1931 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1931 World Championship was the 5th World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 1 and 8 February 1931 in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. The tournament was won by Canada who were represented by the University of Manitoba Grads team, claiming their fifth world championship title by finishing on top of the group in the final round with a total of nine points. The United States finished second to win the silver medal, losing only one game to Canada and Austria finished third for the bronze medal. The host nation of Poland finished fourth at the tournament after winning one game, tying one, and losing three in the final round.
The World Championship also acted simultaneously as the 15th European Championship. Austria who finished highest of the European teams in third were named the champions.
==First round==
Four teams compete in the First round each playing one game. The winning teams advance to the Second round and the losing teams compete in the Consolation round.
==Second round==
Eight teams compete in the Second round each playing one game. The winning teams advance to the Final round and the losing teams compete in the Third round.
==Third round==
The four losing teams from the Second round compete in the Third round each playing one game. The winning teams advance to the Final round and the losing teams compete in the Consolation round.
==Final round==
The six participating teams played a round-robin, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze respectively. Canada's University of Manitoba Grads won the tournament with a total of nine points after winning four games and tying one. Sweden's 0 – 0 tie with Canada was the first time a European team did not lose to a team representing Canada in a World Championship match. Due to a tie between Czechoslovakia and Poland in points, fourth spot was given to Poland who had more total goals scored.
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	4	1	0	15	0 	+15	9:1
 	5	4	0	1	7 	3 	+4 	8:2
 	5	2	0	3	5 	13	–8 	4:6
 	5	1	1	3	3 	6 	–3 	3:7
 	5	1	1	3	2 	5 	–3 	3:7
 	5	1	1	3	1 	6 	–5 	3:7
==Consolation round==
The four participating teams played a round-robin, with games played between February 4 to February 7. The winner Hungary won all three games, finishing with six points and earning sixth place in the overall standings.
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	13	2 	+11	6:0
 	3	2	0	1	14	4 	+10	4:2
 	3	1	0	2	8 	4 	+4 	2:4
 	3	0	0	3	2 	27	–25	0:6
==15th European Championship==
The 1931 World Championship also acted simultaneously as the 15th European Championships. Austria were named champions after finishing as the highest ranked European team in the tournament in third. Second and third were awarded to Poland and Czechoslovakia respectively.
===Medal table===
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*Müller presents the European standings as not including the 'Consolation Round,' so the placement of the last four nations differ from the 'World' standings.
==Ranking and statistics==
 	
===Top scorer===
* Charles Ramsay – 8 goals
===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament:
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==Team rosters==
Place	Team	Player
1 	 	Goaltender: Art Puttee Defensemen: Guy Williamson, Ward McVey. Forwards: Gordon McKenzie, Blake Watson (player-coach), George Hill, John Pidcock, Daniel McCallum, Frank Morris, George Garbutt
2 	 	Goaltender: Edward Frazier. Defensemen: Edward Dagnioni, Robert Elliot. Forwards: Dwight Shefler, Lawrence Sanford, Osborne Anderson, Charles Ramsey, Gordon Smith, Richard Thayer, Francis Nelson. Coach: Walter Brown.
3 	 	Goaltenders: Hermann Weiss, Bruno Kahane. Skaters: Herbert Bruck, Franz Csöngei, Fritz Demmer, Jacques Dietrichstein, Anton Emhardt, Hans Ertl, Sepp Göbl, Karl Kirchberger, Ulli Lederer, Walter Sell, Hans Tatzer, Hans Trauttenberg
4 	 	Goaltenders: Jozef Stogowski, Tadeusz Sachs. Skaters: Tadeusz Adamowski, Jozef Godlewski, Jan Hemmerling, Aleksander Kowalski, Wlodzimierz Krygier, Lucjan Kulej, Kazimierz Materski, Roman Sabinski, Kazimierz Sokolowski, Karol Szenajch, Aleksander Tupalski. Coach: Harold Farlow.
5 	 	Goaltenders: : Jan Peka, Jaroslav Rezac. Skaters: Wolfgang Dorasil, Wilhelm Heinz, Karel Hromadka, Josef Kral, Josef Malecek, Zbynek Petrs, Jaroslav Pusbauer, Bohumil Steigenhofer, Tomas Svihovec, Jiri Tozicka
6 	 	Goaltender: Curt Sucksdorff. Skaters: Carl Abrahamsson, Thore Andersson-Dettner, Emil Bergman, Tage Broberg, Gustaf Johansson, Bertil Linde, Erik Lindgren, Sigfrid Öberg, Robban Pettersson, Emil Rundqvist
7 	 	Goaltenders: Ferenc Monostori, Istvan Bethlen. Skaters: Frigyes Barna, Istvan Bethlen, Dejan Bikar, Laszlo Blazejovsky, Zoltan Jeney, Istvan Krepuska, Geza Lator, Sandor Miklos, Sandor Minder, Bela Weiner. Coach: Frigyes Mindér.
8 	 	Goaltenders: Herbert Little, Vic Gardner, David Turnbull. Skaters: Hugo Bushell, Brian Carr-Harris, Carl Erhardt, Norm Grace, Jack Magwood, Nevill Melland, Henry Parker, Blaine Sexton, Keith Thomson, Clarence Wedgewood
9 	 	Goaltenders: Philippe Lefebure, Jacques Morisson, Michel Tournier. Skaters: André Charlet, Martial Couvert, Raoul Couvert, Jean-Pierre Hagnauer, Albert Hassler, Jacques Lacarriere, Francois Mautin, Auguste Mollard, Charles Munz, Léonhard Quaglia, Gerard Simond
10 	 	Goaltenders: Dumitru Danielopol, Ion Doczi. Skaters: Paul Anastasiu, Riri Aslan, Alexandru Botez, Dan Bratianu, Constantin Cantacuzino, Henry Frischlander, Petre Grant, Serban Grant, Paul Jeresinsky, Nicu Polizu
==Photographs==
31UManGrads.jpg|University of Manitoba Grads
31Aus.jpg|Austria
31Caricatures.jpg|Player caricatures
31Rom-Us.jpg|A photo and news report from the USA-Romania game.
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==References==
*Complete results
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Men's World Championships
Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships