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
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==Team Photos==
38SudWol.jpg|Canada
1938Czechoslovakia.jpg|Czechoslovakia
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