1949 Ice Hockey World Championships

The 1949 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 16th World Championships and 27th European Hockey Championships was held from February 12 to 20, 1949, in Stockholm, Sweden. The event was the first World Championships during the presidency of Canadian W. G. Hardy. The International Ice Hockey Federation allowed for an unlimited number of entrants, after rejecting a proposal to limit the event to eight teams.

1949 Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	12–20 February
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	360 (11.61 per game)

In the initial round, the ten teams participating were divided into three groups: two groups of three and one of four. In the second round, the top two teams in each group advanced to the medal round (for positions 1 through 6) with the remaining four teams advancing to the consolation round for places 7 through 10.

Czechoslovakia overcame tragedy to win their second world championship and ninth European Championship. In November 1948 six Czechoslovak players (Ladislav Troják, Karel Stibor, Zdeněk Jarkovský, Vilibald Šťovík, Miloslav Pokorný and defenseman Zdeněk Švarc) were lost when their plane went missing crossing the English Channel. Despite the key losses to their roster, they defeated the Sudbury Wolves, Canada's representative, three to two. It was only the third defeat for the Canadians at a World Championship. The Americans were able to top the Czechoslovaks in the final round, which earned them a bronze medal, and kept the host Swedes off the podium.

World Ice Hockey Championship (in Stockholm, Sweden)

First round

Group A

12 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada	–	Denmark		47:0 (13:0,16:0,18:0)
13 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada	–	Austria		7:0 (0:0,3:0,4:0)
14 February 1949	Stockholm	Austria	–	Denmark		25:1 (8:0,6:0,11:1)

Standings

Pos.	Team	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts.
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	54: 0	+54	4:0
2	Austria	2	1	0	1	25: 8	+17	2:2
3	Denmark	2	0	0	2	1:72	-71	0:4

Group B

12 February 1949	Stockholm	Norway	–	Belgium		2:0 (2:0,0:0,0:0)
12 February 1949	Stockholm	USA	–	Switzerland		12:5 (6:2,4:1,2:2)
13 February 1949	Stockholm	Switzerland	–	Belgium		18:2 (5:0,10:1,3:1)
13 February 1949	Stockholm	USA	–	Norway		12:1 (7:1,3:0,2:0)
14 February 1949	Stockholm	Switzerland	–	Norway		7:1 (4:1,3:0,0:0)
14 February 1949	Stockholm	USA	–	Belgium		12:0 (4:0,5:0,3:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts.
1	USA	3	3	0	0	36: 6	+30	6:0
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	30:15	+15	4:2
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	4:19	-15	2:4
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	2:32	-30	0:6

Group C

12 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	–	Finland		12:1 (2:0,3:0,7:1)
13 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	–	Czechoslovakia		4:2 (3:0,1:2,0:0)
14 February 1949	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	–	Finland		19:2 (8:1,3:1,8:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts.
1	Sweden	2	2	0	0	16: 3	+13	4:0
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	21: 6	+15	2:2
3	Finland	2	0	0	2	3:31	-28	0:4

Consolation Round – places 7 to 10

17 February 1949	Stockholm	Belgium	–	Denmark		8:3 (2:1,4:2,2:0)
17 February 1949	Stockholm	Finland	–	Norway		7:3 (4:3,2:0,1:0)
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Finland	–	Belgium		17:2 (6:0,4:0,7:2)
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Norway	–	Denmark		Denmark withdrew
19 February 1949	Stockholm	Finland	–	Denmark		Denmark withdrew
19 February 1949	Stockholm	Norway	–	Belgium		14:1 (5:0,6:0,3:1)

Standings

Pos.	Team	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts.
7	Finland	3	3	0	0	29: 5	+24	6:0
8	Norway	3	2	0	1	22: 8	+14	4:2
9	Belgium	3	1	0	2	11:34	-23	2:4
10	Denmark	3	0	0	3	3: 18	- 15	0:6

Final Round – places 1 to 6

15 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada	–	Czechoslovakia		2:3 (0:0,1:2,1:1)
15 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	–	Austria		18:0 (5:0,5:0,8:0)
15 February 1949	Stockholm	USA	–	Switzerland		4:5 (1:4,3:0,0:1)
16 February 1949	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	–	Austria		7:1 (4:0,2:0,1:1)
16 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	–	Canada		2:2 (0:1,1:0,1:1)
17 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada	–	USA		7:2 (2:0,1:2,4:0)
17 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	–	Switzerland		3:1 (0:0,2:1,1:0)
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	–	Switzerland		8:1 (4:0,1:1,3:0)
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada	–	Austria		8:2 (3:0,3:1,2:1)
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	–	USA		3:6 (1:0,0:4,2:2)
19 February 1949	Stockholm	Switzerland	–	Austria		10:1 (4:0,3:1,3:0)
19 February 1949	Stockholm	USA	–	Czechoslovakia		2:0 (0:0,1:0,1:0)
20 February 1949	Stockholm	USA	–	Austria		9:1 (0:1,3:0,6:0)
20 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden	–	Czechoslovakia		0:3 (0:0,0:2,0:1)
20 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada	–	Switzerland		1:1 (0:1,0:0,1:0)

Standings

Holger Nurmela scores his third goal for Sweden against Switzerland

Pos.	Team	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts.
1	Czechoslovakia	5	4	0	1	21: 6	+15	8: 2
2	Canada	5	2	2	1	20:10	+10	6: 4
3	USA	5	3	0	2	23:16	+ 7	6: 4
4	Sweden	5	2	1	2	26:12	+14	5: 5
5	Switzerland	5	2	1	2	18:17	+ 1	5: 5
6	Austria	5	0	0	5	5:52	-47	0:10

Final rankings – World Championships

RF	Team
1	Czechoslovakia
2	Canada
3	USA
4	Sweden
5	Switzerland
6	Austria
7	Finland
8	Norway
9	Belgium
10	Denmark

World Championships 1949
Czechoslovakia

Team members

Pos.	Country	Members
1	CSR	Bohumil Modrý, Josef Jirka, Přemysl Hajný, Oldřich Němec, Josef Trousílek, František Vacovský, Jiří Macelis, Václav Roziňák, Miloslav Charouzd, Vladimír Zábrodský, Stanislav Konopásek, Vladimír Kobranov, Vladimír Bouzek, Gustav Bubník, Zdeněk Marek, František Mizera, Čeněk Picka

Final rankings – European Championships

RF	Team
1	Czechoslovakia
2	Sweden
3	Switzerland
4	Austria
5	Finland
6	Norway
7	Belgium
8	Denmark

References

• Complete results
• Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 131–2.

External links

• The event at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)