# 1951 Ice Hockey World Championships

The 1951 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 18th World Championship and the 29th European Championship in ice hockey for international teams. The tournament took place in France from 9 to 17 March and the games were played in the capital city, Paris. Thirteen nations took part, and were first split into two groups. The seven best teams were placed in the first group, and the six others were placed into the "Criterium Européen", which would later become the B Pool. Each group was played in a round robin format, with each team playing each other once.
Canada, represented by the Lethbridge Maple Leafs, became world champions for the 14th time. Highest ranking European team Sweden finished second, winning their fifth European Championship, finishing ahead of the Swiss on goal differential by three.
This tournament would be the last time France hosted the elite division of the World Championships until 2017, when Paris co-hosted the championship alongside Cologne in Germany.

## World Championship Group A (France)

| Date | Games | Result | Periods |
| 9 March | Norway vs. United States | 3–0 | 0–0, 1–0, 2–0 |
| 10 March | Canada vs. Finland | 11–1 | 4–0, 4–0, 3–1 |
| 10 March | Sweden vs. Great Britain | 5–1 | 0–1, 1–0, 4–0 |
| 10 March | Switzerland vs. Norway | 8–1 | 4–1, 3–0, 1–0 |
| 11 March | Sweden vs. United States | 8–0 | 4–0, 1–0, 3–0 |
| 11 March | Canada vs. Norway | 8–0 | 3–0, 1–0, 4–0 |
| 12 March | United States vs. Finland | 5–4 | 1–0, 1–3, 3–1 |
| 12 March | Switzerland vs. Great Britain | 7–1 | 2–0, 4–1, 1–0 |
| 13 March | Sweden vs. Norway | 5–2 | 1–0, 4–1, 0–1 |
| 13 March | Switzerland vs. Finland | 4–1 | 1–0, 2–1, 1–0 |
| 13 March | Canada vs. Great Britain | 17–1 | 0–1, 7–0, 10–0 |
| 14 March | Switzerland vs. Sweden | 3–3 | 1–2, 1–1, 1–0 |
| 15 March | Norway vs. Great Britain | 4–3 | 0–0, 1–2, 3–1 |
| 15 March | Sweden vs. Finland | 11–3 | 5–0, 1–1, 5–2 |
| 15 March | Canada – United States | 16–2 | 5–0, 6–2, 5–0 |
| 16 March | Norway vs. Finland | 0–3 | 0–1, 0–0, 0–2 |
| 16 March | Canada vs. Switzerland | 5–1 | 0–1, 3–0, 2–0 |
| 16 March | United States vs. Great Britain | 6–6 | 1–4, 2–1, 3–1 |
| 17 March | Finland vs. Great Britain | 3–6 | 0–2, 3–0, 0–4 |
| 17 March | Switzerland vs. United States | 5–1 | 3–0, 1–1, 1–0 |
| 17 March | Canada vs. Sweden | 5–1 | 1–0, 2–0, 2–1 |

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Canada | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 6 | +56 | 12 |
| 2 | Sweden | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 9 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 9 |
| 4 | Norway | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 4 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 3 |
| 6 | United States | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 42 | −28 | 3 |
| 7 | Finland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 2 |

## Critérium européen – Junior European Championship (World Championship Group B) (France)

| Date | Games | Result | Periods |
| 10 March | France vs. Italy | 1–4 | 0–1, 0–2, 1–1 |
| 11 March | Netherlands vs. Italy | 1–3 | 1–0, 0–2, 0–1 |
| 11 March | France vs. Austria | 7–3 | 1–0, 1–0, 5–3 |
| 11 March | Yugoslavia vs. Belgium | 3–13 | 0–5, 0–3, 3–5 |
| 12 March | Austria vs. Belgium | 5–3 | 0–1, 3–1, 2–1 |
| 12 March | Netherlands vs. Yugoslavia | 5–2 | 0–0, 4–1, 1–1 |
| 13 March | Belgium vs. Italy | 3–7 | 1–0, 0–2, 2–5 |
| 14 March | France vs. Yugoslavia | 10–3 | 3–2, 3–1, 4–0 |
| 14 March | Austria vs. Netherlands | 3–4 | 1–1, 1–2, 1–1 |
| 15 March | Italy vs. Yugoslavia | 6–1 | 1–0, 4–1, 1–0 |
| 15 March | France vs. Belgium | 10–0 | 2–0, 3–0, 5–0 |
| 16 March | Belgium vs. Netherlands | 1–2 | 0–2, 1–0, 0–0 |
| 16 March | Austria vs. Italy | 2–7 | 1–1,0–3,1–3 |
| 17 March | Austria vs. Yugoslavia | 3–4 | 1–1, 1–0, 1–3 |
| 17 March | France vs. Netherlands | 7–5 | 1–2, 3–1, 3–2 |

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Italy | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 10 |
| 9 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 8 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 6 |
| 11 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 2 |
| 12 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 2 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 37 | −24 | 2 |

## World Championship medals

| 1951 World Championship | Country |
| Gold | Canada |
| Silver | Sweden |
| Bronze | Switzerland |
| 4 | Norway |
| 5 | Great Britain |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Finland |

## European Championship medals

| 1951 European Championship | Country |
| Gold | Sweden |
| Silver | Switzerland |
| Bronze | Norway |
| 4 | Great Britain |
| 5 | Finland |