1955 Ice Hockey World Championships

1955 Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	25 February – 6 March
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Canada (16th title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	36
Goals scored	319 (8.86 per game)
Attendance	153,300 (4,258 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vlastimil Bubnik (17 goals)
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The 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 22nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Krefeld and Cologne, West Germany from February 25 to March 6, 1955. A total of 14 nations participated in this World Championship, which was a new record for the postwar era. As a result, the teams were seeded with the strongest 9 teams placed in Pool A (the championship pool) and the remaining 5 nations as well as the West German B team placed in Pool B.

Canada, represented by the Penticton Vees of the Okanagan Senior League, won their 16th international title. For the second straight year both the Soviets and Canadians were undefeated until they played each other in the final game of the tournament. This time Canada won 5–0, giving the Soviets the silver medal, and their second European Championship. Czechoslovakia won the bronze by dominating the weaker teams, drawing the Americans, and narrowly defeating the Swedes.

Despite the victory, the Canadian Press reported sentiments from Canadian players and spectators that "Canada should never again take part in the tournament under its present setup",^[1] and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president W. B. George was concerned that the game in Europe took on political and religious meanings in which Canada did not want to become involved.^[2]