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The 1973 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 40th Ice Hockey World Championships and the 51st European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in the Soviet Union from 31st March to 15th April and the games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in the capital, Moscow. Six teams took part in the main tournament, with each team playing each other twice. The Soviet Union took back their world title, winning all ten games on home ice, with an incredible points difference, and becoming World Champions for the twelfth time.

[edit] World Championships 1973

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	10	10	0	0	100 - 18	20
2	Sweden	10	7	1	2	53 - 23	15
3	Czechoslovakia	10	6	1	3	48 - 20	13
4	Finland	10	3	1	6	24 - 39	7
5	Poland	10	1	1	8	14 - 76	3
6	Germany	10	1	0	9	19 - 82	2

[edit] World Championship Medal Table

1973 World Championships	Country
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Sweden
Bronze	Czechoslovakia
4	Finland
5	Poland
6	Germany

[edit] European Championship medal table

1973 European Championships	Country
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Sweden
Bronze	Czechoslovakia
4	Finland
5	Poland
6	Germany