1950 World Championship

The 17th Ice Hockey World Championships and 28th European Hockey Championships were held from 13 to 22 March 1950 in London, England. In a format similar to the 1949 championships, in the initial round, the nine teams participating were divided into three groups with three teams each. In the second round, the top two teams in each group advanced to the medal pool (for positions 1 through 6) with the remaining three teams advancing to the consolation pool for places 7 through 9. Canada won its 13th World Championship and Switzerland won its fourth European Championship. Both teams benefited from the absence of the defending champion, Czechoslovakia.

World Hockey Championships (in London, England)

Preliminary round

Group A

13 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	France		9:0 (4:0,3:0,2:0)
14 March 1950	London, England	Norway	–	France		11:0 (7:0,2:0,2:0)
15 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Norway		2:0 (0:0,0:0,2:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1	Great Britain	2	2	0	0	11: 0	+11	4:0
2	Norway	2	1	0	1	11: 2	+ 9	2:2
3	France	2	0	0	2	0:20	-20	0:4

Group B

13 March 1950	London, England	Switzerland	–	Belgium		24:3 (5:1,7:1,12:1)
14 March 1950	London, England	Canada	–	Switzerland		13:2 (5:1,4:1,4:0)
15 March 1950	London, England	Canada	–	Belgium		33:0 (14:0,10:0,9:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	46: 2	+44	4:0
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	26:16	+10	2:2
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	3:57	-54	0:4

Group C

13 March 1950	London, England	Sweden	–	USA		8:3 (5:2,0:0,3:1)
14 March 1950	London, England	Sweden	–	Netherlands		10:0 (3:0,1:0,6:0)
15 March 1950	London, England	USA	–	Netherlands		17:1 (7:0,2:0,8:1)

Standings

Pos.	Team	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1	Sweden	2	2	0	0	18: 3	+15	4:0
2	USA	2	1	0	1	20: 9	+11	2:2
3	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	1:27	-26	0:4

Second round

Consolation pool – places 7 to 9

20 March 1950	London, England	Belgium	–	France		7:1 (3:0,1:0,3:1)
21 March 1950	London, England	Netherlands	–	France		4:2 (1:0,3:1,0:1)
22 March 1950	London, England	Belgium	–	Netherlands		4:2 (2:1,1:0,1:1)

Standings

Pos.	Team	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	11: 3	+8	4:0
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	6: 6	0	2:2
3	France	2	0	0	2	3:11	-8	0:4

Medal pool – places 1 to 6

17 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Norway		4:3 (1:0,2:2,1:1)
17 March 1950	London, England	Canada	–	Switzerland		11:1 (2:0,3:1,6:0)
17 March 1950	London, England	Sweden	–	USA		2:4 (1:0,1:2,0:2)
18 March 1950	London, England	Switzerland	–	Norway		12:4 (3:3,6:0,3:1)
18 March 1950	London, England	Canada	–	USA		5:0 (0:0,1:0,4:0)
18 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Sweden		5:4 (0:0,1:2,4:2)
20 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	USA		2:3 (2:1,0:0,0:2)
20 March 1950	London, England	Canada	–	Norway		11:1 (3:0,4:1,4:0)
20 March 1950	London, England	Sweden	–	Switzerland		2:3 (2:1,0:0,0:2)
21 March 1950	London, England	USA	–	Switzerland		10:5 (3:0,1:3,6:2)
21 March 1950	London, England	Sweden	–	Norway		6:1 (2:0,3:0,1:1)
21 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Canada		0:12 (0:5,0:3,0:4)
22 March 1950	London, England	USA	–	Norway		12:6 (5:0,4:3,3:3)
22 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Switzerland		3:10 (1:4,2:3,0:3)
22 March 1950	London, England	Canada	–	Sweden		3:1 (1:0,2:0,0:1)

Standings

Pos.	Team	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1	Canada	5	5	0	0	42: 3	+39	10: 0
2	USA	5	4	0	1	29:20	+ 9	8: 2
3	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	31:30	+ 1	6: 4
4	Great Britain	5	2	0	3	14:32	-18	4: 6
5	Sweden	5	1	0	4	15:16	- 1	2: 8
6	Norway	5	0	0	5	15:45	-30	0:10

Final rankings – World Championship

Pos.	Team
1	Canada
2	USA
3	Switzerland
4	Great Britain
5	Sweden
6	Norway
7	Belgium
8	Netherlands
9	France

World Champion 1950
Canada

Team members

Pos.	Country	Members
1	CAN	Leo Lucchini, Hassie Young, Ab Newsome, Billy Dawe, Harry Allen, Doug Macauley, Don Stanley, Bob Watt, Marsh Darling, Al Purvis, John Davies, Doug Kilburn, Pete Wright, Don Gauf, Robert David, Jack Manson, Wilbur Delaney; Trainer: Jimmy Graham

Final rankings – European Championships

Pos.	Team
1	Switzerland
2	Great Britain
3	Sweden
4	Norway
5	Belgium
6	Netherlands
7	France

European Champions 1950
Switzerland

Team Photos

Canada

Notes

Information based upon German version at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft_1950