1951 Ice Hockey World Championships

1951 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Palais des Sports
Dates	9–17 March
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Canada (14th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Switzerland
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	180 (8.57 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Stan Obodiac (10 goals)
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The 1951 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 18th

World Championship and the 29th European Championship in ice hockey for international teams. The tournament took place in France from 9 to 17 March and the games were played in the capital city, Paris. Thirteen nations took part, and were first split into two groups. The seven best teams were placed in the first group, and the six others were placed into the "Criterium Européen", which would later become the B Pool. Each group was played in a round robin

format, with each team playing each other once.

goal differential

by three.

This tournament would be the last time France hosted the elite division of the World Championships until 2017, when Paris co-hosted the championship alongside Cologne in Germany.

World Championship Group A (France)

Date	Games	Result	Periods
9 March	Norway vs. United States	3–0	0–0, 1–0, 2–0
10 March	Canada vs. Finland	11–1	4–0, 4–0, 3–1
10 March	Sweden vs. Great Britain	5–1	0–1, 1–0, 4–0
10 March	Switzerland vs. Norway	8–1	4–1, 3–0, 1–0
11 March	Sweden vs. United States	8–0	4–0, 1–0, 3–0
11 March	Canada vs. Norway	8–0	3–0, 1–0, 4–0
12 March	United States vs. Finland	5–4	1–0, 1–3, 3–1
12 March	Switzerland vs. Great Britain	7–1	2–0, 4–1, 1–0
13 March	Sweden vs. Norway	5–2	1–0, 4–1, 0–1
13 March	Switzerland vs. Finland	4–1	1–0, 2–1, 1–0
13 March	Canada vs. Great Britain	17–1	0–1, 7–0, 10–0
14 March	Switzerland vs. Sweden	3–3	1–2, 1–1, 1–0
15 March	Norway vs. Great Britain	4–3	0–0, 1–2, 3–1
15 March	Sweden vs. Finland	11–3	5–0, 1–1, 5–2
15 March	Canada – United States	16–2	5–0, 6–2, 5–0
16 March	Norway vs. Finland	0–3	0–1, 0–0, 0–2
16 March	Canada vs. Switzerland	5–1	0–1, 3–0, 2–0
16 March	United States vs. Great Britain	6–6	1–4, 2–1, 3–1
17 March	Finland vs. Great Britain	3–6	0–2, 3–0, 0–4
17 March	Switzerland vs. United States	5–1	3–0, 1–1, 1–0
17 March	Canada vs. Sweden	5–1	1–0, 2–0, 2–1

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	6	6	0	0	62	6	+56	12
2	Sweden	6	4	1	1	33	14	+19	9
3	Switzerland	6	4	1	1	28	12	+16	9
4	Norway	6	2	0	4	10	27	−17	4
5	Great Britain	6	1	1	4	18	42	−24	3
6	United States	6	1	1	4	14	42	−28	3
7	Finland	6	1	0	5	15	37	−22	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Critérium européen – Junior European Championship (World Championship Group B) (France)

Date	Games	Result	Periods
10 March	France vs. Italy	1–4	0–1, 0–2, 1–1
11 March	Netherlands vs. Italy	1–3	1–0, 0–2, 0–1
11 March	France vs. Austria	7–3	1–0, 1–0, 5–3
11 March	Yugoslavia vs. Belgium	3–13	0–5, 0–3, 3–5
12 March	Austria vs. Belgium	5–3	0–1, 3–1, 2–1
12 March	Netherlands vs. Yugoslavia	5–2	0–0, 4–1, 1–1
13 March	Belgium vs. Italy	3–7	1–0, 0–2, 2–5
14 March	France vs. Yugoslavia	10–3	3–2, 3–1, 4–0
14 March	Austria vs. Netherlands	3–4	1–1, 1–2, 1–1
15 March	Italy vs. Yugoslavia	6–1	1–0, 4–1, 1–0
15 March	France vs. Belgium	10–0	2–0, 3–0, 5–0
16 March	Belgium vs. Netherlands	1–2	0–2, 1–0, 0–0
16 March	Austria vs. Italy	2–7	1–1,0–3,1–3
17 March	Austria vs. Yugoslavia	3–4	1–1, 1–0, 1–3
17 March	France vs. Netherlands	7–5	1–2, 3–1, 3–2