| Year: | 1973 |
| Size: | 270px |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Dates: | 31 March – 15 April |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Type: | ih |
| Winners: | USSR |
| Count: | 12 |
| Second: | Sweden |
| Third: | Czechoslovakia |
| Fourth: | Finland |
| Games: | 30 |
| Goals: | 258 |
| Attendance: | 331500 |
| Scoring Leader: | Vladimir Petrov 34 points |
| Nextseason: | 1974 |
The 1973 Ice Hockey World 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 31 March to 15 April and the games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow.
Six teams took part in the main tournament, with each team playing each other twice. The Soviet Union took back their world title and became World Champions for the 12th time.
West Germany was relegated to Group B.
Played in Graz, 22 to 31 March. The Austrian team was coached by Father David Bauer who had established the Canada men's national ice hockey team.[1]
East Germany was promoted to Group A, both Switzerland and Italy were relegated to group C. Rating Austria, Japan and Switzerland against each other head to head, they each had two points, Austria had a goal differential of +2, Japan +1, and Switzerland -3.
Played in Geleen, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Tilburg and The Hague, from 9 to 18 March.
Norway and the Netherlands were promoted to Group B.
Börje SalmingThe final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:
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