1971 World Ice Hockey Championships
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Switzerland
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| Dates | 19 March–3 April |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 Soviet Union (11th title)
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Runner-up 
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 Czechoslovakia
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Third place 
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 Sweden
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| Fourth place |
 Finland
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 234 (7.8 per match) |
| Attendance | 190,251 (6,342 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Anatoli Firsov 19 points
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1972 →
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The 1971 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which also doubled as the 49th European ice hockey championships. The Pool A, Pool B and Pool C tournaments were hosted by the following nations:
A record 22 nations participated in the tournaments. The Pool A tournament featured the top six nations, playing a double round-robin tournament for the amateur world championship. Teams #7-#14 participated in the Pool B tournament with the winner qualifying for the 1972 Pool A championship while the two last-place teams were demoted to the 1972 Pool C tournament. The bottom eight teams participated in the Pool C tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the 1972 Pool B tournament.
This was the last international tournament in which goaltenders did not have to wear face masks.
The Pool A tournament was held in Bern and Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 March to 3 April 1971. The East German team declined to participate. West Germany participated instead after beating Poland in two qualifying games arranged in November 1970 for the vacant slot. West Germany had placed second in last year's Pool B, while Poland had finished 6th in last year's Pool A.
West Germany – 
Poland 6:3 (2:0, 3:2, 1:1)
8 November 1970 – Munich
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