1959 World Championship

The 1959 World Championship were held between March 5th and March 15th 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
That year, the Canadian National Team was made up by the players of the Belleville McFarlands.
==Group A==
===First Round===
=== Group 1===
Place	Team 	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1 	Canada 	3 	3 	0 	0 	39 - 02 	6
2 	Czechoslovakia	3 	2 	0 	1 	24 - 08 	4
3 	Switzerland 	3 	1 	0 	2 	08 - 35 	2
4 	Poland 	3 	0 	0 	3 	04 - 30 	0
05 March	 	 	 	
05 March	Czechoslovakia	9-0	Switzerland	
05 March	 	 	 	
05 March	 	 	 	
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05 March	 	 	 	
05 March	Canada	9-0	Poland	
05 March	 	 	 	
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06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	Canada	23-0	Switzerland	
06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	Czechoslovakia	13-1	Poland	
06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	 	 	 	
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07 March	 	 	 	
07 March	Poland	3-8	Switzerland	
07 March	 	 	 	
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07 March	 	 	 	
07 March	Canada	7-2	Czechoslovakia	
07 March	 	 	 	
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07 March	 	 	 	
07 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
=== Group 2===
Place	Team 	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1 	Soviet Union 	3 	3 	0 	0 	24 - 05 	6
2 	United States	3 	2 	0 	1 	22 - 10 	4
3 	Norway 	3 	1 	0 	2 	10 - 26 	2
4 	East Germany 	3 	0 	0 	3 	06 - 21 	0
05 March	 	 	 	
05 March	Soviet Union	6-1	East Germany	
05 March	 	 	 	
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05 March	Norway	3-10	United States	
05 March	 	 	 	
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06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	United States	9-2	East Germany	
06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	 	 	 	
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06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	Norway	1-13	Soviet Union	
06 March	 	 	 	
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07 March	 	 	 	
07 March	East Germany	3-6	Norway	
07 March	 	 	 	
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07 March	 	 	 	
07 March	Soviet Union	5-3	United States	
07 March	 	 	 	
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07 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
=== Group 3===
Place	Team 	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1 	Sweden 	3 	2 	1 	0 	21 - 05 	5
2 	Finland 	3 	1 	1 	1 	13 - 12 	3
3 	West Germany	3 	1 	0 	2 	11 - 13 	2
4 	Italy 	3 	1 	0 	2 	07 - 22 	2
05 March	 	 	 	
05 March	Sweden	11-0	Italy	
05 March	 	 	 	
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05 March	 	 	 	
05 March	Finland	5-3	West Germany	
05 March	 	 	 	
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06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	Italy	2-7	West Germany	
06 March	 	 	 	
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06 March	 	 	 	
06 March	Sweden	4-4	Finland	
06 March	 	 	 	
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07 March	 	 	 	
07 March	Italy	5-4	Finland	
07 March	 	 	 	
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07 March	 	 	 	
07 March	West Germany	1-6	Sweden	
07 March	 	 	 	
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07 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
=== Final Round===
Place	Team 	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1 	Canada 	5 	4 	0 	1 	21 - 07 	8
2 	Soviet Union 	5 	4 	0 	1 	20 - 10 	8
3 	Czechoslovakia	5 	3 	0 	2 	22 - 14 	6
4 	United States 	5 	3 	0 	2 	23 - 15 	6
5 	Sweden 	5 	1 	0 	4 	06 - 11 	2
6 	Finland 	5 	0 	0 	5 	07 - 32 	0
09 March	 	 	 	
09 March	Canada	6-0	Finland	
09 March	 	 	 	
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09 March	Soviet Union	5-1	United States	
09 March	 	 	 	
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09 March	Czechoslovakia	4-1	Sweden	
09 March	 	 	 	
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10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	Czechoslovakia	8-2	Finland	
10 March	 	 	 	
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10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	United States	7-1	Sweden	
10 March	 	 	 	
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10 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
11 March	 	 	 	
11 March	United States	10-3	Finland	
11 March	 	 	 	
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11 March	 	 	 	
