1949 World Championship

The 16th Ice Hockey World Championships and 27th European Hockey Championships was held from February 12 to 20, 1949, in Stockholm, Sweden. In the initial round, the ten teams participating were divided into three groups: two groups of three and one of four. In the second round, the top two teams in each group advanced to the medal round (for positions 1 through 6) with the remaining four teams advancing to the consolation round for places 7 through 10. 
Czechoslovakia won their second world championship and ninth European Championship by defeating Canada 3:2. It was only the third defeat for the Canadians at a World Championship.
Canada was represented by the Sudbury Wolves. See also 1948-49 Sudbury Wolves.
== World Ice Hockey Championship (in Stockholm, Sweden) ==
=== Preliminary round ===
==== Group A ====
12 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada 	–	Denmark		47:0 (13:0,16:0,18:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
13 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada 	–	Austria		7:0 (0:0,3:0,4:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
14 February 1949	Stockholm	Austria	–	Denmark		25:1 (8:0,6:0,11:1)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts..
1 	Canada 	2 	2 	0 	0 	54: 0	+54 	4:0
2 	Austria	2 	1 	0 	1 	25: 8	+17 	2:2
3 	Denmark	2 	0 	0 	2 	1:72 	-71 	0:4
==== Group B ====
12 February 1949	Stockholm	Norway 	–	Belgium 		2:0 (2:0,0:0,0:0)
12 February 1949	Stockholm	USA 	–	Switzerland		12:5 (6:2,4:1,2:2)
 	 	 	 	 		
13 February 1949	Stockholm	Switzerland	–	Belgium 		18:2 (5:0,10:1,3:1)
13 February 1949	Stockholm	USA 	–	Norway 		12:1 (7:1,3:0,2:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
14 February 1949	Stockholm	Switzerland	–	Norway 		7:1 (4:1,3:0,0:0)
14 February 1949	Stockholm	USA 	–	Belgium 		12:0 (4:0,5:0,3:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts..
1 	USA 	3 	3 	0 	0 	36: 6	+30 	6:0
2 	Switzerland	3 	2 	0 	1 	30:15	+15 	4:2
3 	Norway 	3 	1 	0 	2 	4:19 	-15 	2:4
4 	Belgium 	3 	0 	0 	3 	2:32 	-30 	0:6
==== Group C ====
12 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden 	–	Finland 		12:1 (2:0,3:0,7:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
13 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden 	–	Czechoslovakia		4:2 (3:0,1:2,0:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
14 February 1949	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	–	Finland 		19:2 (8:1,3:1,8:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts..
1 	Sweden 	2 	2 	0 	0 	16: 3	+13 	4:0
2 	Czechoslovakia	2 	1 	0 	1 	21: 6	+15 	2:2
3 	Finland 	2 	0 	0 	2 	3:31 	-28 	0:4
=== Second round ===
==== Consolation round – places 7 to 10 ====
17 February 1949	Stockholm	Belgium	–	Denmark		8:3 (2:1,4:2,2:0)
17 February 1949	Stockholm	Finland	–	Norway 		7:3 (4:3,2:0,1:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Finland	–	Belgium		17:2 (6:0,4:0,7:2)
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Norway 	–	Denmark		Denmark withdrew
 	 	 	 	 		
19 February 1949	Stockholm	Finland	–	Denmark		Denmark withdrew
19 February 1949	Stockholm	Norway 	–	Belgium		14:1 (5:0,6:0,3:1)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts..
1 	Finland	3 	3 	0 	0 	24: 5	+19 	6:0
2 	Norway 	3 	2 	0 	1 	17: 8	+ 9 	4:2
3 	Belgium	3 	1 	0 	2 	11:34	-23 	2:4
4 	Denmark	3 	0 	0 	3 	3: 8 	- 5 	0:6
==== Medal round – places 1 to 6 ====
15 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada 	–	Czechoslovakia		2:3 (0:0,1:2,1:1)
15 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden 	–	Austria 		18:0 (5:0,5:0,8:0)
15 February 1949	Stockholm	USA 	–	Switzerland 		4:5 (1:4,3:0,0:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
16 February 1949	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	–	Austria 		7:1 (4:0,2:0,1:1)
16 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden 	–	Canada 		2:2 (0:1,1:0,1:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
17 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada 	–	USA 		7:2 (2:0,1:2,4:0)
17 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden 	–	Switzerland 		3:1 (0:0,2:1,1:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	–	Switzerland 		8:1 (4:0,1:1,3:0)
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada 	–	Austria 		8:2 (3:0,3:1,2:1)
18 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden 	–	USA 		3:6 (1:0,0:4,2:2)
 	 	 	 	 		
19 February 1949	Stockholm	Switzerland 	–	Austria 		10:1 (4:0,3:1,3:0)
19 February 1949	Stockholm	USA 	–	Czechoslovakia		2:0 (0:0,1:0,1:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
20 February 1949	Stockholm	USA 	–	Austria 		9:1 (0:1,3:0,6:0)
20 February 1949	Stockholm	Sweden 	–	Czechoslovakia		0:3 (0:0,0:2,0:1)
20 February 1949	Stockholm	Canada 	–	Switzerland 		1:1 (0:1,0:0,1:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P.	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff	Pts..
1 	Czechoslovakia	5 	4 	0 	1 	21: 6	+15 	8: 2
2 	Canada 	5 	2 	2 	1 	20:10	+10 	6: 4
3 	USA 	5 	3 	0 	2 	23:16	+ 7 	6: 4
4 	Sweden 	5 	2 	1 	2 	26:12	+14 	5: 5
5 	Switzerland 	5 	2 	1 	2 	18:17	+ 1 	5: 5
6 	Austria 	5 	0 	0 	5 	5:52 	-47 	0:10
=== Final rankings – World Championships ===
RF	Team
1 	Czechoslovakia
2 	Canada
3 	USA
4 	Sweden
5 	Switzerland
6 	Austria
7 	Finland
8 	Norway
9 	Belgium
10	Denmark
World Championships 1949
 Czechoslovakia
==== Team members====
Pos.	Country	Members
1 	CSR 	Bohumil Modrý, Josef Jirka, Přemysl Hajný, Oldřich Němec, Josef Trousilek, František Vacovský, Jiří Macelis, Václav Rozinák, Miloslav Charouzd, Vladimír Zábrodský, Stanislav Konopásek, Vladimír Kobranov, Vladimír Bouzek, Gustav Bubník, Zdeněk Marek, František Mizera, Čeněk Picka
==Team Photos==
49Canada.jpg|Canada
1949Czechoslovakia.jpg|Czechoslovakia
48-49SudWol2.jpg|Canada
== Notes ==
Information based upon German version at 
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft_1949
Category:1949 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships