1950 World Championship

The 17th Ice Hockey World Championships and 28th European Hockey Championships were held from 13 to 22 March 1950 in London, England. In a format similar to the 1949 championships, in the initial round, the nine teams participating were divided into three groups with three teams each. In the second round, the top two teams in each group advanced to the medal pool (for positions 1 through 6) with the remaining three teams advancing to the consolation pool for places 7 through 9. 
Canada won its 13th World Championship and Switzerland won its fourth European Championship. Both teams benefited from the absence of the defending champion, Czechoslovakia.
== World Hockey Championships (in London, England) ==
=== Preliminary round ===
==== Group A ====
13 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	France		9:0 (4:0,3:0,2:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
14 March 1950	London, England	Norway 	–	France		11:0 (7:0,2:0,2:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
15 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Norway		2:0 (0:0,0:0,2:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1 	Great Britain	2 	2 	0 	0 	11: 0	+11 	4:0
2 	Norway 	2 	1 	0 	1 	11: 2	+ 9 	2:2
3 	France 	2 	0 	0 	2 	0:20 	-20 	0:4
==== Group B ====
13 March 1950	London, England	Switzerland	–	Belgium 		24:3 (5:1,7:1,12:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
14 March 1950	London, England	Canada 	–	Switzerland		13:2 (5:1,4:1,4:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
15 March 1950	London, England	Canada 	–	Belgium 		33:0 (14:0,10:0,9:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1 	Canada 	2 	2 	0 	0 	46: 2	+44 	4:0
2 	Switzerland	2 	1 	0 	1 	26:16	+10 	2:2
3 	Belgium 	2 	0 	0 	2 	3:57 	-54 	0:4
==== Group C ====
13 March 1950	London, England	Sweden	–	USA 		8:3 (5:2,0:0,3:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
14 March 1950	London, England	Sweden	–	Netherlands		10:0 (3:0,1:0,6:0)
 	 	 	 	 		
15 March 1950	London, England	USA 	–	Netherlands		17:1 (7:0,2:0,8:1)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1 	Sweden 	2 	2 	0 	0 	18: 3	+15 	4:0
2 	USA 	2 	1 	0 	1 	20: 9	+11 	2:2
3 	Netherlands	2 	0 	0 	2 	1:27 	-26 	0:4
=== Second round ===
==== Consolation pool – places 7 to 9 ====
20 March 1950	London, England	Belgium 	–	France 		7:1 (3:0,1:0,3:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
21 March 1950	London, England	Netherlands	–	France 		4:2 (1:0,3:1,0:1)
 	 	 	 	 		
22 March 1950	London, England	Belgium 	–	Netherlands		4:2 (2:1,1:0,1:1)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1 	Belgium 	2 	2 	0 	0 	11: 3	+8 	4:0
2 	Netherlands	2 	1 	0 	1 	6: 6 	0 	2:2
3 	France 	2 	0 	0 	2 	3:11 	-8 	0:4
==== Medal pool – places 1 to 6 ====
17 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Norway 		4:3 (1:0,2:2,1:1)
17 March 1950	London, England	Canada 	–	Switzerland		11:1 (2:0,3:1,6:0)
17 March 1950	London, England	Sweden 	–	USA 		2:4 (1:0,1:2,0:2)
 	 	 	 	 		
18 March 1950	London, England	Switzerland 	–	Norway 		12:4 (3:3,6:0,3:1)
18 March 1950	London, England	Canada 	–	USA 		5:0 (0:0,1:0,4:0)
18 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Sweden 		5:4 (0:0,1:2,4:2)
 	 	 	 	 		
20 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	USA 		2:3 (2:1,0:0,0:2)
20 March 1950	London, England	Canada 	–	Norway 		11:1 (3:0,4:1,4:0)
20 March 1950	London, England	Sweden 	–	Switzerland		2:3 (2:1,0:0,0:2)
 	 	 	 	 		
21 March 1950	London, England	USA 	–	Switzerland		10:5 (3:0,1:3,6:2)
21 March 1950	London, England	Sweden 	–	Norway 		6:1 (2:0,3:0,1:1)
21 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Canada 		0:12 (0:5,0:3,0:4)
 	 	 	 	 		
22 March 1950	London, England	USA 	–	Norway 		12:6 (5:0,4:3,3:3)
22 March 1950	London, England	Great Britain	–	Switzerland		3:10 (1:4,2:3,0:3)
22 March 1950	London, England	Canada 	–	Sweden 		3:1 (1:0,2:0,0:1)
Standings
Pos.	Team 	G.P	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal diff.	Pts.
1 	Canada 	5 	5 	0 	0 	42: 3	+39 	10: 0
2 	USA 	5 	4 	0 	1 	29:20	+ 9 	8: 2
3 	Switzerland 	5 	3 	0 	2 	31:30	+ 1 	6: 4
4 	Great Britain	5 	2 	0 	3 	14:32	-18 	4: 6
5 	Sweden 	5 	1 	0 	4 	15:16	- 1 	2: 8
6 	Norway 	5 	0 	0 	5 	15:45	-30 	0:10
=== Final rankings – World Championship ===
Pos.	Team
1 	Canada
2 	USA
3 	Switzerland
4 	Great Britain
5 	Sweden
6 	Norway
7 	Belgium
8 	Netherlands
9 	France
World Champion 1950
 Canada
====Team members====
Pos.	Country	Members
1 	CAN 	Leo Lucchini, Hassie Young, Ab Newsome, Billy Dawe, Harry Allen, Doug Macauley, Don Stanley, Bob Watt, Marsh Darling, Al Purvis, John Davies, Doug Kilburn, Pete Wright, Don Gauf, Robert David, Jack Manson, Wilbur Delaney; Trainer: Jimmy Graham
=== Final rankings – European Championships ===
Pos.	Team
1 	Switzerland
2 	Great Britain
3 	Sweden
4 	Norway
5 	Belgium
6 	Netherlands
7 	France
European Champions 1950
 Switzerland
==Team Photos==
49-50EdmMer.jpg|Canada
== Notes ==
Information based upon German version at 
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft_1950
Category:1950 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships