Canada vs Soviet Union 1954 WC
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS - 1930 to 1969
* In the early years, many World, European and Olympics
games tournaments
were all played as one. Some Olympic tournaments
were counted as World
tournaments, as well as European champions were
decided by the best
European team in World Championship play.
Below are rankings for World Championships only,
with Olympic games
standings and all-time totals counted as separate.
Please see 'Olympics' for totals.
* Teams are listed by final ranking. W-L-T-PTS are
calculated from all games
played including preliminary, medal and consolation
rounds. Often teams
with superior W-L-T marks finish with inferior
rankings due to early
tournament losses that seed them in a lower bracket.
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1930 Chamonix, France - Berlin, Germany. - Vienna, Austria
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
1
1
0
0
6
1 2
2 Germany
5
4
1
0 14
11 8
3 Switzerland
3
2
1
0
6
4 4
4 Austria
3
2
1
0
5
3 4
5 Poland
3
1
2
0
6
5 2
6 France
2
1
1
0
5
3 2
6 Hungary
2
1
1
0
3
4 2
6
Japan
1
0
1
0
0
5 0
6 Czechoslovakia 1
0
1
0
1
3 0
10 Belgium
1
0
1
0
1
4 0
10 Great Britain 1
0
1
0
2
4 0
10 Italy
1
0
1
0
0
2 0
* Tournament began in France, warm
weather and poor ice forced final games
to Berlin. Germany beat Switzerland
to claim European Championship, but
lost 6-1 to Canada for World
Championship.
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1931
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
6
5
0
1 24
0 11
2
USA
6
5
1
0 22
3 10
3 Austria
8
4
4
0 15
17 8
4 Poland
7
2
4
1
6 11 5
5 Czechoslovakia 7
3
3
1 10
7 7
6 Sweden
6
2
3
1
4
7 5
7 Hungary
4
3
1
0 14
6 6
8 Great Britain
4
2
2
0 14
5 4
9 France
5
1
4
0
9 15 2
10 Romania
5
0
5
0
2 49 0
* -Canada was represented by the Manitoba Grads.
-Romania makes first international appearance.
-Canada ties Sweden 0-0. First
time a European country does
not lose to a Canadian team
in international play.
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1933 Prague, Czechoslovakia
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1
USA
5
5
0
0 23
1 10
2 Canada
5
4
1
0 17
3 8
3 Czechoslovakia 8
6
2
0 17
12 12
4 Austria
8
4
4
0 14
13 8
5 Germany
6
3
2
1 13
8 7
5 Switzerland
6
3
2
1 10
11 7
7 Hungary
6
1
4
1
5 10 3
7 Poland
6
1
4
1
3 11 3
9 Romania
5
2
3
0
5 19 4
10 Latvia
4
1
3
0
3
9 2
11 Italy
4
1
3
0
3
8 2
12 Belgium
3
0
3
0
2 10 0
* -Canada represented by the Toronto Sea Fleas.
-USA first champion other than
Canada in Olympic or World Championship
play.
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1934 Milan, Italy
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
4
4
0
0 19
2 8
2
USA
4
3
1
0
6
2 6
3 Germany
8
5
3
0 11
14 10
4 Switzerland
7
5
2
0 36
7 10
5 Czechoslovakia 6
3
3
0
7
4 6
6 Hungary
6
1
4
1
2
3 3
7 Austria
7
3
3
1
9 10 7
8 Great Britain
5
3
2
0
9
7 6
9
Italy
7
2
3
2
9 12 6
10 Romania
6
1
5
0
7 21 2
11 France
5
1
4
0
4 19 2
12 Belgium
3
1
2
0
5 23 2
* Canada represented by the
Saskatoon Quakers.
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1935 Davos, Switzerland
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
7
7
0
0 44
7 14
2 Switzerland
8
5
1
2 24
8 12
3 Great Britain
7
4
3
0 14
14 8
4 Czechoslovakia 8
5
3
0 37
13 10
5 Sweden
8
4
3
1 19
16 9
6 Austria
8
4
3
1 18
14 9
7 France
7
2
4
1
9 16 5
8
Italy
7
1
3
3
7 19 5
9 Germany
7
4
3
0 19
9 8
10 Poland
6
2
2
2 20
13 6
11 Hungary
5
2
1
2 14
6 6
11 Romania
6
3
3
0 14
12 6
13 Belgium
5
0
5
0
5 48 0
13 Latvia
5
1
4
0 11
25 2
15 Holland
6
0
6
0
0 34 0
* -Holland makes first appearance in International play.
