1951 World Ice Hockey Championships

1951 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country  France
Dates 9–17 March
Teams 7
Venue(s) Palais des Sports
Final positions
Champions   Canada (14th title)
Runner-up   Sweden
Third place    Switzerland
Fourth place  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played 21
Goals scored 180 (8.57 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Stan Obodiac 10 goals
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The 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 18th World Championships and the 29th European Championships in ice hockey for international teams. The tournament took place in France from 9th to 17 March and the matches were played in the capital city, Paris. Thirteen nations took part, and were first split into two groups. The seven best teams were placed in the first group, and the six others were placed into the "Criterium Européen", which would later become the B World Championships. The A World Championships were played in a league, with each team playing each other once.

Canada, represented by the Lethbridge Maple Leafs, became world champions for the 14th time. Highest ranking European team Sweden finished second, winning their fifth European Championships, finishing ahead of the Swiss on goal differential by three.

This tournament would be the last time France hosted elite group of World Championships until 2017, when Paris will co-host the Championship along with Cologne in eastern Germany.

World Championships Group A (France)

Date Matches A World Championships 1951 Result Period.
9 March  Norway –  United States 3–0 0–0,1–0,2–0
10 March  Canada –  Finland 11–1 4–0,4–0,3–1
10 March  Sweden –  Great Britain 5–1 0–1,1–0,4–0
10 March   Switzerland –  Norway 8–1 4–1,3–0,1–0
11 March  Sweden –  United States 8–0 4–0,1–0,3–0
11 March  Canada –  Norway 8–0 3–0,1–0,4–0
12 March  United States –  Finland 5–4 1–0,1–3,3–1
12 March   Switzerland –  Great Britain 7–1 2–0,4–1,1–0
13 March  Sweden –  Norway 5–2 1–0,4–1,0–1
13 March   Switzerland –  Finland 4–1 1–0,2–1,1–0
13 March  Canada –  Great Britain 17–1 0–1,7–0,10–0
14 March   Switzerland –  Sweden 3–3 1–2,1–1,1–0
15 March  Norway –  Great Britain 4–3 0–0,1–2,3–1
15 March  Sweden –  Finland 11–3 5–0,1–1,5–2
15 March  Canada –  United States 16–2 5–0,6–2,5–0
16 March  Norway –  Finland 0–3 0–1,0–0,0–2
16 March  Canada –   Switzerland 5–1 0–1,3–0,2–0
16 March  United States –  Great Britain 6–6 1–4,2–1,3–1
17 March  Finland –  Great Britain 3–6 0–2,3–0,0–4
17 March   Switzerland –  United States 5–1 3–0,1–1,1–0
17 March  Canada –  Sweden 5–1 1–0,2–0,2–1

Table

Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points
1  Canada 6 6 0 0 62–6 12
2  Sweden 6 4 1 1 33–14 9
3   Switzerland 6 4 1 1 28–12 9
4  Norway 6 2 0 4 10–27 4
5  Great Britain 6 1 1 4 18–42 3
6  United States 6 1 1 4 14–42 3
7  Finland 6 1 0 5 15–37 2

World Championships Group B (France)

Date Matches B World Championships 1951 Result Period.
10 March  France –  Italy 1–4 0–1,0–2,1–1
11 March  Netherlands –  Italy 1–3 1–0,0–2,0–1
11 March  France –  Austria 7–3 1–0,1–0,5–3
11 March  Yugoslavia –  Belgium 3–13 0–5,0–3,3–5
12 March  Austria –  Belgium 5–3 0–1,3–1,2–1
12 March  Netherlands –  Yugoslavia 5–2 0–0,4–1,1–1
13 March  Belgium –  Italy 3–6 1–0,0–1,2–5
14 March  France –  Yugoslavia 10–3 3–2,3–1,4–0
14 March  Austria –  Netherlands 3–4 1–1,1–2,1–1
15 March  Italy –  Yugoslavia 6–1 1–0,4–1,1–0
15 March  France –  Belgium 10–0 2–0,3–0,5–0
16 March  Belgium –  Netherlands 1–2 0–2,1–0,0–0
16 March  Austria –  Italy 2–7 1–1,0–3,1–3
17 March  Austria –  Yugoslavia 3–4 1–1,1–0,1–3
17 March  France –  Netherlands 7–5 1–2,3–1,3–2

Table

Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points
8  Italy 5 5 0 0 26–8 10
9  France 5 4 0 1 35–15 8
10  Netherlands 5 3 0 2 17–16 6
11  Austria 5 1 0 4 20–25 2
12  Belgium 5 1 0 4 20–30 2
13  Yugoslavia 5 1 0 4 13–37 2

World Championship medals

1951 World Championships Country
Gold  Canada
Silver  Sweden
Bronze   Switzerland
4  Norway
5  Great Britain
6  United States
7  Finland

European Championship medals

1951 European Championships Country
Gold  Sweden
Silver   Switzerland
Bronze  Norway
4  Great Britain
5  Finland

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