Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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.

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Soviet Union Nikolai Puchkov Grigory Mkrtychan Nikolaï Sologubov Dmitry Ukolov Ivan Tregubov Genrikh Sidorenkov Alfred Kuchevsky Yevgeny Babich Viktor Shuvalov Vsevolod Bobrov Yuri Krylov Aleksandr Uvarov Valentin Kuzin Yuri Pantjukhov Aleksey Guryshev Nikolay Khlystov Viktor Nikiforov	United States Willard Ikola Don Rigazio Richard Rodenheiser Daniel McKinnon Ed Sampson John Matchefts Richard Meredith Dick Dougherty Ken Purpur John Mayasich Bill Cleary Wellington Burtnett Wendell Anderson Gene Campbell Gordon Christian Weldon Olson John Petroske	Canada Denis Brodeur Keith Woodall Floyd Martin Howie Lee Art Hurst Jack McKenzie James Logan Paul Knox Donald Rope Byrle Klinck Bill Colvin Gerry Théberge Alfred Horne Charlie Brooker George Scholes Bob White Ken Laufman

Preliminary round (Pool A for WC)

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

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

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	2	0	3	12	0

• January 27
  • Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA

• January 28
  • USA 4-0 Poland

• January 29
  • Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland

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

Final round

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

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

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

Final ranking

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

References

• Jeux Olympiques d'Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956

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