1937 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1937 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 17 and February 27, 1937 in London, England.
Only eleven teams took part in this World Championship. Teams from Austria and Czechoslovakia were supposed to be in attendance as well but had issues travelling, and cancelled.Summary
In the preliminary round, the teams were divided into three groups: two groups of four teams and a group with three teams. The top three teams in the groups with four teams and the top two in the group with three teams advanced to the second round. The second round consisted of two groups of four with the top two teams in each group advancing to the final round. The other four team in the second round played in the consolation round for places 5-8. The three teams that did not advance to the second round were supposed to play off for ninth through eleventh place, but first Romania, then both Sweden and Norway decided not to continue playing. 
Canada won its ninth world championship title while the host, Great Britain, won its third European championship. The British team, using many of the heroes from the previous years olympics, won their first seven games by a combined total of forty-five to zero, before losing to Canada. The impressive Swiss team finished third, with their final round losses to Canada and Great Britain both coming in overtime.
== World Ice Hockey Championship (in London , England) ==
=== First Round ===
==== Group A ====
17. February 1937	London		–			4:1 (2:1,0:0,2:0)
17. February 1937	London		–			6:0 (1:0,1:0,4:0)
 	 		 			
18. February 1937	London		–			4:2 (0:0,1:0,3:2)
18. February 1937	London		–			7:0 (0:0,2:0,5:0)
 	 		 			
19. February 1937	London		–			2:2 (1:0,0:1,1:1)
19. February 1937	London		–			11:0 (3:0,5:0,3:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	24: 0	+24 	6:0
2 	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	6:10 	- 4 	3:3
2 	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	6:10 	- 4 	3:3
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	3:19 	-16 	0:6
==== Group B ====
17. February 1937	London		–			7:0 (2:0,3:0,2:0)
 	 		 			
18. February 1937	London		–			13:2 (3:1,6:1,4:0)
 	 		 			
19. February 1937	London		–			2:2 (0:0,1:2,1:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1 	 	2 	1 	1 	0 	15: 4	+11 	3:1
2 	 	2 	1 	1 	0 	9: 2 	+ 7 	3:1
3 	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	2:20 	-18 	0:4
==== Group C ====
17. February 1937	London		–			3:0 (0:0,3:0,0:0)
17. February 1937	London		–			12:0 (2:0,5:0,5:0)
 	 		 			
18. February 1937	London		–			2:1 (0:1,1:0,1:0)
18. February 1937	London		–			8:2 (3:1,3:0,2:1)
 	 		 			
19. February 1937	London		–			7:1 (2:1,3:0,2:0)
19. February 1937	London		–			9:0 (4:0,2:0,3:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	29: 2	+27 	6:0
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	12: 9	+ 3 	4:2
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	3:20 	-17 	2:4
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	1:14 	-13 	0:6
=== Second Round ===
==== Group A ====
20. February 1937	London		–			5:0 (1:0,3:0,1:0)
20. February 1937	London		–			3:0 (0:0,2:0,1:0)
 	 		 			
21. February 1937	London		–			8:1 (2:1,2:0,4:0)
21. February 1937	London		–			5:0 (0:0,3:0,2:0)
 	 		 			
22. February 1937	London		–			2:1 n.V. (0:0,0:1,1:0,0:0,0:0,1:0)
22. February 1937	London		–			13:1 (2:0,4:0,7:1)
Standings
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	21: 1	+20 	6:0
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	7: 6 	+ 1 	4:2
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	9: 6 	+ 3 	2:4
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	2:26 	-24 	0:6
==== Group B ====
20. February 1937	London		–			3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
20. February 1937	London		–			4:0 (1:0,1:0,2:0)
 	 		 			
21. February 1937	London		–			4:2 (0:1,2:1,2:0)
21. February 1937	London		–			11:0 (5:0,4:0,2:0)
 	 		 			
22. February 1937	London		–			5:0 (2:0,2:0,1:0)
22. February 1937	London		–			1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	19: 0	+19 	6:0
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	5: 5 	0 	4:2
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	4:12 	-8 	2:4
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	2:13 	-11 	0:6
=== Consolation Round -- 5th to 8th Place ===
25. February 1937	London		–			5:1 (1:0,2:0,2:1)
25. February 1937	London		–			1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
 	 		 			
26. February 1937	London		–			3:1 (1:0,1:0,1:1)
 	 		 			
27. February 1937	London		–			0:0 (0:0,0:0,0:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
5 	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	10:1 	+9 	5:1
6 	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	4:1 	+2 	5:1
7 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	7:8 	-6 	2:4
8 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	0:11 	–11 	0:6
*Poland forfeited their games against Hungary and France, which are officially viewed as five to nothing losses.Podnieks p. 128
=== Final Round – 1st to 4th Place ===
25. February 1937	London		–			2:0 n.V. (0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,2:0)
25. February 1937	London		–			5:0 (1:0,2:0,2:0)
 	 		 			
