1954 Ice Hockey World Championships

1954 Ice Hockey World Championships
	Openning ceremony
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	26 February–7 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	222 (7.93 per match)
Attendance	148,399 (5,300 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Moe Galand 20 points
	← 1953 1955 →

The 21st Ice Hockey World Championships and 32nd European ice hockey championships were held from 26 February to 7 March 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden. Every team played each other once with the top three finishers receiving medals at the end. The USSR won in its first attempt, led by Vsevolod Bobrov who was recognized as the best forward of the tournament in the first ever presentation of Directorate Awards.

Description

CCCP - Soviet Union vs. Canada in the 1954 World Ice Hockey Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. Soviet Union sensationally defeated Canada 7–2 in the final and won the gold in its first championship ever.

The USSR won their first five games before meeting up with the host, and defending champion, Sweden. Sweden, having already lost eight to nothing to Canada, desperately needed to beat the Soviets, but settled for a one all tie. The final game of the tournament pitted the East York Lyndhursts, representing Canada, against the USSR, both teams being undefeated. Tournament organizers believed the Canadians would cruise to their seventh straight win and had begun to sell tickets for a planned tie-breaking game between the Soviets and Swedes to determine the European Championship.^[1]^[2] However the Soviets "appeared to pass too much, check too little, and skate too fast"^[1] and "thoroughly dominated" in a 7–2 win before 16,000 fans.

Beginning with this year the IIHF began giving out official awards (known as the "directorate awards") to the best forward, defensemen, and goaltender, of the tournament.

Final round

26 February

Czechoslovakia

7–1

Switzerland

26 February

Soviet Union

7–1

Finland

26 February

Sweden

10–1

Norway

27 February

Canada

8–1

Switzerland

27 February

Soviet Union

7–0

Norway

27 February

Czechoslovakia

9–4

West Germany

28 February

Canada

8–0

Norway

28 February

Switzerland

3–3

West Germany

28 February

Sweden

5–3

Finland

1 March

Czechoslovakia

12–1

Finland

1 March

Soviet Union

6–2

West Germany

1 March

Sweden

0–8

Canada

2 March

Finland

2–0

Norway

2 March

Soviet Union

5–2

Czechoslovakia

2 March

Sweden

6–3

Switzerland

3 March

Czechoslovakia

7–1

Norway

3 March

Canada

8–1

West Germany

3 March

Soviet Union

4–2

Switzerland

4 March

Switzerland

2–3

Norway

4 March

Canada

20–1

Finland

4 March

Sweden

4–0

West Germany

5 March

West Germany

5–1

Finland

5 March

Canada

5–2

Czechoslovakia

5 March

Sweden

1–1

Soviet Union

6 March

Finland

3–3

Switzerland

6 March

Sweden

4–2

Czechoslovakia

7 March

West Germany

7–1

Norway

7 March

Soviet Union

7–2

Canada

Standings

Trophy awarded for the 1954 World Championships

Rank	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Pts.
1	Soviet Union	7	6	1	0	37:10	+27	13: 1
2	Canada	7	6	0	1	59:12	+47	12: 2
3	Sweden	7	5	1	1	30:18	+12	11: 3
4	Czechoslovakia	7	4	0	3	41:21	+20	8: 6
5	West Germany	7	2	1	4	22:32	−10	5: 9
6	Finland	7	1	1	5	12:52	−40	3:11
7	Switzerland	7	0	2	5	15:34	−19	2:12
8	Norway	7	1	0	6	6:43	−37	2:12