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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name =
 | year = 1953
 | other_titles =
 | image =
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 | country = Switzerland
 | dates = 7–15 March 
 | num_teams = 4
 | venues =  
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 | winners = Sweden
 | count = 1
 | second = West Germany
 | third = Switzerland
 | fourth = Italy
 | games = 6
 | goals = 64
 | attendance = 53000
 | scoring_leader =   
 | mvp =
 | prevseason = [[Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]]
 | nextseason = [[1954 World Ice Hockey Championships|1954]]
}}
The '''1953 Men's [[Ice Hockey World Championships]]''' were held between March 7 and March 15, 1953 in [[Basel]] and [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]].

This was the first world championship tournament with only European teams.  On January 12, 1953, [[Canadian Amateur Hockey Association]] president W.B. George stated Canada would not be sending a team to the 1953 World Championships. George told the press: "Every year we spend $10,000 to send a Canadian hockey team to Europe to play 40 exhibition games. All these games are played to packed houses that only enrich European hockey coffers. In return we are subjected to constant, unnecessary abuse over our Canadian style of play."<ref name=Duplacey>Duplacey P. 503</ref>  Also absent were the Soviets, it was hoped that the [[USSR]] would participate but they did not, sending observers, including legendary coach Anatoli Tarasov to scout the tournament. It is believed that an injury to their star player Vsevolod Bobrov was the reason behind the decision.<ref name=Duplacey/>

Czechoslovakia withdrew from the tournament when it became obvious that their President, Klement Gottwald, was going to die from pneumonia he contracted at Stalin's funeral. General František Janda, the Chairman of the State Committee for the Physical Education and Sport ordered the team home, and Gottwald died the next day, March 14, 1953. The team was disqualified, their results annulled and their remaining games cancelled.<ref name=Duplacey/>

Sweden won their first World Championship title, and were undefeated during the tournament. In addition, it was the country's seventh European Championship title.

== World Championships Group A (Switzerland) ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="600px"
! Date
! Matches A World Championships 1953
! Result
! Period. 
|-
| 7 March
| align="left"| {{ih|TCH}} - {{ih|FRG}} 
| 11 - 2 (annulled)
| 4-1,5-0,2-1
|-
| 7 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} - {{ih|SWE}} 
| 2 - 9
| 1-2,1-5,0-2
|-
| 8 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} - {{ih|TCH}} 
| 4 - 9 (annulled)
| 0-4,1-2,3-3
|-
| 8 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SWE}} - {{ih|FRG}} 
| 8 - 6
| 4-1,3-3,1-2
|-
| 10 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SWE}} - {{ih|TCH}} 
| 5 - 3 (annulled)
| 5-1,0-1,0-1
|-
| 10 March
| align="left"| {{ih|FRG}} - {{ih|SUI}} 
| 2 - 3
| 0-1,2-1,0-1
|-
| 12 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SWE}} - {{ih|SUI}} 
| 9 - 1
| 5-1,1-0,3-0
|-
| 12 March
| align="left"|  {{ih|FRG}} - {{ih|TCH}}
|rows="2| 4 - 9 (annulled)
| 2-4,1-2,1-3
|-
| 13 March
| align="left"| {{ih|TCH}} - {{ih|SUI}} 
| colspan="5"| Cancelled
|-
| 13 March
| align="left"| {{ih|FRG}} - {{ih|SWE}} 
| 2 - 12
| 0-2,1-5,1-5
|-
| 15 March
| align="left"| {{ih|TCH}} - {{ih|SWE}} 
| colspan="5"| Cancelled
|-
| 15 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} - {{ih|FRG}} 
| 3 - 7
| 2-4,0-1,1-2
|-
|}

=== Table ===
{| class="wikitable" 
|- bgcolor="#efefef"

!Place!!Team!!GP!!W!!L!!T!!GF!!GA!!Pts
|- bgcolor="gold" align="left" | '''Gold'''
|1||{{ih|SWE}}||4||4||0||0||38||11||8
|- bgcolor="silver" align="left" | '''Silver'''
|2||{{ih|FRG}}||4||1||3||0||17||26||2
|- bgcolor="#cc9966" align="left" | '''Bronze'''
|3||{{ih|SUI}}||4||1||3||0||9||27||2
|- align="left"
|NC||{{ih|TCH}}||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|}