26. February 1937	London		–			6:0 (2:0,2:0,2:0)
26. February 1937	London		–			0:3 (0:1,0:1,0:1)
 	 		 			
27. February 1937	London		–			2:1 n.V. (0:1,1:0,0:0,0:0,1:0)
27. February 1937	London		–			5:0 (3:0,1:0,1:0)
Standings
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	10: 1	+ 9 	6:0
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	7: 3 	+ 4 	4:2
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	7: 4 	+ 3 	2:4
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	0:16 	-16 	0:6
=== Final Rankings – World Championships ===
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=== Final Rankings – European Championships ===
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10	
European Champions 1937
==Team rosters==
Place	Team	Player
1 	 	Goaltender: Kenneth Campbell. Defensemen: William Burnett, Paul Kozak, Harry Robertson. Forwards: Ralph Redding, Frederick Botterill, George Goble, George Wilson, Thomas Almack, James Kemp, Douglas Keiver, Jack Forsay, Hugo Mackie, Eric Hornquist. Coach: John Achtzener.
2 	 	Goaltenders: James Foster, Scotty Milne. Skaters: Jimmy Anderson, Alex Archer, Edgar Brenchley, Jimmy Chappell, John Coward, Gordon Dailley, Gerry Davey, Jimmy Kelly, Paul MacPhail, Norm McQuade, Archibald Stinchcombe. Coach: Percy Nicklin.
3 	 	Goaltenders: Arnold Hirtz, Albert Kunzler. Skaters: Christian Badrutt, Pic Cattini, Hans Cattini, Albert Geromini, Franz Geromini, Herbert Kessler, Charly Kessler, Heini Lohrer, Beat Ruedi, Bibi Torriani. Coach: Ulrich von Sury.
4 	 	Goaltenders: Wilhelm Egginger, Theo Kaufmann. Skaters: Rudi Ball, Rolf Haffner, Gustav Jaenecke, Gunther Kelch, Roman Kessler, Karl Kögel, Hans Lang, Horst Orbanowski, Philipp Schenk, Herbert Schibukat, Walter Schmiedinger, Rudolf Tobien, Karl Wild. Coach: Bobby Bell
5 	 	Goaltenders: Istvan Hircsak, Mihaly Apor. Skaters: Miklos Barcza, Pal Bekesi-Bliesener, Laszlo Blazejovsky, Andras Gergely, Laszlo Gergely, Bela Haray, Zoltan Jeney, Robert Lonyai, Gyorgy Margo, Sandor Miklos, Laszlo Rona, Ferenc Szamosi. Coach: Géza Lator.
6 	 	Goaltenders: Bohumil Modry, Antonin Houba. Skaters: Lolek Cetkovsky, Jaroslav Cisar, Drahos Jirotka, Zdenek Jirotka, Jan Kosek, Olda Kucera, Josef Malecek, Jan Michalek, Frantisek Pergl, Frantisek Pacalt, Vilibald Stovik, Ladislav Trojak.
7 	 	Goaltenders: Michel Paccard. Skaters: Charles Bertrand, Philippe Boyard, Pierre Claret, Marcel Couttet, Roger Ete, Albert Hassler, Jacques Lacarriere, Pierre Lorin, Jacques Mezieres, Martin Payot, Serge Renault, Paul Revoyaz.
8 	 	Goaltenders: Jozef Stogowski, Henryk Przezdziecki. Skaters: Mieczyslaw Burda, Zbigniew Kasprzak, Mieczyslaw Kasprzycki, Adam Kowalski, Witalis Ludwiczak, Czeslaw Przedpelski, Kazimierz Sokolowski, Roman Stupnicki, Andrzej Wolkowski, Edward Zielinski. Coach: Tadeusz Sachs.
9 	 	Goaltender: Ernst Henriksen. Skaters: Knut Bogh, Ole Brodal, Bjarne By, Carsten Christiansen, Per Dahl, Gustav Edvardsen, Kolbjorn Fjeldstad, Hans Jensen, Sverre Kristensen, Johan Narvestad, Eugen Skalleberg. Coach: Ivar Lytkis.
10 	 	Goaltenders: Bengt Liedstrand, Kurre Svanberg. Skaters: Olle Andersson, Ruben Carlsson, Holger Engberg, Ake Ericson, Masen Jansson, Yngve Liljeberg, Bertil Lundell, Axel Nilsson, Bertil Norberg, Erik Persson, Wilhelm Petersén. Coach: Carl Abrahamsson.
11 	 	Goaltenders: Emil Maesciuc, Pal Sprencz. Skaters: Paul Anastasiu, Laszlo Biro, Alexandru Botez, Gheorghe Buia, Constantin Cantacuzino, Bertie Engster, Eduard Pana, Robert Panenka, Bob Petrovici, Iuliu Rabinovici, Robert Sadowski, Wilhelm Suck, Constantin Tico, Lajos Vakar. Coach: Frank Quinn.
==Team Photos==
1937Norway.jpg|Norway
37WorldTrophyPresent.jpg|Captain Bill Burnett receives trophy.
==Citations==
==References==
*Complete results
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Men's World Championships
Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships