Ice Hockey World Championship 1950

	Ice Hockey World Championship
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	Winner: Canada

	European ice hockey championship
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	Winner: Switzerland

The 17th ice hockey world championship and 28th ice hockey European championship took place from March 13 to 22, 1950 in London , Great Britain . Nine teams participated. The mode of competition was the same as last year. First a preliminary round with three groups was played; the respective group first and second played the world champion in a final round, the third placed played for places 7–9. Canada won its 13th world title at this World Cup, Switzerland celebrated its fourth European title. Both teams benefited from the absence of the defending champion Czechoslovakia .

The players of the Czechoslovak national team were almost all arrested shortly before boarding the plane to London. They were charged with espionage and treason in a show trial for allegedly planning to stay in Britain after the World Cup . There was a vote within the team as to whether or not to flee, but the majority decided against it. All players except Vladimír Zábrodský were sentenced to prison terms ranging from eight months to 15 years, which later led to suspicions that Zábrodský had betrayed his teammates.

Preliminary round

Group A

March 13, 1950	London	Great Britain	-	France	9: 0 (4: 0.3: 0.2: 0)
March 14, 1950	London	Norway	-	France	11: 0 (7: 0.2: 0.2: 0)
March 15, 1950	London	Great Britain	-	Norway	2: 0 (0: 0.0: 0.2: 0)

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Great Britain	2	2	0	0	11: 0	+11	4-0
2	Norway	2	1	0	1	11: 2	+9	2: 2
3	France	2	0	0	2	0:20	−20	0: 4

Group B

March 13, 1950	London	Switzerland	-	Belgium	24: 3 (5: 1.7: 1.12: 1)
March 14, 1950	London	Canada	-	Switzerland	13: 2 (5: 1.4: 1.4: 0)
March 15, 1950	London	Canada	-	Belgium	33: 0 (14: 0.10: 0.9: 0)

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	46: 2	+44	4-0
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	26:16	+10	2: 2
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	3:57	−54	0: 4

Group C

March 13, 1950	London	Sweden	-	United States	8: 3 (5: 2.0: 0.3: 1)
March 14, 1950	London	Sweden	-	Netherlands	10: 0 (3: 0.1: 0.6: 0)
March 15, 1950	London	United States	-	Netherlands	17: 1 (7: 0.2: 0.8: 1)

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Sweden	2	2	0	0	18: 3	+13	4-0
2	United States	2	1	0	1	20: 9	+11	2: 2
3	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	1:27	−26	0: 4

Placement round for places 7–9

March 20, 1950	London	Belgium	-	France	8: 1 (3: 0.3: 1.2: 0)
March 21, 1950	London	Netherlands	-	France	4: 2 (1: 0.3: 1.0: 1)
March 22, 1950	London	Belgium	-	Netherlands	4: 2 (2: 1.1: 0.1: 1)

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	12: 3	+8	4-0
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	6: 6	0	2: 2
3	France	2	0	0	2	3:12	−8	0: 4

Final round for places 1–6

March 17, 1950	London	Great Britain	-	Norway	4: 3 (1: 0.2: 2.1: 1)
		Canada	-	Switzerland	11: 1 (2: 0.3: 1.6: 0)
		Sweden	-	United States	2: 4 (1: 0.1: 2.0: 2)
March 18, 1950	London	Switzerland	-	Norway	12: 4 (3: 3.6: 0.3: 1)
		Canada	-	United States	5: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.4: 0)
		Great Britain	-	Sweden	5: 4 (0: 0.1: 2.4: 2)
March 20, 1950	London	Great Britain	-	United States	2: 3 (2: 1.0: 0.0: 2)
		Canada	-	Norway	11: 1 (3: 0.4: 1.4: 0)
		Sweden	-	Switzerland	2: 3 (2: 1.0: 0.0: 2)
March 21, 1950	London	United States	-	Switzerland	10: 5 (3: 0.1: 3.6: 2)
		Sweden	-	Norway	6: 1 (2: 0.3: 0.1: 1)
		Great Britain	-	Canada	0:12 (0: 5.0: 3.0: 4)
March 22, 1950	London	United States	-	Norway	12: 6 (5: 0.4: 3.3: 3)
		Great Britain	-	Switzerland	3:10 (1: 4.2: 3.0: 3)
		Canada	-	Sweden	3: 1 (1: 0.2: 0.0: 1)

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Canada	5	5	0	0	42: 3	+39	10-0
2	United States	5	4th	0	1	29:20	+9	8: 2
3	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	31:30	+1	6: 4
4th	Great Britain	5	2	0	3	14:32	−18	4: 6
5	Sweden	5	1	0	4th	15:16	−1	2: 8
6th	Norway	5	0	0	5	15:45	−30	0:10

Final placement of the world championship

RF	team
1	Canada
2	United States
3	Switzerland
4th	Great Britain
5	Sweden
6th	Norway
7th	Belgium
8th	Netherlands
9	France

Master teams

World Champion Canada	Leo Lucchini , Hassie Young , Ab Newsome , Billie Dawe , Harry Allen, Doug Macauley , Don Stanley , Robert "Bob" Watt , Marsh Darling , Allan "Al" Purvis , John Davies , Doug Kilburn , Pete Wright , Don Gauf , Robert David , Jack Manson , Wilbur Delaney ; Trainer: Jimmy Graham
Silver USA	Bernie Burke , Richard Desmond - Patrick Byrne , James Frick , John Gallacher , Bruce Gardner , Bob Graizinger , Milt Johnson , Russ Johnson , John McIntyre , John Pleban , Sam Poling , Robert Rompre , Jim Troumbly , Allen Van
Bronze Switzerland	Hans Bänninger , Martin Riesen - Hanggi Boller , Emil Handschin , Hans Heierling , Silvio Rossi , Emile Golaz , Othmar Delnon - Gebhard Poltera , Ulrich Poltera , Hans-Martin Trepp , Alfred Bieler , Walter Dürst , Reto Delnon , Werner Härter , Wilhelm Pfister , Alfred Streun

Final placement of the European Championship

RF	team
1	Switzerland
2	Great Britain
3	Sweden
4th	Norway
5	Belgium
6th	Netherlands
7th	France

Ice Hockey European Champion 1950 Switzerland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Czechoslovakian team jailed for treason - entire generation lost on iihf.com (English)