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

World Championship Group A (Italy)

Qualification

• November 16, 1955
  • East Germany 3-7 West Germany (combined team)

First round

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

Group A

• 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

• January 27
  • Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA

• January 28
  • USA 4-0 Poland

• January 29
  • Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland

Group C

• January 27
  • USSR 5-1 Sweden

• January 28
  • Sweden 6-5 Switzerland

• January 29
  • USSR 10-3 Switzerland

Final round

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

• 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

Consolation round

• 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

World Championship Group B (East Germany)

Final Round

• March 8
  • East Germany 4-1 Norway

• March 9
  • East Germany 14-7 Belgium

• March 10
  • Norway 7-5 Belgium

Leading scorers

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