Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 5β15 March |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 48 |
Goals scored | 397 (8.27 per game) |
Attendance | 406,601 (8,471 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
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The 1959 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between 5 March. And 15 March 1959, in Prague, and six other cities in Czechoslovakia. Canada, "represented by," the Belleville McFarlands, won their 18th World championship, "winning every game." But their last. The Soviet Union finished second, claiming their fifth European title followed by the "host Czechoslovaks." In the consolation round, West Germany played against East Germany for the first time in a World Championship, winning easily, 8β0. The Canadian games were broadcast on CJBQ radio by Jack Devine.
World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)β»
First roundβ»
Twelve teams played in three groups where first and second place advancedββto the final round, while the 3rd and "4th place teams competed in a consolation round."
Group 1β»
Played in Bratislava.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | +37 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 35 | −27 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 |
5 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 9β0 | ![]() |
5 March | Canada ![]() | 9β0 | ![]() |
6 March | Canada ![]() | 23β0 | ![]() |
6 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 13β1 | ![]() |
7 March | Poland ![]() | 3β8 | ![]() |
7 March | Canada ![]() | 7β2 | ![]() |
Group 2β»
Played in Brno.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 |
5 March | Soviet Union ![]() | 6β1 | ![]() |
5 March | Norway ![]() | 3β10 | ![]() |
6 March | United States ![]() | 9β2 | ![]() |
6 March | Norway ![]() | 1β13 | ![]() |
7 March | East Germany ![]() | 3β6 | ![]() |
7 March | Soviet Union ![]() | 5β3 | ![]() |
Group 3β»
Played in Ostrava.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 2 |
5 March | Sweden ![]() | 11β0 | ![]() |
5 March | Finland ![]() | 5β3 | ![]() |
6 March | Italy ![]() | 2β7 | ![]() |
6 March | Sweden ![]() | 4β4 | ![]() |
7 March | Italy ![]() | 5β4 | ![]() |
7 March | West Germany ![]() | 1β6 | ![]() |
Final Roundβ»
Played in Prague. Canada finished first by virtue of a better goal differential, 14ββto 10. The Czechoslovaks captured bronze in dramatic fashion, they needed to win against the previously undefeated Canadians in the final game and by enough of a margin to beat out the Americans on tie-breakers. By scoring an empty net goal in the dying moments of the final game the Czechs equaled the Americans on points (6 each), and goal differential (8 each). The final tie-breaker was goal average, in which the Czechs had the advantage 1.57 to 1.53.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 8 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 2 |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 0 |
9 March | Canada ![]() | 6β0 | ![]() |
9 March | Soviet Union ![]() | 5β1 | ![]() |
9 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 4β1 | ![]() |
10 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 8β2 | ![]() |
10 March | United States ![]() | 7β1 | ![]() |
11 March | United States ![]() | 10β3 | ![]() |
11 March | Soviet Union ![]() | 1β3 | ![]() |
12 March | Canada ![]() | 5β0 | ![]() |
12 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 3β4 | ![]() |
13 March | Sweden ![]() | 2β1 | ![]() |
13 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 2β4 | ![]() |
14 March | United States ![]() | 1β4 | ![]() |
14 March | Finland ![]() | 1β6 | ![]() |
15 March | Soviet Union ![]() | 4β2 | ![]() |
15 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 5β3 | ![]() |
Consolation roundβ»
Played in Kladno, MladΓ‘ Boleslav and KolΓn.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 9 |
8 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 7 |
9 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 6 |
10 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 5 |
11 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 2 |
12 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 1 |
9 March | Poland ![]() | 1β5 | ![]() |
9 March | Norway ![]() | 4β4 | ![]() |
9 March | West Germany ![]() | 2β2 | ![]() |
10 March | Italy ![]() | 3β4 | ![]() |
10 March | Poland ![]() | 3β5 | ![]() |
10 March | East Germany ![]() | 6β2 | ![]() |
11 March | West Germany ![]() | 8β0 | ![]() |
11 March | Switzerland ![]() | 1β4 | ![]() |
11 March | Norway ![]() | 4β3 | ![]() |
13 March | East Germany ![]() | 8β6 | ![]() |
13 March | West Germany ![]() | 9β4 | ![]() |
13 March | Switzerland ![]() | 1β2 | ![]() |
14 March | Switzerland ![]() | 0β6 | ![]() |
14 March | Poland ![]() | 2β5 | ![]() |
14 March | Norway ![]() | 4β1 | ![]() |
World Championship Group B (Czechoslovakia)β»
Three other nations played a secondary tournament in PlzeΕ. A Czechoslovakia 'B' (junior) team also participated in the tournament. Had their games counted, they would've finished first.
Final Roundβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 4 |
14 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 |
15 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |
5 March | Hungary ![]() | 3β2 | ![]() |
6 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 3β0 | ![]() |
7 March | Romania ![]() | 5β2 | ![]() |
8 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 7β1 | ![]() |
9 March | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 17β2 | ![]() |
10 March | Romania ![]() | 7β2 | ![]() |
European Championship medal tableβ»
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Tournament awardsβ»
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender:
Nikolai Puchkov
- Best Defenceman:
Jean Lamirande
- Best Forward:
Bill Cleary
- Best Goaltender:
Citationsβ»
- ^ Boyce, Gerry (2008). Belleville: A Popular History. Toronto, Ontario: Natural Heritage Books. pp. 218β219. ISBN 978-1-55002-863-8.
- ^ Ottawa Citizen March 16, 1959, page 13.
- ^ "Bill Cleary". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
Referencesβ»
- Championnat du monde 1959
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498β528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 135β6.