1961 Ice Hockey World Championships

1961 edition of the IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship October 2020 1961 Switzerland 1–12 March 8 ih Canada 1957 19 Czechoslovakia USSR 1955 Sweden 28 236 141300 URS 1955 Boris Mayorov (17 points) 1960 1962 The 1961 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 28th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland from 1 to 12 March 1961. The games were played outdoors on a frozen pool. A glare made it hard for players to see well, however photographers were able to get aerial pictures from the diving board. Canada, represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters,Story #66. Iihf.com (12 March 1961). Retrieved on 2018-02-27. won their nineteenth international title. It would be 33 years before Canada won another World Championship.Szemberg Podnieks 2007 199 By beating out the Soviets for the Silver, the Czechoslovaks won their tenth European title. The final day was marred by political controversy when Willi Daume, president of West Germany hockey, forbade his team to take the ice against East Germany to avoid the possibility of honouring East Germany's new flag.2013-11-02 When flags stopped games http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/5438.html?tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1298934000&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2674799&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=afb4b795e3 2024-09-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20131102065141/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/5438.html?tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1298934000&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2674799&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=afb4b795e3 2 November 2013 A record twenty nations participated in three groups, with South Africa appearing for the first time.Duplacey p. 504 Teams were divided into the three tiers, roughly following the 1959 championships, and using qualification games, to establish an eight-team group A, a six-team group B, and a six-team group C. The South African team did not have the minimum number of players so forty-five-year-old federation president Tom Durling played despite not actually being a citizen of the country.Championnats du monde 1961 de hockey sur glace https://www.hockeyarchives.info/mondial1961.htm 2024-09-04 www.hockeyarchives.info Promotion and relegation did not begin yet, but it was a big step towards formulating the process. Qualification matches for Group A and B The nations who finished 1st through 6th in 1959 played in Group A. The nation ranked 7th played the hosts, and 8th played 9th to qualify the final two entries. #eeeeee 1 March SUI 5–6 OT FRG #eeeeee 1 March GDR 6–1 NOR World Championship Group A (Switzerland) Final Round main WDL 2 CAN CAN 1957 TCH TCH URS URS 1955 SWE SWE GDR GDR USA USA FIN FIN FRG FRG 6 1 0 45 11 6 1 0 33 09 5 0 2 51 20 4 0 3 33 27 2 0 5 21 33 1 1 5 24 43 1 1 5 19 43 0 2 5 10 50 complete #eeeeee 2 March CAN 1957 6–1 SWE #eeeeee 2 March TCH 6–0 FIN #eeeeee 2 March URS 1955 13–2 USA #eeeeee 4 March TCH 4–1 USA #eeeeee 4 March FIN 6–4 GDR #eeeeee 4 March CAN 1957 9–1 FRG #eeeeee 4 March URS 1955 6–2 SWE #eeeeee 5 March CAN 1957 7–4 USA #eeeeee 5 March TCH 6–0 FRG #eeeeee 5 March SWE 3–2 GDR #eeeeee 5 March URS 1955 7–3 FIN #eeeeee 7 March SWE 6–4 FIN #eeeeee 7 March TCH 6–4 URS 1955 #eeeeee 7 March USA 4–4 FRG #eeeeee 7 March CAN 1957 5–2 GDR #eeeeee 8 March SWE 12–1 FRG #eeeeee 8 March GDR 6–5 USA #eeeeee 9 March URS 1955 9–1 GDR #eeeeee 9 March FIN 3–3 FRG #eeeeee 9 March CAN 1957 1–1 TCH #eeeeee 11 March TCH 5–1 GDR #eeeeee 