1938 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided in 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 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 and Great Britain finished second while winning their fourth European Championship title (the third in a row).

Contents

World Men's Hockey Championships (in Prague, Czechoslovakia)

First Round

Group A

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

11. February 1938 Prague Latvia – Norway 3:1 ET(1:0,0:1,0:0,2:0)
11. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – Germany 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
12. February 1938 Prague USA – Latvia 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
12. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – Norway 8:0 (2:0,1:0,5:0)
13. February 1938 Prague USA – Norway 7:1 (3:0,4:0,0:1)
13. February 1938 Prague Germany – Latvia 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
14. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – Latvia 5:1 (1:0,2:0,2:1)
14. February 1938 Prague USA – Germany 1:0 (1:0,0:0,0:0)
15. February 1938 Prague Germany – Norway 8:0 (2:0,1:0,5:0)
15. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – USA 1:1 ET (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 USA 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

11. February 1938 Prague Canada – Sweden 3:2 (1:0,1:2,1:0)
11. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Austria 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
13. February 1938 Prague Canada – Austria 3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0)
13. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Sweden 0:0 ET (0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0,0:0)
15. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Canada 0:3 (0:2,0:0,0:1)
15. February 1938 Prague Sweden – Austria 1:1 ET (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

Group A

16. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – USA 2:0 (0:0,1:0,1:0)
17. February 1938 Prague Switzerland – USA 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
18. February 1938 Prague Czechoslovakia – Switzerland 3:2 ET. (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 USA 2 0 0 2 0:3 -3 0:4

Group B

16. February 1938 Prague Great Britain – Sweden 3:2 (0:0,1:1,2:1)
17. February 1938 Prague Sweden – Poland 1:0 (0:0,0:0,1:0)
18. February 1938 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

16. February 1938 Prague Canada – Germany 3:2 ET. (1:1,0:1,1:0,1:0)
17. February 1938 Prague Germany – Hungary 1:0 (0:0,1:0,0:0)
18. February 1938 Prague Canada – Hungary 1:1 ET. (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

19. February 1938 Prague Sweden – Switzerland 2:0 (1:0,0:0,1:0)

Final Round

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

Final Rankings – World Championships

RF Team
1 Canada
2 Great Britain
3 Czechoslovakia
4 Germany
5 Sweden
6 Switzerland
7 Hungary
8 USA
9 Poland
10 Austria
11 Latvia
12 Lithuania
13 Romania
14 Norway

World Champion 1938

Canada

Members of team

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 Burn; Trainer: Max Silverman

Final Rankings – European Championships

RF Team
1 Great Britain
2 Czechoslovakia
3 Germany
4 Sweden
5 Switzerland
6 Hungary
7 Poland
8 Austria
9 Latvia
10 Lithuania
11 Romania
12 Norway

European Champion 1938

Great Britain
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