1959 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1959 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between March 5 and March 15, 1959 in Prague, and six other cities in Czechoslovakia. Canada, represented by the Belleville McFarlands, won their eighteenth World championship, winning every game but their last. The Soviet Union finished second, claiming their fifth European title followed by the host Czechs. In the consolation round, West Germany played against East Germany for the first time in a World Championship, with the west winning easily, eight to zero.
==World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)==
=== First Round ===
Twelve teams played in three groups where first and second place advanced to the final round, while the 3rd and 4th place teams competed in a consolation round.
=== Group 1 ===
Played in Bratislava.
Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	39 - 02 	6
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	24 - 08 	4
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	08 - 35 	2
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	04 - 30 	0
=== Group 2 ===
Played in Brno.
Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	24 - 05 	6
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	22 - 10 	4
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	10 - 26 	2
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	06 - 21 	0
=== Group 3 ===
Played in Ostrava.
Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1 	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	21 - 05 	5
2 	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	13 - 12 	3
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	11 - 13 	2
4 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	07 - 22 	2
=== Final Round ===
Played in Prague. Canada finished first by virtue of a better goal differential, 14 to 10. The Czechs captured bronze in dramatic fashion, they needed to win against the previously undefeated Canadians in the final game and by enough of a margin to beat out the Americans on tie-breakers. By scoring an empty net goal in the dying moments of the final gameOttawa Citizen March 16, 1959, page 13. the Czechs equaled the Americans on points (6 each), and goal differential (8 each). The final tie-breaker was goal average, in which the Czechs had the advantage 1.57 to 1.53. 
Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1 	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	21 - 07 	8
2 	 	5 	4 	0 	1 	20 - 10 	8
3 	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	22 - 14 	6
4 	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	23 - 15 	6
5 	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	06 - 21 	2
6 	 	5 	0 	0 	5 	07 - 32 	0
=== Consolation Round ===
Played in Kladno, Mladá Boleslav and Kolín.
Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
7 	 	5 	4 	1 	0 	30 - 09 	9
8 	 	5 	3 	1 	1 	20 - 20 	7
9 	 	5 	3 	0 	2 	20 - 21 	6
10 	 	5 	2 	1 	2 	20 - 17 	5
11 	 	5 	1 	0 	4 	11 - 20 	2
12 	 	5 	0 	1 	4 	08 - 22 	1
==World Championship Group B (Czechoslovakia)==
Three other nations played a secondary tournament in Plzen. A Czechoslovakia 'B' (junior) team also participated in the tournament. Had their games counted, they would've finished first.
=== Final Round ===
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
==European Championship medal table==
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==Team rosters==
Place	Team	Player
1 	 	Goaltenders: Gordon Bell, Marv Edwards. Defensemen: Jean Lamirande, Floyd Crawford, Al Dewsbury, Moe Benoit. Forwards: Ike Hildebrand, Barton Bradley, Wayne Brown - Lou Smrke, John McLellan, Peter Conacher - Denis Boucher, Gordon Berenson, George Gosselin - Jean Paul Payette, David Jones.
2 	 	Goaltenders: Nikolai Puchkov, Yevgeni Yerkin. Defensemen: Nikolay Sologubov, Ivan Tregubov, Henrich Sidorenko, Dmitry Ukolov, Nikolay Snetkov. Forwards: Konstantin Loktev, Veniamin Alexandrov, Yuri Pantyukhov, Alexei Guryshev, Viktor Pryaznikov, Igor Dekonski, Yevgeni Groshev, Viktor Yakushev, Yuri Baulin. Coaches: Anatoli Tarasov, Vladimír Yegorov.
3 	 	Goaltenders: Vladimír Nadrchal, Jiří Kulíček. Defensmen: Karel Gut, František Tikal, Rudolf Potsch, Stanislav Bacílek, Jan Kasper. Forwards: Ján Starší, Karol Fako, Miroslav Vlach - Jaroslav Volf, Jozef Golonka, Jaroslav Jiřík - Bohumil Prošek, František Vaněk, Josef Černý - Miroslav Rys. Coach: Vlastimil Sýkora.
4 	 	Goaltenders: Yngve Johansson, Per-Agne Karlström. Defensemen: Lasse Björn, Bertil Karlsson, Vilgot Larsson, Roland Stoltz, Hans Svedberg. Forwards: Acka Andersson, Sigurd Bröms, Erling Lindström, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Göran Lysén, Hans Mild, Ronald Pettersson, Kurt Thulin, Gösta Westerlund, Carl-Göran Öberg. Coach: Ed Riegle.
