1967 Ice Hockey World Championships
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) voted to host the event in Austria.However, starting in 1969, the top tier shrank to only six nations meaning that both German entries ended up being relegated.The Polish team were quite fortunate that Romania had blown a lead on the second last day against Austria, but were very unfortunate that the change in the top tier format allowed for no promotion from Group 'B' Oddly, the leading scorer (Zoltán Horváth) came from the last placed team, Hungary.Japan won all four of their games by wide margins to claim Group 'C' but had to wait (like Poland) until 1969 for another chance to move up.Belgium, Great Britain, and North Korea were expected to play in this tournament, but did not participate.