1926 Ice Hockey European Championship

The 1926 Ice Hockey European Championship was the 11th edition of the ice hockey tournament for European countries associated to the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was played between January 11, and January 19, 1926, in Davos, Switzerland, and it was won by Switzerland.

Nine teams entered the competition and were divided into three groups of three for the preliminary round. The preliminary round was scheduled over the first three days, the “qualification for the final round” was contested in one day, and the “final” round was scheduled over the last three days. The tournament was however extended by an additional two days to accommodate a three-way tie-break round, which became necessary due to the three-way tie on points for the gold medal.

Preliminary round

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Group winners advanced directly to the Final Round.

Second-place teams advanced to the Qualification for Final Round.

Third-place teams advanced to the consolation round.

Group A

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January 11

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Belgium 5:0   Spain

January 12

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Czechoslovakia 2:0   Belgium

January 13

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Czechoslovakia 9:2   Spain

Standings Group A

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  GP W T L GF GA Ratio Pts
  Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 0 11 2 5.50 4
  Belgium 2 1 0 1 5 2 2.50 2
  Spain 2 0 0 2 2 14 0.14 0

Group B

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The game between Austria and France was delayed by one day due to the late arrival of the French team.

January 12

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Austria 2:1   France
  France 2:1   Poland

January 13

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Austria 2:1   Poland

Standings Group B

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  GP W T L GF GA Ratio Pts
  Austria 2 2 0 0 4 2 2.00 4
  France 2 1 0 1 3 3 1.00 2
  Poland 2 0 0 2 2 4 0.50 0

Group C

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January 11

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Great Britain 8:1   Italy

January 12

Team #1 Score Team #2
   Switzerland 13:0   Italy

January 13

Team #1 Score Team #2
   Switzerland 5:4   Great Britain

Standings Group C

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  GP W T L GF GA Ratio Pts
   Switzerland 2 2 0 0 18 4 4.50 4
  Great Britain 2 1 0 1 12 6 2.00 2
  Italy 2 0 0 2 1 21 0.05 0

Qualification for Final Round

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Winner advanced to Final Round.

Third-place team advanced to Game for 6th-7th places.

January 14

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Great Britain 5:0   Belgium

January 14

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Great Britain 3:1   France

January 14

Team #1 Score Team #2
  France 1:0   Belgium

Standings Qualification for Final Round

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  GP W T L GF GA Ratio Pts
  Great Britain 2 2 0 0 8 1 8.00 4
  France 2 1 0 1 2 3 0.67 2
  Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 6 0.00 0

Consolation round

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Winner advanced to Game for 6th-7th places.

January 14

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Spain 2:2   Italy

January 15

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Poland 3:1   Italy

January 16

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Poland 4:1   Spain

Standings Consolation round

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  GP W T L GF GA Ratio Pts
  Poland 2 2 0 0 7 2 3.50 4
  Italy 2 0 1 1 3 5 0.60 1
  Spain 2 0 1 1 3 6 0.50 1

Final Round

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Although goal ratio was first tie-break criterion, a special three-team tie-break round was held instead, because the tie was for the gold medal.

January 15

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Czechoslovakia 2:1   Great Britain
   Switzerland 5:3   Austria

January 16

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Austria 3:1   Great Britain
   Switzerland 0:1   Czechoslovakia

January 17

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Austria 1:0   Czechoslovakia
   Switzerland 7:4   Great Britain

Standings Final Round

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  GP W T L GF GA Ratio Pts
   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 12 8 1.50 4
  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 3 2 1.50 4
  Austria 3 2 0 1 7 6 1.17 4
  Great Britain 3 0 0 3 6 12 0.50 0

Consolation round 6-7 Place

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January 17

Team #1 Score Team #2
  Poland 3:1   Belgium

Tie-break Round

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January 18

Team #1 Score Team #2
   Switzerland 3:1   Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia 3:1   Austria

January 19

Team #1 Score Team #2
   Switzerland 2:2   Austria

Standings Tie-break Round

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  GP W T L GF GA Ratio Pts
   Switzerland 2 1 1 0 5 3 1.67 3
  Czechoslovakia 2 1 0 1 4 4 1.00 2
  Austria 2 0 1 1 3 5 0.60 1

Top goalscorers

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Heinrich Meng (Switzerland), 13 goals
C. Ross Cuthbert (Great Britain), 13 goals

Final standings

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1    Switzerland
2   Czechoslovakia
3   Austria
4   Great Britain
5   France
6   Poland
7   Belgium
8   Italy
9   Spain


 European Championship 1926 winner 
  
Switzerland
First title

References

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