Ice Hockey World Championship 1953

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	Winner: Sweden

The 20th ice hockey world championship and 31st ice hockey European championship in 1953 took place from March 7th to 15th in Switzerland in Zurich and Basel .

The tournament was perceived as a "farce" because only four teams had registered for the A-World Cup. In particular, the strong ice hockey nations Canada and USA were missing , but the A-group teams from Norway and Poland also shone with their absence. At least five nations plus one B representation from Switzerland (out of competition) took part in the B tournament, which was taking place at the same time and was called the junior tournament. The sporting value of the World Cup tournament was further diminished by the fact that Czechoslovakia canceled the tournament after the death of its President Gottwald and started the journey home early. After all, the German team owes its second silver medal in its World Cup history to this development and brought the Swedes their first World Cup title and their seventh European Championship.

Due to the small number of participants, the tournament was played in a double round.

A world championship

Games

March 7, 1953	Basel	Czechoslovakia	-	BR Germany	11: 2 (4: 1.5: 0.2: 1)
March 7, 1953	Basel	Switzerland	-	Sweden	2: 9 (1: 2.1: 5.0: 2)
March 8, 1953	Basel	Switzerland	-	Czechoslovakia	4: 9 (0: 4.1: 2.3: 3)
March 8, 1953	Basel	Sweden	-	BR Germany	8: 6 (4: 1.3: 3.1: 2)
March 10, 1953	Basel	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia	5: 3 (5: 1.0: 1.0: 1)
March 10, 1953	Basel	Switzerland	-	BR Germany	3: 2 (1: 0.1: 2.1: 0)
March 12, 1953	Zurich	Switzerland	-	Sweden	1: 9 (1: 5.0: 1.0: 3)
March 12, 1953	Zurich	Czechoslovakia	-	BR Germany	9: 4 (4: 2.2: 1.3: 1)
March 13, 1953	Zurich	Switzerland	-	Czechoslovakia	not carried out
March 13, 1953	Zurich	Sweden	-	BR Germany	12: 2 (2: 0.5: 1.5: 1)
March 15, 1953	Zurich	Switzerland	-	BR Germany	3: 7 (2: 4.0: 1.1: 2)
March 15, 1953	Zurich	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia	not carried out

Game scene Sweden versus BR Germany

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Sweden	4th	4th	0	0	38:11	+27	8-0
2	BR Germany	4th	1	0	3	17:26	−9	2: 6
3	Switzerland	4th	1	0	3	9:27	−18	2: 6
4th	Czechoslovakia	disqualified

Master teams

World champion Sweden	Thord Flodqvist , Hans Isaksson , Göte Almqvist , Åke Andersson , Lars Björn , Hans Isaksson , Rune Johansson , Sven Thunman ; Hans Andersson-Tvilling , Stig Andersson-Tvilling , Göte Blomqvist , Sigurd Bröms , Stig Carlsson , Erik Johansson , Gösta Johansson , Rolf Pettersson , Sven Johansson , Hans Öberg Trainer : Folke Jansson
Silver BR Germany	Alfred Hoffmann , Ulrich Jansen - Martin Beck , Anton Biersack , Bruno Guttowski , Karl Bierschel - Kurt Sepp , Xaver Unsinn , Georg Guggemos , Otto Brandenburg , Markus Egen , Walter Kremershof , Fritz Poitsch , Karl Enzler , Dieter Niess , Hans Rampf Trainers : Bruno Linen weaver
Bronze Switzerland	Hans Bänninger , Martin Riesen - Emil Handschin , Rudolf Keller , Silvio Rossi , Armin Schütz - Hans-Martin Trepp , Uli Poltera , Gebi Poltera , Walter Dürst , Otto Schläpfer , Otto Schubiger , Françis Blank , Michael Wehrli , Gian Bazzi , Oscar Mudry Trainer : Frank Sullivan

European champion Sweden

B World Championship (Junior Tournament)

Games

March 7, 1953	Zurich	Italy	-	Austria	9: 5 (3: 1.4: 3.2: 1)
March 7, 1953	Basel	Switzerland B	-	Great Britain	1: 3 (1: 0.0: 1.0: 2)
March 8, 1953	Basel	Austria	-	Netherlands	5: 3 (2: 0.2: 3.1: 0)
March 8, 1953	Zurich	Switzerland B	-	France	7: 1 (4: 1.1: 0.2: 0)
March 10, 1953	Zurich	Great Britain	-	Netherlands	8: 4 (4: 2.1: 2.3: 0)
March 10, 1953	Zurich	Switzerland B	-	Italy	1: 2 (1: 0.0: 0.0: 2)
March 11, 1953	Zurich	Austria	-	France	8: 1 (2: 1.2: 0.4: 0)
March 11, 1953	Basel	Italy	-	Netherlands	7: 0 (4: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
March 12, 1953	Basel	Great Britain	-	France	8: 3 (3: 0.3: 1.2: 2)
March 13, 1953	Basel	Great Britain	-	Austria	3: 0 (1: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
March 13, 1953	Basel	Switzerland B	-	Netherlands	7: 5 (1: 1.5: 2.1: 2)
March 14, 1953	Basel	Italy	-	France	5: 2 (2: 1.1: 0.2: 1)
March 14, 1953	Basel	Switzerland B	-	Austria	8: 2 (2: 0.1: 1.5: 1)
March 15, 1953	Basel	Netherlands	-	France	8: 3 (4: 1.2: 1.2: 1)
March 15, 1953	Zurich	Italy	-	Great Britain	3: 2 (3: 0.0: 0.0: 2)

Final table of the B World Championship

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Italy	5	5	0	0	26:10	+16	10-0
2	Great Britain	5	4th	0	1	24:11	+13	08: 2
3	Switzerland B +	5	3	0	2	24:13	+11	06: 4
4th	Austria	5	2	0	3	20:24	−4	04: 6
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	4th	20:30	−10	02: 8
6th	France	5	0	0	5	10:36	−26	00:10

+ out of competition

Winner of the B World Championship: Italy

Web links

• Match results at passionhockey.com