1961 World Championship

The 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 28th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland from March 1 to March 12, 1961. Canada, represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters, won their nineteenth international title. It would be the last championship for Canada in thirty-three years.
==World Championship Group A (Switzerland)==
=== Final Round ===
Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1 	 	7 	6 	1 	0 	45 - 11 	13
2 	 	7 	6 	1 	0 	33 - 09 	13
3 	 	7 	5 	0 	2 	51 - 20 	10
4 	 	7 	4 	0 	3 	33 - 27 	8
5 	 	7 	2 	0 	6 	21 - 33 	4
6 	 	7 	1 	1 	5 	24 - 43 	3
7 	 	7 	1 	1 	5 	19 - 43 	3
8 	 	7 	0 	2 	5 	10 - 50 	2
==World Championship Group B (Switzerland)==
=== Final Round ===
Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
9 	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	27 - 09 	8
10 	 	5 	3 	2 	0 	21 - 11 	8
11 	 	5 	2 	1 	2 	17 - 15 	5
12 	 	5 	2 	1 	2 	19 - 20 	5
13 	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	13 - 17 	2
14 	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	10 - 35 	2
==World Championship Group C (Switzerland)==
=== Final Round ===
Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
15 	 	5 	5 	0 	0 	69 - 05 	10
16 	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	34 - 16 	8
17 	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	34 - 22 	6
18 	 	5 	2 	0 	3 	18 - 36 	4
19 	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	18 - 47 	2
20 	 	5 	0 	0 	5 	09 - 56 	0
==Team Photos==
60-61Trailse.jpg|Canada
1961Sovietunion.jpg|Soviet Union
==Radio Ads==
61WorldMontrealRadioAd.jpg|Montreal
==Notes==
==References==
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*Ottawa Citizen - 3 Feb 1961
*The Montreal Gazette - 6 Feb 1961
*The Hartford Courant, Feb 6, 1961, page 15
*New York Times, February 12, 1961, Page S6
*The Montreal Gazette - 13 Feb 1961
*The Pittsburgh Press - 17 Feb 1961
*Ottawa Citizen - 1 Mar 1961
*Tri City Herald - 8 Mar 1961
*The Montreal Gazette - 9 Mar 1961
*The Montreal Gazette - 11 Mar 1961
Category:1961 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships