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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 1961
| other_titles =
| image = World61.jpg
| size = 150px
| caption =
| country = Switzerland
| dates = 1–12 March
| num_teams = 8
| venues =
| cities =
| winners = Canada
| winners-flagvar = 1957
| count = 19
| second = Czechoslovakia
| third = USSR
| third-flagvar = 1955
| fourth = Sweden
| games = 28
| goals = 236
| attendance = 141300
| scoring_leader = {{Flagicon|URS|1955}} Boris Mayorov 17 points
| mvp =
| prevseason = [[1960 Winter Olympics|1960 Olympics]]
| nextseason = [[1962 World Ice Hockey Championships|1962]]
}}
The '''1961 World Ice Hockey Championships''' was the 28th edition of the [[Ice Hockey World Championships]]. The tournament was held in [[Geneva]] and [[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]] from March 1 to March 12, 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 men's national ice hockey team|Canada]], represented by the [[Trail Smoke Eaters]],<ref>http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-66.html</ref> won their nineteenth international title. It would be the last championship for Canada in thirty-three years. By beating out the Soviets for the Silver, the Czechs won their tenth [[Ice Hockey European Championships|European title]]. The final day was marred by controversy of a political nature, when Willi Daume, (president of West Germany hockey), forbade his team to take the ice against East Germany. The reason was to avoid the possibility of honouring the East German's new flag.<ref>[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 When flags stopped games]</ref>

A record twenty nations participated in three groups, with [[South Africa men's national ice hockey team|South Africa]] appearing for the first time.<ref>Duplacey p. 504</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1961.htm Summary in french]</ref> 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.
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| date = 1 March
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| score = 5-6 OT
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| date = 1 March
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==World Championship Group A (Switzerland)==

=== Final Round ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Matches
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Difference
! Points
|-style=
| 1 || {{ih|CAN|1957}} || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 45 - 11 || 13
|-style=
| 2 || {{ih|TCH}} || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 33 - 09 || 13
|-style=
| 3 || {{ih|URS|1955}} || 7 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 51 - 20 || 10
|-style=
| 4 || {{ih|SWE}} || 7 || 4 || 0 || 3 || 33 - 27 || 8
|-style=
| 5 || {{ih|GDR}} || 7 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 21 - 33 || 4
|-style=
| 6 || {{ih|USA}} || 7 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 24 - 43 || 3
|-style=
| 7 || {{ih|FIN}} || 7 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 19 - 43 || 3
|-style=
| 8 || {{ih|FRG}} || 7 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 10 - 50 || 2
|-
|}

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| date = 2 March
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| date = 2 March
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| date = 2 March
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| date = 4 March
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| score = 4-1
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 4 March
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| date = 7 March
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| date = 8 March
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| date = 8 March
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| date = 9 March
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| date = 11 March
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| date = 11 March
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| date = 11 March
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| date = 12 March
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| date = 12 March
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| date = 12 March
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==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.
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| date = 2 March
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| score = 6-5
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 2 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|GBR}}
| score = 18-1
| team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
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==World Championship Group B (Switzerland)==

=== Final Round ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Matches
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Difference
! Points
|-style=
| 9 || {{ih|NOR}} || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 27 - 09 || 8
|-style=
| 10 || {{ih|GBR}} || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 21 - 11 || 8
|-style=
| 11 || {{ih|SUI}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 17 - 15 || 5
|-style=
| 12 || {{ih|ITA}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 19 - 20 || 5
|-style=
| 13 || {{ih|POL}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 13 - 17 || 2
|-style=
| 14 || {{ih|AUT}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 10 - 35 || 2
|-
|}

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| date = 3 March
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| score = 0-6
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| date = 3 March
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| score = 10-2
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 3 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ITA}}
| score = 5-3
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 5 March
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| score = 7-2
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 6 March
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| score = 5-3
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 6 March
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 6 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|SUI}}
| score = 9-1
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 7 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|SUI}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 9 March
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| score = 3-2
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 9 March
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| score = 7-2
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 10 March
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 10 March
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 10 March
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 March
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| score = 5-3
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 12 March
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| score = 3-2
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==World Championship Group C (Switzerland)==
[[File:Nederlands vs Yugoslavia at 1961 IIHF World Championship (4).jpg|thumbnail|Nederlands vs Yugoslavia match]]

