First Round
Winners (in bold) as well as the gold medalist at the previous Olympics (USSR) qualify for the Group A to play for 1st-6th places. Other teams played in Group B for 7th-11th places.
- February 3
- Japan 2-8 Czechoslovakia
- Sweden 8-1 Yugoslavia
- February 4
- USA 5-3 Switzerland
- Poland 4-0 West Germany
- Finland 13-1 Norway
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