1961 Ice Hockey World Championships
A glare made it hard for players to see well, however photographers were able to get aerial pictures from the diving board.Canada, represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters,[1] won their nineteenth international title.[2] By beating out the Soviets for the Silver, the Czechoslovaks won their tenth European title.[3] A record twenty nations participated in three groups, with South Africa appearing for the first time.The losers of the Group A qualifiers (Switzerland and Norway), were joined by the nations who finished 10th and 11th (Italy and Poland) in 1959.
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