1957 IIHF World Championship

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IIHF World Championship international ice hockey tournament

The 1957 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament held in Moscow during the Cold War, notable for the Soviet Union's victory and the political tensions surrounding participation and boycotts.

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Label Occurrences
1957 European Ice Hockey Championship 1
1957 IIHF World Championship canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf IIHF World Championship ⓘ
international ice hockey tournament ⓘ
alsoCountedAs 1957 IIHF World Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1957 European Ice Hockey Championship
attendance very high for era ⓘ
boycottingCountry Canada ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

West Germany ⓘ
boycottReason political opposition to hosting in Soviet Union ⓘ
protest against Soviet intervention in Hungary 1956 ⓘ
bronzeMedalist Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
defendingChampion Sweden men's national ice hockey team ⓘ
editionNumber 24 ⓘ
endDate 1957-03-05 ⓘ
europeanChampion Soviet Union national ice hockey team ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
finalStandingsDeterminedBy round-robin points ⓘ
format round-robin ⓘ
fourthPlace East Germany men's national ice hockey team ⓘ
gender men's tournament ⓘ
goldMedalist Soviet Union national ice hockey team ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
governingBody IIHF Council ⓘ
hostCity Moscow ⓘ
hostCountry Soviet Union ⓘ
location Luzhniki Ice Palace ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive in Eastern Bloc ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Nikolai Sologubov ⓘ
mostValuablePlayerTeam Soviet Union national ice hockey team ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
nextEdition 1958 IIHF World Championship ⓘ
notableFor Soviet Union victory ⓘ
boycott by several countries ⓘ
political tensions ⓘ
numberOfGames 36 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 12 ⓘ
organizer International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
partOfSeries IIHF World Championship ⓘ
surface form: IIHF World Championships
politicalContext Cold War ⓘ
previousEdition 1956 World Ice Hockey Championships ⓘ
significance first IIHF World Championship hosted by Soviet Union ⓘ
silverMedalist Sweden men's national ice hockey team ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
startDate 1957-02-24 ⓘ
topScorer Konstantin Loktev ⓘ
topScorerTeam Soviet Union national ice hockey team ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
totalGoals 237 ⓘ
usedFor Soviet sports propaganda ⓘ
winner Soviet Union national ice hockey team ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
year 1957 ⓘ

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United States men's national ice hockey team → worldChampionshipSilverMedal → 1957 IIHF World Championship ⓘ
1957 IIHF World Championship → alsoCountedAs → 1957 IIHF World Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1957 European Ice Hockey Championship