Ice Hockey World Championship 1955

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	Winner: Canada

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	Winner: Soviet Union

The 22nd ice hockey world championship and 33rd ice hockey European championship took place from February 25 to March 6, 1955 in the Federal Republic of Germany . It was one of the first major sporting events to be held in post-war Germany and was accordingly very popular. The venues were Cologne , Düsseldorf , Krefeld and Dortmund . A total of 14 teams took part in this World Cup, which was a new participation record for the post-war period. This led to five underperforming teams holding a B tournament (called junior tournament), in which a German B team took part as the sixth team out of competition.

In terms of sport, the tournament was shaped by the rivalry between record world champions Canada and last year's sensational world champion USSR . The Canadians took revenge for the sensational 2: 7 defeat of the previous year and won their 16th title. For the dethroned Soviet defending champion, at least the second European title remained.

A world championship

The men's A World Championship was held in Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Krefeld.

Games

February 25, 1955	Cologne	Czechoslovakia	-	Switzerland	7: 0 (1: 0.2: 0.4: 0)
February 25, 1955	Dortmund	Canada	-	United States	12: 1 (3: 0.5: 1.4: 0)
February 25, 1955	Dusseldorf	USSR	-	Finland	10: 2 (2: 2.5: 0.3: 0)
February 25, 1955	Krefeld	BR Germany	-	Sweden	4: 5 (1: 2.3: 2.0: 1)
February 26, 1955	Cologne	United States	-	Finland	8: 1 (1: 1.4: 0.3: 0)
February 26, 1955	Dortmund	USSR	-	Sweden	2: 1 (1: 1.0: 0.1: 0)
February 26, 1955	Dusseldorf	Canada	-	Czechoslovakia	5: 3 (1: 0.0: 1.4: 2)
February 26, 1955	Krefeld	BR Germany	-	Poland	4: 5 (3: 3.0: 1.1: 1)
February 27, 1955	Cologne	Canada	-	Poland	8: 0 (3: 0.3: 0.2: 0)
February 27, 1955	Dortmund	BR Germany	-	United States	3: 6 (0: 3.3: 3.0: 0)
February 27, 1955	Dusseldorf	Sweden	-	Switzerland	10: 0 (0: 0.6: 0.4: 0)
February 27, 1955	Krefeld	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia	4: 0 (1: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
February 28, 1955	Cologne	USSR	-	Poland	8: 2 (2: 0.2: 1.4: 0)
February 28, 1955	Dusseldorf	Canada	-	Finland	12: 0 (7: 0.3: 0.2: 0)
February 28, 1955	Krefeld	United States	-	Switzerland	7: 3 (1: 1.2: 1.4: 1)
March 1, 1955	Cologne	Czechoslovakia	-	Sweden	6: 5 (2: 1.2: 1.2: 3)
March 1, 1955	Dusseldorf	Poland	-	Switzerland	2: 4 (1: 1.0: 1.1: 2)
March 1, 1955	Krefeld	BR Germany	-	Finland	7: 1 (3: 0.3: 1.1: 0)
March 2, 1955	Cologne	Canada	-	Switzerland	11: 1 (4: 1.3: 0.4: 0)
March 2, 1955	Dusseldorf	Sweden	-	Finland	9: 0 (1: 0.6: 0.2: 0)
March 2, 1955	Dusseldorf	BR Germany	-	Czechoslovakia	0: 8 (0: 0.0: 5.0: 3)
March 2, 1955	Krefeld	USSR	-	United States	3: 0 (1: 0.2: 0.0: 0)
March 3, 1955	Cologne	Poland	-	Finland	6: 3 (1: 1.2: 1.3: 1)
March 3, 1955	Krefeld	Canada	-	Sweden	3: 0 (0: 0.3: 0.0: 0)
March 3, 1955	Dusseldorf	BR Germany	-	USSR	1: 5 (1: 0.0: 2.0: 3)
March 3, 1955	Cologne	Czechoslovakia	-	United States	4: 4 (1: 1.1: 1.2: 2)
March 4th 1955	Cologne	BR Germany	-	Canada	1:10 (0: 3.1: 4.0: 3)
March 4th 1955	Dusseldorf	United States	-	Poland	6: 2 (2: 0.3: 0.1: 2)
March 4th 1955	Krefeld	USSR	-	Switzerland	7: 2 (2: 0.2: 1.3: 1)
March 5, 1955	Cologne	Finland	-	Switzerland	7: 2 (2: 1.3: 1.2: 0)
March 5, 1955	Dusseldorf	Sweden	-	United States	1: 1 (0: 0.0: 0.1: 1)
March 5, 1955	Krefeld	Czechoslovakia	-	Poland	17: 2 (7: 0.3: 2.7: 0)
March 6, 1955	Dusseldorf	BR Germany	-	Switzerland	8: 3 (3: 1.1: 2.4: 0)
March 6, 1955	Cologne	Sweden	-	Poland	9: 0 (4: 0.2: 0.3: 0)
March 6, 1955	Dusseldorf	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	18: 2 (3: 1.7: 1.8: 0)
March 6, 1955	Krefeld	Canada	-	USSR	5: 0 (1: 0.2: 0.2: 0)

