1938 Ice Hockey World Championships

The 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938, at Štvanice Stadium 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]

1938 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
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)
← 1937
1939 →

Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided into 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 the 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 3-1 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 3-0, and in a match for fifth place Sweden defeated Switzerland 2-0. 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)

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First round

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Group A

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

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11 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Latvia   Norway 3:1 OT (1:0,0:1,0:0,2:0)
11 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Great Britain   Germany 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
12 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   United States   Latvia 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
12 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Great Britain   Norway 8:0 (2:0,1:0,5:0)
13 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   United States   Norway 7:1 (3:0,4:0,0:1)
13 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Germany   Latvia 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
14 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Great Britain   Latvia 5:1 (1:0,2:0,2:1)
14 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   United States   Germany 1:0 (1:0,0:0,0:0)
15 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Germany   Norway 8:0 (2:0,1:0,5:0)
15 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Great Britain   United States 1:1 OT (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   United States 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

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11 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Canada   Sweden 3:2 (1:0,1:2,1:0)
11 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Czechoslovakia   Austria 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
13 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Canada   Austria 3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
13 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Czechoslovakia   Sweden 0:0 OT (0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0)
15 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Czechoslovakia   Canada 0:3 (0:2,0:0,0:1)
15 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Sweden   Austria 1:1 OT (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

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Group A

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16 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Czechoslovakia   United States 2:0 (0:0,1:0,1:0)
17 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague    Switzerland   United States 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
18 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Czechoslovakia    Switzerland 3:2 OT. (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   United States 2 0 0 2 0:3 -3 0:4

Group B

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16 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Great Britain   Sweden 3:2 (0:0,1:1,2:1)
17 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Sweden   Poland 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
18 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, 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

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16 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Canada   Germany 3:2 OT. (1:1,0:1,1:0,1:0)
17 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Germany   Hungary 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
18 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Canada   Hungary 1:1 OT. (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

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19 February 1938 Zimní stadión Štvanice, Prague   Sweden    Switzerland 2:0 (1:0,0:0,1:0)

Final round

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

Final Rankings – World Championships

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The bronze-medal match between Czechoslovakia and Germany. Czechoslovakia won 3–0.
    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

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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 Burnie; Trainer: Max Silverman

Final Rankings – European Championships

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    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

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  1. ^ Duplacey p. 502
  2. ^ Summary

References

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  • 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.