=== Final Round ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Matches
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! Difference
! Points
|-style=
| 15 || {{ih|ROU|1952}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 69 - 05 || 10
|-style=
| 16 || {{ih|FRA}} || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 34 - 16 || 8
|-style=
| 17 || {{ih|YUG}} || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 34 - 22 || 6
|-style=
| 18 || {{ih|NED}} || 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 18 - 36 || 4
|-style=
| 19 || {{ih|RSA|1928}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 18 - 47 || 2
|-style=
| 20 || {{ih|BEL}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 09 - 56 || 0
|-
|}

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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 3 March
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| date = 3 March
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| score = 22-1
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| date = 3 March
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 4 March
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| score = 9-2
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 5 March
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 6 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
| score = 8-4
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 6 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FRA}}
| score = 10-0
| team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 6 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ROU|1952}}
| score = 12-1
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 7 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FRA}}
| score = 11-2
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 8 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|YUG}}
| score = 10-2
| team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 8 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ROU|1952}}
| score = 12-0
| team2 = {{ih|NED}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 9 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FRA}}
| score = 3-2
| team2 = {{ih|YUG}}
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 10 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|ROU|1952}}
| score = 9-3
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 10 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
| score = 5-4
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{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 March
| team1 = {{ih-rt|RSA|1928}}
| score = 9-2
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==Ranking and statistics==
{| style="float:right;"
|-
| style="width:3px;;"|  
|
 
{{winners|ih|1961 IIHF World Championship Winners|CAN||1957|19th|}}

===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to [[IIHF]]:
{| class="wikitable" style="width:200px;"
|- style="background:gold;"
|align=center|[[Image:gold medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|CAN|1957}}
|- style="background:silver;"
|align=center|[[Image:silver medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|TCH}}
|- style="background:peru;"
|align=center|[[Image:bronze medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|URS|1955}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{ih|SWE}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{ih|GDR}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{ih|USA}}
|-
|align=center|7|| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|align=center|8|| {{ih|FRG}}
|}

===European championships final standings===
The final standings of the [[Ice Hockey European Championships|European championships]] according to [[IIHF]]:
{| class="wikitable" style="width:200px;"
|- style="background:gold;"
|align=center|[[Image:gold medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|TCH}}
|- style="background:silver;"
|align=center|[[Image:silver medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|URS|1955}}
|- style="background:peru;"
|align=center|[[Image:bronze medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|SWE}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{ih|GDR}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{ih|FRG}}
|}

==Team Photos==

<gallery widths="250" captionalign="center">
60-61Trailse.jpg|[[Canada]]
1961Sovietunion.jpg|[[Soviet Union]]
</gallery>

==Notes==
{{Reflist|3}}

==References==
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1961.htm Championnat du monde 1961]
*{{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=136–7}}
*[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=l_0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6976,513707&dq=trail+smoke+eaters&hl=en Ottawa Citizen - 3 Feb 1961]
*[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=5ZQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vZwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2596,941562&dq=trail+smoke+eaters&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - 6 Feb 1961]
*The Hartford Courant, Feb 6, 1961, page 15
*New York Times, February 12, 1961, Page S6
*[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=65QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vZwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4568,2238972&dq=trail+smoke+eaters&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - 13 Feb 1961]
*[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=eEYqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mk4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1268,455291&dq=trail+smoke+eaters&hl=en The Pittsburgh Press - 17 Feb 1961]
*[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=EFUlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3984,90078&dq=trail+smoke+eaters&hl=en Ottawa Citizen - 1 Mar 1961]
*[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=KmEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CocFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2561,1728430&dq=trail+smoke+eaters&hl=en Tri City Herald - 8 Mar 1961]
*[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=UYstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1ZwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6859,1601228&dq=trail+smoke+eaters&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - 9 Mar 1961]
*[http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=U4stAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1ZwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6252,2057556&dq=trail+smoke+eaters&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - 11 Mar 1961]

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