Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Dates	29 January – 9 February
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	469 (8.38 per match)
Attendance	199,450 (3,562 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Sven Tumba 11 points
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At the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck. It was the Soviet's second Olympic, fourth World, and eighth European championships title. Canada used a national team for the first time, organized and coached by Father David Bauer. They still could have won Gold on the last day with a win over the Soviets, but ended up a controversial fourth.

Medalists

Medal	Team
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Sweden
Bronze	Czechoslovakia¹

¹The tie-breaking procedures for the Olympics were changed after the competition. By the rules that Canadian officials believed were being used (goal difference between the top four teams),Canada was the bronze medal winner, but just before the medal ceremony this was changed, and Czechoslovakia won bronze by the new rules (goal difference in all games of the Olympics). In 2005, the International Ice Hockey Federation attempted to alter the results of World Championship, awarding Canadians a bronze medal, but then it changed its mind, and in September 2005 the IIHF finally rejected Canada's appeal to be awarded 3rd place.

Qualification

Prior to the tournament it was determined that there would be a spot allocated for a Asia/Oceanic representative. Also, for the third (and final time) East played West to decide the German representative in the Olympic hockey tournament.

• November 23, 1963
  • Japan 17-1 Australia
• November 26, 1963
  • Japan 17-6 Australia

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• December 6, 1963
  • West Germany 4-4 East Germany
• December 8, 1963
  • East Germany 3-4 West Germany

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First Round (A/B)

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places. Countries were seeded (roughly) from their placement at the 1963 World Ice Hockey Championships. Switzerland was the only 'B' pool team to win, defeating Norway who was also from the 'B' pool.

• January 27
  • Switzerland 5-1 Norway
  • Canada 14-1 Yugoslavia

• January 28
  • USSR 19-1 Hungary
  • Czechoslovakia 17-2 Japan
  • Sweden 12-2 Italy
  • USA 7-2 Romania
  • Germany (UTG) 2-1 Poland
  • Austria 2-8 Finland

World Championship Group A (Austria)

Final Round

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

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	0	54	10	14
2	Sweden	7	5	2	0	47	16	10
3	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	0	38	19	10
4	Canada	7	5	2	0	32	17	10
5	United States	7	2	5	0	29	33	4
6	Finland	7	2	5	0	10	31	4
7	Germany	7	2	5	0	13	49	4
8	Switzerland	7	0	7	0	9	57	0

• January 29
  • USSR 5-1 USA
  • Czechoslovakia 11-1 Germany (UTG)
  • Canada 8-0 Switzerland

• January 30
  • Finland 4-0 Switzerland
  • Canada 3-1 Sweden

• January 31
  • USA 8-0 Germany (UTG)
  • USSR 7-5 Czechoslovakia

• February 1
  • Czechoslovakia 4-0 Finland
  • USSR 15-0 Switzerland
  • Sweden 7-4 USA

• February 2
  • Canada 4-2 Germany (UTG)
  • Sweden 7-0 Finland

• February 3
  • Canada 8-6 USA

• February 4
  • USSR 10-0 Finland
  • Czechoslovakia 5-1 Switzerland
  • Sweden 10-2 Germany (UTG)

• February 5
  • Canada 6-2 Finland
  • USSR 10-0 Germany (UTG)
  • Sweden 12-0 Switzerland
  • Czechoslovakia 7-1 USA

• February 7
  • Germany (UTG) 6-5 Switzerland
  • Finland 3-2 USA
  • USSR 4-2 Sweden
  • Czechoslovakia 3-1 Canada

• February 8
  • Germany (UTG) 2-1 Finland
  • USA 7-3 Switzerland
  • USSR 3-2 Canada
  • Sweden 8-3 Czechoslovakia

World Championship Group B (Austria)

Consolation Round

Teams in this group play for 9th-16th places.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
9	Poland	7	6	1	0	40	13	12
10	Norway	7	5	2	0	40	19	10
11	Japan	7	4	2	1	35	31	9
12	Romania	7	3	3	1	31	28	7
13	Austria	7	3	3	1	24	28	7
14	Yugoslavia	7	3	3	1	29	37	7
15	Italy	7	2	5	0	24	42	4
16	Hungary	7	0	7	0	14	39	0

• January 30
  • Austria 6-2 Yugoslavia
  • Poland 6-1 Romania
  • Italy 6-4 Hungary
  • Japan 4-3 Norway

• January 31
  • Poland 4-2 Norway
  • Japan 6-4 Romania

• February 1
  • Austria 3-0 Hungary
  • Yugoslavia 5-3 Italy

• February 2
  • Norway 9-2 Italy
  • Romania 5-5 Yugoslavia

• February 3
  • Poland 6-2 Hungary
  • Austria 5-5 Japan

• February 4
  • Yugoslavia 6-4 Japan

• February 5
  • Poland 7-0 Italy
  • Austria 2-5 Romania
  • Norway 6-1 Hungary

• February 6
  • Austria 5-3 Italy
  • Yugoslavia 4-2 Hungary
  • Japan 4-3 Poland
  • Norway 4-2 Romania

• February 8
  • Austria 2-8 Norway
  • Poland 9-3 Yugoslavia
  • Romania 6-2 Italy
  • Japan 6-2 Hungary

• February 9
  • Austria 1-5 Poland
  • Norway 8-4 Yugoslavia
  • Romania 8-3 Hungary
  • Italy 8-6 Japan

Leading scorers

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Sven Tumba	7	8	3	11
2	Ulf Sterner	7	6	5	11
3	Vyacheslav Starshinov	7	7	3	10
3	Boris Majorov	7	7	3	10
3	Viktor Yakushev	7	7	3	10
3	Jiří Dolana	7	7	3	10
7	Josef Černý	7	5	5	10
8	Anders Andersson	7	7	2	9
9	Konstantin Loktev	7	4	5	9
10	Gary Dineen	7	3	6	9

Final ranking

1. Soviet Union
2. Sweden
3. Czechoslovakia
4. Canada
5. United States
6. Finland
7. Germany
8. Switzerland
9. Poland
10. Norway
11. Japan
12. Romania
13. Austria
14. Yugoslavia
15. Italy
16. Hungary

European Championship final ranking

1. Soviet Union
2. Sweden
3. Czechoslovakia
4. Germany
5. Finland
6. Switzerland

Tournament awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Seth Martin
  • Best Defenseman: Frantisek Tikal
  • Best Forward: Eduard Ivanov

Originally Boris Mayorov was selected as best forward, but the Soviet coaches chose to present the award to Ivanov despite the fact that he was actually a defenseman.

References

• Olympic summary (in french)
• 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. 108–9. 
• Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1964 Olympics
• Wallechinsky, David (1988). The Complete Book of the Olympics. Penguin Books. p. 613. ISBN 0-14-010771-1.