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{{Short description|1951 edition of the World Ice Hockey Championships}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox international ice hockey competition
 | tourney_name =
 | year = 1951
 | other_titles =
 | image =
 | size =
 | caption =
 | country = France
 | dates = 9–17 March
 | num_teams = 7
 | venues =  [[Vélodrome d'hiver|Palais des Sports]]
 | cities = 
 | type = ih
 | winners = Canada
 | winners-flagvar = 1921
 | count = 14
 | second = Sweden
 | third = Switzerland
 | fourth = Norway
 | games = 21
 | goals =180
 | attendance = 
 | scoring_leader = {{Flagicon|CAN|1921}} [[Stan Obodiac]] <small>(10 goals)</small>
 | mvp =
 | prevseason = [[1950 Ice Hockey World Championships|1950]]
 | nextseason = [[Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]]
}}

The '''1951 Ice Hockey World Championships''' was the 18th [[World Ice Hockey Championships|World Championship]] and the 29th [[Ice Hockey European Championships|European Championship]] in [[ice hockey]] for international teams. The tournament took place in France from 9 to 17 March and the games were played in the capital city, Paris. 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 Pool. Each group was played in a [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] format, with each team playing each other once.

[[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]], represented by the [[Lethbridge Maple Leafs]], became world champions for the 14th time.  Highest ranking European team [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] finished second, winning their fifth European Championship, finishing ahead of the Swiss on [[goal differential]] by three.

This tournament would be the last time [[France]] hosted the elite division of the World Championships until [[2017 IIHF World Championship|2017]], when [[Paris]] co-hosted the championship alongside [[Cologne]] in [[Germany]].

== World Championship Group A (France) ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="600px"
! Date
! Games
! Result
! Periods
|-
| 9 March
| align="left"| {{ih|NOR}} vs. {{ih|USA|1912}}
| 3–0
| 0–0, 1–0, 2–0
|-
| 10 March
| align="left"| {{ih|CAN|1921}} vs. {{ih|FIN}}
| 11–1
| 4–0, 4–0, 3–1
|-
| 10 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SWE}} vs. {{ih|GBR}}
| 5–1
| 0–1, 1–0, 4–0
|-
| 10 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} vs. {{ih|NOR}}
| 8–1
| 4–1, 3–0, 1–0
|-
| 11 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SWE}} vs. {{ih|USA|1912}}
| 8–0
| 4–0, 1–0, 3–0
|-
| 11 March
| align="left"| {{ih|CAN|1921}} vs. {{ih|NOR}}
| 8–0
| 3–0, 1–0, 4–0
|-
| 12 March
| align="left"| {{ih|USA|1912}} vs. {{ih|FIN}}
| 5–4
| 1–0, 1–3, 3–1
|-
| 12 March
| align="left"|  {{ih|SUI}} vs. {{ih|GBR}}
| 7–1
| 2–0, 4–1, 1–0
|-
| 13 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SWE}} vs. {{ih|NOR}}
| 5–2
| 1–0, 4–1, 0–1
|-
| 13 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} vs. {{ih|FIN}}
| 4–1
| 1–0, 2–1, 1–0
|-
| 13 March
| align="left"| {{ih|CAN|1921}} vs. {{ih|GBR}}
| 17–1
| 0–1, 7–0, 10–0
|-
| 14 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} vs. {{ih|SWE}}
| 3–3
| 1–2, 1–1, 1–0
|-
| 15 March
| align="left"| {{ih|NOR}} vs. {{ih|GBR}}
| 4–3
| 0–0, 1–2, 3–1
|-
| 15 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SWE}} vs. {{ih|FIN}}
| 11–3
| 5–0, 1–1, 5–2
|-
| 15 March
| align="left"| {{ih|CAN|1921}} – {{ih|USA|1912}}
| 16–2
| 5–0, 6–2, 5–0
|-
| 16 March
| align="left"| {{ih|NOR}} vs. {{ih|FIN}}
| 0–3
| 0–1, 0–0, 0–2
|-
| 16 March
| align="left"| {{ih|CAN|1921}} vs. {{ih|SUI}}
| 5–1
| 0–1, 3–0, 2–0
|-
| 16 March
| align="left"| {{ih|USA|1912}} vs. {{ih|GBR}}
| 6–6
| 1–4, 2–1, 3–1
|-
| 17 March
| align="left"| {{ih|FIN}} vs. {{ih|GBR}}
| 3–6
| 0–2, 3–0, 0–4
|-
| 17 March
| align="left"| {{ih|SUI}} vs. {{ih|USA|1912}}
| 5–1
| 3–0, 1–1, 1–0
|-
| 17 March
| align="left"| {{ih|CAN|1921}} vs. {{ih|SWE}}
| 5–1
| 1–0, 2–0, 2–1
|-
|}

=== Table ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2

|team1=CAN|name_CAN={{ih|CAN|1921}}
|team2=SWE|name_SWE={{ih|SWE}}
|team3=SUI|name_SUI={{ih|SUI}}
|team4=NOR|name_NOR={{ih|NOR}}
|team5=GBR|name_GBR={{ih|GBR}}
|team6=USA|name_USA={{ih|USA|1912}}
|team7=FIN|name_FIN={{ih|FIN}}
|win_CAN=6|draw_CAN=0|loss_CAN=0|gf_CAN=62|ga_CAN=6
|win_SWE=4|draw_SWE=1|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=33|ga_SWE=14
|win_SUI=4|draw_SUI=1|loss_SUI=1|gf_SUI=28|ga_SUI=12
|win_NOR=2|draw_NOR=0|loss_NOR=4|gf_NOR=10|ga_NOR=27
|win_GBR=1|draw_GBR=1|loss_GBR=4|gf_GBR=18|ga_GBR=42
|win_USA=1|draw_USA=1|loss_USA=4|gf_USA=14|ga_USA=42
|win_FIN=1|draw_FIN=0|loss_FIN=5|gf_FIN=15|ga_FIN=37