11 March SWE 7–3 USA #eeeeee 11 March URS 1955 11–1 FRG #eeeeee 11 March CAN 1957 12–1 FIN #eeeeee 12 March CAN 1957 5–1 URS 1955 #eeeeee 12 March TCH 5–2 SWE #eeeeee 12 March USA 5–2 FIN #eeeeee 12 March GDR 5–0 FRG Qualification matches for Group B and C The losers of the Group A qualifiers (Switzerland and Norway), were joined by the nations who finished 10th and 11th (Italy and Poland) in 1959. Remaining countries that wished to play at this level played qualification games. #eeeeee 2 March AUT 6–5 ROU 1952 #eeeeee 2 March GBR 18–1 BEL World Championship Group B (Switzerland) Final Round main WDL 2 9 NOR NOR GBR GBR SUI SUI ITA ITA POL POL AUT AUT 4 0 1 27 09 3 2 0 21 11 2 1 2 17 15 2 1 2 19 20 1 0 4 13 17 1 0 4 10 35 complete #eeeeee 3 March SUI 0–6 NOR #eeeeee 3 March GBR 10–2 AUT #eeeeee 3 March ITA 5–3 POL #eeeeee 5 March ITA 7–2 AUT #eeeeee 6 March NOR 5–3 POL #eeeeee 6 March ITA 3–3 GBR #eeeeee 6 March SUI 9–1 AUT #eeeeee 7 March SUI 1–3 POL #eeeeee 9 March GBR 3–2 POL #eeeeee 9 March NOR 7–2 AUT #eeeeee 10 March AUT 3–2 POL #eeeeee 10 March NOR 7–1 ITA #eeeeee 10 March SUI 2–2 GBR #eeeeee 11 March SUI 5–3 ITA #eeeeee 12 March GBR 3–2 NOR World Championship Group C (Switzerland) thumbnail|Nederlands vs Yugoslavia match. Yugoslavia won 9–2. Final Round main WDL 2 15 ROU ROU 1952 FRA FRA YUG YUG NED NED RSA RSA 1928 BEL BEL 5 0 0 69 05 4 0 1 34 16 3 0 2 34 22 2 0 3 18 36 1 0 4 18 47 0 0 5 09 56 complete #eeeeee 3 March FRA 7–3 NED #eeeeee 3 March ROU 1952 22–1 BEL #eeeeee 3 March YUG 12–3 RSA 1928 #eeeeee 4 March YUG 9–2 NED #eeeeee 5 March ROU 1952 14–0 RSA 1928 #eeeeee 6 March NED 8–4 RSA 1928 #eeeeee 6 March FRA 10–0 BEL #eeeeee 6 March ROU 1952 12–1 YUG #eeeeee 7 March FRA 11–2 RSA 1928 #eeeeee 8 March YUG 10–2 BEL #eeeeee 8 March ROU 1952 12–0 NED #eeeeee 9 March FRA 3–2 YUG #eeeeee 10 March ROU 1952 9–3 FRA #eeeeee 10 March NED 5–4 BEL #eeeeee 11 March RSA 1928 9–2 BEL Ranking and statistics ih 1961 IIHF World Championship winners CAN 1957 19th Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: CAN 1957 Seth Martin Best Defenceman: URS 1955 Ivan Tregubov Best Forward: CSK Vlastimil Bubník Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: CAN 1957 Seth Martin Defence: CAN 1957 Darryl Sly, CAN 1957 Harry Smith Forwards: CAN 1957 Michel Legacé, URS Boris Mayorov, CSK Miroslav Vlach Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: CAN 1957 CSK URS 19554 SWE5 GDR6 USA7 FIN8 FRG European championships final standings The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF: Image:gold medal icon.svg CSKImage:silver medal icon.svg URS 1955Image:bronze medal icon.svg SWE4 GDR5 FIN6 FRG Notes References Championnat du monde 1961 https://web.archive.org/web/20141202013730/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1961.htm 2 December 2014 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 136–7 Szemberg Szymon Podnieks Andrew World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF 2007 Fenn Publishing Bolton, Ontario 2007 978-1-55168-307-2 Ottawa Citizen - 3 Feb 1961 The Montreal Gazette - 6 Feb 1961 The Hartford Courant, 6 Feb 1961, page 15 New York Times, 12 February 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 1961May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes The Montreal Gazette - 9 Mar 1961 The Montreal Gazette - 11 Mar 1961 Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships World Championships|World Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Switzerland Category:March 1961 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Geneva Category:Sports competitions in Lausanne Category:20th century in Geneva Category:20th century in Lausanne