1939 World Championship

This is the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championship held at Basle and Zurich, Switzerland.
=Preliminary Round=
Top two teams advanced to the Championship Round.
==World Ice Hockey Championship (in Basel and Zurich, Switzerland)==
=== First Round===
==== Group A====
3. February 1939	Basel	Germany	–	Finland		12:1 (2:0,7:1,3:0)
3. February 1939	Basel	USA 	–	Italy 		5:0 (3:0,1:0,1:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
4. February 1939	Basel	Italy 	–	Finland		5:2 (1:0,1:0,3:2)
4. February 1939	Basel	USA 	–	Germany		4:0 (2:0,0:0,2:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
5. February 1939	Basel	USA 	–	Finland		4:0 (0:0,1:0,3:0)
5. February 1939	Basel	Germany	–	Italy 		4:4 ET (1:0,3:2,0:2,0:0,0:0,0:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
1 	USA 	3 	3 	0 	0 	13: 0	+13 	6:0
2 	Germany	3 	1 	1 	1 	16: 9	+ 7 	3:3
3 	Italy 	3 	1 	1 	1 	9:11 	- 2 	3:3
4 	Finland	3 	0 	0 	3 	3:21 	-18 	0:6
==== Group B====
3. February 1939	Basel 	Czechoslovakia	–	Yugoslavia 		24:0 (10:0,7:0,7:0)
3. February 1939	Zürich	Switzerland 	–	Latvia 		12:0 (5:0,3:0,4:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
4. February 1939	Zürich	Switzerland 	–	Yugoslavia 		23:0 (7:0,7:0,9:0)
4. February 1939	Zürich	Czechoslovakia	–	Latvia 		9:0 (3:0,3:0,3:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
5. February 1939	Zürich	Latvia 	–	Yugoslavia 		6:0 (0:0,3:0,3:0)
5. February 1939	Zürich	Switzerland 	–	Czechoslovakia		1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
1 	Switzerland 	3 	3 	0 	0 	36: 0	+36 	6:0
2 	Czechoslovakia	3 	2 	0 	1 	33: 1	+32 	4:2
3 	Latvia 	3 	1 	0 	2 	6:18 	-12 	2:4
4 	Yugoslavia 	3 	0 	0 	3 	0:53 	-53 	0:6
==== Group C====
3. February 1939	Basel	Canada	–	Netherlands		8:0 (1:0,4:0,3:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
4. February 1939	Basel	Poland	–	Netherlands		9:0 (3:0,2:0,4:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
5. February 1939	Basel	Canada	–	Poland 		4:0 (2:0,1:0,1:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
1 	Canada 	2 	2 	0 	0 	12: 0	+12 	4:0
2 	Poland 	2 	1 	0 	1 	9: 4 	+ 5 	2:2
3 	Netherlands	2 	0 	0 	2 	0:17 	-17 	0:4
==== Group D====
3. February 1939	Zürich	Hungary 	–	Belgium		8:1 (2:0,4:1,2:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
4. February 1939	Zürich	Great Britain	–	Belgium		3:1 (0:0,0:1,3:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
5. February 1939	Zürich	Great Britain	–	Hungary		1:0 (1:0,0:0,0:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
1 	Great Britain	2 	2 	0 	0 	4: 1 	+3 	4:0
2 	Hungary 	2 	1 	0 	1 	8: 2 	+6 	2:2
3 	Belgium 	2 	0 	0 	2 	2:11 	-9 	0:4
=== Consolation Round – Places 9 to 14===
==== Group A====
6. February 1939	Basel	Netherlands	–	Finland 		2:1 (1:1,1:0,0:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
7. February 1939	Basel	Italy 	–	Netherlands		2:1 (0:0,0:0,2:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
8. February 1939	Basel	Italy 	–	Finland 		2:1 (0:0,1:1,1:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
1 	Italy 	2 	2 	0 	0 	4:2 	+2 	4:0
2 	Netherlands	2 	1 	0 	1 	3:3 	0 	2:2
3 	Finland 	2 	0 	0 	2 	2:4 	-2 	0:4
==== Group B====
6. February 1939	Zürich	Latvia 	–	Belgium 		5:1 (2:0,1:1,2:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
7. February 1939	Zürich	Belgium	–	Yugoslavia		3:3 (2:1,1:0,0:2)
 	 	 	 	 		
8. February 1939	Zürich	Latvia 	–	Yugoslavia		4:0 (2:0,0:0,2:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
1 	Latvia 	2 	2 	0 	0 	9:1 	+8 	4:0
2 	Belgium 	2 	0 	1 	1 	4:8 	-4 	1:3
3 	Yugoslavia	2 	0 	1 	1 	3:7 	-4 	1:3
==== Consolation round 9-10 Place====
9. February 1939	Basel	Italy	–	Latvia		2:1 (1:1,1:0,0:0)
