Ice Hockey World Championship 1949

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	Winner: Czechoslovakia

The 16th ice hockey world championship and 27th ice hockey European championship took place from February 12 to 20, 1949 in Stockholm ( Sweden ). Ten teams took part. The tournament was initially held in a preliminary round with three groups; the respective group first and second played the world champion in a final round, the third and fourth placed played for places 7-10.

Czechoslovakia became world champions for the second time and European champions for the ninth time, defeating record world champions Canada 3-2 in a direct comparison. It was only the third loss for the Canadians at a World Cup.

Preliminary round

Group A

February 12, 1949	Stockholm	Canada	-	Denmark		47: 0 (13: 0.16: 0.18: 0)
February 13, 1949	Stockholm	Canada	-	Austria		7: 0 (0: 0.3: 0.4: 0)
February 14, 1949	Stockholm	Austria	-	Denmark		25: 1 (8: 0.6: 0.11: 1)

+ the result is still a record for A World Championships today

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	54: 0	+54	4-0
2	Austria	2	1	0	1	25: 8	+17	2: 2
3	Denmark	2	0	0	2	1:72	−71	0: 4

Group B

February 12, 1949	Stockholm	Norway	-	Belgium		2: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
February 12, 1949	Stockholm	United States	-	Switzerland		12: 5 (6: 2.4: 1.2: 2)
February 13, 1949	Stockholm	Switzerland	-	Belgium		18: 2 (5: 0.10: 1.3: 1)
February 13, 1949	Stockholm	United States	-	Norway		12: 1 (7: 1.3: 0.2: 0)
February 14, 1949	Stockholm	Switzerland	-	Norway		7: 1 (4: 1.3: 0.0: 0)
February 14, 1949	Stockholm	United States	-	Belgium		12: 0 (4: 0.5: 0.3: 0)

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	United States	3	3	0	0	36: 6	+30	6-0
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	30:15	+15	4: 2
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	4:19	−15	2: 4
4th	Belgium	3	0	0	3	2:32	−30	0: 6

Group C

February 12, 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Finland		12: 1 (2: 0.3: 0.7: 1)
February 13, 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia		4: 2 (3: 0.1: 2.0: 0)
February 14, 1949	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland		19: 2 (8: 1.3: 1.8: 0)

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Sweden	2	2	0	0	16: 3	+13	4-0
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	21: 6	+15	2: 2
3	Finland	2	0	0	2	3:31	−28	0: 4

Placement round for places 7–10

February 17, 1949	Stockholm	Belgium	-	Denmark		8: 3 (2: 1.4: 2.2: 0)
February 17, 1949	Stockholm	Finland	-	Norway		7: 3 (4: 3.2: 0.1: 0)
February 18, 1949	Stockholm	Finland	-	Belgium		17: 2 (6: 0.4: 0.7: 2)
February 18, 1949	Stockholm	Norway	-	Denmark		Denmark waived *
February 19, 1949	Stockholm	Finland	-	Denmark		Denmark waived *
February 19, 1949	Stockholm	Norway	-	Belgium		14: 1 (5: 0.6: 0.3: 1)

+ counted for Norway and Finland

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	24: 5	+19	6-0
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	17: 8	+9	4: 2
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	11:34	−23	2: 4
4th	Denmark	3	0	0	3	3: 8	−5	0: 6

Final round for places 1–6

February 15, 1949	Stockholm	Canada	-	Czechoslovakia		2: 3 (0: 0.1: 2.1: 1)
February 15, 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Austria		18: 0 (5: 0.5: 0.8: 0)
February 15, 1949	Stockholm	United States	-	Switzerland		4: 5 (1: 4.3: 0.0: 1)
February 16, 1949	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Austria		7: 1 (4: 0.2: 0.1: 1)
February 16, 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Canada		2: 2 (0: 1.1: 0.1: 1)
February 17, 1949	Stockholm	Canada	-	United States		7: 2 (2: 0.1: 2.4: 0)
February 17, 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Switzerland		3: 1 (0: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
February 18, 1949	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Switzerland		8: 1 (4: 0.1: 1.3: 0)
February 18, 1949	Stockholm	Canada	-	Austria		8: 2 (3: 0.3: 1.2: 1)
February 18, 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	-	United States		3: 6 (1: 0.0: 4.2: 2)
February 19, 1949	Stockholm	Switzerland	-	Austria		10: 1 (4: 0.3: 1.3: 0)
February 19, 1949	Stockholm	United States	-	Czechoslovakia		2: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
February 20, 1949	Stockholm	United States	-	Austria		9: 1 (0: 1.3: 0.6: 0)
February 20, 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia		0: 3 (0: 0.0: 2.0: 1)
February 20, 1949	Stockholm	Canada	-	Switzerland		1: 1 (0: 1.0: 0.1: 0)

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Czechoslovakia	5	4th	0	1	21: 6	+15	8: 2
2	Canada	5	2	2	1	20:10	+10	6: 4
3	United States	5	3	0	2	23:16	+7	6: 4
4th	Sweden	5	2	1	2	26:12	+14	5: 5
5	Switzerland	5	2	1	2	18:17	+1	5: 5
6th	Austria	5	0	0	5	5:52	−47	0:10

Final placement of the world championship

RF	team
1	Czechoslovakia
2	Canada
3	United States
4th	Sweden
5	Switzerland
6th	Austria
7th	Finland
8th	Norway
9	Belgium
10	Denmark

Master teams

World champion 1949 Czechoslovakia	Bohumil Modrý , Josef Jirka , Přemysl Hainý , Oldrich Nemec , Josef Trousílek , Frantisek Vacovský , Jiri Macelis , Vaclav Roziňák , Miloslav Charouzd , Vladimir Zábrodský , Stanislav Konopásek , Vladimir Kobranov , vladimír bouzek , Gustav Bubník , Zdenek Marek , Frantisek Mizera , Čeněk Pícha Coach: Antonín Vodička (official), Vladimír Zábrodský as player- coach
Silver Canada	Picard, Robert Mills - Hillson, Cagne, Kewley, Tergessen - William Dimoch , James Russell , Thomas Russell , Ray Bauer , De Bastiani, Donald Stanley , Hachy, Monroe Trainer: Max Silverman
Bronze USA	Richard Bittner , Arthur Crouse , Paul Johnson, Robert Johnson, Kelly, Gerard Kilmartin , Jack Riley , Bruce Mather, William Thayer Tutt , Alfred Van , Norman Walker, Alfred Yurkewicz . Coach: Jack Riley (player-manager)

1949 European ice hockey champion Czechoslovakia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John P. "Jack" Riley, Jr. . In: US Hockey Hall of Fame, accessed December 7, 2015