Ice Hockey World Championship 1962

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	Winner: Sweden

At the 29th Ice Hockey World Championship (also the 40th European Ice Hockey Championship ) in 1962 , the world's ice hockey elite met for the second time in three years in the USA . After the 1960 Olympic tournament in Squaw Valley , this world championship took place in the Midwest in the cities of Colorado Springs and Denver from March 7th to 18th .

The circumstances of the tournament were dominated by the Cold War , of the construction of the Wall in Berlin six months earlier and the impending Cuban Missile Crisis contrary contributed to a new peak. The authorities of the host country refused entry to the GDR's national ice hockey team , which the Americans still did not recognize as a sovereign state. Out of solidarity, all qualified Eastern Bloc teams decided not to take part in the tournament. It was the second major boycott of an ice hockey world championship after the western states stayed away from the ice hockey world championship in 1957 in Moscow due to the suppression of the Hungarian uprising . In Switzerland, a few weeks before the World Cup, the national coach Reto Delnon was fired because of his membership in the Communist Party of Work .

In addition to the teams missing due to the boycott, some Western European teams did not participate due to the high travel costs. These cancellations could only be partially offset by reports from the Australians and Japanese. The number of participants was only 14 teams. As a result, only two groups were played at this World Cup, the A group (with eight teams) and the B group (with six teams).

Two of the places in the A group that had become vacant due to the absence of the USSR , Czechoslovakia and the GDR were taken by the first two winners of last year's B World Cup, Norway and Great Britain. The third participant was played in a qualifying game between Switzerland (third in the B-WM 1961 ) and Austria (sixth in the B-WM 1961 , Poland boycotted, Italy did not take part).

As in 1957 , Sweden was able to benefit from the partial absence of competition and celebrate its third World Cup and ninth European title. The favored Canadians and the US team had to be satisfied with the silver and bronze rankings.

Qualification for the A World Championship

Originally, the German team would have had to play in an elimination game against Norway in order to participate in the A group. This became obsolete after the blockade.

March 7, 1962

Colorado Springs

Switzerland

-

Austria

9: 4 (4: 0.2: 2.3: 2)

Qualified for the A group:	Switzerland
Qualified for the B group:	Austria

A world championship

Games

March 8, 1962	Colorado Springs	Switzerland	-	Great Britain	6: 3 (1: 2.1: 0.4: 1)
March 8, 1962	Colorado Springs	United States	-	Norway	14: 2 (0: 0.8: 1.6: 1)
March 8, 1962	Denver	Canada	-	Finland	8: 1 (3: 0.4: 1.1: 0)
March 9, 1962	Colorado Springs	Finland	-	Great Britain	5: 7 (2: 1.2: 2.1: 4)
March 9, 1962	Denver	Sweden	-	Switzerland	17: 2 (7: 0.4: 0.6: 2)
March 9, 1962	Denver	BR Germany	-	Norway	4: 6 (1: 4.3: 0.0: 2)
March 10, 1962	Colorado Springs	United States	-	Sweden	1: 2 (0: 1.1: 0.0: 1)
March 10, 1962	Denver	Canada	-	BR Germany	8: 0 (5: 0.3: 0.0: 0)
March 11, 1962	Colorado Springs	Canada	-	Switzerland	7: 2 (2: 1.2: 1.3: 0)
March 11, 1962	Denver	Norway	-	Great Britain	12: 2 (0: 0.7: 2.5: 0)
March 11, 1962	Denver	United States	-	Finland	6: 3 (2: 2.1: 1.3: 0)
March 12, 1962	Colorado Springs	Norway	-	Switzerland	7: 5 (3: 0.3: 3.1: 2)
March 12, 1962	Colorado Springs	BR Germany	-	Great Britain	9: 0 (3: 0.3: 0.3: 0)
March 12, 1962	Denver	Sweden	-	Finland	12: 2 (4: 1.4: 0.4: 1)
March 13, 1962	Colorado Springs	Canada	-	Sweden	3: 5 (0: 2.1: 2.2: 1)
March 13, 1962	Denver	United States	-	BR Germany	8: 4 (3: 2.4: 1.1: 1)
March 14, 1962	Colorado Springs	Finland	-	Switzerland	7: 4 (1: 0.1: 1.5: 3)
March 14, 1962	Colorado Springs	United States	-	Great Britain	12: 5 (5: 2.4: 1.3: 2)
March 14, 1962	Denver	Canada	-	Norway	14: 1 (4: 0.5: 1.5: 0)
March 15, 1962	Colorado Springs	Finland	-	BR Germany	9: 3 (1: 1.6: 2.2: 0)
March 15, 1962	Denver	Sweden	-	Great Britain	17: 0 (6: 0.8: 0.3: 0)
March 16, 1962	Colorado Springs	Sweden	-	Norway	10: 2 (5: 0.1: 2.4: 0)
March 16, 1962	Denver	United States	-	Switzerland	12: 1 (6: 1.4: 0.2: 0)
March 17, 1962	Colorado Springs	Finland	-	Norway	5: 2 (1: 1.1: 1.3: 0)
March 17, 1962	Colorado Springs	Canada	-	Great Britain	12: 2 (4: 0.2: 1.6: 1)
March 17, 1962	Denver	Sweden	-	BR Germany	4: 0 (2: 0.2: 0.0: 0)
March 18, 1962	Colorado Springs	United States	-	Canada	1: 6 (1: 2.0: 2.0: 2)
March 18, 1962	Denver	BR Germany	-	Switzerland	7: 1 (3: 0.4: 0.0: 1)

