1956 Winter Olympics

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1956 Winter Olympics
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Tournament details
Host nation  Italy
Dates 26 January–4 February
Teams 10
Champions  Soviet Union (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played 33
Goals scored 262  (7.94 per game)
Attendance 122,230  (3,704 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada James Logan 15 points
Trophy awarded for the 1956 World Championships

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was the 8th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 23rd World Championships and the 34th European Championships. The tournament was held at the Olympic Ice Stadium and the Apollonio Stadium.

East and West Germany could not come to an agreement over how to formulate a combined team, so they played a qualification game against each other, which the west won. The east hosted a tournament for non qualified teams, often referred to as World Championships Pool B, between GDR, Norway and Belgium in Berlin.[1]

The Soviets won all their games to claim their first Olympic title, their second World title, and their third European title. Canada, represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, won its eighth consecutive Olympic ice hockey medal, though this was its first ever bronze medal.

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
 USA
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
Gérard Théberge
Alfred Horne
Charlie Brooker
George Scholes
Bob White
Ken Laufman

World Championship Group A (Italy)

Qualification

  • November 16, 1955
    • East Germany 3-7 West Germany

First round

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

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

Consolation round

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

World Championship Group B (East Germany)

Final Round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
11  East Germany 2 2 0 0 18 8 4
12  Norway 2 1 1 0 8 9 2
13  Belgium 2 0 2 0 12 21 0
  • March 8
    • East Germany 4-1 Norway
  • March 9
    • East Germany 14-7 Belgium
  • March 10
    • Norway 7-5 Belgium

Leading scorers

Rk Team GP G A Pts
1 Flag of Canada James Logan 8 7 8 15
2 Flag of Canada Paul Knox 8 7 7 14
3 Flag of Soviet Union Vsevolod Bobrov 7 9 3 12
4 Flag of Canada Jack McKenzie 8 7 5 12
5 Flag of Canada Gerry Theberge 8 9 2 11
6 Flag of Soviet Union Alexei Guryshev 7 8 3 11
7 Flag of United States John Mayasich 7 6 4 10
8 Flag of Canada George Scholes 8 5 5 10
9 Flag of Canada Ken Laufman 8 1 8 9
10 Flag of United States Gordon Christian 6 5 3 8

Final ranking

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

European Championship final ranking

  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Sweden
  3.  Czechoslovakia
  4.  West Germany
  5.  Italy
  6.  Poland
  7.  Switzerland
  8.  Austria

Team rosters

Place Team Player
4  Sweden Lars Svensson, Yngve Casslind, Bertz Zetterberg, Lars Björn, Åke Lassas, Vilgot Larsson, Ove Malmberg, Holger Nurmela, Sven Johansson, Sigurd Bröms, Hans Öberg, Ronald Pettersson, Nils Nilsson, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Stig Andersson-Tvilling, Hans Andersson-Tvilling, Stig Carlsson
5  Czechoslovakia Jan Vodička, Ján Jendek, Karel Gut, Jan Kasper, Václav Bubník, Jaromír Bünter, Slavomír Bartoň, Vlastimil Bubník, Bronislav Danda, Zdeněk Návrat, František Vaněk, Bohumil Prošek, Miroslav Klůc, Stanislav Bacílek, Vladimír Zábrodský, Otto Cimrman, Václav Pantůček
6  Germany Ulli Jansen, Alfred Hoffmann, Anton Biersack, Bruno Guttowski, Martin Beck, Paul Ambros, Karl Bierschel, Kurt Sepp, Markus Egen, Ernst Trautwein, Hans Huber, Rudolf Pittrich, Arthur Endress, Reiner Kossmann, Hans Rampf, Martin Zach, Günther Jochems
7  Italy Vittorio Bolla, Giuliano Ferraris, Carmine Tucci, Carlo Montemurro, Aldo Federici, Mario Bedogni, Bernardo Tomei, Giovanni Furlani, Giampiero Branduardi, Aldo Maniacco, Ernesto Crotti, Giancarlo Agazzi, Gianfranco Darin, Reno Alberton, Giulio Oberhammer, Francesco Macchietto
8  Poland Władysław Pabisz, Edward Kocząb, Janusz Zawadzki, Kazimierz Chodakowski, Stanisław Olczyk, Mieczysław Chmura, Henryk Bromowicz, Józef Kurek, Zdzisław Nowak, Szymon Janiczko, Adolf Wróbel, Kazimierz Bryniarski, Marian Herda, Hilary Skarżyński, Bronisław Gosztyła, Rudolf Czech, Alfred Wróbel
9  Switzerland Christian Conrad, Martin Riesen, Kurt Peter, Georg Riesch, Émile Golaz, Rudolf Keller, Sepp Weingärtner, Paul Hofer, Hans Ott, Franz Berry, Hans Pappa, Fritz Naef, Emil Handschin, Bernhard Bagnoud, Walter Keller, Rätus Frei, Otto Schläpfer
10  Austria Alfred Püls, Robert Nusser, Franz Potucek, Hermann Knoll, Hans Mössmer, Hans Scarsini, Hans Zollner, Fritz Spielmann, Wilhelm Schmid, Walter Znenahlik, Gerhard Springer, Adolf Hafner, Hans Wagner, Max Singewald, Kurt Kurz, Konrad Staudinger, Wolfgang Jöchl

Team Photos

Citations

References

  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 25–6, 30, 107–8. 
  • Jeux Olympiques d'Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956


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