1961 World Ice Hockey Championships
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The 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 28th time the Ice Hockey World Championships were held. The tournament was in Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland from March 1 to March 12, 1961. Canada won their nineteenth international title. It would be the last championship for Canada in thirty-three years.[1] Canada was represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters.
Contents |
World Championship Group A (Switzerland) [change]
Final Round [change]
| Place | Team | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canada |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 45 - 11 | 13 |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 33 - 09 | 13 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union |
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 51 - 20 | 10 |
| 4 |  Sweden |
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 33 - 27 | 8 |
| 5 |  East Germany |
7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21 - 33 | 4 |
| 6 |  United States |
7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 - 43 | 3 |
| 7 |  Finland |
7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 - 43 | 3 |
| 8 |  West Germany |
7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 - 50 | 2 |
| 02 March | Canada  |
6-1 |
Sweden |
| 02 March | Czechoslovakia  |
6-0 |
Finland |
| 02 March | Soviet Union  |
13-2 |
United States |
| 04 March | Czechoslovakia |
4-1 |
United States |
| 04 March | Finland  |
6-4 |
East Germany |
| 04 March | Canada |
9-1 |
West Germany |
| 04 March | Soviet Union |
6-2 |
Sweden |
| 05 March | Canada |
7-4 |
United States |
| 05 March | Czechoslovakia |
6-0 |
West Germany |
| 05 March | Sweden  |
3-2 |
East Germany |
| 05 March | Soviet Union |
7-3 |
Finland |
| 07 March | Sweden |
6-4 |
Finland |
| 07 March | Czechoslovakia |
6-4 |
Soviet Union |
| 07 March | United States  |
4-4 |
West Germany |
| 07 March | Canada |
5-2 |
East Germany |
| 08 March | Sweden |
12-1 |
West Germany |
| 08 March | East Germany  |
6-5 |
United States |
| 09 March | Soviet Union |
9-1 |
East Germany |
| 09 March | Finland |
3-3 |
West Germany |
| 09 March | Canada |
1-1 |
Czechoslovakia |
| 11 March | Czechoslovakia |
5-1 |
East Germany |
| 11 March | Sweden |
7-3 |
United States |
| 11 March | Soviet Union |
11-1 |
West Germany |
| 11 March | Canada |
12-1 |
Finland |
| 12 March | Canada |
5-1 |
Soviet Union |
| 12 March | Czechoslovakia |
5-2 |
Sweden |
| 12 March | United States |
5-2 |
Finland |
| 12 March | East Germany |
5-0 |
West Germany |
World Championship Group B (Switzerland) [change]
Final Round [change]
| Place | Team | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  Norway |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 - 09 | 8 |
| 10 |  Great Britain |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 - 11 | 8 |
| 11 |  Switzerland |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 - 15 | 5 |
| 12 |  Italy |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 - 20 | 5 |
| 13 |  Poland |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 - 17 | 2 |
| 14 |  Austria |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 - 35 | 2 |
| 03 March | Switzerland  |
0-6 |
Norway |
| 03 March | Great Britain  |
10-2 |
Austria |
| 03 March | Italy  |
5-3 |
Poland |
| 05 March | Italy |
7-2 |
Austria |
| 06 March | Norway  |
5-3 |
Poland |
| 06 March | Italy |
3-3 |
Great Britain |
| 06 March | Switzerland |
9-1 |
Austria |
| 07 March | Switzerland |
1-3 |
Poland |
| 09 March | Great Britain |
3-2 |
Poland |
| 09 March | Norway |
7-2 |
Austria |
| 10 March | Austria  |
3-2 |
Poland |
| 10 March | Norway |
7-1 |
Italy |
| 10 March | Switzerland |
2-2 |
Great Britain |
| 11 March | Switzerland |
5-3 |
Italy |
| 12 March | Great Britain |
3-2 |
Norway |
World Championship Group C (Switzerland) [change]
Final Round [change]
| Place | Team | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 |  Romania |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 69 - 05 | 10 |
| 16 |  France |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 34 - 16 | 8 |
| 17 |  Yugoslavia |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 34 - 22 | 6 |
| 18 |  Netherlands |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 - 36 | 4 |
| 19 |  South Africa |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 - 47 | 2 |
| 20 | .svg){kind=small} Belgium |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 09 - 56 | 0 |
| 03 March | France  |
7-3 |
Netherlands |
| 03 March | Romania  |
22-1 |
Belgium |
| 03 March | Yugoslavia  |
12-3 |
South Africa |
| 04 March | Yugoslavia |
9-2 |
Netherlands |
| 05 March | Romania |
14-0 |
South Africa |
| 06 March | Netherlands  |
8-4 |
South Africa |
| 06 March | France |
10-0 |
Belgium |
| 06 March | Romania |
12-1 |
Yugoslavia |
| 07 March | France |
11-2 |
South Africa |
| 08 March | Yugoslavia |
10-2 |
Belgium |
| 08 March | Romania |
12-0 |
Netherlands |
| 09 March | France |
3-2 |
Yugoslavia |
| 10 March | Romania |
9-3 |
France |
| 10 March | Netherlands |
5-4 |
Belgium |
| 11 March | South Africa  |
9-2 |
Belgium |
Notes [change]
- ↑ Szemberg & Podnieks 2007, p. 199
References [change]
- Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF, Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 1-55168-307-5
- Ottawa Citizen - 3 Feb 1961
- The Montreal Gazette - 6 Feb 1961
- The Hartford Courant, Feb 6, 1961, page 15
- New York Times, February 12, 1961, Page S6
- The Montreal Gazette - 13 Feb 1961
- The Pittsburgh Press - 17 Feb 1961
- Ottawa Citizen - 1 Mar 1961
- Tri City Herald - 8 Mar 1961
- The Montreal Gazette - 9 Mar 1961
- The Montreal Gazette - 11 Mar 1961
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