The 14th Ice Hockey World Championship and 25th European Championship was the first after the Second World War. It was held from 15 to 23 February 1947 in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

. Eight teams participated, but the competition was notably missing the reigning world champion, Canada. The world champion was decided for the first time by round robin league play. Czechoslovakia won the world championship for the first time and the European championship for the seventh time. King Gustav V had sent a telegram of congradulations to the Swedish team after beating the Czechs, unfortunately they had barely finished celebrating when they were upset by the Austrians, costing them the Gold.

Many notable changes were made to the rules for this championship. The game was standardized to be played in three 20 minute periods, aligning with the Canadian practice. The net size was standardized as well. There would be no more one and three minute penalties, and penalty shots were instituted. The Congress in Brussels where all this was decided, also tried to absolve Canada's objections to the definition of what an 'amateur player' was. Canada's absence from the first post WWII games was a combination of this dispute, and a dispute over who was making the decisions (i.e. North America vs. Europe).

Also at issue was which American federation's team was the proper representative, (a dispute that nearly destroyed the following year's Olympic tournament

Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

In Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics, Team Canada returned to its dominance, winning their fourth Gold Medal out of the first five Olympic Games.-Rival United States teams:...

) and how to decide which nations would receive invitations. Japan and Germany were barred from participation, but the IIHF was careful to illustrate that it was the politics, not the people, who were at fault, and allies like Austria and Italy were admitted.

Game results

15. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Austria	–	Poland		10:2 (3:1,2:1,5:0)
15. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Czechoslovakia	–	Romania		23:1 (4:0,7:1,12:0)
15. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Sweden	–	Switzerland		4:4 (2:2,1:0,1:2)
16. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Sweden	–	Belgium		24:1 (8:0,7:1,9:0)
16. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Poland	–	Romania		6:0 (2:0,1:0,3:0)
16. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	USA	–	Switzerland		4:3 (0:0,3:2,1:1)
17. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Austria	–	Belgium		14:5 (2:0,6:0,6:5)
17. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Switzerland	–	Romania		13:3 (7:0,0:2,6:1)
17. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Sweden	–	USA		4:1 (1:0,2:0,1:1)
18. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Czechoslovakia	–	Austria		13:5 (2:3,6:0,5:2)
18. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	USA	–	Belgium		13:2 (5:1,5:0,3:1)
18. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Sweden	–	Poland		5:3 (0:1,4:1,1:1)
19. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Austria	–	USA		6:5 (2:1,2:3,2:1)
19. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Sweden	–	Romania		15:3 (6:2,6:0,3:1)
19. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Czechoslovakia	–	Poland		12:0 (3:0,2:0,7:0)
19. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Switzerland	–	Belgium		12:2 (3:1,7:0,2:1)
20. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	USA	–	Romania		15:3 (6:0,3:1,6:2)
20. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Poland	–	Belgium		11:1 (1:0,6:0,4:1)
20. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Czechoslovakia	–	Switzerland		6:1 (2:1,2:0,2:0)
21. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Austria	–	Romania		12:1 (2:0,5:0,5:1)
21. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	USA	–	Poland		3:2 (1:0,1:2,1:0)
21. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Czechoslovakia	–	Belgium		24:0 (9:0,5:0,10:0)
22. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Romania	–	Belgium		6:4 (2:1,3:0,1:3)
22. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Switzerland	–	Austria		5:0 (3:0,0:0,2:0)
22. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Czechoslovakia	–	Sweden		1:2 (0:1,0:1,1:0)
23. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Switzerland	–	Poland		9:3 (3:1,1:0,5:2)
23. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Austria	–	Sweden		2:1 (1:0,0:0,1:1)
23. February 1947	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Czechoslovakia	–	USA		6:1 (2:0,1:1,3:0)

