<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ithimba laseCzechoslovak lalibikezelwe ukuthi lizobhekana neCanada emdlalweni wokugcina ngochwepheshe abaningi njengoba babelethe iqembu elifanayo elalinqobe i-1976 World Championship  <response>: ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambili. Umgcini wabo wegoli, uJiří Holeček, wayebhekwa njengomuntu ongcono kunabo bonke emhlabeni ngaphandle kweNHL. Umqeqeshi waseCzechoslovakia uKarel Gut walindela ukuba iqembu lakhe liphume ukuze libonise izwe ukuthi kunokuningi okuhilelekile ehockey yamazwe ngamazwe kuneCanada neSoviet Union. ISweden yayibekwe endaweni yesithathu ukungena kulo mqhudelwano futhi yayinomxube omkhulu wama-amateurs kanye nabaqeqeshiwe ababedlala ku-NHL naku-WHA. I - United States neFinland baqeda lo mqhudelwano futhi kwakungalindelekile ukuba babe nokuncintisana. 