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 6 See also

[edit] Medalists

Pos	Team
Gold	USSR
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	United Team of 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

• Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG)
• Canada 3-1 Italy
• Canada 23-0 Austria
• Germany (UTG) 2-2 Italy
• Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria
• Austria 2-2 Italy

[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

• Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
• Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland
• USA 4-0 Poland

[edit] Group C

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	USSR	2	2	0	0	15	4	4
2	Sweden	2	1	1	0	7	10	2
3	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	8	16	0

• USSR 5-1 Sweden
• USSR 10-3 Switzerland
• Sweden 6-5 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	USSR	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	United Team of Germany	5	0	4	1	6	35	1

• USSR 4-0 USA
• USSR 2-0 Canada
• USSR 4-1 Sweden
• USSR 7-4 Czechoslovakia
• USSR 8-0 Germany (UTG)
• USA 4-1 Canada
• USA 6-1 Sweden
• USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
• USA 7-2 Germany (UTG)
• Canada 6-2 Sweden
• Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
• Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG)
• Sweden 5-0 Czechoslovakia
• Czechoslovakia 9-3 Germany (UTG)
• Germany (UTG) 1-1 Sweden

[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	1	21	7	4
9	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	12	18	2
10	Austria	3	0	3	0	9	19	0

• Italy 5-2 Poland
• Italy 8-3 Switzerland
• Italy 8-2 Austria
• Poland 6-2 Switzerland
• Poland 4-3 Austria
• Switzerland 7-4 Austria

[edit] Leading scorers

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Jim 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. USSR
2. United States
3. Canada
4. Sweden
5. Czechoslovakia
6. United Team of Germany
7. Italy
8. Poland
9. Switzerland
10. Austria

[edit] See also

Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in ice hockey

Events at the 1956 Winter Olympics (Cortina d'Ampezzo)
Alpine skiing • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating