Ice Hockey World Championship 1952

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	Winner: Canada

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	Winner: Sweden

The Olympic ice hockey tournament of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , Norway, is the 19th ice hockey world championship and 30th ice hockey European championship . It took place from February 15th to 25th . The underperforming teams that did not take part in the Olympic tournament held a B World Championship in Liège / Belgium from March 15 to 22 .

With his tournament victory, Canada increased its World Cup record to 15 world championship titles, while Sweden won the sixth European championship as a bronze medalist. For the first time after the Second World War, the Federal Republic of Germany was also allowed to take part in the World Cup.

Olympic ice hockey tournament and A world championship

See: Olympic ice hockey tournament of the 1952 Winter Games

Final placement of the world championship

RF	team
1	Canada
2	United States
3	Sweden
4th	Czechoslovakia
5	Switzerland
6th	Poland
7th	Finland
8th	BR Germany
9	Norway

Champions team

World Champion Canada

George Abel , John Davies , Billie Dawe , Robert Dickson , Donald Gauf , William Gibson , Ralph Hansch , Bob Meyers , David Miller , Eric Paterson , Thomas Pollock , Alan Purvis , Gordon Robertson , Louis Secco , Francis Sullivan , Robert "Bob" Watt

Final placement of the European Championship

RF	team
1	Sweden
2	Czechoslovakia
3	Switzerland
4th	Poland
5	Finland
6th	BR Germany
7th	Norway

Champions team

1952 European Champion Sweden

Göte Almqvist , Hans Andersson-Tvilling , Stig Andersson-Tvilling , Åke Andersson , Lars Björn , Göte Blomqvist , Thord Flodqvist , Erik Johansson , Gösta Johansson , Rune Johansson , Sven Johansson , Erik Lassas , Holger Nurmela , Lars Pettersson , Lars Svensson , Sven Thunman , Hans Öberg

Men's B World Championship (in Liège / Belgium)

Games

March 15, 1952	Liege	France	-	Netherlands		7: 3
March 16, 1952	Liege	Belgium	-	Italy		1: 3
March 15, 1952	Liege	Austria	-	Netherlands		5: 5
March 17, 1952	Liege	Belgium	-	Great Britain		5: 1
March 17, 1952	Liege	Austria	-	Italy		5: 1
March 18, 1952	Liege	Great Britain	-	Netherlands		8: 1
March 18, 1952	Liege	Belgium	-	France		3: 3
March 19, 1952	Liege	Italy	-	Netherlands		5: 3
March 20, 1952	Liege	Great Britain	-	France		10-0
March 20, 1952	Liege	Belgium	-	Austria		7:10
March 21, 1952	Liege	Italy	-	France		14: 5
March 21, 1952	Liege	Great Britain	-	Austria		2: 1
March 22, 1952	Liege	Austria	-	France		11: 4
March 22, 1952	Liege	Great Britain	-	Italy		7: 3
March 22, 1952	Liege	Belgium	-	Netherlands		1: 7

Final table of the B World Championship

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Great Britain	5	4th	0	1	28:10	+18	8: 2
2	Austria	5	3	1	1	32:19	+13	7: 3
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	26:21	+5	6: 4
4th	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	19:26	−7	3: 7
5	Belgium	5	1	1	3	17:24	−7	3: 7
6th	France	5	1	1	3	19:41	−22	3: 7

B-World Champion 1952: Great Britain