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A|result4=A|result5=A|result6=A|result7=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

== Critérium européen – Junior European Championship (World Championship Group B) (France) ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="600px"
! Date
! Games
! Result
! Periods
|-
| 10 March
| align="left"| {{ih|FRA}} vs. {{ih|ITA}}
| 1–4
| 0–1, 0–2, 1–1
|-
| 11 March
| align="left"| {{ih|NED}} vs. {{ih|ITA}}
| 1–3
| 1–0, 0–2, 0–1
|-
| 11 March
| align="left"| {{ih|FRA}} vs. {{ih|AUT}}
| 7–3
| 1–0, 1–0, 5–3
|-
| 11 March
| align="left"| {{ih|YUG}} vs. {{ih|BEL}}
| 3–13
| 0–5, 0–3, 3–5
|-
| 12 March
| align="left"| {{ih|AUT}} vs. {{ih|BEL}}
| 5–3
| 0–1, 3–1, 2–1
|-
| 12 March
| align="left"| {{ih|NED}} vs. {{ih|YUG}}
| 5–2
| 0–0, 4–1, 1–1
|-
| 13 March
| align="left"| {{ih|BEL}} vs. {{ih|ITA}}
| 3–7
| 1–0, 0–2, 2–5
|-
| 14 March
| align="left"|  {{ih|FRA}} vs. {{ih|YUG}}
| 10–3
| 3–2, 3–1, 4–0
|-
| 14 March
| align="left"| {{ih|AUT}} vs. {{ih|NED}}
| 3–4
| 1–1, 1–2, 1–1
|-
| 15 March
| align="left"| {{ih|ITA}} vs. {{ih|YUG}}
| 6–1
| 1–0, 4–1, 1–0
|-
| 15 March
| align="left"| {{ih|FRA}} vs. {{ih|BEL}}
| 10–0
| 2–0, 3–0, 5–0
|-
| 16 March
| align="left"| {{ih|BEL}} vs. {{ih|NED}}
| 1–2
| 0–2, 1–0, 0–0
|-
| 16 March
| align="left"| {{ih|AUT}} vs. {{ih|ITA}}
| 2–7
| 1–1,0–3,1–3
|-
| 17 March
| align="left"| {{ih|AUT}} vs. {{ih|YUG}}
| 3–4
| 1–1, 1–0, 1–3
|-
| 17 March
| align="left"| {{ih|FRA}} vs. {{ih|NED}}
| 7–5
| 1–2, 3–1, 3–2
|-
|}

=== Table ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2

|highest_pos = 8

|team8=ITA|name_ITA={{ih|ITA}}
|team9=FRA|name_FRA={{ih|FRA}}
|team10=NED|name_NED={{ih|NED}}
|team11=AUT|name_AUT={{ih|AUT}}
|team12=BEL|name_BEL={{ih|BEL}}
|team13=YUG|name_YUG={{ih|YUG}}
|win_ITA=5|draw_ITA=0|loss_ITA=0|gf_ITA=26|ga_ITA=8
|win_FRA=4|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=1|gf_FRA=35|ga_FRA=15
|win_NED=3|draw_NED=0|loss_NED=2|gf_NED=17|ga_NED=16
|win_AUT=1|draw_AUT=0|loss_AUT=4|gf_AUT=20|ga_AUT=25
|win_BEL=1|draw_BEL=0|loss_BEL=4|gf_BEL=20|ga_BEL=30
|win_YUG=1|draw_YUG=0|loss_YUG=4|gf_YUG=13|ga_YUG=37

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result8=A|result9=A|result10=A|result11=A|result12=A|result13=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

==World Championship medals==

{| class="wikitable"
! width=75px |1951 World Championship
! width=150px | Country
|-
| bgcolor="gold" align=center | '''Gold'''
| {{ih|CAN|1921}}
|-
| bgcolor="silver" align=center | '''Silver'''
| {{ih|SWE}}
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" align=center | '''Bronze'''
| {{ih|SUI}}
|-
| align=center | '''4'''
| {{ih|NOR}}
|-
| align=center | '''5'''
| {{ih|GBR}}
|-
| align=center | '''6'''
| {{ih|USA|1912}}
|-
| align=center | '''7'''
| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|}

==European Championship medals==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=75px | 1951 European Championship
! width=150px | Country
|-
| bgcolor="gold" align=center | '''Gold'''
| {{ih|SWE}}
|-
| bgcolor="silver" align=center | '''Silver'''
| {{ih|SUI}}
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" align=center | '''Bronze'''
| {{ih|NOR}}
|-
| align=center | '''4'''
| {{ih|GBR}}
|-
| align=center | '''5'''
| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|}

==Citations==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1951.htm Complete results]
*{{cite book |last=Duplacey |first=James |title=Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League |year=1998 |publisher=Total Sports |isbn=0-8362-7114-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/498 498–528] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/498 }}
*{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 |year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |pages=133}}

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