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.
Medalists[]
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[]
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 B[]
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
2 | United States of America | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
3 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
- January 27
- Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
- January 28
- USA 4-0 Poland
- January 29
- Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland
Group C[]
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
3 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
- January 27
- USSR 5-1 Sweden
- January 28
- Sweden 6-5 Switzerland
- January 29
- USSR 10-3 Switzerland
Final round[]
Games for 1st-6th places[]
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 places[]
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
8 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
9 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
10 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 scorers[]
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 ranking[]
- Soviet Union
- United States of America
- Canada
- Sweden
- Czechoslovakia
- Germany
- Italy
- Poland
- Switzerland
- Austria
Team Photos[]
References[]
See Also[]
- 1956 Austria national ice hockey team
- 1956 Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team
- 1956 Germany national ice hockey team
- 1956 Italy national ice hockey team
- 1955-56 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen (Canada's representative)
- 1956 Poland national ice hockey team
- 1956 Soviet Union national ice hockey team
- 1956 Sweden national ice hockey team
- 1956 Switzerland national ice hockey team
- 1956 United States national ice hockey team
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