World Championship B

League status: Not active
Administered by: IIHF
Year of start: 1951

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League leaders | season 1972-1973 all time stats

#	Player name	Pos	Team	GP	G	A	P	PIM
1.	Rainer Patschinski	C	DDR	7	6	6	12	4
2.	Bruno Wittwer	C	Switzerland	7	5	2	7	22
3.	Adolf Insam	C	Italy	7	2	1	3	4
4.	Roland Dellsperger	LW	Switzerland	6	1	0	1	0
5.	Ueli Hofmann	D	Switzerland	6	0	0	0	4
6.	Wolfgang Fischer	G	DDR	7			0
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Teams
Format
Champions

DDR

Italy

Romania

Switzerland

World Championship second division played from 1951 to 2000. The winner was promoted to the World Championship.

1999-2000: Germany
1998-1999: Denmark
1997-1998: Ukraine
1996-1997: Belarus
1995-1996: Latvia
1994-1995: Slovakia
1993-1994: Switzerland
1992-1993: Great Britain
1991-1992: Austria
1990-1991: Italy
1989-1990: Switzerland
1988-1989: Norway
1986-1987: Poland
1985-1986: Switzerland
1984-1985: Poland
1982-1983: USA
1981-1982: DDR
1980-1981: Italy
1978-1979: Netherlands
1977-1978: Poland
1976-1977: DDR
1975-1976: Romania
1974-1975: DDR
1973-1974: USA
1972-1973: DDR
1971-1972: Poland
1970-1971: Switzerland
1969-1970: USA
1968-1969: DDR
1966-1967: Poland
1965-1966: Western Germany
1964-1965: Poland
1962-1963: Norway
1961-1962: Japan
1960-1961: Norway
1958-1959: Romania
1955-1956: DDR
1954-1955: Italy
1952-1953: Italy
1951-1952: Great Britain
1950-1951: Italy

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Fast factsseason 1972-1973

Youngest player: Ueli Hofmann (19 years)
Oldest player: Zoltan Fogarasi (31 years)
Shortest player: Bruno Wittwer (173 cm)
Tallest player: Zoltan Fogarasi (185 cm)
Nationalities: DDR (1), Germany (2), Italy (1), Romania (1), Switzerland (4)

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