1963 Ice Hockey World Championships

1963 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships 1963 Sweden 7–17 March 8 ih USSR 1955 3 Sweden Czechoslovakia Canada 1957 28 256 216056 CAN 1957 Harold Jones (12 points) 1962 1964 The 1963 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 30th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Stockholm, Sweden from March 7 to March 17, 1963. The Soviet Union won the tournament for the third time, starting their roll of nine straight championships.Szemberg Podnieks 2007 199 For the Soviets it was also their seventh European title. A new tie-breaking method was introduced and was effective for this World Championship only: Any tie on points for a medal place would be decided according to goal differential involving only the top five placed nations. If a tie for a medal place continued among only two teams, the second step was to award the superior medal to the winner of the game played between the two. The purpose of the change was to lessen the incentive for top teams to run up the score on weaker teams. This formula was immediately called upon to decide the medals and greatly magnified the drama on the final day, as the Soviets won the gold by a one-goal margin (+8 to +7), rather than a seven-goal margin (+41 to +34) under the previous system. Heading into the last day, the Swedes were two points ahead of the Soviets, having defeated them 2–1; Sweden was +8 on the first tiebreaker while the Soviets were +6. The first game of the day was East Germany vs U.S.A., seemingly a game of small significance—but an American win would propel them into fifth place, displacing Finland, and would give Sweden +19 on the first tiebreaker (due to Sweden's 17–2 win over the Americans) while the Soviets would have +10. An American shot hit the East German crossbar with three seconds left in the game, and it ended 3-3. The four-way tie for fifth place was resolved according to goal difference among all teams in the group. Sweden's edge on the first tiebreaker remained +8 to +6. Next up was Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia. The Swedes needed a single point to clinch the gold, but Czechoslovakia won 3–2 to clinch the bronze. The last game of the tournament between the Soviet Union and Canada would then decide gold and silver, with the loser of the game placing fourth. Sweden's tiebreaker edge over the Soviets was now +7 to +6. The Soviets needed to win by more than one goal to take the gold. A one-goal margin would clinch the gold for Sweden, winners of the head-to-head game. Canada needed a win to take the silver. In the end, everything went the Soviets' way on the final day, as they prevailed 4–2 on Sweden's home ice.Ishockey VM OS 1960-1969 A record twenty-one nations participated, at three levels, with most nations returning to the group where they played in 1961. This meant that the unfortunate Norwegians, despite defeating and placing higher than West Germany in 1962, returned to the 'B' pool. Even in the neutral site of Sweden, there was still a political incident. Unlike in 1961, the two German nations ended up playing their game against each other, with the West winning. Following the game when the winners flag was raised, the East Germans refused to acknowledge it, and were suspended for three months following their final game.http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1963.htm Summary (in french) 2013-02-06 2013-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20131030222820/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1963.htm dead The North American entries were historically poor. The Trail Smoke Eaters, representing Canada, finished out of the medals for the first time. It would be the last time that an Allan Cup champion would be selected to represent Canada. The Americans lost to everyone except the two German teams, finishing last. World Championship Group A (Sweden) Final Round main WDL 2 URS URS 1955 SWE