7	West Germany	7	1	1	5	17	31	−14	3
8	East Germany	7	0	2	5	11	47	−36	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	18	6	+12	6
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	4
3	Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	12	8	+4	2
4	United States	3	0	0	3	7	24	−17	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Finland	10	4	2	4	39	33	+6	10
6	Sweden	10	4	0	6	37	40	−3	8
7	West Germany	10	3	1	6	28	41	−13	7
8	East Germany	10	0	2	8	16	64	−48	2

World Championship Group B (Switzerland)

The 1985 Ice Hockey World Championship Group B took place in Fribourg from March 21 to March 31. In the last game, the Swiss team needed to win by more than four goals to win the tournament. However, the Dutch team surprised everyone by winning six to two.

Poland moved up to Group A, while both Norway and Hungary were moved down to Group C.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Poland	7	6	1	0	37	13	+24	13
10	Switzerland	7	5	1	1	29	13	+16	11
11	Italy	7	5	0	2	29	22	+7	10
12	Austria	7	3	0	4	18	24	−6	6
13	Japan	7	3	0	4	31	36	−5	6
14	Netherlands	7	3	0	4	36	25	+11	6
15	Norway	7	2	0	5	28	38	−10	4
16	Hungary	7	0	0	7	17	54	−37	0

World Championship Group C (France)

The 1985 Ice Hockey World Championship Group C took place in Megève, Chamonix, and Saint-Gervais from March 14 to March 23.

Both France and Yugoslavia moved up to Group B. For France, this was their first time returning to this level since they did not participate in the past due to a protest.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	France	7	6	1	0	54	13	+41	13
18	Yugoslavia	7	6	0	1	36	13	+23	12
19	China	7	5	1	1	45	22	+23	11
20	Romania	7	4	0	3	51	29	+22	8
21	Denmark	7	3	0	4	16	23	−7	6
22	Bulgaria	7	2	0	5	27	45	−18	4
23	North Korea	7	1	0	6	18	56	−38	2
24	Spain	7	0	0	7	9	55	−46	0

Ranking and statistics

This section shows the best players, final standings, and top scorers from the 1985 Ice Hockey World Championships.

The tournament awards highlighted the best players chosen by the directorate and the Media All-Star Team. The final standings for both the overall tournament and the European championships are also included.

1985 IIHF World Championship winners
Czechoslovakia 6th title

	Czechoslovakia
	Canada
	Soviet Union
4	United States
5	Finland
6	Sweden
7	West Germany
8	East Germany

	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
	Finland
4	Sweden
5	West Germany
6	East Germany

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Sergei Makarov	10	9	5	14	+2	8	F
Jiří Lála	10	8	5	13	+9	6	F
Viacheslav Fetisov	10	6	7	13	+19	15	D
Nikolai Drozdetsky	10	5	7	12	+17	4	F
Hannu Järvenpää	10	9	2	11	+4	10	F
Vladimír Růžička	10	8	3	11	+5	0	F
Kent Nilsson	8	6	5	11	−1	6	F
Alexei Kasatonov	9	5	6	11	+13	14	D
Mikhail Varnakov	10	6	4	10	+17	0	F
Dieter Hegen	10	5	5	10	0	4	F

Player	MIP	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Vladimir Myshkin	580	13	1.34	.936	1
Jiří Králík	540	17	1.89	.922	1
Kari Takko	420	23	3.29	.891	1
Karl Friesen	520	34	3.92	.886	0
John Vanbiesbrouck	489	46	5.64	.866	0