Ice Hockey World Championship 1938

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	Winner: Canada

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	Winner: United Kingdom

The 12th Ice Hockey World Championship and the 23rd Ice Hockey European Championship took place from February 11th to 20th, 1938 in Prague , Czechoslovakia . The competition mode was changed again compared to the previous year . 14 teams took part in this World Cup. It was initially played in three preliminary round groups, with two groups with five and one group with four teams. After originally only the first two of the group with 4 teams were supposed to reach the intermediate round, the mode was changed in the course of the preliminary round: The first three of each group reached the intermediate round. In the second round they played in three groups of three, with the three group winners and the best runners-up moving into the semi-finals. The planned implementation of a consolation round with the teams that did not take part in the intermediate round was omitted because the teams were too less interested.

The Canadians won their tenth world title. Canada was represented by the Sudbury Wolves . Great Britain won the runner-up in the world championship for the second time and at the same time the fourth European title, the third in a row. The USA played their weakest tournament so far.

Preliminary round

Group A

February 11, 1938 3:00 p.m.

Switzerland

1: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Hungary

Prague spectators: 6000

February 11, 1938 evening

Lithuania

1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Romania

Prague spectators: 6000

February 12, 1938 morning

Poland

8: 1 (4: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1)

Lithuania

Prague

February 12, 1938 afternoon

Switzerland

8: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 5: 0)

Romania

Prague spectators: 6000

February 13, 1938 in the morning

Poland

3: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0)

Romania

Prague

February 13, 1938 in the morning

Hungary

10: 1 (2: 0, 4: 0, 4: 1)

Lithuania

Prague

February 14, 1938

Switzerland

15: 0 (9: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0)

Lithuania

Prague

February 14, 1938

Poland

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Hungary

Prague

February 15, 1938 in the morning

Hungary

3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Romania

Prague spectators: 500

February 15, 1938 afternoon

Switzerland

7: 1 (3: 0, 1: 0, 3: 1)

Poland

Prague spectators: 10,000

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1.	Switzerland	4th	4th	0	0	31: 02	+29	8-0
2.	Poland	4th	3	0	1	15: 08	+ 07	6: 2
3.	Hungary	4th	2	0	2	13: 06	+ 07	4: 4
4th	Lithuania	4th	1	0	3	03:33	−30	2: 6
5.	Romania	4th	0	0	4th	02:15	−13	0: 8

Group B

February 11, 1938 afternoon

Latvia

3: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 2: 0)

Norway

Prague spectators: 6000

February 11, 1938 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain

1: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)

German Empire

Prague spectators: 6000

February 12, 1938 morning

United States

1: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Latvia

Prague spectators: 6000

February 12, 1938

Great Britain

8: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 5: 0)

Norway

Prague

February 13, 1938

United States

7: 1 (3: 0, 4: 0, 0: 1)

Norway

Prague

February 13, 1938 afternoon

German Empire

1: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Latvia

Prague

February 14, 1938

Great Britain

5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1)

Latvia

Prague

February 14, 1938 evening

United States

1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)

German Empire

Prague

February 15, 1938 in the morning

German Empire

8: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 5: 0)

Norway

Prague spectators: 500

February 15, 1938 afternoon

Great Britain

1: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)

United States

Prague spectators: 10,000

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1.	United Kingdom	4th	3	1	0	15: 02	+13	7: 1
2.	United States	4th	3	1	0	10: 02	+ 08	7: 1
3.	German Empire	4th	2	0	2	09: 02	+ 07	4: 4
4th	Latvia	4th	1	0	3	04: 08	- 04th	2: 6
5.	Norway	4th	0	0	4th	02:26	−24	0: 8

Group C

February 11, 1938 afternoon

Canada

3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0)

Sweden

Prague spectators: 6000

February 11, 1938 evening

Czechoslovakia

1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Austria

Prague

February 13, 1938 afternoon

Canada

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Austria

Prague

February 13, 1938 evening

Czechoslovakia

0: 0 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)

Sweden

Prague

February 15, 1938 evening

Czechoslovakia

0: 3 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1)

Canada

Prague

February 15, 1938

Sweden

1: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Austria

Prague spectators: 11,000

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	9: 2	+7	6-0
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	1: 3	−2	3: 3
3.	Sweden	3	0	2	1	3: 4	−1	2: 4
4th	Austria	3	0	1	2	1: 5	−4	1: 5

Intermediate round

The nine teams qualified from the preliminary round played in three groups of three teams each. The group winners and the best runner-up qualified for the semi-finals. All three runners-up in the group were tied on points and goals. The organizing committee decided on Germany as the best runners-up in the group because it had forced the reigning world champion Canada into extra time.

