1949 World Championship

The 16th Ice Hockey World Championships and 27th European Hockey Championships was held from February 12 to 20, 1949, in Stockholm, Sweden. 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 won their second world championship and ninth European Championship by defeating Canada 3:2. It was only the third defeat for the Canadians at a World Championship.

Canada was represented by the Sudbury Wolves. See also 1948-49 Sudbury Wolves.

World Ice Hockey Championship (in Stockholm, Sweden)

Preliminary 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	Canada	2	2	0	0	54: 0	+54	4:0
2	Austria	2	1	0	1	25: 8	+17	2:2
3	Denmark	2	0	0	2	1:72	-71	0:4

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	USA	3	3	0	0	36: 6	+30	6:0
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	30:15	+15	4:2
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	4:19	-15	2:4
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	2:32	-30	0:6

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	Sweden	2	2	0	0	16: 3	+13	4:0
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	21: 6	+15	2:2
3	Finland	2	0	0	2	3:31	-28	0:4

Second round

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..
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	24: 5	+19	6:0
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	17: 8	+ 9	4:2
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	11:34	-23	2:4
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	3: 8	- 5	0:6

Medal 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	Czechoslovakia	5	4	0	1	21: 6	+15	8: 2
2	Canada	5	2	2	1	20:10	+10	6: 4
3	USA	5	3	0	2	23:16	+ 7	6: 4
4	Sweden	5	2	1	2	26:12	+14	5: 5
5	Switzerland	5	2	1	2	18:17	+ 1	5: 5
6	Austria	5	0	0	5	5:52	-47	0:10

Final rankings – World Championships

RF	Team
1	Czechoslovakia
2	Canada
3	USA
4	Sweden
5	Switzerland
6	Austria
7	Finland
8	Norway
9	Belgium
10	Denmark

World Championships 1949
Czechoslovakia

Team members

Pos.	Country	Members
1	CSR	Bohumil Modrý, Josef Jirka, Přemysl Hajný, Oldřich Němec, Josef Trousilek, František Vacovský, Jiří Macelis, Václav Rozinák, Miloslav Charouzd, Vladimír Zábrodský, Stanislav Konopásek, Vladimír Kobranov, Vladimír Bouzek, Gustav Bubník, Zdeněk Marek, František Mizera, Čeněk Picka

Team Photos

Canada

Czechoslovakia

Canada

Notes

Information based upon German version at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft_1949