1949 World Ice Hockey Championships

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 overcame tragedy to win their second world championship and ninth European Championship. In November 1948 six Czechoslovak players (Ladislav Troják, Karel Stibor, Zdeněk Jarkovský, Vilibald Šťovík, Miloslav Pokorný and defenseman Zdeněk Švarc) were lost when their plane went missing crossing the English Channel. Despite the key losses to their roster, they defeated the Sudbury Wolves, Canada's representative, three to two. It was only the third defeat for the Canadians at a World Championship. The Americans were able to top the Czechs in the final round, which earned them a bronze medal, and kept the host Swedes off the podium.SummaryStory of the plane crash (in french)
== 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
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==Team rosters==
Place	Team	Player
1 	 	Goaltenders: Bohumil Modrý, Josef Jirka. Defensemen: Josef Trousílek, Přemysl Hainý, Oldřich Němec, Jiří Macelis, František Vacovský. Forwards: Václav Roziňák, Vladimír Zábrodský, Stanislav Konopásek, Vladimír Kobranov, Vladimír Bouzek, Augustin Bubník, František Mizera, Čeněk Pícha, Zdeněk Marek, Miloslav Charouzd. Coaches: Antonín Vodička, Vladimír Zábrodský.
2 	 	Goaltenders: Robert Mills, Al Picard. Defensemen: Barney Hillson, Emile Gagne, Herb Kewley, Joe Tergeson. Forwards:: William Dimoch, James Russell, Thomas Russell, Ray Bauer, Joe de Bastiani, Donald Stanley, Bud Hashey, Robert Mills, Don Munroe, John Kovich. Coach: Max Silverman.
3 	 	Goaltenders: Richard Bittner, Pat Finnegan. Skaters: Arthur Crouse, Dan Crowley, Charlie Holt, Paul Johnson, Robert Johnson, Gerard Kilmartin, Bruce Mather, John Riley, William Thayer, Alfred Van, Norman Walker, Alfred Yurkewicz, John Kelley. Coach: Jack Riley.
4 	 	Goaltenders: Arne Johansson, Kurt Svanberg. Defensemen: Åke Andersson, Rune Johansson, Åke Lassas, Åke Olsson, Sven Thunman. Forwards: Stig Carlsson, Åke Engqvist, Rolf Eriksson-Hemlin, Erik Johansson, Gösta Johansson, Stig Jönsson, Bengt Larsson, Holger Nurmela, Lars Pettersson, Hans Öberg.
5 	 	Goaltenders: Hans Bänninger, Reto Perl. Defensemen: Emil Handschin, Hanggi Boller, Ferdinand Cattini, Hans Cattini. Forwards: Hans-Martin Trepp, Ulrich Poltera, Gebhard Poltera, Othmar Delnon, Heini Lohrer, Fredy Bieler, Heinz Hinterkircher, Reto Delnon, Hugo Delnon, Otto Schubiger, Ernst Härter. Coach: Richard Torriani.
6 	 	Goaltenders: Alfred Huber, Jörg Reichl. Defensemen: Friedrich Demmer, Willibald Stanek, Rudolf Vojta, Franz Potucek. Forwards: Johann Schneider, Walter Feistritzer, Hans Wagner, Rudolf Wurmbrand, Fritz Walter, Albert Böhm, Friedrich Penitz, Wilhelm Schmid, Gerhard Springer.
7 	 	Goaltenders: Unto Viitala, Juhani Linkosuo. Defensemen: Matti Rintakoski, Toivo Hellen, Ossi Kauppi, Esko Tie, Paul Väinjärvi. Forwards: Aarne Honkavaara, Keijo Kuusela, Loft Nasib, Kalle Havulinna, Matti Karumaa, Rauni Laine, Eero Salisma, Nils Nummelin, Tuomo Pohjavirta. Coach: Henry Kvist.
8 	 	Goaltenders: Per Dahl, Arthur Kristiansen. Skaters: Johnny Larntvedt, Björn Kristiansen, Kjell Hauger, Gunnar Kroge, Roar Bakke (Pedersen), Ragnar Rygel, Björn Gulbrandsen, Odd Hansen, Oivind Solheim, Per Voigt, Roy Sörensen, Per Moe, Leif Solheim. Coach: Trygve Holter.
9 	 	Goaltender: Henri Heirman. Skaters: Tony Delrez, Constant Delarge, Fernand Carrez, Roland Dumon, Hubert Anciaux, Raymond Lombard, Leon van Eeckhout, Coco Berry, Jules Dupre, Roger Beck, Percy Lippit, Georges Hartmeyer, Jimmy Graeffe. Coach: Gusty de Backer.
10 	 	Goaltenders: Flemming Jensen, Leif Jonsen. Skaters: Borge Hamann, Svend Malver, Dan Danry, Jörgen Hviid, Erik Hviid, Knud Lebech, Erik Halberg, Frede Sörensen, Poul Nielsen, Ole Nielsen, Leif Ammentorp, Sven Christensen.
==Team Photos==
49Canada.jpg|Canada
1949Czechoslovakia.jpg|Czechoslovakia
==Citations==
==References==
*Complete results
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==External links==
*The event at SVT's open archive 
== Notes ==
Information based upon German version at 
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft_1949
Men's World Championships
Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships