| Finals | | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | 05.04 |  West Germany | 1-1 |  Netherlands | | | aet , FT 1-1, pen. 3-1 | | 3-4 | 05.04 |  Soviet Union | 5-1 |  Australia | 2-1 | | 5-6 | 05.04 |  Canada | 3-0 |  Argentina | | | 7-8 | 05.04 |  Japan | 1-1 |  Belgium | | | aET ; pen.4-2 | | 9-10 | 05.04 |  France | 2-0 |  Spain | | | 11-12 | 05.04 |  Mexico | 1-0 |  Austria | | | 1/2 | 03.04 | West Germany | 2-1 | Australia | | | 1/2 | 03.04 | Netherlands | 7-3 | Soviet Union | | | 5-8 | 03.04 | Canada | 3-1 | Japan | | | 5-8 | 03.04 | Argentina | 3-1 | Belgium | | | 9-12 | 03.04 | France | 1-0 | Austria | | | 9-12 | 03.04 | Spain | 2-0 | Mexico | |
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | 1978 | | 1. West Germany | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21: | 4 | 2. | | 2. Netherlands | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28: | 4 | 1. | | 3. Soviet Union | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 24: | 12 | | | 4. Australia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18: | 12 | | | 5. Canada | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14: | 11 | 5. | | 6. Argentina | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15: | 13 | 3. | | 7. Japan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12: | 19 | 6. | | 8. Belgium | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9: | 17 | 3. | | 9. France | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10: | 18 | | | 10.Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2: | 12 | 8. | | 11.Mexico | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5: | 21 | | | 12.Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1: | 27 | |
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| First World Cup with Australia. | | Altough most teams from IFWHA did not enter yet. |
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| | | First 2 to Semi-Finals. Rest to Classification Games. |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. West Germany | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18: | 2 | | 2. Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16: | 4 | | 3. Argentina | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12: | 9 | | 4. Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9: | 13 | | 5. France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7: | 18 | | 6. Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4: | 19 |
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| Team | WeGe | Sovi | Arge | Japa | Fran | Mexi | | West Germany | --- | 2:0 | 5:0 | 4:1 | 5:1 | 2:0 | | Soviet Union | | --- | | 5:0 | 5:0 | 6:0 | | Argentina | | 2:0 | --- | | 2:0 | 6:1 | | Japan | | | 3:2 | --- | 5:2 | | | France | | | | | --- | 4:1 | | Mexico | | | | 2:1 | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 27.03 | Soviet Union | 5-0 | France | | | 27.03 | West Germany | 2-0 | Mexico | | | 27.03 | Japan | 3-2 | Argentina | | | 28.03 | Soviet Union | 5-0 | Japan | | | 28.03 | West Germany | 5-1 | France | | | 28.03 | Argentina | 6-1 | Mexico | | | 29.03 | West Germany | 4-1 | Japan | | | 29.03 | France | 4-1 | Mexico | | | 29.03 | Argentina | 2-0 | Soviet Union | | | 31.03 | West Germany | 2-0 | Soviet Union | | | 31.03 | Mexico | 2-1 | Japan | | | 31.03 | Argentina | 2-0 | France | | | 01.04 | Japan | 5-2 | France | | | 01.04 | Soviet Union | 6-0 | Mexico | | | 01.04 | West Germany | 5-0 | Argentina | |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Netherlands | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20: | 0 | | 2. Australia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16: | 5 | | 3. Canada | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8: | 10 | | 4. Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7: | 13 | | 5. Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0: | 10 | | 6. Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2: | 15 |
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| Team | Neth | Aust | Cana | Belg | Spai | Aust | | Netherlands | --- | 2:0 | 4:0 | 7:0 | 3:0 | 4:0 | | Australia | | --- | 4:1 | 3:2 | 3:0 | 6:0 | | Canada | | | --- | 2:1 | 3:0 | 2:1 | | Belgium | | | | --- | 1:0 | 3:1 | | Spain | | | | | --- | 0:0 | | Austria | | | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 27.03 | Netherlands | 7-0 | Belgium | | | 27.03 | Australia | 6-0 | Austria | | | 27.03 | Canada | 3-0 | Spain | | | 28.03 | Spain | 0-0 | Austria | | | 28.03 | Netherlands | 2-0 | Australia | | | 28.03 | Canada | 2-1 | Belgium | | | 29.03 | Belgium | 3-1 | Austria | | | 29.03 | Netherlands | 4-0 | Canada | | | 29.03 | Australia | 3-0 | Spain | | | 31.03 | Australia | 4-1 | Canada | | | 31.03 | Netherlands | 4-0 | Austria | | | 31.03 | Belgium | 1-0 | Spain | | | 01.04 | Netherlands | 3-0 | Spain | | | 01.04 | Canada | 2-1 | Austria | | | 01.04 | Australia | 3-2 | Belgium | |
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