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1961 World Ice Hockey Championships

1961 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Dates1–12 March
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (19th title)
Runner-up  Czechoslovakia
Third place  Soviet Union
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored236 (8.43 per match)
Attendance141,300 (5,046 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Soviet Union Boris Mayorov 17 points
1962

The 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 28th time the Ice Hockey World Championships were held. The tournament was in Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland from March 1 to March 12, 1961. Canada won their nineteenth international title. It would be the last championship for Canada in thirty-three years.[1] Canada was represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters.

  1. Szemberg & Podnieks 2007, p. 199

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