<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Umqhudelwano wokuqala we-World Championship ngemva kwempi wawungo-  <response>: owawusePrague ngoFebruary 1947. Naphezu kokungabikho kweCanada kulo mqhudelwano, ithole ukwesekwa okukhulu kwabalandeli ikakhulukazi kubalandeli baseCzechoslovakia njengoba iCzechoslovakia yathatha indondo yegolide. UPaul Loicq, owayengumongameli we-LIHG iminyaka engu-25, wasula esikhundleni sakhe kwi-LIHG Congress eyayibanjwe ngesikhathi esifanayo ne-World Championship. Wathathelwa indawo uFritz Kraatz. Ngesikhathi semidlalo ka-1947, i-LIHG yavuma ukuhlangana ne-International Ice Hockey Association. Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sokuhlanganiswa, ubumongameli be-LIHG babuzoshintshana phakathi kweNyakatho Melika neYurophu njalo eminyakeni emithathu, kanti i-AHAUS yaziwa njengenhlangano elawula i-hockey e-United States. 