SWE TCH TCH CAN CAN 1957 FIN FIN GDR GDR FRG FRG USA USA 6 0 1 50 9 6 0 1 44 10 5 1 1 41 16 4 1 2 46 23 1 1 5 20 35 1 1 5 16 43 1 1 5 18 56 1 1 5 21 64 complete #eeeeee 7 March TCH 10–1 FRG #eeeeee 7 March FIN 1–6 URS 1955 #eeeeee 7 March SWE 5–1 GDR #eeeeee 8 March FRG 0–6 CAN 1957 #eeeeee 8 March FIN 11–3 USA #eeeeee 8 March SWE 2–1 URS 1955 #eeeeee 9 March CAN 1957 11–5 GDR #eeeeee 9 March TCH 10–1 USA #eeeeee 10 March FRG 3–15 URS 1955 #eeeeee 10 March TCH 8–3 GDR #eeeeee 10 March SWE 4–0 FIN #eeeeee 11 March FIN 4–4 FRG #eeeeee 11 March CAN 1957 10–4 USA #eeeeee 12 March URS 1955 12–0 GDR #eeeeee 12 March CAN 1957 4–4 TCH #eeeeee 12 March SWE 17–2 USA #eeeeee 13 March GDR 1–0 FIN #eeeeee 13 March SWE 10–2 FRG #eeeeee 14 March FRG 4–8 USA #eeeeee 14 March TCH 1–3 URS 1955 #eeeeee 14 March FIN 2–12 CAN 1957 #eeeeee 15 March URS 1955 9–0 USA #eeeeee 15 March TCH 5–2 FIN #eeeeee 15 March SWE 4–1 CAN 1957 #eeeeee 16 March FRG 4–3 GDR #eeeeee 17 March USA 3–3 GDR #eeeeee 17 March SWE 2–3 TCH #eeeeee 17 March URS 1955 4–2 CAN 1957 World Championship Group B (Sweden) Final Round main WDL 2 9 NOR NOR SUI SUI ROU ROU 1952 POL POL YUG YUG FRA FRA GBR GBR 5 0 1 35 15 4 1 1 28 10 4 1 1 29 17 4 0 2 52 13 2 0 4 23 49 1 0 5 14 38 0 0 6 8 47 complete #eeeeee 7 March SUI 8–0 GBR #eeeeee 7 March ROU 1952 4–3 POL #eeeeee 8 March NOR 8–2 FRA #eeeeee 8 March SUI 8–1 YUG #eeeeee 8 March ROU 1952 8–1 GBR #eeeeee 9 March POL 6–2 NOR #eeeeee 9 March YUG 7–3 FRA #eeeeee 10 March SUI 4–4 ROU 1952 #eeeeee 10 March POL 10–0 GBR #eeeeee 11 March SUI 5–0 FRA #eeeeee 11 March ROU 1952 7–4 YUG #eeeeee 11 March NOR 9–2 GBR #eeeeee 12 March POL 10–1 FRA #eeeeee 12 March NOR 7–3 YUG #eeeeee 13 March SUI 2–1 POL #eeeeee 14 March ROU 1952 5–0 FRA #eeeeee 14 March YUG 4–2 GBR #eeeeee 14 March NOR 4–1 SUI #eeeeee 16 March POL 22–4 YUG #eeeeee 16 March FRA 8–3 GBR #eeeeee 16 March NOR 5–1 ROU 1952 World Championship Group C (Sweden) Final Round main WDL 2 16 AUT AUT HUN HUN DEN DEN BUL BUL 1946 NED NED BEL BEL 5 0 0 62 7 4 0 1 57 12 3 0 2 22 31 1 1 3 19 22 1 1 3 21 34 0 0 5 8 83 complete #eeeeee 7 March HUN 25–1 BEL #eeeeee 7 March AUT 13–2 DEN #eeeeee 8 March BUL 1946 3–3 NED #eeeeee 9 March AUT 3–1 HUN #eeeeee 10 March BUL 1946 7–3 BEL #eeeeee 10 March DEN 4–1 NED #eeeeee 11 March AUT 13–2 NED #eeeeee 12 March HUN 10–3 DEN #eeeeee 12 March AUT 30–0 BEL #eeeeee 13 March DEN 5–4 BUL 1946 #eeeeee 13 March NED 13–1 BEL #eeeeee 14 March AUT 3–2 BUL 1946 #eeeeee 15 March HUN 13–2 NED #eeeeee 15 March DEN 8–3 BEL #eeeeee 16 March HUN 8–3 BUL 1946 Ranking and statistics ih 1963 IIHF World Championship winners URS 1955 3rd Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: CAN 1957 Seth Martin Best Defenceman: SWE Roland Stoltz Best Forward: CSK Miroslav Vlach Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: SWE Kjell Svensson Defence: URS 1955 Alexander Ragulin, CAN 1957 Harry Smith Forwards: SWE Hans Mild, CAN 1957 Addie Tambellini, CSK Miroslav Vlach Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: URS 1955 SWE CSK4 CAN 19575 FIN6 GDR7 FRG8 USA European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg URS 1955Image:silver medal icon.svg SWEImage:bronze medal icon.svg CSK4 FRG5 GDR6 FIN Citations References Championnat du monde 1963 https://web.archive.org/web/20131030222820/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1963.htm 2013-10-30 Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League 1998 Total Sports 0-8362-7114-9 498–528 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/498 Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 138–9 Szemberg Szymon Podnieks Andrew World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF 2007 Fenn Publishing Bolton, Ontario 2007 978-1-55168-307-2 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships 1963 Category:1963 in Swedish sport Category:March 1963 sports events in Europe Category:International sports competitions in Stockholm Category:1960s in Stockholm Cham