1959 World Ice Hockey Championships

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1959 World Ice Hockey Championships
1959 tournament logo
Tournament details
Host nation  Czechoslovakia
Dates 5–15 March
Teams 12
Champions  Canada (18 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 48
Goals scored 397  (8.27 per game)
Attendance 406,601  (8,471 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Red Berenson 13 points
Trophy awarded for the 1959 World Championships

The 1959 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between March 5 and March 15, 1959 in Prague, and six other cities in Czechoslovakia. Canada, represented by the Belleville McFarlands, won their eighteenth World championship, winning every game but their last. The Soviet Union finished second, claiming their fifth European title followed by the host Czechs. In the consolation round, West Germany played against East Germany for the first time in a World Championship, with the west winning easily, eight to zero.

World Championship Group A (Czechoslovakia)

First Round

Twelve teams played in three groups where first and second place advanced to the final round, while the 3rd and 4th place teams competed in a consolation round.

Group 1

Played in Bratislava.

Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 39 - 02 6
2  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 24 - 08 4
3  Switzerland 3 1 0 2 08 - 35 2
4  Poland 3 0 0 3 04 - 30 0
5 March Czechoslovakia  9-0
 Switzerland
5 March Canada  9-0
 Poland
6 March Canada  23-0
 Switzerland
6 March Czechoslovakia  13-1
 Poland
7 March Poland  3-8
 Switzerland
7 March Canada  7-2
 Czechoslovakia

Group 2

Played in Brno.

Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 24 - 05 6
2  United States 3 2 0 1 22 - 10 4
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 10 - 26 2
4  East Germany 3 0 0 3 06 - 21 0
5 March Soviet Union  6-1
 East Germany
5 March Norway  3-10
 United States
6 March United States  9-2
 East Germany
6 March Norway  1-13
 Soviet Union
7 March East Germany  3-6
 Norway
7 March Soviet Union  5-3
 United States

Group 3

Played in Ostrava.

Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points
1  Sweden 3 2 1 0 21 - 05 5
2  Finland 3 1 1 1 13 - 12 3
3  West Germany 3 1 0 2 11 - 13 2
4  Italy 3 1 0 2 07 - 22 2
5 March Sweden  11-0
 Italy
5 March Finland  5-3
 West Germany
6 March Italy  2-7
 West Germany
6 March Sweden  4-4
 Finland
7 March Italy  5-4
 Finland
7 March West Germany  1-6
 Sweden

Final Round

Played in Prague. Canada finished first by virtue of a better goal differential, 14 to 10. The Czechs 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[1] 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.[1]

Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points
1  Canada 5 4 0 1 21 - 07 8
2  Soviet Union 5 4 0 1 20 - 10 8
3  Czechoslovakia 5 3 0 2 22 - 14 6
4  United States 5 3 0 2 23 - 15 6
5  Sweden 5 1 0 4 06 - 21 2
6  Finland 5 0 0 5 07 - 32 0
9 March Canada  6-0
 Finland
9 March Soviet Union  5-1
 United States
9 March Czechoslovakia  4-1
 Sweden
10 March Czechoslovakia  8-2
 Finland
10 March United States  7-1
 Sweden
11 March United States  10-3
 Finland
11 March Soviet Union  1-3
 Canada
12 March Canada  5-0
 Sweden
12 March Czechoslovakia  3-4
 Soviet Union
13 March Sweden  2-1
 Finland
13 March Czechoslovakia  2-4
 United States
14 March United States  1-4
 Canada
14 March Finland  1-6
 Soviet Union
15 March Soviet Union  4-2
 Sweden
15 March Czechoslovakia  5-3
 Canada

Consolation Round

Played in Kladno, Mladá Boleslav and Kolín.

Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points
7  West Germany 5 4 1 0 30 - 09 9
8  Norway 5 3 1 1 20 - 20 7
9  East Germany 5 3 0 2 20 - 21 6
10  Italy 5 2 1 2 20 - 17 5
11  Poland 5 1 0 4 11 - 20 2
12  Switzerland 5 0 1 4 08 - 22 1
9 March Poland  1-5
 East Germany
9 March Norway  4-4
 Switzerland
9 March West Germany  2-2
 Italy
10 March Italy  3-4
 Norway
10 March Poland  3-5
 West Germany
10 March East Germany  6-2
 Switzerland
11 March West Germany  8-0
 East Germany
11 March Switzerland  1-4
 Italy
11 March Norway  4-3
 Poland
13 March East Germany  8-6
 Italy
13 March West Germany  9-4
 Norway
13 March Switzerland  1-2
 Poland
14 March Switzerland  0-6
 West Germany
14 March Poland  2-5
 Italy
14 March Norway  4-1
 East Germany

World Championship Group B (Czechoslovakia)

Three other nations played a secondary tournament in Plzen. A Czechoslovakia 'B' (junior) team also participated in the tournament. Had their games counted, they would've finished first.

Final Round

Place Team Matches Won Drawn Lost Difference Points
13  Romania 2 2 0 0 12 - 04 4
14  Hungary 2 1 0 1 05 - 09 2
15  Austria 2 0 0 2 04 - 08 0
5 March Hungary  3-2
 Austria
6 March Czechoslovakia  B 3-0
 Romania
7 March Romania  5-2
 Austria
8 March Czechoslovakia  B 7-1
 Austria
9 March Czechoslovakia  B 17-2
 Hungary
10 March Romania  7-2
 Hungary

European Championship medal table

Gold medal icon.png  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.png  Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal icon.png  Sweden
4  Finland
5  West Germany
6  Norway
7  East Germany
8  Italy
9  Poland
10  Switzerland
13  Romania
14  Hungary
15  Austria

Team rosters

Place Team Player
1  Canada Goaltenders: Gordon Bell, Marv Edwards. Defensemen: Jean Lamirande, Floyd Crawford, Al Dewsbury, Moe Benoit. Forwards: Ike Hildebrand, Barton Bradley, Wayne Brown - Lou Smrke, John McLellan, Peter Conacher - Denis Boucher, Gordon Berenson, George Gosselin - Jean Paul Payette, David Jones.
2  Soviet Union Goaltenders: Nikolai Puchkov, Yevgeni Yerkin. Defensemen: Nikolay Sologubov, Ivan Tregubov, Henrich Sidorenko, Dmitry Ukolov, Nikolay Snetkov. Forwards: Konstantin Loktev, Veniamin Alexandrov, Yuri Pantyukhov, Alexei Guryshev, Viktor Pryaznikov, Igor Dekonski, Yevgeni Groshev, Viktor Yakushev, Yuri Baulin. Coaches: Anatoli Tarasov, Vladimír Yegorov.
3  Czechoslovakia Goaltenders: Vladimír Nadrchal, Jiří Kulíček. Defensmen: Karel Gut, František Tikal, Rudolf Potsch, Stanislav Bacílek, Jan Kasper. Forwards: Ján Starší, Karol Fako, Miroslav Vlach - Jaroslav Volf, Jozef Golonka, Jaroslav Jiřík - Bohumil Prošek, František Vaněk, Josef Černý - Miroslav Rys. Coach: Vlastimil Sýkora.
4  Sweden Goaltenders: Yngve Johansson, Per-Agne Karlström. Defensemen: Lasse Björn, Bertil Karlsson, Vilgot Larsson, Roland Stoltz, Hans Svedberg. Forwards: Acka Andersson, Sigurd Bröms, Erling Lindström, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Göran Lysén, Hans Mild, Ronald Pettersson, Kurt Thulin, Gösta Westerlund, Carl-Göran Öberg. Coach: Ed Riegle.
5  United States Goaltenders: Jack McCartan, Don Cooper. Defensemen: John Newkirk, Bob Dupuis, Jim Westby, Bob Owen, Rodney Paavola. Forwards: Weldon Olson, Paul Johnson, Gene Grazia, Bob Turk, Robert Cleary, William Cleary, Dick Meredith, Dick Burg, Tom Williams. Coach: Marsh Ryman.
6  Finland Goaltenders: Esko Niemi, Juhani Lahtinen. Defensemen: Matti Haapaniemi, Erkki Koiso, Matti Lampainen, Kalevi Numminen, Aaro Nurminen. Forwards: Raimo Kilpiö, Teppo Rastio, Jorma Salmi, Yrjö Hakala, Juhani Wahlsten, Jouni Seistamo, Heino Pulli, Pertti Nieminen, Esko Luostarinen, Unto Nevalainen. Coach: Aarne Honkavaara.
7  West Germany Goaltenders: Ulrich Jansen, Hans Obermann. Defensemen: Paul Ambros, Ernst Eggerbauer, Hans Huber, Leonhard Waitl, Hans Rampf. Forwards: Markus Egen, Horst Franz Schuldes, Georg Eberl, Siegfried Schubert, Kurt Sepp, Xaver Unsinn, Ernst Trautwein, Max Pfefferle, Jakob Probst, Alois Mayer, Bruno Guttowski. Coach: Gerhard Kiessling.
8  Norway Goaltenders: Knut Nygaard, Lorang Wifladt. Skaters: Roar Bakke, Egil Bjerklund, Trond Gundersen, Roy Sørensen, Terje Hellerud, Olav Dalsøren, Einar Bruno Larsen, Per Skjerwen Olsen, Georg Smefjell, Christian Petersen, Henrik Petersen, Oddvar Midsäther, Per Moe, Willy Walbye, Henrik Bruun. Coach: Johnny Larntvedt.
9  East Germany Goaltenders: Walter Kindermann, Günther Katzur. Skaters: Horst Heinze, Heinz Kuczera, Dieter Greiner, Günther Heinicke, Werner Heinicke, Erich Novy, Werner Künstler, Kurt Stürmer, Joachim Ziesche, Hans Frenzel, Gerhard Klügel, Joachim Franke, Joachim Rudert, Manfred Buder, Wolfgang Blümel. Coaches: Rudi Schmieder, Jiří Anton.
10  Italy Goaltenders: Giuliano Ferraris, Vittorio Bolla. Skaters: Gianfranco da Rin, Carmine Tucci, Giuseppe Zandegiacomo, Enrico Bacher, Igino Larese-Fece, Alberto Darin, Giancarlo Agazzi, Giampiero Branduardi, Alfredo Coletti, Ernesto Crotti, Bruno Frison, Giovanni Furlani, Giulio Oberhammer, Bernardo Tomei, Giorgio Zerbetto. Coach: Bill Cupolo.
11  Poland Goaltenders: Wladyslaw Pabisz, Józef Goralczyk. Skaters: Kazimierz Chodakowski, Stanislaw Olczyk, Henryk Regula, Marian Zawada, Bronislaw Gosztyla, Janusz Zawadski, Józef Kurek, Zbigniew Skotnicki, Szymon Janiczko, Kazimierz Malysiak, Sylwester Wilczek, Jerzy Ogorczyk, Augustyn Skorski, Andrzej Fonfara, Marian Jezak. Coach: Alfred Gansiniec.
12  Switzerland Goaltenders: René Kiener, Jean Ayer. Skaters: Bruno Gerber, Kurt Nobs, Josef Wengartner, Emil Handschin, Hans-Martin Sprecher, Otto Schläpfer, Georg Riesch, Bernard Bagnoud, Franz Berry, Peter Stammbach, Hans Papa, Michael Wehrli, Roger Chappot. Coach: André Girard.

Team Photos

Citations

References

  • Championnat du monde 1959
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 135–6. 


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