1956 Olympics

At the 1956 Winter Olympics held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. For World Championships Pool B matches were also played between East Germany, Norway and Belgium in Berlin. Games were held at the Stadio Olympica.

Preliminary round (Pool A for WC)
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
 * Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA


 * January 28
 * USA 4-0 Poland


 * January 29
 * Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland

Group C

 * January 27
 * USSR 5-1 Sweden


 * January 28
 * Sweden 6-5 Switzerland


 * January 29
 * USSR 10-3 Switzerland

Games for 1st-6th places
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
 * USA 6-1 Sweden


 * 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

Games for 7th-10th places

 * January 31
 * Switzerland 7-4 Austria


 * February 1
 * Poland 6-2 Switzerland
 * Italy 8-2 Austria


 * February 2
 * Italy 8-3 Switzerland
 * Poland 4-3 Austria


 * February 3
 * Italy 5-2 Poland

Final ranking

 * 1) 🇨🇦 Canada
 * 1) 🇨🇦 Canada
 * 1) 🇨🇦 Canada