The 1933 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 18 and February 26, 1933, in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
By winning its first-ever world championship, the United States deprived Canada of the world title for the first time in tournament history. The American team, the Massachusetts Rangers, was mostly made up of university students and led by standout performances of Gerry Cosby in goal and team captain Ben Langmaid on defence. Canada was represented by the Toronto National Sea Fleas, winners of the 1932 Allan Cup, and coached by the controversial hockey personality Harold Ballard. The teams met on February 26 at Zimní stadión on Štvanice island. Tied 1-1 after 45 minutes of regulation time on goals by Sherman Forbes for the United States and an equalizer by Canadian Tim Kerr, defenceman John Garrison beat Canadian goalie Ron Geddes at the 6-minute mark of a dramatic "non-sudden death" overtime period.
Ten nations played in three groups, with the top two in each group advancing to the second round to join Canada and the United States, who both were automatically qualified through to the next round. In the second round, eight teams played in two groups; the top two teams from each group advancing to the semifinals, where the top qualifier in each group were seeded against the second qualifier in the opposing group. The winners of the semifinal matches played in the gold medal game, while the losers played for third place.
Fifth and sixth places were decided by a match between the third-place finishers in the two second ground groups; similarly seventh and eighth places were decided between the two last-place finishers in the second round groups. For the final four places, two classification matches were played between the bottom four finishers in the first round, which provided the seedings for the ninth and eleventh-place matches.
First round Group A
Date Result P1 P2 P318 Feb3 - 00 - 02 - 01 - 018 Feb8 - 02 - 04 - 02 - 019 Feb2 - 01 - 01 - 00 - 019 Feb2 - 11 - 11 - 00 - 020 Feb7 - 12 - 13 - 02 - 020 Feb3 - 11 - 01 - 11 - 0
Group B
Date Result P1 P2 P318 Feb6 - 01 - 03 - 02 - 019 Feb2 - 00 - 01 - 01 - 020 Feb1 - 00 - 00 - 01 - 0
Group C
Date Result P1 P2 P318 Feb5 - 13- 01 - 01 - 119 Feb1 - 01 - 00 - 00 - 020 Feb3 - 01 - 01 - 01 - 0
Second round Group D
Date Result P1 P2 P3 OT1 OT2 OT321 Feb1 - 00 - 00 - 00 - 00 - 00 - 01 - 021 Feb5 - 01 - 02 - 02 - 022 Feb4 - 02 - 00 - 02 - 022 Feb4 - 00 - 02 - 02 - 023 Feb3 - 11 - 01 - 01 - 123 Feb2 - 00 - 00 - 02 - 0
Group E
Date Result P1 P2 P321 Feb7 - 01 - 02 - 04 - 021 Feb1 - 01 - 00 - 00 - 022 Feb4 - 03 - 00 - 01 - 022 Feb1 - 01 - 00 - 00 - 023 Feb3 - 12 - 00 - 11 - 023 Feb6 - 01 - 04 - 01 - 0
Third round Consolation Matches Date Result P1 P2 P324 Feb3 - 22 - 21 - 00 - 024 Feb2 - 01 - 00 - 01 - 0 Romania and Latvia qualified for the 9th/10th Place play-off, Belgium and Italy qualified for the 11th/12th Place play-off.
Semi-Finals Date Result P1 P2 P325 Feb4 - 02 - 02 - 00 - 025 Feb4 - 02 - 01 - 01 - 0 USA and Canada qualified for the Gold Medal Match, Austria and Czechoslovakia qualified for the Bronze Medal Match.
Final round 11th/12th Place play-off Date Result P1 P2 P325 FebW / O Belgium declined to play, so Italy were awarded the win.
9th/10th Place play-off Date Result P1 P2 P325 Feb1 - 01 - 00 - 00 - 0
7th/8th Place play-off Date Result P1 P2 P324 Feb1 - 10 - 00 - 11 - 0
5th/6th Place play-off Date Result P1 P2 P324 Feb1 - 10 - 01 - 10 - 0
Bronze Medal Match Date Result P1 P2 P3 OT1 OT226 Feb2 - 00 - 00 - 00 - 00 - 02 - 0
Gold Medal Match Date Result P1 P2 P3 OT26 Feb2 - 11 - 10 - 00 - 01 - 0
Final Rankings – World Championship RF Team1 2 3 4 5 5 7 7 9 10 11 12
Championship team Medal Country Players Gold United States Gerry Cosby, John Garrison, Ben Langmaid, Winthrop Palmer, Frank Holland, Larry Sanford, Channing Hillard, Stewart Iglehart, Sherman Forbes, Jim Breckinridge; Trainer: Walter A. Brown
Legacy The United States' oldest active college hockey award, the Walter Brown Award, was created in 1953 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of this championship team and its coach, the eponymous Walter A. Brown. A team photograph, and a gold medal on loan from the family of Sherman Forbes, are currently on display at The Sports Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
Sources Complete results IIHF 100 top stories number 78
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