Final table of the A-WM

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Sweden	7th	7th	0	0	67:10	+57	14: 00
2.	Canada	7th	6th	0	1	58:12	+46	12: 02
3.	United States	7th	5	0	2	54:23	+31	10: 04
4th	Finland	7th	3	0	4th	32:42	−10	06: 08
5.	Norway	7th	3	0	4th	32:54	−22	06: 08
6th	BR Germany	7th	2	0	5	27:36	−9	04:10
7th	Switzerland	7th	1	0	6th	21:60	−39	02:12
8th.	Great Britain	7th	1	0	6th	19:73	−54	02:12

Team squad

placement	team	player
	Sweden	Lennart Häggroth , Kjell Svensson ; Gert Blomé , Nils Johansson , Bertil Karlsson , Bert-Ola Nordlander , Roland Stoltz ; Anders Andersson , Leif Andersson , Per-Olov Härdin , Sven Johansson , Lars-Eric Lundvall , Eilert Määttä , Nils Nilsson (ice hockey player) , Ronald Pettersson , Ulf Sterner , Uno Öhrlund Trainer: Arne Strömberg , Assistant and General Manager: Pelle Bergstrom
	Canada	Galt Terriers : Harold Hurley , John Sofiak - John Douglas , Harry Smith , Ted Maki , William Mitchell , Bob "Kenneth" Robertson - Robert Brown , Me Hogan , Robert Mader , John Malo , Floyd Martin , Robert McKnight , Jack McLeod , Donald Rope , Death Sloan , Bill Wylie Trainer: Lloyd Roubell
	United States	Mike Larson , Jim Logue - John Mayasich , Tom Martin , Gordon Tottle , Brian McKay , Bill Christian , Roger Christian , Ken Johansson , Paul Coppo , John Poole , Dick Roberge , Don Hall , Reginald Meserve , Bill Daley , Oscar Mahle , Herb Brooks Trainer: John Pleban
4th Place	Finland	Juhani Lahtinen , Risto Kaitala - Kalevi Numminen , Jarmo Wasama , Jorma Suokko , Matti Lampainen - Heino sweater , Seppo Nikkilä , Mauno Nurmi , Teppo Rastio , Jouni Seistamo , Matti Keinonen , Rauno Lehtiö , Juhani Wahlsten , Pertti Nieminen , Pentti Hyytiäinen , Kari Aro Trainer: Joe Wirkkunen
5th place	Norway	Knut Nygaard , Oystein Mellerud - Roar Bakke , Trygve Bergeid , Olav Dalsøren , Trond Ekmo , Björn Elvenes , Thor Gundersen , Svein Norman Hansen , Terje Hellerud , Einar Bruno Larsen , Per Moe , Per Skjerwen Olsen , Christian Petersen , Henrik Petersen , Georg Smefjell , Jan Erik Hansen Coach: Johan Narvestad
6th place	BR Germany	Harry Lindner , Wilhelm Edelmann - Hans Rampf , Leonhard Waitl , Otto Schneitberger , Walter Riedl , Heinz Bader , Georg Eberl , Josef Reif , Siegfried Schubert , Ernst Köpf , Manfred Gmeiner , Rudolf Pittrich , Dieter Lang , Ernst Trautwein , Paul Ambros , Helmut Zanghellini Trainer: Victor Heyliger
7th place	Switzerland	René Kiener , Werner Bassani - Kurt Peter , Elwin Friedrich , Bruno Gerber , Kurt Nobs , Andreas Küenzi , Roland Bernasconi , Roger Chappot , Fritz Naef , Herald Truffer , Gian Bazzi , Oskar Jenni , Pio Parolini , Gerhard Diethelm , Peter Stammbach , Jürg Zimmermann Trainer: Beat Rüedi
8th place	Great Britain	Ray Patridge , Derek Metcalfe - Roy Shepherd , Gerald Devereaux , Joe Brown , John Cook , John Milne , Billy Brennan , Tom Imrie , Ian Forbes , Terry Matthews , Sam McDonald , Rupert Fresher , Bert Smith , Dave Lammin , Harry Pearson , Tony Whitehead Trainer: John Murray

