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Tre Kronor wins the 1957 Ice Hockey World Championship in Moscow

IIHF lists Sweden as 1957 world champion in Moscow; its retrospective frames the decisive 4-4 game against the Soviet Union as a major Moscow tournament memory.

Tier
B
Confidence
B
Bias risk
Medium
Kind
sports
Date
1957-03-05

IIHF lists Sweden as the 1957 Ice Hockey World Championship gold medallist in Moscow, ahead of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia.

The tournament’s significance goes beyond a table row. IIHF’s retrospective describes the 4-4 Soviet Union-Sweden game on 5 March as decisive, in the first World Championship held in the Soviet Union. Swehockey preserves the Tre Kronor gold-team roster.

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