1951 Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	France
Venue	Palais des Sports
Dates	9–17 March
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Canada(14th title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Switzerland
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	180 (8.57 per game)
Scoring leader	Stan Obodiac(10 goals)
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The1951 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 18thWorld Championship and the 29thEuropean Championship inice hockey for international teams. The tournament took place in France from 9 to 17 March and the games were played in the capital city, Paris. Thirteen nations took part, and were first split into two groups. The seven best teams were placed in the first group, and the six others were placed into the "Criterium Européen", which would later become the B Pool. Each group was played in around robin format, with each team playing each other once.

Canada, represented by theLethbridge Maple Leafs, became world champions for the 14th time. Highest ranking European teamSweden finished second, winning their fifth European Championship, finishing ahead of the Swiss ongoal differential by three.

This tournament would be the last timeFrance hosted the elite division of the World Championships until2017, whenParis co-hosted the championship alongsideCologne inGermany.

Date	Games	Result	Periods
9 March	Norway vs. United States	3–0	0–0, 1–0, 2–0
10 March	Canada vs. Finland	11–1	4–0, 4–0, 3–1
10 March	Sweden vs. Great Britain	5–1	0–1, 1–0, 4–0
10 March	Switzerland vs. Norway	8–1	4–1, 3–0, 1–0
11 March	Sweden vs. United States	8–0	4–0, 1–0, 3–0
11 March	Canada vs. Norway	8–0	3–0, 1–0, 4–0
12 March	United States vs. Finland	5–4	1–0, 1–3, 3–1
12 March	Switzerland vs. Great Britain	7–1	2–0, 4–1, 1–0
13 March	Sweden vs. Norway	5–2	1–0, 4–1, 0–1
13 March	Switzerland vs. Finland	4–1	1–0, 2–1, 1–0
13 March	Canada vs. Great Britain	17–1	0–1, 7–0, 10–0
14 March	Switzerland vs. Sweden	3–3	1–2, 1–1, 1–0
15 March	Norway vs. Great Britain	4–3	0–0, 1–2, 3–1
15 March	Sweden vs. Finland	11–3	5–0, 1–1, 5–2
15 March	Canada – United States	16–2	5–0, 6–2, 5–0
16 March	Norway vs. Finland	0–3	0–1, 0–0, 0–2
16 March	Canada vs.  Switzerland	5–1	0–1, 3–0, 2–0
16 March	United States vs. Great Britain	6–6	1–4, 2–1, 3–1
17 March	Finland vs. Great Britain	3–6	0–2, 3–0, 0–4
17 March	Switzerland vs. United States	5–1	3–0, 1–1, 1–0
17 March	Canada vs. Sweden	5–1	1–0, 2–0, 2–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	6	6	0	0	62	6	+56	12
2	Sweden	6	4	1	1	33	14	+19	9
3	Switzerland	6	4	1	1	28	12	+16	9
4	Norway	6	2	0	4	10	27	−17	4
5	Great Britain	6	1	1	4	18	42	−24	3
6	United States	6	1	1	4	14	42	−28	3
7	Finland	6	1	0	5	15	37	−22	2

Date	Games	Result	Periods
10 March	France vs. Italy	1–4	0–1, 0–2, 1–1
11 March	Netherlands vs. Italy	1–3	1–0, 0–2, 0–1
11 March	France vs. Austria	7–3	1–0, 1–0, 5–3
11 March	Yugoslavia vs. Belgium	3–13	0–5, 0–3, 3–5
12 March	Austria vs. Belgium	5–3	0–1, 3–1, 2–1
12 March	Netherlands vs. Yugoslavia	5–2	0–0, 4–1, 1–1
13 March	Belgium vs. Italy	3–7	1–0, 0–2, 2–5
14 March	France vs. Yugoslavia	10–3	3–2, 3–1, 4–0
14 March	Austria vs. Netherlands	3–4	1–1, 1–2, 1–1
15 March	Italy vs. Yugoslavia	6–1	1–0, 4–1, 1–0
15 March	France vs. Belgium	10–0	2–0, 3–0, 5–0
16 March	Belgium vs. Netherlands	1–2	0–2, 1–0, 0–0
16 March	Austria vs. Italy	2–7	1–1,0–3,1–3
17 March	Austria vs. Yugoslavia	3–4	1–1, 1–0, 1–3
17 March	France vs. Netherlands	7–5	1–2, 3–1, 3–2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Italy	5	5	0	0	26	8	+18	10
9	France	5	4	0	1	35	15	+20	8
10	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	17	16	+1	6
11	Austria	5	1	0	4	20	25	−5	2
12	Belgium	5	1	0	4	20	30	−10	2
13	Yugoslavia	5	1	0	4	13	37	−24	2

1951 World Championship	Country
Gold	Canada
Silver	Sweden
Bronze	Switzerland
4	Norway
5	Great Britain
6	United States
7	Finland

1951 European Championship	Country
Gold	Sweden
Silver	Switzerland
Bronze	Norway
4	Great Britain
5	Finland

• Complete results
• Duplacey, James (1998).Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528.ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010).IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 133.

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