The 1934 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...

were held between February 3 and February 11, 1934 in Milan

Milan

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, Italy

Italy

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Like the previous year's World Championship

1933 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1933 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 18 and February 26, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.The championship by the United States was their first, and was also the first time Canada lost a hockey world championship...

 twelve teams participated, with defending champion USA record and Canada

Canadian national men's hockey team

The Canadian national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and participates in international competitions. From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior...

 advancing directly to the second round. The other ten teams split into three preliminary groups for the six remaining second round places. But in the preliminary Group C, there was a stalemate among the three teams – all with two points and the same number of goals for and against. As a result, the organizing committee decided, all three teams in Group C should advance. With nine instead of eight teams in the second round, the format was changed from two groups of four teams to three groups of three teams. The group winners advanced directly to the semi-finals. The fourth semi-final position was decided by an extra qualifying round among the second place finishers. The second and third place teams in the extra qualifying round were awarded 5th and 6th positions. The six teams not advancing to the semifinals or the extra qualifying round played a round-robin for positions 7 through 12.

Canada

Canadian national men's hockey team

The Canadian national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and participates in international competitions. From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior...

 won its seventh world championship, defeating the USA in the final After winning the title picked up in this year's championship. The World Championship bronze medal and the European Championship title went to Germany. It was the second European Championship title for the Germans.

Final tournament

First Round February 3

• Group A

Hungary 2 - 0 Great Britain

Great Britain 2 - 1 Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 Hungary

Standings

1

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1		2	1	0	1	2:1
2:2
2		2	1	0	1	2:2	0	2:2
3		2	1	0	1	2:3
2:2

• Group B

Switzerland 20 - 1 Belgium

France 4 - 1 Romania

Romania 3 - 2 Belgium

Switzerland 3 - 0 France

Belgium 2 - 0 France

Switzerland 7 - 2 Romania

Standings

27

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1		3	3	0	0	30: 3
6:0
2		3	1	0	2	4: 6
2:4
3		3	1	0	2	6:13
2:4
4		3	1	0	2	5:23
2:4

• Group C

Austria 2 - 1 Germany

Germany 3 - 2 Italy

Italy 1 - 0 Austria

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1		2	1	0	1	4:4	0	2:2
1		2	1	0	1	3:3	0	2:2
1		2	1	0	1	2:2	0	2:2

Second Round February 6

• Group D

United States 1 - 0 Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia 4 - 0 Austria

United States 1 - 0 Austria

Standings

2

3

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1		2	2	0	0	2:0
4:0
2		2	1	0	1	4:1
2:2
3		2	0	0	2	0:5
0:4

• Group E

Italy 0 - 0 a.p. Hungary

Switzerland 1 - 0 Hungary

Switzerland 3 - 0 Italy

Standings

4

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1		2	2	0	0	4:0
4:0
2		2	0	1	1	0:1
1:3
3		2	0	1	1	0:3
1:3

• Group F

Canada 9 - 0 France

Canada 6 - 0 Germany

Germany 4 - 0 France

Standings

15

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1		2	2	0	0	15: 0
4:0
2		2	1	0	1	4: 6
2:2
3		2	0	0	2	0:13
0:4

Third Round

Germany 1 - 0 a.p. Czechoslovakia

Standings

1

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
4		1	1	0	0	1:0
2:0
5		1	0	0	1	0:1
0:2
6		0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0:0

Consolation Round 7-12 Place February 9

Great Britain 3 - 0 Belgium*

Austria 2 - 1 Great Britain

Italy 3 - 0 Romania

Austria 3 - 1 Romania

Great Britain 4 - 1 Italy

Great Britain 2 - 1 Romania

Italy 2 - 2 a.p. Austria

• Belgium only played one match

Standings

3

3

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
7		3	2	1	0	7:4
5:1
8		3	2	0	1	7:4
4:2
9		3	1	1	1	6:6	0	3:3
10		3	0	0	3	2:8
0:6
11		0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0:0
12		0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0:0

Final Round

Semi-Finals February 10

Canada 2 - 1 a.p. Switzerland

United States 3 - 0 Germany

Third place Game February 11

Germany 2 - 1 a.p. Switzerland

Final February 11

Canada 2 - 1 a.p. United States

Final Rankings – World Championship

RF	Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

1934 World Champion

Team Members

Pos.	Team	Spieler
1	CAN Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Tommy Dewar, Ab Welsh, Cooney Woods, Les Bird, Ray Watkins, Jim Dewey, Ab Rogers, Bert Scharfe, Elmer Piper, Ron Silver, Cliff Lake, Hobb Wilson; Trainer: Johnny Walker

Final Rankings – European Championship

Pos.	Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

1934 European Champion