Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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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 (perhaps, some sort of the consolation round) between GDR, Norway and Belgium in Berlin. Games were held at the Stadio Olympica.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Preliminary round (Pool A for WC) 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Group C 3 Final round 3.1 Games for 1st-6th places 3.2 Games for 7th-10th places 4 Leading scorers 5 Final ranking

[edit] Medalists

Pos	Team
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	United States
Bronze	Canada

[edit] Preliminary round (Pool A for WC)

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group earned a right to play for 1st-6th places.

[edit] 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

[edit] Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	12	6	4
2	United States	2	1	1	0	7	4	2
3	Poland	2	0	0	2	3	12	0

• January 27
  • Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA

• January 28
  • USA 4-0 Poland

• January 29
  • Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland

[edit] 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

[edit] Final round

[edit] 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	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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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	Alexei Guryshev	7	3	3	10
8	Vlastimil Bubník	7	5	4	9
9	George Scholes	8	5	3	8
10	Viktor Shuvalov	7	5	2	7

[edit] Final ranking

1.  Soviet Union
2.  United States
3.  Canada
4.  Sweden
5.  Czechoslovakia
6.  Germany
7.  Italy
8.  Poland
9.  Switzerland
10.  Austria

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Preceded by 1955 World Championships	Ice Hockey World Championships	Succeeded by 1957 World Championships
Preceded by 1955 European Championships	Ice Hockey European Championships	Succeeded by 1957 European Championships