Final standings

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40

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25

16

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	7	6	0	1	85:10
12: 2
2	Sweden Swedish national men's ice hockey team The Swedish men's national ice hockey team, or Tre Kronor , as it is called in Sweden, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world...	7	5	1	1	55:15
11: 3
3	Austria	7	5	0	2	49:32
10: 4
4	Switzerland Swiss national ice hockey team The Swiss men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and is controlled by the Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2010 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the world by the IIHF...	7	4	1	2	47:22
9: 5
5	USA	7	4	0	3	42:26
8: 6
6	Poland	7	2	0	5	27:40
4:10
7	Romania Romania national ice hockey team The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 28th in the 2010 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division I...	7	1	0	6	17:88
2:12
8	Belgium	7	0	0	7	15:104
0:14

World Champion 1947

Czechoslovakia

Team members

Pos.	Country	Members
1	CSR Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...	Bohumil Modrý Bohumil Modrý Bohumil Modrý was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.- References :... , Zdeněk Jarkovský Zdeněk Jarkovský Zdeněk Jarkovský was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team... , Josef Trousílek Josef Trousílek Josef Trousílek was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.- References :... , Vilibald Šťovík Vilibald Šťovík Vilibald Šťovík was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team... , František Pácalt, Miroslav Sláma Miroslav Sláma Miroslav Sláma was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.... , Miloslav Pokorný Miloslav Pokorný Miloslav Pokorný was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team... , Ladislav Troják Ladislav Troják Ladislav Troják was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a title of World Champion... , Vladimír Zábrodský Vladimír Zábrodský Vladimír Zábrodský is a retired Czechoslovak ice hockey player, centerforward.He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and he is two time world champion . Member of the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997... , Stanislav Konopásek Stanislav Konopásek Stanislav Konopásek was a Czech professional ice hockey player.-Playing career:Konopásek played as a winger when he was drafted for LTC Praha in 1935, whom he would play with until 1950. He also played on the national team, winning the 1947 and 1949 World Championships and a silver medal at the... , Josef Kus, Jaroslav Drobný Jaroslav Drobný Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team... , Karel Stibor Karel Stibor Karel Stibor was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.... , Václav Roziňák Václav Roziňák Václav Roziňák is an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.- References :... , Vladimír Bouzek Vladimír Bouzek Vladimír Bouzek was a ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2007.-External links:*...

Final rankings -- European Championship

RF	Team
1	Czechoslovakia
2	Sweden Swedish national men's ice hockey team The Swedish men's national ice hockey team, or Tre Kronor , as it is called in Sweden, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world...
3	Austria
4	Switzerland Swiss national ice hockey team The Swiss men's national ice hockey team is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and is controlled by the Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2010 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the world by the IIHF...
5	Poland
6	Romania Romania national ice hockey team The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 28th in the 2010 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division I...
7	Belgium

1947 European Champion

Czechoslovakia

Team members

Pos.	Country	Members
1	CSR Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...	Bohumil Modrý Bohumil Modrý Bohumil Modrý was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.- References :... , Zdeněk Jarkovský Zdeněk Jarkovský Zdeněk Jarkovský was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team... , Josef Trousílek Josef Trousílek Josef Trousílek was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.- References :... , Vilibald Šťovík Vilibald Šťovík Vilibald Šťovík was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team... , František Pácalt, Miroslav Sláma Miroslav Sláma Miroslav Sláma was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.... , Miloslav Pokorný Miloslav Pokorný Miloslav Pokorný was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team... , Ladislav Troják Ladislav Troják Ladislav Troják was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a title of World Champion... , Vladimír Zábrodský Vladimír Zábrodský Vladimír Zábrodský is a retired Czechoslovak ice hockey player, centerforward.He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and he is two time world champion . Member of the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997... , Stanislav Konopásek Stanislav Konopásek Stanislav Konopásek was a Czech professional ice hockey player.-Playing career:Konopásek played as a winger when he was drafted for LTC Praha in 1935, whom he would play with until 1950. He also played on the national team, winning the 1947 and 1949 World Championships and a silver medal at the... , Josef Kus, Jaroslav Drobný Jaroslav Drobný Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team... , Karel Stibor Karel Stibor Karel Stibor was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.... , Václav Roziňák Václav Roziňák Václav Roziňák is an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.- References :... , Vladimír Bouzek Vladimír Bouzek Vladimír Bouzek was a ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2007.-External links:*...