1959 Ice Hockey World Championships

The 1959 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Czechoslovakia from 5 March to 15 March, with games held in Prague and six other cities. Canada, playing as the Belleville McFarlands, secured their 18th world title by winning all but their final match. The Soviet Union finished in second place, earning their fifth European championship, while the host Czechoslovak team took third. In the consolation round, West Germany faced East Germany for the first time at a World Championship, winning decisively 8–0.

Jack Devine provided radio coverage of Canada’s games on CJBQ. The top division featured twelve teams split into three groups for the first round, with group winners and runners-up advancing to the final round in Prague. The remaining teams competed in a consolation round held in Kladno, Mladá Boleslav, and Kolín.

Canada topped the final round based on a superior goal differential of 14 to 10. The Czechoslovaks earned bronze in a dramatic finish: they needed to beat the previously undefeated Canadians in the last game, and by a large enough margin to surpass the Americans on tie-breakers. An empty-net goal in the final moments gave Czechoslovakia the same points (6) and goal differential (8) as the United States, but the Czechoslovaks won on goal average, 1.57 to 1.53.

Three other nations played a secondary tournament in Plzeň. A Czechoslovakia 'B' (junior) team also participated in the tournament. Had their games counted, they would've finished first. The tournament’s directorate selected Nikolai Puchkov as best goaltender, Jean Lamirande as best defenceman, and Bill Cleary as best forward.