Ice Hockey European Championships

The Ice Hockey European Championship was an annual ice hockey tournament for European countries associated to the International Ice Hockey Federation. Independent championship tournaments were organized between 1910 and 1927, and European Championships medals were awarded to the European participants of the World Championships until 1991. There were independent championships again in 1929 and 1932, and no European (or World) Champion awarded in the olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988.^[1]

Results

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1910	Great Britain	Germany	Belgium	Les Avants, Switzerland
1911	Bohemia	Germany	Belgium	Berlin, Germany
1912	Annulled			Prague, Austria-Hungary
1913	Belgium	Bohemia	Germany	Munich, Germany
1914	Bohemia	Germany	Belgium	Berlin, Germany
No Championships 1915-1920 (World War I)
1921	Sweden	Czechoslovakia		Stockholm, Sweden
1922	Czechoslovakia	Sweden	Switzerland	St. Moritz, Switzerland
1923	Sweden	France	Czechoslovakia	Antwerp, Belgium
1924	France	Sweden	Switzerland	Milan, Italy
1925	Czechoslovakia	Austria	Switzerland	Štrbské Pleso / Starý Smokovec, Czechoslovakia
1926	Switzerland	Czechoslovakia	Austria	Davos, Switzerland
1927	Austria	Belgium	Germany	Vienna, Austria
1929	Czechoslovakia	Poland	Austria	Budapest, Hungary
1932	Sweden	Austria	Switzerland	Berlin, Germany

Notes

• Prague 1912: Championship annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition. (1.Bohemia, 2.Germany, 3.Austria)
• Berlin 1932 was the last separate IIHF European Championship event.
• European Championships medals were awarded to the European participants of the IIHF World Championships until 1991.

European Medalists from combined events

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928	Sweden	Switzerland	Great Britain
1930	Germany	Switzerland	Austria
1931	Austria	Poland	Czechoslovakia
1933	Czechoslovakia	Austria	Germany   Switzerland
1934	Germany	Switzerland	Czechoslovakia
1935	Switzerland	Great Britain	Czechoslovakia
1936	Great Britain	Czechoslovakia	Germany
1937	Great Britain	Switzerland	Germany
1938	Great Britain	Czechoslovakia	Germany
1939	Switzerland	Czechoslovakia	Germany
1947	Czechoslovakia	Sweden	Austria
1948	Czechoslovakia	Switzerland	Sweden
1949	Czechoslovakia	Sweden	Switzerland
1950	Switzerland	Great Britain	Sweden
1951	Sweden	Switzerland	Norway
1952	Sweden	Czechoslovakia	Switzerland
1953	Sweden	West Germany	Switzerland
1954	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1955	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1956	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1957	Sweden	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1958	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1959	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1960	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1961	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Sweden
1962	Sweden	Finland	Norway
1963	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1964	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1965	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1966	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	East Germany
1967	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1968	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1969	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1970	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1971	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Sweden
1972	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	Sweden
1973	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1974	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1975	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1976	Czechoslovakia	Sweden	Soviet Union
1977	Czechoslovakia	Sweden	Soviet Union
1978	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1979	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1981	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1982	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1983	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1985	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Finland
1986	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1987	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Finland
1989	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1990	Sweden	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1991	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland

Notes

• from 1982 until 1991 only first round games were used for the European rankings.
• in 1972 and 1976 there was a world tournament separate from the olympics.

Medal table

#	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	27	5	2	34
2	Bohemia / Czechoslovakia	14	22	16	52
	Bohemia	2	1	0	3
	Czechoslovakia	12	21	16	49
3	Sweden	10	18	17	45
4	Switzerland	4	6	8	18
5	Great Britain	4	2	1	7
6	Germany / West Germany	2	3	7	12
	Germany	2	2	7	11
	West Germany	0	1	0	1
7	Austria	2	3	4	9
8	Belgium	1	1	3	5
9	France	1	1	0	2
10	Poland	0	2	0	2
11	Finland	0	1	4	5
12	Norway	0	0	2	2
13	East Germany	0	0	1	1

References

1. "A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey". Retrieved 2008-05-19.

See also

• Euro Hockey Tour