1937 World Ice Hockey Championships

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The 1937 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 17 and February 27, 1937 in London, England. Only eleven teams took part in this World Championship. In the preliminary round, the teams were divided into three groups: two groups of four teams and a group with three teams. The top three teams in the groups with four teams and the top two in the group with three teams advanced to the second round. The second round consisted of two groups of four with the top two teams in each group advancing to the final round. The other four team in the second round played in the consolation round for places 5-8.

Canada won its ninth world championship title while the host, Great Britain, won its third European championship.

Contents 1 World Ice Hockey Championship (in London , England) 1.1 Preliminary Round 1.1.1 Group A 1.1.2 Group B 1.1.3 Group C 1.2 Second Round 1.2.1 Group A 1.2.2 Group B 1.3 Consolation Round -- 5th to 8th Place 1.4 Final Round – 1st to 4th Place 1.5 Final Rankings – World Championships 1.5.1 Teams 1.6 Final Rankings – European Championships 2 Notes

World Ice Hockey Championship (in London , England)

Preliminary Round

Group A

17. February 1937	London	Hungary	–	Romania		4:1 (2:1,0:0,2:0)
17. February 1937	London	Great Britain	–	Germany		6:0 (1:0,1:0,4:0)
18. February 1937	London	Germany	–	Romania		4:2 (0:0,1:0,3:2)
18. February 1937	London	Great Britain	–	Hungary		7:0 (0:0,2:0,5:0)
19. February 1937	London	Germany	–	Hungary		2:2 (1:0,0:1,1:1)
19. February 1937	London	Great Britain	–	Romania		11:0 (3:0,5:0,3:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	0	24: 0	+24	6:0
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	6:10	- 4	3:3
2	Hungary	3	1	1	1	6:10	- 4	3:3
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	3:19	-16	0:6

Group B

17. February 1937	London	Czechoslovakia	–	Norway		7:0 (2:0,3:0,2:0)
18. February 1937	London	Switzerland	–	Norway		13:2 (3:1,6:1,4:0)
19. February 1937	London	Switzerland	–	Czechoslovakia		2:2 (0:0,1:2,1:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1	Switzerland	2	1	1	0	15: 4	+11	3:1
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	0	9: 2	+ 7	3:1
3	Norway	2	0	0	2	2:20	-18	0:4

Group C

17. February 1937	London	Poland	–	Sweden		3:0 (0:0,3:0,0:0)
17. February 1937	London	Canada	–	France		12:0 (2:0,5:0,5:0)
18. February 1937	London	France	–	Sweden		2:1 (0:1,1:0,1:0)
18. February 1937	London	Canada	–	Poland		8:2 (3:1,3:0,2:1)
19. February 1937	London	Poland	–	France		7:1 (2:1,3:0,2:0)
19. February 1937	London	Canada	–	Sweden		9:0 (4:0,2:0,3:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	29: 2	+27	6:0
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	12: 9	+ 3	4:2
3	France	3	1	0	2	3:20	-17	2:4
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	1:14	-13	0:6

Second Round

Group A

20. February 1937	London	Germany	–	France		5:0 (1:0,3:0,1:0)
20. February 1937	London	Canada	–	Czechoslovakia		3:0 (0:0,2:0,1:0)
21. February 1937	London	Czechoslovakia	–	France		8:1 (2:1,2:0,4:0)
21. February 1937	London	Canada	–	Germany		5:0 (0:0,3:0,2:0)
22. February 1937	London	Germany	–	Czechoslovakia		2:1 n.V. (0:0,0:1,1:0,0:0,0:0,1:0)
22. February 1937	London	Canada	–	France		13:1 (2:0,4:0,7:1)

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	21: 1	+20	6:0
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	7: 6	+ 1	4:2
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	9: 6	+ 3	2:4
4	France	3	0	0	3	2:26	-23	0:6

Group B

20. February 1937	London	Great Britain	–	Switzerland		3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
20. February 1937	London	Poland	–	Hungary		4:0 (1:0,1:0,2:0)
21. February 1937	London	Switzerland	–	Hungary		4:2 (0:1,2:1,2:0)
21. February 1937	London	Great Britain	–	Poland		11:0 (5:0,4:0,2:0)
22. February 1937	London	Great Britain	–	Hungary		5:0 (2:0,2:0,1:0)
22. February 1937	London	Switzerland	–	Poland		1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	0	19: 0	+19	6:0
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	5: 5	0	4:2
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	4:12	-8	2:4
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	2:13	-11	0:6

Consolation Round -- 5th to 8th Place

25. February 1937	London	Hungary	–	France		5:1 (1:0,2:0,2:1)
25. February 1937	London	Czechoslovakia	–	Poland		1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
26. February 1937	London	Czechoslovakia	–	France		3:1 (1:0,1:0,1:1)
27. February 1937	London	Czechoslovakia	–	Hungary		0:0 (0:0,0:0,0:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1	Hungary	2	1	1	0	5:1	+4	3:1
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	0	3:1	+2	3:1
3	France	2	0	0	2	2:8	-6	0:4
4	Poland	disqualified

Final Round – 1st to 4th Place

25. February 1937	London	Great Britain	–	Switzerland		2:0 n.V. (0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,2:0)
25. February 1937	London	Canada	–	Germany		5:0 (1:0,2:0,2:0)
26. February 1937	London	Switzerland	–	Germany		6:0 (2:0,2:0,2:0)
26. February 1937	London	Great Britain	–	Canada		0:3 (0:1,0:1,0:1)
27. February 1937	London	Canada	–	Switzerland		2:1 n.V. (0:1,1:0,0:0,0:0,1:0)
27. February 1937	London	Great Britain	–	Germany		5:0 (3:0,1:0,1:0)

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	10: 1	+ 9	6:0
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	7: 3	+ 4	4:2
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	7: 4	+ 3	2:4
4	Germany	3	0	0	3	0:16	-16	0:6

Final Rankings – World Championships

RF	Team
1	Canada
2	Great Britain
3	Switzerland
4	Germany
5	Hungary
6	Czechoslovakia
7	France
8	Poland
9	Norway
10	Sweden
11	Romania

World Champion 1937
Canada

Teams

Pos.	Country	Team Members
1	CAN	Ralph Reading, Harry Robertson, Fred Botterill, T. Almack, James Kemp, Hugo Mackie, George Wilson, Doug Keiver, George Goble, Ken Campbell, Fred Burnett, Paul Kozak, Eric Hornquist; Trainer: John Achtzener

Final Rankings – European Championships

RF	Team
1	Great Britain
2	Switzerland
3	Germany
4	Hungary
5	Czechoslovakia
6	France
7	Poland
8	Norway
9	Sweden
10	Romania

European Champions 1937
Great Britain

Preceded by 1936 Olympics Hockey

Ice Hockey World Championships

Succeeded by 1938 World Championships

Notes

information based upon German version at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft_1937

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