At the 1964 Winter Olympics

1964 Winter Olympics

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964...

held in Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, one ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

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

Olympiahalle Innsbruck

OlympiaWorld Innsbruck is a multi-purpose sports facility complex in Innsbruck, Austria. It was built in 1963, holds 7,212 people, during ice hockey matches and 15,000 people, during handball matches....

.

Medalists

Medal	Team
Gold
Silver
Bronze	¹

¹The tie-breaking procedures for the Olympics were changed after the competition. By the previous rules (goal difference between teams involved in the medal round), 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...

 was the bronze medal winner, but just before medal ceremony this was changed, and Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovak national ice hockey team

The Czechoslovak national men's ice hockey team was one of the world's premiere teams during the Soviet dominated international hockey era, often fighting Sweden for second place but sometimes beating the Soviets...

 won bronze by new rules (goal difference in all games of the Olympics). This tournament also served as the 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...

 and the European Championships for 1964.
In 2005, the International Ice Hockey Federation

International Ice Hockey Federation

The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...

 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

• 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 (combined team)

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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.

• 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

Final Round

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

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		7	7	0	0	54	10	14
2		7	5	2	0	47	16	10
3		7	5	2	0	38	19	10
4		7	5	2	0	32	17	10
5		7	2	5	0	29	33	4
6		7	2	5	0	10	31	4
7		7	2	5	0	13	49	4
8		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

Consolation Round

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

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
9		7	6	1	0	40	13	12
10		7	5	2	0	40	19	10
11		7	4	2	1	35	31	9
12		7	3	3	1	31	28	7
13		7	3	3	1	24	28	7
14		7	3	3	1	29	37	7
15		7	2	5	0	24	42	4
16		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 5-1 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 Ulf Sterner Ulf Ivar Erik "Uffe" Sterner is a Swedish retired ice hockey forward. He played in nine IIHF World Championships for Sweden, where the team won seven medals: one gold, five silver, and one bronze. He was also a member of the silver medal team at the 1964 Winter Olympics...	7	6	5	11
3	Viacheslav Starsinov	7	7	3	10
3	Boris Majorov	7	7	3	10
3	Viktor Yakushev	7	7	3	10
3	Jiri Dolana	7	7	3	10
7	Josef Černý Josef Cerný Josef Černý is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a three medals at four Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2007.-External links:*...	7	5	5	10
8	Anders Andersson Anders Andersson (hockey) Åke Anders "Akka" Andersson was a Swedish ice hockey centre in the 1950s and 1960s. He played 132 international games for Sweden, including seven IIHF World Championships and two Winter Olympics...	7	7	2	9
9	Konstantin Loktev Konstantin Loktev Konstantin Borisovich Loktev was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964. He was born and died in Moscow.-External links:* * * * *...	7	4	5	9
10	Gary Dineen Gary Dineen Daniel Patrick "Gary" Dineen was a former Canadian Olympian, career minor league hockey player who played four games for the Minnesota North Stars of the NHL, and best known as a top developer of hockey talent in the Springfield area...	7	3	6	9

Final ranking