1961 World Ice Hockey Championships

1961 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	1–12 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (19th title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	236 (8.43 per match)
Attendance	141,300 (5,046 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Boris Mayorov 17 points
← 1960 Olympics 1962 →

The 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 28th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland from March 1 to March 12, 1961. The games were played outdoors on a frozen pool, a glare made it hard for players to see well, however photographers were able to get aerial pictures from the diving board. Canada, represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters,^[1] won their nineteenth international title. It would be the last championship for Canada in thirty-three years.^[2] By beating out the Soviets for the Silver, the Czechs won their tenth European title. The final day was marred by controversy of a political nature, when Willi Daume, (president of West Germany hockey), forbade his team to take the ice against East Germany. The reason was to avoid the possibility of honouring the East German's new flag.^[3]

A record twenty nations participated in three groups, with South Africa appearing for the first time.^[4] Teams were divided into the three tiers, roughly following the 1959 championships, and using qualification games, to establish an eight team group A, a six team group B, and a six team group C. The South African team did not have the minimum number of players so forty-five-year-old federation president Tom Durling played despite not actually being a citizen of the country.^[5] Promotion and relegation did not begin yet, but it was a big step towards formulating the process.

Qualification matches for Group A and B

The nations who finished 1st through 6th in 1959 played in Group A. The nation ranked 7th played the hosts, and 8th played 9th to qualify the final two entries.

1 March

5-6 OT

West Germany

1 March

6-1

World Championship Group A (Switzerland)

Final Round

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	5	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

2 March

6-1

2 March

Czechoslovakia

6-0

2 March

Soviet Union

13-2

4 March

Czechoslovakia

4-1

4 March

6-4

4 March

9-1

West Germany

4 March

Soviet Union

6-2

5 March

7-4

5 March

Czechoslovakia

6-0

West Germany

5 March

3-2

5 March

Soviet Union

7-3

7 March

6-4

7 March

Czechoslovakia

6-4

Soviet Union

7 March

4-4

West Germany

7 March

5-2

8 March

12-1

West Germany

8 March

6-5

9 March

Soviet Union

9-1

9 March

3-3

West Germany

9 March

1-1

Czechoslovakia

11 March

Czechoslovakia

5-1

11 March

7-3

11 March

Soviet Union

11-1

West Germany

11 March

12-1

12 March

5-1

Soviet Union

12 March

Czechoslovakia

5-2

12 March

5-2

12 March

5-0

West Germany

Qualification matches for Group B and C.

The losers of the Group A qualifiers (Switzerland and Norway), were joined by the nations who finished 10th and 11th (Italy and Poland) in 1959. Remaining countries that wished to play at this level played qualification games.

2 March

6-5

2 March

18-1

World Championship Group B (Switzerland)

Final Round

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

3 March

0-6

3 March

10-2

3 March

5-3

5 March

7-2

6 March

5-3

6 March

3-3

6 March

9-1

7 March

1-3

9 March

3-2

9 March

7-2

10 March

3-2

10 March

7-1

10 March

2-2

11 March

5-3

12 March

3-2

World Championship Group C (Switzerland)

Nederlands vs Yugoslavia match

Final Round

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	Belgium	5	0	0	5	09 - 56	0

3 March

7-3

3 March

22-1

3 March

12-3

4 March

9-2

5 March

14-0

6 March

8-4

6 March

10-0

6 March

12-1

7 March

11-2

8 March

10-2

8 March

12-0

9 March

3-2

10 March

9-3

10 March

5-4

11 March

9-2

Ranking and statistics

1961 IIHF World Championship Winners
Canada

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Seth Martin
- Best Defenceman: Ivan Tregubov
- Best Forward: Vlastimil Bubník
Media All-Star Team:
- Goaltender: Seth Martin
- Defence: Darryl Sly, Harry Smith
- Forwards: Michel Legacé, Boris Mayorov, Miroslav Vlach

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Canada
	Czechoslovakia
	Soviet Union
4	Sweden
5	East Germany
6	United States
7	Finland
8	West Germany

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Czechoslovakia
	Soviet Union
	Sweden
4	East Germany
5	Finland
6	West Germany

Notes

↑ http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-66.html
↑ Szemberg & Podnieks 2007, p. 199
↑ When flags stopped games
↑ Duplacey p. 504
↑ Summary in french

References

Championnat du monde 1961
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. 136–7.
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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