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Sports > Olympics > Winter Olympics Through The Years > 1972 Olympics

Ice Hockey

Group A

(Overall records in parentheses)

  GmW-L-TPtsGFGA
1USSR (4-0-1)54-0-193313
2USA (4-2-0)53-2-061815
3Czechoslovakia (4-2-0)53-2-062613
4Sweden (3-2-1)52-2-151713
5Finland (3-3-0)52-3-041424
6Poland (1-5-0)50-5-00939
Note: Pivotal game—USSR over Czech., 5–2, in final contest for both teams. The 5–1 U.S. victory over the Czechs gave the Americans second place. Also, the USSR received a bye to Group A while the other seven teams had to win a one-game elimination round to qualify.

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