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The 1971 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tourmanent was held in Bern and Geneva, Switzerland from March 19 to April 3, 1971. For the ninth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament. This was the last international tournament in which goaltenders did not have to wear face masks.

Final Standings

	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	10	8	1	1	77	24	17
2	Czechoslovakia	10	7	2	1	44	20	15
3	Sweden	10	5	4	1	29	33	11
4	Finland	10	4	5	1	31	42	9
5	Federal Republic of Germany	10	2	8	0	22	62	4
6	United States of America	10	2	8	0	31	53	4

References

• Szemberg, Szymon & Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 1-55168-307-5