11 March	Soviet Union	1-3	Canada	
11 March	 	 	 	
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12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	Canada	5-0	Sweden	
12 March	 	 	 	
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12 March	 	 	 	
12 March	Czechoslovakia	3-4	Soviet Union	
12 March	 	 	 	
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13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	Sweden	2-1	Finland	
13 March	 	 	 	
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13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	Czechoslovakia	2-4	United States	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
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14 March	 	 	 	
14 March	United States	1-4	Canada	
14 March	 	 	 	
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14 March	 	 	 	
14 March	Finland	1-6	Soviet Union	
14 March	 	 	 	
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15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	Soviet Union	4-2	Sweden	
15 March	 	 	 	
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15 March	 	 	 	
15 March	Czechoslovakia	5-3	Canada	
15 March	 	 	 	
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===Consolation Round===
Place	Team 	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
7 	West Germany	5 	4 	1 	0 	30 - 09 	9
8 	Norway 	5 	3 	1 	1 	20 - 20 	7
9 	East Germany	5 	3 	0 	2 	20 - 21 	6
10 	Italy 	5 	2 	1 	2 	20 - 17 	5
11 	Poland 	5 	1 	0 	4 	11 - 20 	2
12 	Switzerland 	5 	0 	1 	4 	08 - 22 	1
09 March	 	 	 	
09 March	Poland	1-5	East Germany	
09 March	 	 	 	
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09 March	Norway	4-4	Switzerland	
09 March	 	 	 	
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09 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
09 March	 	 	 	
09 March	West Germany	2-2	Italy	
09 March	 	 	 	
09 March	 	 	 	
09 March	 	 	 	
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10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	Italy	3-4	Norway	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
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10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	Poland	3-5	West Germany	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
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10 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
10 March	 	 	 	
10 March	East Germany	6-2	Switzerland	
10 March	 	 	 	
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11 March	 	 	 	
11 March	West Germany	8-0	East Germany	
11 March	 	 	 	
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11 March	 	 	 	
11 March	Switzerland	1-4	Italy	
11 March	 	 	 	
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11 March	 	 	 	
11 March	Norway	4-3	Poland	
11 March	 	 	 	
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13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	East Germany	8-6	Italy	
13 March	 	 	 	
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13 March	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	West Germany	9-4	Norway	
13 March	 	 	 	
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13 March	 	 	 	
13 March	Switzerland	1-2	Poland	
13 March	 	 	 	
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14 March	 	 	 	
14 March	Switzerland	0-6	West Germany	
14 March	 	 	 	
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14 March	 	 	 	
14 March	Poland	2-5	Italy	
14 March	 	 	 	
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14 March	Norway	4-1	East Germany	
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==Awards==
===Top Players===
*Top Goaltender: Nikolai Puchkov, Soviet Union
*Top Defenceman: Jean-Paul Lamirande, Canada
*Top Forward: Bill Cleary, United States
===Top scorers===
 Rk Name Nat G A PTS 
 1 Gordon Berenson CAN 9 4 13
 2 Ike Hildebrand CAN 6 6 12
 3 Paul Johnson USA 8 3 11
 4 Jozef Golonka CZE 7 4 11
 5 Miroslav Vlach CZE 8 2 10
 6 Peter Conacher CAN 7 3 10
 7 Evgeni Groshev USR 6 4 10
 8 Johnny McLelland CAN 4 6 10
 9 Tom Williams USA 7 2 9
 10 Jaroslav Jirik CZE 6 3 9
==Group B==
Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
13 	 	2 	2 	0 	0 	12 - 04 	4
14 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	05 - 09 	2
15 	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	04 - 08 	0
==Team Photos==
69_McFarlands-Team-Pic.jpg|Canada
1959Czechoslovakia.jpg|Czechoslovakia
1959USSR.jpg|Soviet Union
1959Sweden.jpg|Sweden
59USA.jpg|United States
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