The 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 15th World Championships and the 28th European Championships

Ice Hockey European Championships

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 in ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 for international teams. The tournament took place in France

France

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 from 9th to 17 March and the matches were played in the capital city

Capital City

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, Paris

Paris

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. Thirteen nations took part, and were first split into two groups. The seven best teams were placed in the first group, and the six others were placed into the "Criterium Européen", which would later become the B World Championships. The A World Championships were played in a league, with each team playing each other once.

Canada

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became world champions for the 14th time, and Sweden

Sweden

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took their fifth European Championships.

World Championships Group A (France)

Date	Matches A World Championships 1951	Result	Period.
9 March	-	3 - 0	0-0,1-0,2-0
10 March	-	11 - 1	4-0,4-0,3-1
10 March	-	5 - 1	0-1,1-0,4-0
10 March	-	8 - 1	4-1,3-0,1-0
11 March	-	8 - 0	4-0,1-0,3-0
11 March	-	8 - 0	3-0,1-0,4-0
12 March	-	7 - 1	2-0,4-1,1-0
12 March	-	7 - 1	2-0,4-1,1-0
13 March	-	5 - 2	1-0,4-1,0-1
13 March	-	4 - 1	1-0,2-1,1-0
13 March	-	17 - 1	0-1,7-0,10-0
14 March	-	3 - 3	1-2,1-1,1-0
15 March	-	4 - 3	0-0,1-2,3-1
15 March	-	11 - 3	5-0,1-1,5-2
15 March	-	16 - 2	5-0,6-2,5-0
16 March	-	0 - 3	0-1,0-0,0-2
16 March	-	5 - 1	0-1,3-0,2-0
16 March	-	6 - 6	1-4,2-1,3-1
17 March	-	3 - 6	0-2,3-0,0-4
17 March	-	5 - 1	3-0,1-1,1-0
17 March	-	5 - 1	1-0,2-0,2-1

Table

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
1		6	6	0	0	62 - 6	12
2		6	4	1	1	33 - 14	9
3		6	4	1	1	28 - 12	9
4		6	2	0	4	10 - 27	4
5		6	1	1	4	18 - 42	3
6		6	1	1	4	14 - 42	3
7		6	1	0	5	15 - 37	2

World Championships Group B (France)

Date	Matches B World Championships 1951	Result	Period.
10 March	-	1 - 4	0-1,0-2,1-1
11 March	-	1 - 3	1-0,0-2,0-1
11 March	-	7 - 3	1-0,1-0,5-3
11 March	-	3 - 13	0-5,0-3,3-5
12 March	-	5 - 3	0-1,3-1,2-1
12 March	-	5 - 2	0-0,4-1,1-1
13 March	-	3 - 6	1-0,0-1,2-5
14 March	-	10 - 3	3-2,3-1,4-0
14 March	-	3 - 4	1-1,1-2,1-1
15 March	-	6 - 1	1-0,4-1,1-0
15 March	-	10 - 0	2-0,3-0,5-0
16 March	-	1 - 2	0-2,1-0,0-0
16 March	-	2 - 7	1-1,0-3,1-3
17 March	-	3 - 4	1-1,1-0,1-3
17 March	-	7 - 5	1-2,3-1,3-2

Table

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
8		5	5	0	0	26 - 8	10
9		5	4	0	1	35 - 5	8
10		5	3	0	2	17 - 16	6
11		5	1	0	4	20 - 25	2
12		5	1	0	4	20 - 30	2
13		5	1	0	4	13 - 37	2

World Championship medals

1951 World Championships	Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
4
5
6
7

European Championship medals

1951 European Championships	Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
4
5