1959 World Championship

The 1959 World Championship were held between March 5th and March 15th 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

That year, the Canadian National Team was made up by the players of the Belleville McFarlands.

Group A

Group 1

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	39 - 02	6
2	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	24 - 08	4
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	08 - 35	2
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	04 - 30	0

05 March
	Czechoslovakia	9-0	Switzerland

05 March
	Canada	9-0	Poland

06 March
	Canada	23-0	Switzerland

06 March
	Czechoslovakia	13-1	Poland

07 March
	Poland	3-8	Switzerland

07 March
	Canada	7-2	Czechoslovakia

Group 2

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	24 - 05	6
2	United States	3	2	0	1	22 - 10	4
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	10 - 26	2
4	East Germany	3	0	0	3	06 - 21	0

05 March
	Soviet Union	6-1	East Germany

05 March
	Norway	3-10	United States

06 March
	United States	9-2	East Germany

06 March
	Norway	1-13	Soviet Union

07 March
	East Germany	3-6	Norway

07 March
	Soviet Union	5-3	United States

Group 3

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	21 - 05	5
2	Finland	3	1	1	1	13 - 12	3
3	West Germany	3	1	0	2	11 - 13	2
4	Italy	3	1	0	2	07 - 22	2

05 March
	Sweden	11-0	Italy

05 March
	Finland	5-3	West Germany

06 March
	Italy	2-7	West Germany

06 March
	Sweden	4-4	Finland

07 March
	Italy	5-4	Finland

07 March
	West Germany	1-6	Sweden

Final Round

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1	Canada	5	4	0	1	21 - 07	8
2	Soviet Union	5	4	0	1	20 - 10	8
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	0	2	22 - 14	6
4	United States	5	3	0	2	23 - 15	6
5	Sweden	5	1	0	4	06 - 11	2
6	Finland	5	0	0	5	07 - 32	0

09 March
	Canada	6-0	Finland

09 March
	Soviet Union	5-1	United States

09 March
	Czechoslovakia	4-1	Sweden

10 March
	Czechoslovakia	8-2	Finland

10 March
	United States	7-1	Sweden

11 March
	United States	10-3	Finland

11 March
	Soviet Union	1-3	Canada

12 March
	Canada	5-0	Sweden

12 March
	Czechoslovakia	3-4	Soviet Union

13 March
	Sweden	2-1	Finland

13 March
	Czechoslovakia	2-4	United States

14 March
	United States	1-4	Canada

14 March
	Finland	1-6	Soviet Union

15 March
	Soviet Union	4-2	Sweden

15 March
	Czechoslovakia	5-3	Canada

Consolation Round

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
7	West Germany	5	4	1	0	30 - 09	9
8	Norway	5	3	1	1	20 - 20	7
9	East Germany	5	3	0	2	20 - 21	6
10	Italy	5	2	1	2	20 - 17	5
11	Poland	5	1	0	4	11 - 20	2
12	Switzerland	5	0	1	4	08 - 22	1

09 March
	Poland	1-5	East Germany

09 March
	Norway	4-4	Switzerland

09 March
	West Germany	2-2	Italy

10 March
	Italy	3-4	Norway

10 March
	Poland	3-5	West Germany

10 March
	East Germany	6-2	Switzerland

11 March
	West Germany	8-0	East Germany

11 March
	Switzerland	1-4	Italy

11 March
	Norway	4-3	Poland

13 March
	East Germany	8-6	Italy

13 March
	West Germany	9-4	Norway

13 March
	Switzerland	1-2	Poland

14 March
	Switzerland	0-6	West Germany

14 March
	Poland	2-5	Italy

14 March
	Norway	4-1	East Germany

Awards

Top Players

• Top Goaltender: Nikolai Puchkov, Soviet Union
• Top Defenceman: Jean-Paul Lamirande, Canada
• Top Forward: Bill Cleary, United States

Top scorers

Rk Name                Nat   G  A PTS 
 1 Gordon Berenson     CAN   9  4  13
 2 Ike Hildebrand      CAN   6  6  12
 3 Paul Johnson        USA   8  3  11
 4 Jozef Golonka       CZE   7  4  11
 5 Miroslav Vlach      CZE   8  2  10
 6 Peter Conacher      CAN   7  3  10
 7 Evgeni Groshev      USR   6  4  10
 8 Johnny McLelland    CAN   4  6  10
 9 Tom Williams        USA   7  2   9
10 Jaroslav Jirík      CZE   6  3   9

Group B

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
13	Romania	2	2	0	0	12 - 04	4
14	Hungary	2	1	0	1	05 - 09	2
15	Austria	2	0	0	2	04 - 08	0

05 March
	Hungary	3-2	Austria

07 March
	Romania	5-2	Austria

10 March
	Romania	7-2	Hungary

Team Photos

Canada

Czechoslovakia

Soviet Union

Sweden

United States