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.
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.Story of the plane crash (in french)
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 Canada220054: 0+544:02 Austria210125: 8+172:23 Denmark2002 1:72-710:4
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 USA330036: 6+306:02 Switzerland320130:15+154:23 Norway3102 4:19-152:44 Belgium3003 2:32-300:6
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 Sweden220016: 3+134:02 Czechoslovakia210121: 6+152:23 Finland2002 3:31-280:4
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 Finland330029: 5+246:08 Norway320122: 8+144:29 Belgium310211:34-232:410 Denmark3003 3: 18- 150:6
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
Pos. Team G.P. Wins Ties Losses Goals Goal diff Pts.1 Czechoslovakia540121: 6+158: 22 Canada522120:10+106: 43 USA530223:16+ 76: 44 Sweden521226:12+145: 55 Switzerland521218:17+ 15: 56 Austria5005 5:52-470:10
Final rankings – World Championships RF Team1 Czechoslovakia2 Canada3 USA4 Sweden5 Switzerland6 Austria7 Finland8 Norway9 Belgium10 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 Pícha
Final rankings – European Championships RF Team1 Czechoslovakia2 Sweden3 Switzerland4 Austria5 Finland6 Norway7 Belgium8 Denmark
Citations
References Complete results
External links The event at SVT's open archive