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.

MedalistsEdit

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Soviet Union Nikolai Puchkov Grigory Mkrtychan Nikolai Sologubov Dmitry Ukolov Ivan Tregubov Genrikh Sidorenkov Alfred Kuchevsky Yevgeny Babich Victor Shuvalov Vsevolod Bobrov Yuri Krylov Alexander Uvarov Valentin Kuzin Yuri Pantyukhov Alexey Guryshev Nikolay Khlystov Viktor Nikiforov	United States Willard Ikola Don Rigazio Richard Rodenheiser Daniel McKinnon Ed Sampson John Matchefts Richard Meredith Dick Dougherty Ken Purpur John Mayasich Bill Cleary Wellington Burtnett Wendell Anderson Gene Campbell Gordon Christian Weldon Olson John Petroske	Canada Denis Brodeur Keith Woodall Floyd Martin Howie Lee Art Hurst Johnny McKenzie James Logan Paul Knox Donald Rope Byrle Klinck Bill Colvin Gerry Théberge Alfred Horne Charlie Brooker George Scholes Bob White Ken Laufman

Preliminary round (Pool A for WC)Edit

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group earned a right to play for 1st-6th places.

Group AEdit

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	30	1	6
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	9	6	3
3	Italy	3	0	1	2	5	7	2
4	Austria	3	0	2	1	2	32	1

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 BEdit

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	12	6	4
2	United States of America	2	1	1	7	4	2
3	Poland	2	0	2	3	12	0

January 27
- Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA

January 28
- USA 4-0 Poland

January 29
- Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland

Group CEdit

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	2	2	0	15	4	4
2	Sweden	2	1	1	7	10	2
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	8	16	0

January 27
- USSR 5-1 Sweden

January 28
- Sweden 6-5 Switzerland

January 29
- USSR 10-3 Switzerland

Final roundEdit

Games for 1st-6th placesEdit

First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	25	5	10
2	United States of America	5	4	1	0	26	12	8
3	Canada	5	3	2	0	23	11	6
4	Sweden	5	1	3	1	10	17	3
5	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	0	20	30	2
6	Germany	5	0	4	1	6	35	1

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 placesEdit

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
7	Italy	3	3	0	21	7	6
8	Poland	3	2	1	12	10	4
9	Switzerland	3	1	2	12	18	2
10	Austria	3	0	3	9	19	0

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

Leading scorersEdit

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1	James Logan	8	7	5	12
1	Paul Knox	8	7	5	12
3	Vsevolod Bobrov	7	9	2	11
3	Gerry Theberge	8	9	2	11
5	Jack McKenzie	8	7	4	11
6	John Mayasich	7	7	3	10
6	Alexey Guryshev	7	3	3	10
8	Vlastimil Bubník	7	5	4	9
9	George Scholes	8	5	3	8
10	Victor Shuvalov	7	5	2	7

Final rankingEdit

Team PhotosEdit

ReferencesEdit

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