Tournament details | |
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Host country | Switzerland |
Dates | 1–12 March |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (19th title) |
Runner-up | Czechoslovakia |
Third place | Soviet Union |
Fourth place | Sweden |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Goals scored | 236 (8.43 per match) |
Attendance | 141,300 (5,046 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | 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.