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1938 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
Dates11–20 February
Teams14
Final positions
Champions  Canada (10th title)
Runner-up  Great Britain
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played40
Goals scored159 (3.98 per game)
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The 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. It marked the 30th anniversary of the IIHF, and a special celebration was held with famous hockey players from all over Europe in attendance. Also a yearbook was produced for the twenty-two member nations which documented which European country had the most hockey clubs (Czechoslovakia 361) and the most artificial rinks (Great Britain 21).[1]

Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided in three preliminary round groups—two groups of five and a group with four teams. In the preliminary round, the top three teams in each group advanced to second round. The nine teams advancing to the second round were divided into three groups of three teams each. The three group winners and the best second-place team advanced to the semifinals.

The Canadians won the World Championship title for the tenth time beating Great Britain three to one in the final, leaving the British with their fourth European Championship title (the third in a row). In the bronze medal game, Czechoslovakia defeated Germany three to zero, and in a match for fifth place Sweden defeated Switzerland two to zero. The Swiss were very unhappy with the IIHF's decision to pick Germany as the fourth semi-finalist, as the two of them, and Sweden, finished the second round in an absolute tie. The decision was made to advance Germany because they had lost to Canada, so they were the best European nation in their group.[2]

World Men's Hockey Championships (in Prague, Czechoslovakia)

First Round

Group A

11. February 1938 Prague Switzerland – Hungary 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
11. February 1938 Prague Lithuania – Romania 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
12. February 1938 Prague Switzerland – Romania 8:1 (2:0,1:1,5:0)
12. February 1938 Prague Poland – Lithuania 8:1 (4:0,3:0,1:1)
13. February 1938 Prague Poland – Romania 3:0 (1:0,2:0,0:0)
13. February 1938 Prague Hungary – Lithuania 10:1 (2:0,4:0,4:1)
14. February 1938 Prague Switzerland – Lithuania 15:0 (9:0,2:0,4:0)
14. February 1938 Prague Poland – Hungary 3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
15. February 1938 Prague Hungary – Romania 3:1 (1:1,1:0,1:0)
15. February 1938 Prague Switzerland – Poland 7:1 (3:0,1:0,3:1)

Standings - Group A

Pos. Team GP Wins Ties Losses Goals Diff. Points
1 Switzerland 4 4 0 0 31: 2 +29 8:0
2 Poland 4 3 0 1 15: 8 + 7 6:2
3 Hungary 4 2 0 2 13: 6 + 7 4:4
4 Lithuania 4 1 0 3 3:33 -30 2:6
5 Romania 4 0 0 4 2:15 -13 0:8

Group B

11. February 1938 Prague Latvia – Norway 3:1 ET(1:0,0:1,0:0,2:0)
11. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – Germany 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
12. February 1938 Prague USA – Latvia 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
12. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – Norway 8:0 (2:0,1:0,5:0)
13. February 1938 Prague USA – Norway 7:1 (3:0,4:0,0:1)
13. February 1938 Prague Germany – Latvia 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
14. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – Latvia 5:1 (1:0,2:0,2:1)
14. February 1938 Prague USA – Germany 1:0 (1:0,0:0,0:0)
15. February 1938 Prague Germany – Norway 8:0 (2:0,1:0,5:0)
15. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – USA 1:1 ET (0:0,0:0,1:1,0:0,0:0,0:0)

Standings - Group B

Pos. Team GP Wins Ties Losses Goals Diff. Points
1 Great Britain 4 3 1 0 15: 2 +13 7:1
2 USA 4 3 1 0 10: 2 + 8 7:1
3 Germany 4 2 0 2 9: 2 + 7 4:4
4 Latvia 4 1 0 3 4: 8 - 4 2:6
5 Norway 4 0 0 4 2:26 -24 0:8

Group C

11. February 1938 Prague Canada – Sweden 3:2 (1:0,1:2,1:0)
11. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Austria 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
13. February 1938 Prague Canada – Austria 3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
13. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Sweden 0:0 ET (0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0)
15. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Canada 0:3 (0:2,0:0,0:1)
15. February 1938 Prague Sweden – Austria 1:1 ET (0:1,1:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0)

Standings - Group C

Pos. Team GP Wins Ties Losses Goals Diff. Points
1 Canada 3 3 0 0 9:2 +7 6:0
2 Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 1:3 -2 3:3
3 Sweden 3 0 2 1 3:4 -1 2:4
4 Austria 3 0 1 2 1:5 -4 1:5

Second Round

Group A

16. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – USA 2:0 (0:0,1:0,1:0)
17. February 1938 Prague Switzerland – USA 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
18. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Switzerland 3:2 ET. (0:1,1:0,0:0,2:1)

Standings - Group A

Pos. Team GP Wins Ties Losses Goals Diff. Points
1 Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 0 5:2 +3 4:0
2 Switzerland + 2 1 0 1 3:3 0 2:2
3 USA 2 0 0 2 0:3 -3 0:4

Group B

16. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – Sweden 3:2 (0:0,1:1,2:1)
17. February 1938 Prague Sweden – Poland 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
18. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – Poland 7:1 (3:1,4:0,0:0)

Standings - Group B

Pos. Team GP Wins Ties Losses Goals Diff. Points
1 Great Britain 2 2 0 0 10: 3 +7 4:0
2 Sweden + 2 1 0 1 3: 3 0 2:2
3 Poland 2 0 0 2 1: 8 -7 0:4

Group C

16. February 1938 Prague Canada – Germany 3:2 ET. (1:1,0:1,1:0,1:0)
17. February 1938 Prague Germany – Hungary 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
18. February 1938 Prague Canada – Hungary 1:1 ET. (1:1,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0)

Standings—Group C

Pos. Team GP Wins Ties Losses Goals Diff. Points
1 Canada 2 1 1 0 4:3 +1 3:1
2 Germany + 2 1 0 1 3:3 0 2:2
3 Hungary 2 0 1 1 1:2 -1 1:3

+ Germany, Switzerland and Sweden ended with identical records. The Organizing Committee awarded the semifinal position to Germany because it had to play Canada.

Consolation round 5-6 place

19. February 1938 Prague Sweden – Switzerland 2:0 (1:0,0:0,1:0)

Final Round

Semifinals
19. February 1938 Prague Canada – Germany 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
19. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Great Britain 0:1 (0:0,0:0,0:1)
Game for 3rd place
20. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Germany 3:0 (1:0,2:0,0:0)
Final
20. February 1938 Prague Canada – Great Britain 3:1 (3:1,0:0,0:0)

Final Rankings – World Championships

 Canada
 Great Britain
 Czechoslovakia
4  Germany
5  Sweden
6   Switzerland
7  Hungary
7  Poland
7  United States
10  Austria
10  Latvia
10  Lithuania
13  Norway
13  Romania

World Champion 1938
Canada

Members of team

Sudbury Wolves

Pos. Team Players
1 CAN Pat McReavy, Roy Heximer, Mel Albright, Johnny Godfrey, Glen Sutherland, Gordie Bruce, Jimmy Russell, Buster Portland, Jack Marshall, John Coulter, Percy Allen, Reg Chipman, Archie Burn; Trainer: Max Silverman

Final Rankings – European Championships

 Great Britain
 Czechoslovakia
 Germany
4  Sweden
5   Switzerland
6  Hungary
6  Poland
8  Austria
8  Latvia
8  Lithuania
11  Norway
11  Romania

European Champion 1938
Great Britain

Citations

  1. ^ Duplacey p. 502
  2. ^ Summary

References

  • 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. pp. 128–9.
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