Group A

February 16, 1938 evening

Czechoslovakia

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

United States

Prague

February 17, 1938 evening

Switzerland

1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

United States

Prague

February 18, 1938

Czechoslovakia

3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1)

Switzerland

Prague

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1.	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	5: 2	+3	4-0
2.	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	3: 3	± 0	2: 2
3.	United States	2	0	0	2	0: 3	−3	0: 4

Group B

February 16, 1938 afternoon

Great Britain

3: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1)

Sweden

Prague

February 17, 1938

Sweden

1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Poland

Prague

February 18, 1938

Great Britain

7: 1 (3: 1, 4: 0, 0: 0)

Poland

Prague

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1.	United Kingdom	2	2	0	0	10: 03	+7	4-0
2.	Sweden	2	1	0	1	03: 03	± 0	2: 2
3.	Poland	2	0	0	2	01: 08	−7	0: 4

Group C

February 16, 1938 afternoon

Canada

3: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

German Empire

Prague spectators: 5000

February 17, 1938 evening

German Empire

1: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)

Hungary

Prague

February 18, 1938

Canada

1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)

Hungary

Prague

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1.	Canada	2	1	1	0	4: 3	+1	3: 1
2.	German Empire	2	1	0	1	3: 3	± 0	2: 2
3.	Hungary	2	0	1	1	1: 2	−1	1: 3

Final round

Semifinals

February 19, 1938

Canada

1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

German Empire

Prague

February 19, 1938

Czechoslovakia

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)

Great Britain

Prague

Play for 5th place

February 19, 1938

Sweden

2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Switzerland

Prague

3rd place match

February 20, 1938

Czechoslovakia

3: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0)

German Empire

Prague

final

February 20, 1938

Canada

3: 1 (3: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0)

Great Britain

Prague

Final placement of the world championship

Game scene from the game Czechoslovakia against the German Reich

RF	team
1.	Canada
2.	Great Britain
3.	Czechoslovakia
4th	German Empire
5.	Sweden
6th	Switzerland
7th	Hungary
8th.	United States
9.	Poland
10.	Latvia
11.	Lithuania
12.	Austria
13.	Romania
14th	Norway

Final placement of the European Championship

RF	team
1.	Great Britain
2.	Czechoslovakia
3.	German Empire
4th	Sweden
5.	Switzerland
6th	Hungary
7th	Poland
8th.	Latvia
9.	Lithuania
10.	Austria
11.	Romania
12.	Norway

Master teams

World Champion Canada	Pat McReavy , Roy Heximer , Mel Albright , Johnny Godfrey , Glen Sutherland , Gordie Bruce , Jimmy Russell , Buster Portland , Jack Marshall , John Coulter , Percy Allen , Reg Chipman , Archie Burn Trainers: Max Silverman
European Champion Vice World Champion Great Britain	Jimmy Foster , Reg Merrifield - Robert Wyman , Gordon Dailley , Wilson - Gerry Davey , Alexander Archer , Jimmy Kelly , Pete Halford , Alexander Chappell , Archie Stinchcombe , Riddley, John Gerald
Third World Championship Vice European Champion Czechoslovakia	Bohumil Modrý , Antonín Houba - František Pácalt , Jaroslav Pušbauer , January Michálek - Ladislav Troják , Josef Maleček , Oldřich Kučera , František Pergl , Alois Cetkovský , Jaroslav Císař , Oldřich Hurych , Zdeněk Jirotka , Drahoš Jirotka Coach: Mike Buckna

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tageblatt (daily edition): February 11, 1938 page 13
2. ^ Austrian National Library Neues Wiener Tageblatt (daily edition): February 15, 1938, page 13
3. ^ Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tageblatt, page 36
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tagblatt (daily edition): February 12, 1938 page 13
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tagblatt (daily edition): February 13, 1938 page 17
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tagblatt (daily edition): February 14, 1938 page 5
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tageblatt (daily edition): February 16, 1938 page 12
8. ^ Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tagesblatt: February 15, 1938 page 34
9. ^ Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tageblatt: February 16, 1938, page 25 and Neues Wiener Tageblatt: February 16, 1938, page 36 , Neues Wiener Tageblatt, February 17, 1938, page 27 : Decision of the President of the Association: no extension to be carried out
10. ^ Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tageblatt, February 17, 1938, page 27
11. ^ Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tageblatt February 18, 1938 page 25
12. ^ Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tageblatt February 18, 1938, page 12
13. ^ Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tageblatt, February 17, 1938, page 12
14. ^ Austrian National Library , Neues Wiener Tageblatt February 18, 1938 page 25