| | Top level | Event type
Ice Hockey, Men – Qualifying Round, Match #1
| Date | 3 February 1972 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Referee | John Haraldsen |  NOR |
| Referee | Janezic |  YUG |
Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Japan |  JPN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Goals
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:54 (1) | 1 – 0 | | Václav Nedomanský (Jiří Holík) | Power play (1) | |
| 20:48 (2) | 2 – 0 | | Václav Nedomanský (Jiří Holík) | Equal-handed | |
| 25:52 (2) | 3 – 0 | | Ivan Hlinka (Vladimír Martinec) | Equal-handed | |
| 27:29 (2) | 4 – 0 | | Jiří Kochta (Jiří Holík) | Equal-handed | |
| 28:24 (2) | 4 – 1 | | Koji Iwamoto (Herb Wakabayashi) | Equal-handed | |
| 29:38 (2) | 5 – 1 | | Ivan Hlinka (Vladimír Martinec) | Equal-handed | |
| 44:03 (3) | 6 – 1 | | Ivan Hlinka | Equal-handed | |
| 48:12 (3) | 7 – 1 | | Eduard Novák | Power play (1) | |
| 49:22 (3) | 8 – 1 | | František Pospíšil (Josef Černý) | Equal-handed | |
| 58:40 (3) | 8 – 2 | | Yasushio Tanaka (Hiroshi Hori, Takao Hikigi) | Equal-handed |
Penalties
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:51 (1) | 2 | | Koji Iwamoto | Hooking | |
| 12:13 (1) | 2 | | Vladimír Bednář | Hooking | |
| 34:18 (2) | 2 | | Fumio Yamazaki | Cross-checking | |
| 34:18 (2) | 2 | | Josef Horešovský | Interference | |
| 47:24 (3) | 2 | | Yasushio Tanaka | Cross-checking |
Goalkeepers
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | | Jiří Holeček | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | | Toshimitsu Otsubo | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | | Jiří Holeček | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | | Toshimitsu Otsubo | Goalkeeper Out |
Czechoslovakia
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 14 | Václav Nedomanský | – | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 20 | Jiří Holík | – | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Jiří Kochta | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Eduard Novák | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Richard Farda | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Josef Černý | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Vladimír Martinec | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Ivan Hlinka | – | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Bohuslav Šťastný | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 19 | Vladimír Bednář | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Rudy Tajcnár | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Oldřich Macháč | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | František Pospíšil | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Josef Horešovský | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Karel Vohralík | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 2 | Jiří Holeček | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 19 | 90.5% | |||||
| Coach | Jaroslav Pitner |
Japan
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 11 | Minoru Ito | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Teruyasu Honma | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Yasushio Tanaka | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Hideaki Kurokawa | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Takao Hikigi | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Koji Iwamoto | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Isao Kakihara | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Toru Okajima | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Yoshio Hoshino | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Herb Wakabayashi | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Hiroshi Hori | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Iwao Nakayama | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Takeshi Akiba | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Fumio Yamazaki | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 8 | Takashi Tsuburai | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Toshimitsu Otsubo | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 56 | 87.5% | |||||
| Coach | Nikolay Karpov |