Final table of the world championship

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Canada	8th	8th	0	0	66: 6	+60	16: 0
2	USSR	8th	7th	0	1	39:13	+26	14: 2
3	Czechoslovakia	8th	5	1	2	63:22	+41	11: 5
4th	United States	8th	4th	2	2	33:29	+4	10: 6
5	Sweden	8th	4th	1	3	40:16	+24	09: 7
6th	BR Germany	8th	2	0	6th	28:43	−15	04:12
7th	Poland	8th	2	0	6th	19:59	−40	04:12
8th	Switzerland	8th	1	0	7th	15:59	−44	02:14
9	Finland	8th	1	0	7th	16:72	−56	02:14

Master teams

World Champion Canada	Penticton V'es: Ivan McLelland , Don Moog - Dino Mascotto , George McAvoy (C), Hal Tarala , Kevin Konway - Erine Rucksack , Jack McDonald, Doug Kilburn , Dick Warwick , Bill Warwick , Jim Fairburn , Jack McIntyre , Grant Warwick , Mike Shebaga , Bernie Bathgate , Don Berry , Ed Kassian , John Taggart , James Middleton Coach: Grant Warwick ( player- coach )
Silver USSR	Nikolai Puchkov , Grigori Mkrtytschan - Pawel Schiburtowitsch , Dimitri Ukolow , Alfred Kutschewski , Nikolai Sologubow , Genrich Sidorenkow , Ivan Tregubow - Wsevolod Bobrow , Viktor Shuvalov , Yevgeny Babich , Yuri Krylov , Alexander Uvarov , Valentin cousin , Mikhail Bychkov , Alexei Guryschew , Nikolai Chlystow , Alexander Komarow , Boris Petelin Coaching staff: Arkady Tschernyschow , Vladimir Jegorow
Bronze Czechoslovakia	Jiří Hanzl , January Jendek - Karel Gut , Stanislav Bacílek , Václav Bubník , January Lidral , January Kasper - Vlastimil Bubník , Slavomír Bartoň , Bronislav Danda , Vlastimil Hajšman , Vladimír Zábrodský , Václav Pantůček , Miroslav Reiman , Oldřich Sedlák , Jiří Sekyra , Milan Vidlák Coaching staff: Vladimír Bouzek , Jiří Anton

Final placement of the European Championship

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

1955 USSR European ice hockey champion

B world championship

The men's B World Championship, known as the Junior Group , was also played in Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Cologne and Krefeld.

Games

February 25, 1955	Dortmund	Austria	-	Yugoslavia	3: 2 (1: 1.1: 1.1: 0)
February 25, 1955	Dusseldorf	Federal Republic of Germany B	-	Italy	2: 2 (1: 1.0: 1.1: 0)
February 27, 1955	Dortmund	Netherlands	-	Belgium	6: 3 (1: 1.1: 0.4: 2)
February 27, 1955	Cologne	Federal Republic of Germany B	-	Austria	3: 2 (1: 0.2: 1.0: 1)
February 28, 1955	Krefeld	Yugoslavia	-	Belgium	5: 2 (0: 0.4: 1.1: 1)
February 28, 1955	Dusseldorf	Italy	-	Austria	3: 1 (2: 1.1: 0.0: 0)
March 2, 1955	Krefeld	Austria	-	Belgium	5: 3 (1: 0.1: 1.3: 2)
March 2, 1955	Dortmund	Italy	-	Netherlands	10: 2 (4: 1.2: 0.4: 1)
March 2, 1955	Dusseldorf	Federal Republic of Germany B	-	Yugoslavia	5: 1 (4: 0.0: 0.1: 1)
March 4th 1955	Cologne	Italy	-	Yugoslavia	9: 1 (3: 1.4: 0.2: 0)
March 4th 1955	Cologne	Federal Republic of Germany B	-	Netherlands	11: 1 (3: 1.2: 0.6: 0)
March 5, 1955	Krefeld	Austria	-	Netherlands	6: 1 (2: 0.2: 0.2: 1)
March 5, 1955	Dusseldorf	Federal Republic of Germany B	-	Belgium	11: 1 (1: 0.4: 0.6: 1)
March 6, 1955	Krefeld	Italy	-	Belgium	28: 0 (7: 0.13: 0.8: 0)
March 6, 1955	Krefeld	Netherlands	-	Yugoslavia	9: 1 (3: 1.2: 0.4: 0)

Final table of the B World Championship

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Italy	5	4th	1	0	52: 6	+46	9: 1
2	BR Germany B +	5	4th	1	0	30: 5	+25	9: 1
3	Austria	5	3	0	2	17:12	+5	6: 4
4th	Netherlands	5	2	0	3	19:31	−12	4: 6
5	Yugoslavia	5	1	0	4th	10:28	−18	2: 8
6th	Belgium	5	0	0	5	09:55	−46	0:10

+ out of competition

Winner of the B World Championship 1955: Italy