-Canada represented by Winnipeg Monarchs
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1937 London, England
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
9
9
0
0 60
4 18
2 Great Britain
9
8
1
0 50
3 16
3 Switzerland
8
4
3
1 27
13 9
4 Germany
9
3
5
1 13
32 7
5 Hungary
9
3
4
2 13
24 8
6 Czechoslovakia 8
4
2
2 22
9 10
7 France
9
2
7
0
7 54 4
8 Poland
9
3
6
0 16
22 6
9 Norway
2
0
2
0
2 20 0
10 Romania
3
0
3
0
3 19 0
10 Sweden
3
0
3
0
1 14 0
* Canada represented by the Kimberley Dynamiters
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1938 Prague, Czechoslovakia
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
7
6
0
1 17
6 13
2 Great Britain
8
6
1
1 27
8 13
3 Czechoslovakia 7
4
2
1
9
6 9
4 Germany
8
3
5
0 12
9 6
5 Sweden
6
2
2
2
8
7 6
6 Switzerland
7
5
2
0 34
7 10
7 Hungary
6
2
3
1 14
8 5
7 Poland
6
3
3
0 16
16 6
7
USA
6
3
2
1 10
5 7
10 Austria
3
0
2
1
1
5 1
10 Latvia
4
1
3
0
4
8 2
10 Lithuania
4
1
3
0
3 33 2
13 Norway
4
0
4
0
2 26 0
13 Romania
4
0
4
0
2 15 0
* -With the coming 30th anniversary of
the IIHF, all 22 member countries
were invited to the
tournament.
-Lithuania makes first appearance.
-Organizing committe acted
strangely regarding ties, a game between
Czech-Sweden was not declared
a tie until an overtime period was played.
While a Sweden-Austria game
was declared a tie after regulation time.
-Canada represented by the Sudbury Wolves.
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1939
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
8
8
0
0 42
1 16
2
USA
9
7
2
0 25
8 14
3 Switzerland
10 7
2
1 51
13 15
4 Czechoslovakia 10
3
5
2 37
11 8
5 Germany
8
4
2
2 28
21 10
6 Poland
7
3
4
0 17
19 6
7 Hungary
7
1
6
0 15
24 2
8 Great Britain
5
2
3
0
4
8 4
9
Italy
6
4
1
1 15
14 9
10 Latvia
6
3
3
0 16
24 6
11 Belgium
4
0
3
1
6 19 1
11 Holland
4
1
3
0
3 20 2
13 Finland
5
0
5
0
5 25 0
13 Yugoslavia
5
0
4
1
3 60 1
* -Canada represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters.
-With Switzerland and
Czechoslovakia tying 0-0, an extra game was
added in Basel, Swit. to
determine a European Champion.
Switzerland beat the Czechs
2-0.
-Finland and Yugoslavia make first appearance.
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1947 Prague, Czechoslovakia
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Czechoslovakia 7
6
1
0 85
10 12
2 Sweden
7
5
1
1 55
15 11
3 Austria
7
5
2
0 49
32 10
4 Switzerland
7
4
2
1 47
22 9
5
USA
7
4
3
0 42
26 8
6 Poland
7
2
5
0 27
40 4
7 Romania
7
1
6
0 17
88 2
8 Belgium
7
0
7
0 15
104 0
* -Canada declines invitation to tournament.
-USA sends sub-par team, due to split among USA committees.
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1949 Stockholm, Sweden
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Czechoslovakia 7
5
2
0 42
12 10
2 Canada
7
4
1
2 74
10 10
3
USA
8
6
2
0 59
22 12
4 Sweden
7
4
2
1 42
15 9
5 Switzerland
8
4
3
1 48
32 9
6 Austria
7
1
6
0 30
60 2
7 Finland
4
2
2
0 27
36 4
8 Norway
5
2
3
0 22
27 4
9 Belgium
6
1
5
0 13
67 2
10 Denmark
3
0
3
0
4 80 0
* -Canada represented by the Sudbury Wolves.
-Canada defeated Denmark 47-0,
despite a system that was designed to
avoid unnecessary games
between teams of clearly different calibers.
-Czechoslovakia wins tournament,
this time with Canada involved. More
remarkable is the Czech team
that won 1947 WC and tied Canada in
1948 Olympics, all died in a
plane crash on Nov.8,1948.
-Finland records first ever WC wins, 7-3 over Norway and 17-2 vs Belgium.
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1950 London, England
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
7
7
0
0 88
5 14
2
USA
7
5
2
0 49
29 10
3 Switzerland
7
4
3
0 57
46 8
4 Great Britain
7
4
3
0 25
32 8
5 Sweden
7
3
4
0 33
19 6
6 Norway
7
1
6
0 26
47 2
7 Belgium
4
2
2
0 15
60 4
8 Holland
4
1
3
0
7 33 2
9 France
4
0
4
0
3 32 0
* -Canada represented by the Edmonton Mercurys.
-Czechoslovakia does not appear
at tournament. It was later learned
that entire team was arrested
by the Czechoslovakian KGB at the
airport. It was suspected
some players had planned to defect, and
all were given jail sentences
of varying lenth.
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1951
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
6
6
0
0 62
6 12
2 Sweden
6
4
1
1 33
14 9
3 Switzerland
6
4
1
1 28
12 9
4 Norway
6
2
4
0 10
27 4
5 Great Britain
6
1
4
1 18
42 3
6
USA
6
1
4
1 14
42 3
7 Finland
6
1
5
0 15
37 2
* -Canada represented by the Lethbridge Maple Leafs.
-USA sends sub-par team.
-Czechoslovakia again absent.
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1953 Switzerland
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Sweden
5
5
0
0 43
14 10
2 Germany
6
1
5
0 23
46 2
3 Switzerland
5
1
4
0 13
36 2
4 Czechoslovakia 4
3
1
0 32
15 6
* -Canada absent. CAHA President WB
George; "We spend $10,000 every
year to send a team in Europe
to play 40 games to packed arenas.
Only to enrich European
hockey coffers, in return all we get is
constant and unnecessary
abuse over our style of play."
-First tournament featuring all-European countries.
-Germany awarded Silver medal
despite 1 win. Czechoslovakia
returned home without
finishing tournament as a result of the
death of Czech President
Klement Gotvald.
-Talk that maybe Soviet Union
would participate in tournament.
However, USSR only sent
observers, including legendary coach
Anatoli Tarasov to scout the
tournament.
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1954
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Soviet Union
7
6
0
1 37
10 13
2 Canada
7
6
1
0 59
12 12
3 Sweden
7
5
1
1 30
18 11
4 Czechoslovakia 7
4
3
0 41
21 8
5 Germany
7
2
4
1 22
32 5
6 Finland
7
1
5
1 12
52 3
7 Switzerland
7
0
5
2 15
34 2
8 Norway
7
1
6
0
6 43 2
* -Canada represented by East York
Lyndhursts, a club not as strong
as Senior A amateur teams
that previously represented Canada.
-16,000 witness historic first
game between USSR and Canada.
The Soviets style of play was
very unfamiliar to Canada, as they
seem to pass to much, check
too little, and skate too fast.
USSR defeat Canada 7-2. USSR
tied Sweden 1-1.
Canada vs Soviet Union
1954 WC
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1955
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
8
8
0
0 66
6 16
2 Soviet Union
8
7
1
0 39
13 14
3 Czechoslovakia 8
5
2
1 63
22 11
4
USA
8
4
2
2 33
29 10
5 Sweden
8
4
3
1 40
16 9
6 Germany
8
2
6
0 28
43 4
7 Poland
8
2
6
0 19
59 4
8 Switzerland
8
1
7
0 15
59 2
9 Finland
8
1
7
0 16
72 2
* -Canada represented by the Penticton Vees.
-Canada did not take the Soviets
lightly, scouting their games for
style of play. Canada
defeated USSR 5-0.
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1957 Moscow, USSR
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Sweden
7
6
0
1 62
11 13
2 Soviet Union
7
5
0
2 77
9 12
3 Czechoslovakia 7
5
1
1 66
9 11
4 Finland
7
4
3
0 28
33 8
5 East Germany
7
3
4
0 23
48 6
6 Poland
7
2
5
0 25
45 4
7 Austria
7
0
6
1
8 61 1
8
Japan
7
0
6
1 11
84 1
* -With Canada and USA boycotting
tournament due to Soviet involvment
in Hungary, the USSR
Nationals were heavy favourites to win.
However, they were surprised
with ties versus Sweden and Czechoslovakia.
-The 1957 tournament was the last played on natural ice.
-The decisive game between USSR
and Sweden was played in the Grand
Sposts Arena, in front of
some 50,000 spectators.
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1958 Oslo, Norway
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
7
7
0
0 82
6 14
2 Soviet Union
7
5
1
1 44
15 11
3 Sweden
7
5
2
0 46
22 10
4 Czechoslovakia 7
3
2
2 21
21 8
5
USA
7
3
3
1 29
33 7
6 Finland
7
1
5
1
9 51 3
7 Norway
7
1
6
0 12
44 2
8 Poland
7
0
6
1 14
65 1
* -Canada represented by the Whitby Dunlops.
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1959 8 cities hosted, Czechoslovakia
GP W
L
T GF
GA PTS
1 Canada
8
7
1
0 60
9 14
2 Soviet Union
8
7
1
0 44
15 14
3 Czechoslovakia 8
5
3
0 46
22 10
4
USA
8
5
3
0 45
25 10
5 Sweden
8
3
4
1 27
26 7
6 Finland
8
1
6
1 20
44 3
7 Germany
8
5
2
1 41
22 11
8 Norway
8
4
3
1 30
46 9
9 East Germany
8
3
5
0 26
42 6
10 Italy
8
3
4
1 27
39 7
11 Poland
8
1
7
0 15
50 2
12 Switzerland
8
1
6
1 16
57 3
* -Canada represented by the Belleville McFarlands.
-It is Finland's first live
radio
transmission of a hockey game.
Czechoslovakia scores vs
Soviets
1960 Game USSR vs Canada (Chatham Maroons video) Nov.27,1960
(video says 1963, but records show this was in 1960)