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[[File:Palais de Glace.jpg|thumb|200px|The Palais de Glace in Antwerp.]]
'''Ice hockey''' was introduced to the [[Olympic Games]] at the 1920 Summer Olympics in [[Antwerp]]. The matches were played between April 23 and April 29, 1920. All matches took place in the [[Palais de Glace d'Anvers]] (ice palace of Antwerp). The rink measured 56 to 18 meters (165 to 58½ feet). All games were played with seven players on each side, with the rover position being used. The gold medalists were the [[Winnipeg Falcons]], representing [[Canadian national men's hockey team|Canada]]. The silver went to the [[American national men's hockey team|United States]] and [[Czechoslovakian national ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]] took the bronze.

==Gold Medal Rounds==
[[File:Winnipeg Falcons.jpg|thumb|200px|The gold-medal winning Winnipeg Falcons.]]
This was a single-elimination to determine the gold medal winner. With seven teams entered, France received a bye to the second round.

===First Round===

*Friday April 23 {{Flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Sweden]] 8''' {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Belgium]] 0 (5-0, 3-0)
*Saturday April 24 {{Flagicon|USA}} '''[[United States]] 29''' {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland]] 0 (15-0, 14-0)
*Saturday April 24 {{Flagicon|CAN|1921}} '''[[Canada]] 15''' {{Flagicon|TCH}} [[Czechoslovakia]] 0 (5-0, 10-0)

===Second Round===

*Sunday April 25 {{Flagicon|SWE}} '''Sweden 4''' {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[France]] 0 (2-0, 2-0)
*Sunday April 25 {{Flagicon|CAN|1921}} '''Canada 2''' {{Flagicon|USA}} United States 0 (0-0, 2-0)

===Gold Medal Game===

*Monday April 26 {{Flagicon|CAN|1921}} '''Canada 12''' {{Flagicon|SWE}} Sweden 1 (5-1, 7-0)

==Silver Medal Rounds==

The three teams defeated by Canada then played off for the silver medal. Czechoslovakia received a bye.

===First Round===

*Tuesday April 27 {{Flagicon|USA}} '''United States 7''' {{Flagicon|SWE}} Sweden 0 (5-0, 2-0)

===Silver Medal Game===

*Wednesday April 28 {{Flagicon|USA}} '''United States 16''' {{Flagicon|TCH}} Czechoslovakia 0 (7-0, 9-0)

==Bronze Medal Rounds==
The three teams defeated by the United states then played off for the bronze medal. Czechoslovakia received a bye.

===First Round===
*Wednesday April 28 {{Flagicon|SWE}} '''Sweden 4''' {{Flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland 0 (0-0, 4-0)
===Bronze Medal Game===

*Thursday April 29 {{Flagicon|TCH}} '''Czechoslovakia 1''' {{Flagicon|SWE}} Sweden 0 (1-0, 0-0)

==Summary==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="20"|Rank
!width="160"|Team
!width="20"|GP
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
|- bgcolor=gold
|1||align=left|{{flagicon|CAN|1868}}||3||3||0||29||1
|-
| ||align=left colspan=6|''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]])''
|- bgcolor=silver
|2||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}}||4||3||1||52||2
|-
| ||align=left colspan=6|''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)'' [[Moose Goheen|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.)''
|- bgcolor=cc9966
|3||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}}||3||1||2||1||31
|-
| ||align=left colspan=6|''Coach:'' ? [[Karel Hartmann]] [[Vilém Loos]] [[Jan Palous]] [[Jan Peka]] [[Karel Pesek-Kada]] [[Josef Sroubek]] [[Otakar Vindys]] [[Karel Walzer]]
|-
|4||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}}||6||3||3||17||20
|-
| ||align=left colspan=6|''Coach:'' [[Raoul Le Mat]] (USA) [[Erik Burman]] ''([[IK Göta Ishockey|IK Göta]])'' [[Seth Howander]] ''(IFK Uppsala)'' [[Albin Jansson]] ''(Järva IS)'' [[Georg Johansson]] ''([[IK Göta Ishockey|IK Göta]])'' [[Einar Lindqvist]] ''(IFK Uppsala)'' [[Einar Lundell]] ''([[IK Göta Ishockey|IK Göta]])'' [[Hans-Jacob Mattsson]] ''(England)'' [[Nisse Molander]] ''(Berliner Schlittschuh Club)'' [[David Säfwenberg]] ''(Berliner Sport Club)'' [[Einar Svensson]] ''([[IK Göta Ishockey|IK Göta]])'' [[Wilhelm Arwe]] ''([[IK Göta Ishockey|IK Göta]])''
|-
| — ||align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}}||2||0||2||0||33
|-
| ||align=left colspan=6|''Coach:'' ? [[Rodolphe Cuendet]] [[Louis Dufour, Jr.]] [[Max Holsboer]] [[Marius Jaccard]] [[Bruno Leuzinger]] [[Paul Lob]] [[René Savoie]] [[Max Sillig]]
|-
| — ||align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}}||1||0||1||0||8
|-
| ||align=left colspan=6|''Coach:'' ? [[Maurice Deprez]] [[Paul Goeminne]] [[Jean-Maurice Goossens]] [[Paul Loicq]] [[Philippe van Volckxsom]] [[Gaston van Volxem]] [[Francois Vergult]]
|-
| — ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}}||1||0||1||0||4
|-
| ||align=left colspan=6|''Coach:'' Garon (CAN) [[Jean Chaland]] [[Pierre Charpentier]] [[Henri Couttet]] [[Georges Dary]] [[Alfréd de Rauch]] [[Jacques Gaittet]] [[Léonhard Quaglia]]
|}

==Team Photos==

<gallery widths="250" captionalign="center">
1920Cze.jpg|[[Czechoslovakia]]
1920United States.jpg|[[United States]]
1920Sweden.jpg|[[Sweden]]
1920Belgium.jpg|[[Belgium]]
1920Canada.jpg|[[Canada]]
</gallery>

==References==
* [http://www.aafla.com/6oic/OfficialReports/1920/1920.pdf 1920 Olympic Games report] (digitized copy online)
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]

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