5 	 	Goaltenders: Jack McCartan, Don Cooper. Defensemen: John Newkirk, Bob Dupuis, Jim Westby, Bob Owen, Rodney Paavola. Forwards: Weldon Olson, Paul Johnson, Gene Grazia, Bob Turk, Robert Cleary, William Cleary, Dick Meredith, Dick Burg, Tom Williams. Coach: Marsh Ryman.
6 	 	Goaltenders: Esko Niemi, Juhani Lahtinen. Defensemen: Matti Haapaniemi, Erkki Koiso, Matti Lampainen, Kalevi Numminen, Aaro Nurminen. Forwards: Raimo Kilpiö, Teppo Rastio, Jorma Salmi, Yrjö Hakala, Juhani Wahlsten, Jouni Seistamo, Heino Pulli, Pertti Nieminen, Esko Luostarinen, Unto Nevalainen. Coach: Aarne Honkavaara.
7 	 	Goaltenders: Ulrich Jansen, Hans Obermann. Defensemen: Paul Ambros, Ernst Eggerbauer, Hans Huber, Leonhard Waitl, Hans Rampf. Forwards: Markus Egen, Horst Franz Schuldes, Georg Eberl, Siegfried Schubert, Kurt Sepp, Xaver Unsinn, Ernst Trautwein, Max Pfefferle, Jakob Probst, Alois Mayer, Bruno Guttowski. Coach: Gerhard Kiessling.
8 	 	Goaltenders: Knut Nygaard, Lorang Wifladt. Skaters: Roar Bakke, Egil Bjerklund, Trond Gundersen, Roy Sørensen, Terje Hellerud, Olav Dalsøren, Einar Bruno Larsen, Per Skjerwen Olsen, Georg Smefjell, Christian Petersen, Henrik Petersen, Oddvar Midsäther, Per Moe, Willy Walbye, Henrik Bruun. Coach: Johnny Larntvedt.
9 	 	Goaltenders: Walter Kindermann, Günther Katzur. Skaters: Horst Heinze, Heinz Kuczera, Dieter Greiner, Günther Heinicke, Werner Heinicke, Erich Novy, Werner Künstler, Kurt Stürmer, Joachim Ziesche, Hans Frenzel, Gerhard Klügel, Joachim Franke, Joachim Rudert, Manfred Buder, Wolfgang Blümel. Coaches: Rudi Schmieder, Jiří Anton.
10 	 	Goaltenders: Giuliano Ferraris, Vittorio Bolla. Skaters: Gianfranco da Rin, Carmine Tucci, Giuseppe Zandegiacomo, Enrico Bacher, Igino Larese-Fece, Alberto Darin, Giancarlo Agazzi, Giampiero Branduardi, Alfredo Coletti, Ernesto Crotti, Bruno Frison, Giovanni Furlani, Giulio Oberhammer, Bernardo Tomei, Giorgio Zerbetto. Coach: Bill Cupolo.
11 	 	Goaltenders: Wladyslaw Pabisz, Józef Goralczyk. Skaters: Kazimierz Chodakowski, Stanislaw Olczyk, Henryk Regula, Marian Zawada, Bronislaw Gosztyla, Janusz Zawadski, Józef Kurek, Zbigniew Skotnicki, Szymon Janiczko, Kazimierz Malysiak, Sylwester Wilczek, Jerzy Ogorczyk, Augustyn Skorski, Andrzej Fonfara, Marian Jezak. Coach: Alfred Gansiniec.
12 	 	Goaltenders: René Kiener, Jean Ayer. Skaters: Bruno Gerber, Kurt Nobs, Josef Wengartner, Emil Handschin, Hans-Martin Sprecher, Otto Schläpfer, Georg Riesch, Bernard Bagnoud, Franz Berry, Peter Stammbach, Hans Papa, Michael Wehrli, Roger Chappot. Coach: André Girard.
==Team Photos==
69_McFarlands-Team-Pic.jpg|Canada
1959Czechoslovakia.jpg|Czechoslovakia
1959USSR.jpg|Soviet Union
1959Sweden.jpg|Sweden
59USA.jpg|United States
==Citations==
==References==
*Championnat du monde 1959 
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Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
World Championships