1938 World Championship

The 1938 World Ice Hockey Championship was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

World Men's Hockey Championships (in Prague, Czechoslovakia)

First Round

Group A

11. February 1938	Prague	Switzerland	–	Hungary		1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
11. February 1938	Prague	Lithuania	–	Romania		1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
12. February 1938	Prague	Switzerland	–	Romania		8:1 (2:0,1:1,5:0)
12. February 1938	Prague	Poland	–	Lithuania		8:1 (4:0,3:0,1:1)
13. February 1938	Prague	Poland	–	Romania		3:0 (1:0,2:0,0:0)
13. February 1938	Prague	Hungary	–	Lithuania		10:1 (2:0,4:0,4:1)
14. February 1938	Prague	Switzerland	–	Lithuania		15:0 (9:0,2:0,4:0)
14. February 1938	Prague	Poland	–	Hungary		3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
15. February 1938	Prague	Hungary	–	Romania		3:1 (1:1,1:0,1:0)
15. February 1938	Prague	Switzerland	–	Poland		7:1 (3:0,1:0,3:1)

Standings - Group A

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Diff.	Points
1	Switzerland	4	4	0	0	31: 2	+29	8:0
2	Poland	4	3	0	1	15: 8	+ 7	6:2
3	Hungary	4	2	0	2	13: 6	+ 7	4:4
4	Lithuania	4	1	0	3	3:33	-30	2:6
5	Romania	4	0	0	4	2:15	-13	0:8

Group B

11. February 1938	Prague	Latvia	–	Norway		3:1 ET(1:0,0:1,0:0,2:0)
11. February 1938	Prague	Great Britain	–	Germany		1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
12. February 1938	Prague	USA	–	Latvia		1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
12. February 1938	Prague	Great Britain	–	Norway		8:0 (2:0,1:0,5:0)
13. February 1938	Prague	USA	–	Norway		7:1 (3:0,4:0,0:1)
13. February 1938	Prague	Germany	–	Latvia		1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
14. February 1938	Prague	Great Britain	–	Latvia		5:1 (1:0,2:0,2:1)
14. February 1938	Prague	USA	–	Germany		1:0 (1:0,0:0,0:0)
15. February 1938	Prague	Germany	–	Norway		8:0 (2:0,1:0,5:0)
15. February 1938	Prague	Great Britain	–	USA		1:1 ET (0:0,0:0,1:1,0:0,0:0,0:0)

Standings - Group B

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Diff.	Points
1	Great Britain	4	3	1	0	15: 2	+13	7:1
2	USA	4	3	1	0	10: 2	+ 8	7:1
3	Germany	4	2	0	2	9: 2	+ 7	4:4
4	Latvia	4	1	0	3	4: 8	- 4	2:6
5	Norway	4	0	0	4	2:26	-24	0:8

Group C

11. February 1938	Prague	Canada	–	Sweden		3:2 (1:0,1:2,1:0)
11. February 1938	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Austria		1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
13. February 1938	Prague	Canada	–	Austria		3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
13. February 1938	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Sweden		0:0 ET (0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0)
15. February 1938	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Canada		0:3 (0:2,0:0,0:1)
15. February 1938	Prague	Sweden	–	Austria		1:1 ET (0:1,1:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0)

Standings - Group C

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Diff.	Points
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	9:2	+7	6:0
2	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	1:3	-2	3:3
3	Sweden	3	0	2	1	3:4	-1	2:4
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	1:5	-4	1:5

Second Round

Group A

16. February 1938	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	USA		2:0 (0:0,1:0,1:0)
17. February 1938	Prague	Switzerland	–	USA		1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
18. February 1938	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Switzerland		3:2 ET. (0:1,1:0,0:0,2:1)

Standings - Group A

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Diff.	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	5:2	+3	4:0
2	Switzerland +	2	1	0	1	3:3	0	2:2
3	USA	2	0	0	2	0:3	-3	0:4

Group B

16. February 1938	Prague	Great Britain	–	Sweden		3:2 (0:0,1:1,2:1)
17. February 1938	Prague	Sweden	–	Poland		1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
18. February 1938	Prague	Great Britain	–	Poland		7:1 (3:1,4:0,0:0)

Standings - Group B

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Diff.	Points
1	Great Britain	2	2	0	0	10: 3	+7	4:0
2	Sweden +	2	1	0	1	3: 3	0	2:2
3	Poland	2	0	0	2	1: 8	-7	0:4

Group C

16. February 1938	Prague	Canada	–	Germany		3:2 ET. (1:1,0:1,1:0,1:0)
17. February 1938	Prague	Germany	–	Hungary		1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
18. February 1938	Prague	Canada	–	Hungary		1:1 ET. (1:1,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0)

Standings—Group C

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Diff.	Points
1	Canada	2	1	1	0	4:3	+1	3:1
2	Germany +	2	1	0	1	3:3	0	2:2
3	Hungary	2	0	1	1	1:2	-1	1:3

+ Germany, Switzerland and Sweden ended with identical records. The Organizing Committee awarded the semifinal position to Germany because it had played Canada.

Consolation round 5-6 place

19. February 1938

Prague

Sweden

–

Switzerland

2:0 (1:0,0:0,1:0)

Final Round

Semifinals
19. February 1938	Prague	Canada	–	Germany		1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
19. February 1938	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Great Britain		0:1 (0:0,0:0,0:1)
Game for 3rd place
20. February 1938	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Germany		3:0 (1:0,2:0,0:0)
Final
20. February 1938	Prague	Canada	–	Great Britain		3:1 (3:1,0:0,0:0)

Final Rankings – World Championships

RF	Team
1	Canada
2	Great Britain
3	Czechoslovakia
4	Germany
5	Sweden
6	Switzerland
7	Hungary
8	USA
9	Poland
10	Austria
11	Latvia
12	Lithuania
13	Romania
14	Norway

Members of team

Pos.	Team	Players
1	CAN	Pat McReavy, Roy Heximer, Mel Albright, Johnny Godfrey, Glen Sutherland, Gordie Bruce, Jimmy Russell, Buster Portland, Jack Marshall, John Coulter, Percy Allen, Reg Chipman, Archie Burn; Trainer: Max Silverman

Canada was represented by the Sudbury Wolves.

Final Rankings – European Championships

RF	Team
1	Great Britain
2	Czechoslovakia
3	Germany
4	Sweden
5	Switzerland
6	Hungary
7	Poland
8	Austria
9	Latvia
10	Lithuania
11	Romania
12	Norway

Team Photos

Canada

Czechoslovakia