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{{Short description|1957 edition of the IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship}}
{{Infobox international ice hockey competition
 | tourney_name =
 | year = 1957
 | other_titles =
 | image =
 | size =
 | caption =
 | country = Soviet Union
 | country-flagvar = 1955
 | dates = 24 February – 5 March
 | num_teams = 8
 | venues = Luzhniki Palace of Sports
 | cities = 
 | type = ih
 | winners = Sweden
 | count = 2
 | second = USSR
 | second-flagvar = 1955
 | third = Czechoslovakia
 | fourth = Finland
 | games = 28
 | goals = 300
 | attendance = 223700
 | scoring_leader = {{Flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Konstantin Loktev]] <small>(18 points)</small>
 | mvp =
 | prevseason = [[Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]]
 | nextseason = [[1958 Ice Hockey World Championships|1958]]
}}
The '''1957 Ice Hockey World Championships''' were held between 24 February and 5 March 1957 at the [[Luzhniki Palace of Sports|Palace of Sports]] of the [[Luzhniki Stadium|Central Lenin Stadium]] in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]].

[[Image:IIHFChampionshipTrophy19531959.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Trophy awarded for the 1957 World Championships]]
This was the last World Championships played on natural ice; and were the first World Championships held in the [[Soviet Union]] and they are remembered for the political circumstances surrounding the games. [[Hungary]] had been recently occupied by the [[Soviet Army]] (to suppress a [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|revolution]] in October and November 1956), and as a result, the [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]] and [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] boycotted the World Championships in protest. Joining them were [[Norway men's national ice hockey team|Norway]], [[West Germany national ice hockey team|West Germany]], [[Italy men's national ice hockey team|Italy]] and [[Switzerland men's national ice hockey team|Switzerland]]. [[East Germany national ice hockey team|East Germany]] participated at the top level for the first time.

==Competition==
[[File:Sweden vs East Germany 1957.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sven Tumba|Sven Johansson]] of [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] scores a goal against [[East Germany men's national ice hockey team|East Germany]]. Sweden won the match 11–1.]]
With the boycott, the home team [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|USSR]] was heavily favoured to win the tournament, but [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] surprised the world by pulling off an upset. The first step was taken in their third game, when they beat [[Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]] 2–0. This important victory was saved by the head of [[Leksands IF]] defenseman [[Vilgot Larsson]]. He literally headed the puck away from the Swedish net to save a goal, and in the days before mandatory helmets, received several stitches for his heroics. In the final game, Sweden opened with two goals, but the dynamic Soviets responded with four goals of their own. Down by two in the third period, goals by [[Eilert Määttä]] and [[Erling Lindström]] tied the game, and the goaltending of [[Thord Flodqvist]] and play of [[Sven Tumba|Sven "Tumba" Johansson]] guaranteed the final draw. The [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|USSR]] had previously only tied [[Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]], so all Sweden needed was one point, or a tie, for gold.

[[Karel Straka]] of [[Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]] was named best [[goaltender]]. [[Nikolaï Sologubov]] of the [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|USSR]] was best [[defenceman]], and [[Sven Tumba|Sven "Tumba" Johansson]] of Sweden was best [[Forward (ice hockey)|forward]]. [[Konstantin Loktev]] of the USSR led all scorers with 18 points (on 11 goals and 7 assists), followed by [[Nils Nilsson (ice hockey)|Nils Nilsson]] and [[Ronald Pettersson]] of [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]], both with 16 points. [[Vsevolod Bobrov]] of the [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|USSR]] led all scorers with 13 goals. [[Japan men's national ice hockey team|Japan]] competed for the first time since 1930, and finished last with one point in the standings.

The Soviets did not have the Swedish national anthem ready for the gold medal ceremony. To compensate for this, the Swedish players decided to sing the anthem over the stadium's PA system. However, few players knew the anthem by heart so they decided to play a little prank on the Soviets and instead sang the Swedish drinking song "[[Helan Går]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/10/02/sven_tumba_ice_hockey_star_and_golf_pioneer_in_sweden/|title=Sven Tumba, ice hockey star and golf pioneer in Sweden|newspaper=Boston.com|date=2 October 2011|last1=Nordstrom|first1=Louise}}</ref> Swedish captain Lasse Björn later recalled the story of [[Georgy Zhukov|Marshal Zhukov]], the Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union, standing to attention for a simple Swedish drinking song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2018/12/16/var-med-och-vann-sveriges-forsta-vm-guld-old-school-hockey-lasse-bjorn|title = Var med och vann Sveriges första VM-guld – Old School Hockey Lasse Björn - Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar}}</ref>

==Standings==

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==Final round==
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==Attendance record==
The final game ([[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|USSR]] versus [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] for the championship) was played on the football field of the Grand Sports Arena of the [[Luzhniki Stadium]]. It is reputed that over 50,000 fans (or 55,000, depending on sources) saw the game, the most ever for an international hockey game. This stood as the world record until 6 October 2001, when 74,544 fans saw [[Michigan State University]] and the [[University of Michigan]] play an American [[NCAA Hockey]] game outdoors at [[Spartan Stadium (East Lansing)|Spartan Stadium]] in [[East Lansing, Michigan]].

==European Championship medal table==
Games played against Japan did not count for the purposes of determining the European champion. Since six of the seven European participants defeated Japan, and since the only opponent that did not defeat Japan (Austria) also lost to each of their European opponents, finishing order for the European championship table was the same as it was for the main championship table.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:200px;"
|- style="background:gold;"
|center|{{gold1}}|| {{ih|SWE}}
|- style="background:silver;"
|center|{{silver2}}|| {{ih|URS|1955}}
|- style="background:peru;"
|center|{{bronze3}}|| {{ih|TCH}}
|-
|center|4|| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|center|5|| {{ih|DDR|1949}}
|-
|center|6|| {{ih|POL}}
|-
|center|7|| {{ih|AUT}}
|}

===Tournament awards===
* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best [[Goaltender]]: {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Karel Straka]]
**Best [[Defenceman]]: {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Nikolaï Sologubov]]
**Best [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]]: {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sven Tumba]]

==Citations==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondial1957.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=135}}

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