1961 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 28th time the Ice Hockey World Championships were held. The tournament was in Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland from March 1 to March 12, 1961. Canada won their nineteenth international title. It would be the last championship for Canada in thirty-three years. Canada was represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters.

World Championship Group A (Switzerland)
 Final Round 
 Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points 1    7  6  1  0  45 - 11  13 2    7  6  1  0  33 - 09  13 3    7  5  0  2  51 - 20  10 4    7  4  0  3  33 - 27   8 5    7  2  0  6  21 - 33   4 6    7  1  1  5  24 - 43   3 7    7  1  1  5  19 - 43   3 8    7  0  2  5  10 - 50   2

World Championship Group B (Switzerland)
 Final Round 
 Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points  9    5  4  0  1  27 - 09  8 10    5  3  2  0  21 - 11  8 11    5  2  1  2  17 - 15  5 12    5  2  1  2  19 - 20  5 13    5  1  0  4  13 - 17  2 14    5  1  0  4  10 - 35  2

World Championship Group C (Switzerland)
 Final Round 
 Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points 15    5  5  0  0  69 - 05  10 16    5  4  0  1  34 - 16   8 17    5  3  0  2  34 - 22   6 18    5  2  0  3  18 - 36   4 19    5  1  0  4  18 - 47   2 20    5  0  0  5  09 - 56   0

Notes

References

Ottawa Citizen - 3 Feb 1961
The Montreal Gazette - 6 Feb 1961
The Hartford Courant, Feb 6, 1961, page 15
New York Times, February 12, 1961, Page S6
The Montreal Gazette - 13 Feb 1961
The Pittsburgh Press - 17 Feb 1961
Ottawa Citizen - 1 Mar 1961
Tri City Herald - 8 Mar 1961
The Montreal Gazette - 9 Mar 1961
The Montreal Gazette - 11 Mar 1961

World Championships
Category:20th century in Geneva
Category:Sport in Switzerland
Category:1961 in Europe