Ice Hockey World Championship 1931

Ice Hockey World Championship
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Winner: Canada

European ice hockey championship
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Winner: Austria

The 5th World Ice Hockey Championship and the 16th European Ice Hockey Championship took place from February 1 to 8, 1931 in Krynica in Poland . Compared to the World Cup last year , there was a completely different mode. There was no more World Challenge this year, instead all teams were challenged from the start of the tournament. Ten teams took part in this championship. There was initially one elimination round, with the two winners going to the next round while the losers had to go to the placement round. In the second round, the remaining eight teams met against each other in four pairings. The winners went straight to the final round, while the four losers went to a round of hope. The two winners of this round of hope then also reached the final round of the top six, while the two losers fought for places 7-10 together with the losers of the elimination round. Both the final round and the placement round were played in the league system.

Canada was again the winner of this World Cup, ahead of the USA . Canada won their fifth world title at the fifth world championship and remained unbeaten at an ice hockey world championship, but they lost their first point with the 0-0 victory over Sweden . The best European team was the team from Austria , which won the bronze medal and at the same time was able to achieve its second European title.

Qualifying rounds

Elimination round
February 1, 1931	Krynica	Czechoslovakia	-	Hungary	4: 1 (2: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
		Austria	-	Great Britain	1: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.0: 0)
Preliminary round
February 1, 1931	Krynica	Canada	-	France	9-0
February 2, 1931	Krynica	Poland	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 4 (0: 0.0: 3.1: 1)
		Sweden	-	Austria	3: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
		United States	-	Romania	15: 0 (7: 0.5: 0.3: 0)
Round of hope
February 3, 1931	Krynica	Austria	-	Romania	7: 0 (4: 0.0: 0.3: 0)
		Poland	-	France	2: 1 (0: 0.0: 1.2: 0)

Placement round for places 7–10

February 4, 1931	Krynica	Hungary	-	Great Britain	3: 1
		France	-	Romania	7: 1 (3: 0.2: 0.2: 1)
February 5, 1931	Krynica	Hungary	-	Romania	9: 1 (4: 0.3: 0.2: 1)
		Great Britain	-	France	2: 1
February 7, 1931	Krynica	Great Britain	-	Romania	11: 0 (3: 0.3: 0.5: 0)
		Hungary	-	France	1: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	13: 2	+11	6-0
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	14: 4	+10	4: 2
3	France	3	1	0	2	8: 4	+ 4	2: 4
4th	Romania	3	0	0	3	2:27	−25	0: 6

Final round for places 1–6

February 4, 1931	Krynica	United States	-	Austria	2: 1
		Canada	-	Czechoslovakia	2: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
		Poland	-	Sweden	2: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
February 5, 1931	Krynica	Austria	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 2 (0: 2.0: 0.1: 0)
		United States	-	Sweden	3: 0 (3: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
		Poland	-	Canada	0: 3 (0: 1.0: 1.0: 1)
February 6, 1931	Krynica	United States	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 0 (0: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
		Canada	-	Sweden	0: 0 (0: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
		Poland	-	Austria	1: 2
February 7, 1931	Krynica	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
		Canada	-	Austria	8-0
		Poland	-	United States	0: 1
February 8, 1931	Krynica	Austria	-	Sweden	1: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.0: 0)
		Poland	-	Czechoslovakia	0: 0 (0: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
		Canada	-	United States	2-0

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Canada	5	4th	1	0	15: 0	+15	9: 1
2	United States	5	4th	0	1	7: 3	+ 4	8: 2
3	Austria	5	2	0	3	5:13	- 8th	4: 6
4th	Poland +	5	1	1	3	3: 6	- 3	3: 7
5	Czechoslovakia +	5	1	1	3	2: 5	- 3	3: 7
6th	Sweden	5	1	1	3	1: 6	- 5th	3: 7

+ the goal quotient decided for Poland

Final placement of the World Cup

RF	team
1	Canada
2	United States
3	Austria
4th	Poland
5	Czechoslovakia
6th	Sweden
7th	Hungary
8th	Great Britain
9	France
10	Romania

Master teams

World Champion Canada	Gord MacKenzie (C), Ward McVey , Jack Pidcock , Guy Williamson , Blake Watson , Art Puttee , George Hill , Sammy McCallum , Frank Morris ; Coach: Blake Watson
Silver USA	Ted Frazier - Edward Dagnioni , Robert Elliot - Dwight Shefner , Laurence Sanford , Ty Anderson , Charles Ramsey , Gordon Smith , Richard Thayer , Francis Nelson Trainers: Walter A. Brown
Bronze Austria	Hermann Weiß , Bruno Kahane - Jacques Dietrichstein , Hans Trautenberg - Josef Göbl , Herbert Brück , Friedrich Demmer , Hans Tatzer , Ulrich Lederer , Anton Emhardt , Walter Sell , Karl Kirchberger Trainer: Hans Weinberger

Final placement of the EM

RF	team
1	Austria
2	Poland
3	Czechoslovakia
4th	Sweden
5	Hungary
6th	Great Britain
7th	France
8th	Romania

1931 Austria ice hockey European champion