== World Championships Group B (Switzerland) ==
Also participating was a Swiss 'B' team who (if their games counted) would have finished third.<ref>[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1953.htm Summary]</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="600px"
! Date
! Matches B World Championships 1953
! Result
! Period. 
|-
| 7 March
| align="left"| {{ih|ITA}} - {{ih|AUT}} 
| 9 - 5
| 3-1,4-3,2-1
|-
| 7 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} B - {{ih|GBR}} 
| 1 - 3
| 1-0,0-1,0-2
|-
| 8 March
| align="left"| {{ih|AUT}} - {{ih|NED}} 
| 5 - 3
| 2-0,2-3,1-0
|-
| 8 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} B - {{ih|FRA}} 
| 7 - 1
| 4-1,1-0,2-0
|-
| 10 March
| align="left"| {{ih|GBR}} - {{ih|NED}} 
| 8 - 4
| 4-2,1-2,3-0
|-
| 10 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} B - {{ih|ITA}} 
| 1 - 2
| 1-0,0-0,0-2
|-
| 11 March
| align="left"| {{ih|AUT}} - {{ih|FRA}} 
| 8 - 1
| 2-1,2-0,4-0
|-
| 11 March
| align="left"| {{ih|ITA}} - {{ih|NED}} 
| 7 - 0
| 4-0,1-0,2-0
|-
| 12 March
| align="left"| {{ih|GBR}} - {{ih|FRA}} 
| 8 - 3
| 3-0,3-1,2-2
|-
| 13 March
| align="left"| {{ih|GBR}} - {{ih|AUT}} 
| 3 - 0
| 1-0,1-0,1-0
|-
| 13 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} B - {{ih|NED}} 
| 7 - 5
| 1-1,5-2,1-2
|-
| 14 March
| align="left"|  {{ih|ITA}} - {{ih|FRA}}
| 5 - 2
| 2-1,1-0,2-1
|-
| 14 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} B - {{ih|AUT}} 
| 8 - 2
| 2-0,1-1,5-1
|-
| 15 March
| align="left"| {{ih|NED}} - {{ih|FRA}} 
| 8 - 3
| 4-1,2-1,2-1
|-
| 15 March
| align="left"| {{ih|ITA}} - {{ih|GBR}} 
| 3 - 2
| 3-0,0-0,0-2
|-
|}

=== Table ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Matches
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Difference
! Points
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 4 || {{ih|ITA}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 26 - 10 || 10
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 5 || {{ih|GBR}} || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 24 - 11 || 8
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| NC || {{ih|SUI}} B || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 24 - 13 || 6
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 6 || {{ih|AUT}} || 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 20 - 24 || 4
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 7 || {{ih|NED}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 20 - 30 || 2
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
| 8 || {{ih|FRA}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 10 - 36 || 0
|-
|}

==Team rosters==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top"
|-
! style="width:7%" | Place
! style="width:16%" | Team
! style="width:77%" | Player
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| 1 || {{SWE}}
| align="left" | Goaltenders: Thord Flodqvist, Hans Isaksson. Defensemen: Göte Almqvist, Åke Andersson, Lars Björn, Rune Johansson, Sven Thunman. Forwards: Hans Tvilling, Stig Tvilling, Göte Blomqvist, Sigurd Bröms, Stig Carlsson, Erik Johansson, Gösta Johansson, Rolf Pettersson, Sven Tumba Johansson, Hans Öberg. Coach: Folke Jansson.
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
| 2 || {{FRG}}
| align="left" | Goaltenders: Alfred Hoffmann, Ulrich Jansen. Defensemen: Martin Beck, Anton Biersack, Bruno Guttowski, Karl Bierschel Forwards: Kurt Sepp, Xaver Unsinn, Georg Guggemos, Otto Brandenburg, Markus Egen, Walter Kremeshoff, Fritz Poitsch, Karl Enzler, Dieter Niess, Hans Rampf. Coach: Bruno Leinweber
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
| 3 || {{SUI}}
| align="left" | Goaltenders: Hans Bänninger, Martin Riesen. Defensemen: Emil Handschin, Rudolf Keller, Silvio Rossi, Armin Schütz. Forwards: Hans-Martin Trepp, Uli Poltera, Gebi Poltera, Walter Dürst, Otto Schläpfer, Otto Schubiger, Françis Blank, Michael Wehrli, Gian Bazzi. Coach: Frank Sullivan.
|-
| - || {{TCH}}
| align="left" | Goaltenders: Jan Richter, Josef Záhorský. Defensemen: Karel Gut, Jan Lidral, Miroslav Nový, Miloslav Ošmera, Stanislav Bacílek. Forwards: Vlastimil Bubník, Bronislav Danda, Miloslav Charouzd, Miroslav Rejman, Slavomír Bartoň, Jiří Sekyra, Oldřich Seiml, Miroslav Kluc, Michal Vidlák, Karel Bílek. Coach: Eduard Farda.
|}

==Team Photos==

<gallery widths="250" captionalign="center">
1953Czechoslovakia.jpg|[[Czechoslovakia]]
1953Sweden.png|[[Sweden]]
</gallery>

==Citations==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1953.htm Complete results]
*{{cite book |last=Duplacey |first=James |title=Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League |year=1998 |publisher=Total Sports |isbn=0-8362-7114-9|pages=498–528}}
*{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 |year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |pages=133–4}}

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