Final placement of the EM

RF	team
1	Sweden
2	Finland
3	Norway
4th	BR Germany
5	Switzerland
6th	Great Britain

1962 European ice hockey champion Sweden

Moved up and down

Ascent and descent regulation:

Due to the end of the boycott, new grouping for the 1963 World Cup on the green table based on the results of the 1961 World Cup

B world championship

Games

March 8, 1962	Denver	Netherlands	-	Australia	6: 4 (4: 1.1: 1.1: 2)
March 9, 1962	Colorado Springs	Japan	-	France	10: 8 (4: 3.2: 4.4: 1)
March 10, 1962	Colorado Springs	Austria	-	Australia	17: 0 (4: 0.8: 0.5: 0)
March 10, 1962	Denver	Netherlands	-	Denmark	9: 4 (4: 1.3: 1.2: 2)
March 11, 1962	Colorado Springs	France	-	Denmark	7: 2 (4: 0.1: 0.2: 2)
March 12, 1962	Denver	Japan	-	Australia	13: 2 (3: 1.7: 1.3: 0)
March 13, 1962	Colorado Springs	France	-	Australia	13: 1 (6: 0.5: 0.2: 1)
March 13, 1962	Denver	Austria	-	Netherlands	12: 1 (6: 0.3: 1.3: 0)
March 14, 1962	Denver	Japan	-	Austria	7: 3 (0: 0.5: 2.2: 1)
March 15, 1962	Colorado Springs	France	-	Netherlands	6: 2 (1: 0.1: 1.4: 1)
March 15, 1962	Denver	Australia	-	Denmark	6: 2 (2: 2.4: 0.0: 0)
March 16, 1962	Colorado Springs	Japan	-	Netherlands	20: 2 (7: 1.4: 0.9: 1)
March 16, 1962	Denver	Austria	-	France	10: 1 (0: 0.6: 0.4: 1)
March 17, 1962	Denver	Japan	-	Denmark	13: 1 (6: 0.4: 0.3: 1)
March 18, 1962	Denver	Austria	-	Denmark	7: 0 (3: 0.2: 0.2: 0)

Final table of the B-WM

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Japan	5	5	0	0	63:16	+47	10-0
2.	Austria	5	4th	0	1	49: 9	+40	8: 2
3.	France	5	3	0	2	35:25	+10	6: 4
4th	Netherlands	5	2	0	3	20:46	−26	4: 6
5.	Australia	5	1	0	4th	13:51	−38	2: 8
6th	Denmark	5	0	0	5	9:42	−33	0:10

Ascent and descent

B-World Champion 1962:

Japan

Due to the end of the boycott by the Eastern European nations, there was a new group classification for the 1963 World Cup based on the results of the 1961 tournament .

Web links

• Championnat du monde 1962 at hockeyarchives.info
• 29th World and 40th European Championship at hokej.sfrp.cz
• MISTROVSTVÍ SVĚTA 1962 at hokejbonus.estranky.cz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Another serious warning. LIHG European President Ahearne at the West German Ice Sports Association. In: New Time . January 5, 1962, accessed on April 16, 2018 (free access after registration).