=== Second Round===
==== Group A====
7. February 1939	Zürich	Czechoslovakia	–	Germany 		1:1 ET (0:0,1:0,0:1,0:0,0:0,0:0)
7. February 1939	Zürich	Canada 	–	Great Britain 		4:0 (0:0,0:0,4:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
8. February 1939	Zürich	Great Britain 	–	Germany 		0:1 (0:0,0:0,0:1)
8. February 1939	Basel 	Canada 	–	Czechoslovakia		2:1 (0:1,0:0,2:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
9. February 1939	Basel 	Great Britain 	–	Czechoslovakia		0:2 (0:1,0:1,0:0)
9. February 1939	Zürich	Canada 	–	Germany 		9:0 (2:0,5:0,2:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
1 	Canada 	3 	3 	0 	0 	15: 1	+14 	6:0
2 	Czechoslovakia	3 	1 	1 	1 	4: 3 	+1 	3:3
3 	Germany 	3 	1 	1 	1 	2:10 	- 8 	3:3
4 	Great Britain 	3 	0 	0 	3 	0: 7 	- 7 	0:6
==== Group B====
7. February 1939	Basel	USA 	–	Hungary		3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
7. February 1939	Basel	Switzerland	–	Poland 		4:0 (0:0,4:0,0:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
8. February 1939	Basel	Poland 	–	Hungary		5:3 (1:1,2:0,2:2)
8. February 1939	Basel	Switzerland	–	USA 		3:2 (0:0,2:2,1:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
9. February 1939	Basel	USA 	–	Poland 		4:0 (0:0,2:0,2:0)
9. February 1939	Basel	Switzerland	–	Hungary		5:2 (2:1,2:0,1:1)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
1 	Switzerland	3 	3 	0 	0 	12: 4	+8 	6:0
2 	USA 	3 	2 	0 	1 	9: 3 	+ 4 	4:2
3 	Poland 	3 	1 	0 	2 	5:11 	- 6 	2:4
4 	Hungary 	3 	0 	0 	3 	5:13 	- 8 	0:6
=== Consolation Round -- Places 5 to 8===
10. February 1939	Basel 	Poland 	–	Hungary		3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
11. February 1939	Zürich	Germany	–	Hungary		6:2 (0:2,3:0,3:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
12. February 1939	Basel 	Germany	–	Poland 		4:0 (1:0,3:0,0:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
5 	Germany 	2 	2 	0 	0 	10: 2	+8 	4:0
6 	Poland 	2 	1 	0 	1 	3: 4 	-1 	2:2
7 	Hungary 	2 	0 	0 	2 	2: 9 	-7 	0:4
8 	Great Britain	0 	0 	0 	0 	0: 0 	0 	0:0
=== Final Round – Places 1 to 4===
10. February 1939	Zürich	USA 	–	Czechoslovakia		1:0 ET (0:0,0:0,0:0,1:0)
10. February 1939	Basel 	Switzerland	–	Canada 		0:7 (0:2,0:4,0:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
11. February 1939	Basel 	Switzerland	–	USA 		1:2 (0:1,0:0,1:1)
11. February 1939	Basel 	Canada 	–	Czechoslovakia		4:0 (0:0,1:0,3:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
12. February 1939	Basel 	Canada 	–	USA 		4:0 (3:0,1:0,0:0)
12. February 1939	Zürich	Switzerland	–	Czechoslovakia		0:0 ET (0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff	Pts..
1 	Canada 	3 	3 	0 	0 	15: 0	+15 	6:0
2 	USA 	3 	2 	0 	1 	3: 5 	- 2 	4:2
3 	Switzerland 	3 	0 	1 	2 	1: 9 	- 8 	1:5
4 	Czechoslovakia	3 	0 	1 	2 	0: 6 	- 6 	1:5
===Playoff for 3rd place (and European Championship)===
5. March 1939	Basel	Switzerland	–	Czechoslovakia		2:0 (0:0,1:0,1:0)
=== Final Rankings – 1939 World Championships===
RF	Team
1 	Canada
2 	USA
3 	Switzerland
4 	Czechoslovakia
5 	Germany
6 	Poland
7 	Hungary
8 	Great Britain
9 	Italy
10	Latvia
11	Netherlands
12	Belgium
13	Yugoslavia
14	Finland
==== Team Members====
Pos.	Country	Members
1 	 	Bunny Dame, Benny Hayes, Joe Benoit, Tom Johnston, Jim Haight, Mel Snowdon, Duke Scodellaro, Mickey Brennen, Dick Kowcinak, Ab Cronie, Jim Morris, John McCreedy, Buck Buchanan; Trainer: Elmer Piper
==Team Photos==
1939Poland.png|Poland
=== Final Rankings – 1939 European Championships===
RF	Team
1 	Switzerland
2 	Czechoslovakia
3 	Germany
4 	Poland
5 	Hungary
6 	Great Britain
7 	Italy
8 	Latvia
9 	Netherlands
10	Belgium
11	Yugoslavia
12	Finland
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