1947 World Championship

The 14th Ice Hockey World Championship and 25th European Championship was the first after the Second World War. It was held from 15 to 23 February 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Eight teams participated, but it was missing the reigning world champion, Canada. The world champion was decided for the first time by round robin league play. Czechoslovakia won the world championship for the first time and the European championship for the seventh time.
It was the first World Championship to use the recently-adopted centre red line.
== 1947 World Ice Hockey Championships (Prague, Czechoslovakia) ==
=== Game results ===
15. February 1947	Prague	Austria 	–	Poland 		10:2 (3:1,2:1,5:0)
15. February 1947	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Romania 		23:1 (4:0,7:1,12:0)
15. February 1947	Prague	Sweden 	–	Switzerland		4:4 (2:2,1:0,1:2)
 	 	 	 	 		
16. February 1947	Prague	Sweden 	–	Belgium 		24:1 (8:0,7:1,9:0)
16. February 1947	Prague	Poland 	–	Romania 		6:0 (2:0,1:0,3:0)
16. February 1947	Prague	USA 	–	Switzerland		4:3 (0:0,3:2,1:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
17. February 1947	Prague	Austria 	–	Belgium 		14:5 (2:0,6:0,6:5)
17. February 1947	Prague	Switzerland 	–	Romania 		13:3 (7:0,0:2,6:1)
17. February 1947	Prague	Sweden 	–	USA 		4:1 (1:0,2:0,1:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
18. February 1947	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Austria 		13:5 (2:3,6:0,5:2)
18. February 1947	Prague	USA 	–	Belgium 		13:2 (5:1,5:0,3:1)
18. February 1947	Prague	Sweden 	–	Poland 		5:3 (0:1,4:1,1:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
19. February 1947	Prague	Austria 	–	USA 		6:5 (2:1,2:3,2:1)
19. February 1947	Prague	Sweden 	–	Romania 		15:3 (6:2,6:0,3:1)
19. February 1947	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Poland 		12:0 (3:0,2:0,7:0)
19. February 1947	Prague	Switzerland 	–	Belgium 		12:2 (3:1,7:0,2:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
20. February 1947	Prague	USA 	–	Romania 		15:3 (6:0,3:1,6:2)
20. February 1947	Prague	Poland 	–	Belgium 		11:1 (1:0,6:0,4:1)
20. February 1947	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Switzerland		6:1 (2:1,2:0,2:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
21. February 1947	Prague	Austria 	–	Romania 		12:1 (2:0,5:0,5:1)
21. February 1947	Prague	USA 	–	Poland 		3:2 (1:0,1:2,1:0)
21. February 1947	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Belgium 		24:0 (9:0,5:0,10:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
22. February 1947	Prague	Romania 	–	Belgium 		6:4 (2:1,3:0,1:3)
22. February 1947	Prague	Switzerland 	–	Austria 		5:0 (3:0,0:0,2:0)
22. February 1947	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	Sweden 		1:2 (0:1,0:1,1:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
23. February 1947	Prague	Switzerland 	–	Poland 		9:3 (3:1,1:0,5:2)
23. February 1947	Prague	Austria 	–	Sweden 		2:1 (1:0,0:0,1:1)
23. February 1947	Prague	Czechoslovakia	–	USA 		6:1 (2:0,1:1,3:0)
=== Final standings ===
Pos.	Team 	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals 	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	Czechoslovakia	7 	6 	0 	1 	85:10 	+75 	12: 2
2 	Sweden 	7 	5 	1 	1 	55:15 	+40 	11: 3
3 	Austria 	7 	5 	0 	2 	49:32 	+17 	10: 4
4 	Switzerland 	7 	4 	1 	2 	47:22 	+25 	9: 5
5 	USA 	7 	4 	0 	3 	42:26 	+16 	8: 6
6 	Poland 	7 	2 	0 	5 	27:40 	-13 	4:10
7 	Romania 	7 	1 	0 	6 	17:88 	-71 	2:12
8 	Belgium 	7 	0 	0 	7 	15:104	-89 	0:14
World Champion 1947
 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
=== Final rankings -- European Championship ===
RF	Team
1 	Czechoslovakiai
2 	Sweden
3 	Austria
4 	Switzerland
5 	Poland
6 	Romania
7 	Belgium
1947 European Champion
 Czechoslovakia
== Canadian participation==
The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) had asked the Calgary Stampeders and the Hamilton Tigers, Allan Cup finalists in the previous year, and the Winnipeg Monarchs and St. Michaels College Majors, Memorial Cup finalists in the previous year, to represent Canada. All four teams turned down the invitation because their leagues' play would suffer during their long absence.
In December the CAHA asked the junior Edmonton Canadians, who had won the Alberta junior hockey title in 1945-46 to make the trip to the World Championship. This would have marked the first time that a junior team would represent Canada. The Canadians and their league, the Edmonton City Junior League agreed.
However, the British Ice Hockey Association, under Bunny Ahearne, refused to guarantee the team's expenses although they did agree to book a tour of Europe for the Canadians. 
THe CAHA did not consider this acceptable and pulled out of the championsip.
==Team Photos==
1947Czechoslovakia.jpg|Czechoslovakia
== Notes ==
Information based on German version at 
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft_1947
Category:1947 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships