Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's ice hockey
at the Games of the VII Olympiad

Picture of the Gold Medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons taken en route to the 1920 Olympics (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman)

Venue

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Dates

April 23–29

Competitors

60 from 7 nations

Medalists

	Winnipeg Falcons Canada
	United States national men's ice hockey team United States
	Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team Czechoslovakia

Ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic Games at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The men's tournament (women's was added in 1998) also served as the 1st World Championships. The matches were played between April 23 and April 29, 1920. Canada, represented by the Winnipeg Falcons, won the gold medal. The silver went to the United States and Czechoslovakia took the bronze. All medals were decided by the Bergvall system.

All matches took place in the Palais de Glace d'Anvers (ice palace of Antwerp). The rink was smaller than North American standards, measuring 56 metres (184 ft) long by 18 metres (59 ft) wide. All games were played with seven players per side, with the rover position being used.

Medalists

Palais de Glace d'Anvers ice rink where the ice hockey tournament was held.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Canada (CAN) Robert Benson Walter Byron Frank Fredrickson Chris Fridfinnson Magnus Goodman Haldor Halderson Konrad Johannesson Allan Woodman	United States (USA) Raymond Bonney Anthony Conroy Herbert Drury Edward Fitzgerald George Geran Frank Goheen Joseph McCormick Lawrence McCormick Frank Synott Leon Tuck Cyril Weidenborner	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Karel Hartmann Vilém Loos Jan Palouš Jan Peka Karel Pešek Josef Šroubek Otakar Vindyš Karel Wälzer

Participating nations

A total of 60 ice hockey players from 7 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

Belgium (7)
Canada (8)
Czechoslovakia (8)
France (7)
Sweden (11)
Switzerland (8)
United States (11)

Final tournament

Seven nations entered teams in the inaugural Olympic ice hockey tournament. The tournament format used the Bergvall system, starting with an elimination round to determine the gold medal winner. With only seven teams, France received a bye into the semi-finals.

Gold medal round (premier prix)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Canada	15
Czechoslovakia	0	Canada	2
United States	29	United States	0
Switzerland	0			Canada	12
Sweden	8			Sweden	1
Belgium	0	Sweden	4
		France	0

Silver medal round (second prix)

The three teams defeated by Canada in the gold medal round then played against each other to determine the second place team. Czechoslovakia received a bye into the silver medal game.

Semifinal		Final

		United States	16
United States	7	Czechoslovakia	0
Sweden	0

Bronze medal round (troisième prix)

Lastly, the three remaining teams that were previously defeated by first place Canada or second place United States played against each other to determine the third place team. Czechoslovakia received a bye into the bronze medal game, which they won.

Semifinal		Final

		Sweden	0
Sweden	4	Czechoslovakia	1
Switzerland	0

Matches - Gold medal round

Quarter-Finals
April 23	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Sweden (SWE)	8	-	0	Belgium (BEL)
	Teams:	Howander; Svensson, Lundell; Molander; Burman, Lindqvist (capt.), Johansson	(5	-	0)	Vergult; van Volckxsom, van Volxem; Goeminne; Loicq, Goossens, Deprez
	Goals:	1:0 Burman, 2:0 Johansson, 3:0 Burman, 4:0 Lindqvist, 5:0 Burman, 6:0 Johansson, 7:0 Molander, 8:0 Lindqvist
	Referee: W. A. Hewitt (CAN)

April 24	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	United States (USA)	29	-	0	Switzerland (SUI)
	Teams:	Bonney; Tuck, Fitzgerald (capt.); Goheen; J. McCormick, Drury, Conroy	(15	-	0)	Savoie; Jaccard, Lob; Dufour; Holzboer, Sillig, Cuendet
	Goals:	Conroy (8), J. McCormick (7), Goheen (6), Drury (6), Fitzgerald, Tuck
	Referee: Raoul Le Mat (USA)

April 24	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Canada (CAN)	15	-	0	Czechoslovakia (TCH)
	Teams:	Byron; Johannesson, Benson; Woodman; Goodman, Fredrickson (capt.), Halderson	(7	-	0)	Peka; Vindyš, Palouš; Hartmann; Pešek, Šroubek (capt.), Loos
	Goals:	Halderson (7), Fredrickson (4), Goodman (2), Woodman, Johannesson
	Referee: ?
Semi-Finals
April 25	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Sweden (SWE)	4	-	0	France (FRA)
	Teams:	Howander; Lindqvist (capt.), Lundell; Molander; Burman, Svensson, Johansson	(2	-	0)	Gaittet; Couttet, Chaland; Charpentier; de Rauch, Quaglia, Dary
	Goals:	1:0 Burman, 2:0 Svensson, 3:0 Molander, 4:0 Lindqvist
	Referee: Garon (CAN)

April 25	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Canada (CAN)	2	-	0	United States (USA)
	Teams:	Byron; Johannesson, Benson; Woodman; Goodman, Fredrickson (capt.), Halderson	(0	-	0)	Bonney; Geran, Fitzgerald (capt.); Goheen; J. McCormick, Drury, Conroy
	Goals:	1:0 Fredrickson, 2:0 Johannesson
	Referee: Alfred de Rauch (FRA)
Gold Medal Match
April 26	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Canada (CAN)	12	-	1	Sweden (SWE)
	Teams:	Byron; Johannesson, Benson; Fridfinnson; Goodman, Fredrickson (capt.), Halderson	(5	-	1)	Howander; Lindqvist (capt.), Arwe; Svensson; Burman, Mattsson, Johansson
	Goals:	1:0 (1:15) Halderson, 2:0 (1:55) Fridfinnson, 3:0 (5:20) Fredrickson, 3:1 (15:58) Svensson, 4:1 (16:00) Fredrickson, 5:1 (17:35) Fredrickson, 6:1 (23:47) Goodman, 7:1 (28:09) Benson, 8:1 (29:15) Fredrickson, 9:1 (29:30) Fredrickson, 10:1 (34:55) Fredrickson, 11:1 (36:20) Halderson, 12:1 (39:02) Fredrickson
	Referee: Joseph McCormick (USA)

Semi-Finals
April 27	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	United States (USA)	7	-	0	Sweden (SWE)
	Teams:	Weidenborner; Geran, Tuck; Goheen; Synott (capt.), Drury, Conroy	(5	-	0)	Howander; Lindqvist (capt.), Lundell; Arwe; Burman, Svensson, Johansson
	Goals:	Drury (4), Geran (3)
	Referee: ?
Silver Medal Match
April 28	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	United States (USA)	16	-	0	Czechoslovakia (TCH)
	Teams:	Weidenborner; Fitzgerald, Goheen; Synott; J. McCormick (capt.), L. McCormick, Conroy	(7	-	0)	Peka; Vindyš, Palouš; Hartmann; Pešek, Šroubek (capt.), Loos
	Goals:	L. McCormick (7), Drury (4), Conroy (2), J. McCormick, Goheen, Synott
	Referee: Paul Loicq (BEL)

Semi-Finals
April 28	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Sweden (SWE)	4	-	0	Switzerland (SUI)
	Teams:	Jansson; Lindqvist (capt.), Lundell; Molander; Säfwenberg, Arwe, Johansson	(5	-	0)	Savoie; Jaccard, Lob; Dufour; Leuzinger, Sillig, Cuendet
	Goals:	1:0 Säfwenberg, 2:0 Johansson, 3:0 Arwe, 4:0 Arwe
	Referee: Frank Fredrickson (CAN)
Bronze Medal Match
April 29	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	-	0	Sweden (SWE)
	Teams:	Wälzer; Vindyš, Palouš; Hartmann; Pešek, Šroubek (capt.), Loos	(1	-	0)	Howander; Lindqvist (capt.), Lundell; Molander; Burman, Svensson, Johansson
	Goals:	1:0 Šroubek
	Referee: Frank Fredrickson (CAN)

1920 Summer Olympics Champions
Canada First title

Top scorer

Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Herbert Drury	4	14	0	14

Final ranking

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
1	Canada (CAN)	3	3	0	29	1
	Coach: W. A. Hewitt Robert Benson (Winnipeg Falcons) Walter Byron (Winnipeg Falcons) Frank Fredrickson (Winnipeg Falcons) Chris Fridfinnson (Winnipeg Falcons) Magnus Goodman (Winnipeg Falcons) Haldor Halderson (Winnipeg Falcons) Konrad Johannesson (Winnipeg Falcons) Allan Woodman (Winnipeg Falcons)
2	United States (USA)	4	3	1	52	2
	Coach: Cornelius Fellows Raymond Bonney (St. Paul A.C.) Anthony Conroy (St. Paul A.C.) Herbert Drury (Pittsburgh AA) Edward Fitzgerald (St. Paul A.C.) George Geran (Boston AA) Frank Goheen (St. Paul A.C.) Joseph McCormick (Pittsburgh AA) Lawrence McCormick (Pittsburgh AA) Frank Synott (Boston AA) Leon Tuck (Boston AA) Cyril Weidenborner (St. Paul A.C.)
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	2	1	31
	Coach: ? Karel Hartmann Vilém Loos Jan Palouš Jan Peka Karel Pešek Josef Šroubek Otakar Vindyš Karel Wälzer
4	Sweden (SWE)	6	3	3	17	20
	Coach: Raoul Le Mat (USA) Erik Burman (IK Göta) Seth Howander (IFK Uppsala) Albin Jansson (Järva IS) Georg Johansson (IK Göta) Einar Lindqvist (IFK Uppsala) Einar Lundell (IK Göta) Hansjacob Mattsson (England) Nils Molander (Berliner Schlittschuh Club) David Säfwenberg (Berliner Sport Club) Einar Svensson (IK Göta) Wilhelm Arwe (IK Göta)
5	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	2	0	33
	Coach: ? Rodolphe Cuendet Louis Dufour Max Holzboer Marius Jaccard Bruno Leuzinger Paul Lob René Savoie Max Sillig
6	France (FRA)	1	0	1	0	4
	Coach: Garon (CAN) Jean Chaland Pierre Charpentier Henri Couttet Georges Dary Alfred de Rauch Jacques Gaittet Léonhard Quaglia
7	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	0	8
	Coach: ? Maurice Deprez Paul Goeminne Jean-Maurice Goossens Paul Loicq Philippe van Volckxsom Gaston van Volxem François Vergult

References

1920 Olympic Games report (digitized copy online)
International Olympic Committee results database
Ishockey VM OS 1920-1939
Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005). Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Turin 2006 Edition, The. Wilmington, Delaware: Sport Media Publishing Inc. p. 320. ISBN 1-894963-45-8.

Events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp

Archery Athletics Boxing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Figure skating Football Gymnastics Field hockey Ice hockey Korfball (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Polo Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis Tug of war Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

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 2010 2014 2018

List of medalists List of venues

Ice Hockey World Championships

Current champions (2015): Canada

2016 Championship teams	Belarus Canada Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary Kazakhstan Latvia Norway Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States

Tournaments	1920 1924 1928 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Championships (Top Division)	Switzerland 1998 Norway 1999 Russia 2000 Germany 2001 Sweden 2002 Finland 2003 Czech Republic 2004 Austria 2005 Latvia 2006 Russia 2007 Canada 2008 Switzerland 2009 Germany 2010 Slovakia 2011 Finland/Sweden 2012 Sweden/Finland 2013 Belarus 2014 Czech Republic 2015 Russia 2016 France/Germany 2017 Denmark 2018 Slovakia 2019 Switzerland 2020

Finals	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Rosters	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Division I	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Division II	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Division III	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Medalists Attendance Awards winners

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