Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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| Tournament details |
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| Host country |
 Italy |
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| Dates |
26 January–4 February |
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| Teams |
10 |
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| Final positions |
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Champions  |
 Soviet Union (1st title) |
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Runner-up  |
 United States |
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Third place  |
 Canada |
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| Fourth place |
 Sweden |
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| Tournament statistics |
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| Matches played |
33 |
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| Goals scored |
262 (7.94 per match) |
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| Attendance |
122,230 (3,704 per match) |
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| Scoring leader(s) |
James Logan 15 points |
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Trophy awarded for the 1956 World Championships
The men's ice hockey tournament (women's was added in 1998) at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was the 8th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 23rd World Championships and the 34th European Championships. The tournament was held at the Olympic Ice Stadium and the Apollonio Stadium.
East and West Germany could not come to an agreement over how to formulate a combined team, so they played a qualification game against each other, which the west won. The east hosted a tournament for non qualified teams, often referred to as World Championships Pool B, between GDR, Norway and Belgium in Berlin.[1]
The Soviets won all their games to claim their first Olympic title, their second World title, and their third European title. Canada, represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, won its eighth consecutive Olympic ice hockey medal, though this was its first ever bronze medal.
Medalists
World Championship Group A (Italy)
Qualification
- November 16, 1955
- East Germany 3-7 West Germany
First round
Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group earned a right to play for 1st-6th places.
Group A
- January 26
- Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG)
- Italy 2-2 Austria
- January 27
- Italy 2-2 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 23-0 Austria
- January 28
- Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria
- Italy 1-3 Canada
Group B
- January 27
- January 28
- January 29
- Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland
Group C
- January 27
- January 28
- January 29
Final round
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
- January 30
- USA 7-2 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
- USSR 4-1 Sweden
- January 31
- USSR 8-0 Germany (UTG)
- Sweden 5-0 Czechoslovakia
- USA 4-1 Canada
- February 1
- February 2
- Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG)
- USSR 7-4 Czechoslovakia
- February 3
- Czechoslovakia 9-3 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 6-2 Sweden
- USSR 4-0 USA
- February 4
- USSR 2-0 Canada
- Germany (UTG) 1-1 Sweden
- USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
Consolation round
- January 31
- February 1
- Poland 6-2 Switzerland
- Italy 8-2 Austria
- February 2
- Italy 8-3 Switzerland
- Poland 4-3 Austria
- February 3
World Championship Group B (East Germany)
Final Round
- March 8
- March 9
- East Germany 14-7 Belgium
- March 10
Leading scorers
Tournament awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
Final ranking
- Soviet Union
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United States
- Canada
- Sweden
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Czechoslovakia
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Germany
- Italy
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Poland
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Switzerland
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Austria
European Championship final ranking
- Soviet Union
- Sweden
- Czechoslovakia
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West Germany
- Italy
- Poland
- Switzerland
- Austria
Citations
References
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 25–6, 30, 107–8.
- Jeux Olympiques d'Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
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East Germany
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Belgium
