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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 1964
| other_titles =
| image = 1964wolposter.jpg
| size = 200px
| caption =
| country = Austria
| dates = 29 January – 9 February
| num_teams = 16
| venues =
| cities =
| winners = USSR
| winners-flagvar = 1955
| count = 2
| second = Sweden
| third = Czechoslovakia
| fourth = Canada
| fourth-flagvar = 1957
| games = 56
| goals = 469
| attendance = 199450
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1955}} Konstantin Loktev 15 points
| mvp =
| prevseason = [[1963 World Ice Hockey Championships|1963]] or [[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960 Olympics]]
| nextseason = [[1965 World Ice Hockey Championships|1965]] or [[Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968 Olympics]]
}}

The men's '''ice hockey''' tournament at the '''1964 Winter Olympics''' in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]], was the 10th [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic Championship]], also serving as the 31st [[World Ice Hockey Championships|World Championships]] and the 42nd [[Ice Hockey European Championships|European Championships]]. The games were held at the [[Olympiahalle (Innsbruck)|Olympiahalle Innsbruck]]. The [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]] won its second Olympic gold medal, fourth World Championship and eighth European Championship. [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]], represented for the first time by a purpose built national team organized and coached by Father David Bauer, was shut out of the medals for the first time in Olympic ice hockey history—still in contention for the gold medal on the last day until a loss to the Soviets, the Canadians were controversially denied a bronze medal as the rules were hastily changed by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] late in the final period of the final game, where the [[Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team|Czechoslovakians]] were being dramatically outscored by [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] just minutes prior to the medals presentation.<ref name=gazette/><ref>Wallechinsky p. 613</ref>

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Team
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
|{{ih|URS|1955}}
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
|{{ih|SWE}}
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
|{{ih|TCH}}¹
|}

¹The tie-breaking procedures for the Olympics were changed in the few minutes between the end of the final game and the medals presentation. By the rules that were being used until the end of the final game (goal difference between the top four teams),<ref name=gazette>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19640210&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Montreal Gazette 10 February, 1964 (page 18)]</ref><ref name=HHOF/> [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] was the bronze medal winner, but just before the medal ceremony this was changed, and [[Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]] won bronze by the new rules (goal difference in all games of the Olympics).
In 2005, the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] attempted to alter the results of World Championship, awarding Canadians a bronze medal, but then it changed its mind, and in September 2005 the IIHF finally rejected Canada's appeal to be awarded 3rd place.<ref name=passionhockey/>

==Qualification==
Prior to the tournament it was determined that there would be a spot allocated for an Asia/Oceanic representative. Also, for the third (and final time) East played West to decide the German representative in the Olympic hockey tournament.
*'''November 23, 1963'''
**Japan 17–1 Australia
*'''November 26, 1963'''
**'''Japan''' 17–6 Australia
----
*'''December 6, 1963'''
**West Germany 4–4 East Germany
*'''December 8, 1963'''
**East Germany 3–4 West Germany
----

==First Round (A/B)==
Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st–8th places. Teams which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th–16th places. Countries were seeded (roughly) from their placement at the [[1963 World Ice Hockey Championships]]. Switzerland was the only 'B' pool team to win, defeating Norway who was also from the 'B' pool.

*'''January 27'''
**'''Switzerland''' 5–1 Norway
**'''Canada''' 14–1 Yugoslavia

*'''January 28'''
**'''USSR''' 19–1 Hungary
**'''Czechoslovakia''' 17–2 Japan
**'''Sweden''' 12–2 Italy
**'''USA''' 7–2 Romania
**'''Germany (UTG)''' 2–1 Poland
** Austria 2–8 '''Finland'''

==World Championship Group A (Austria)==

=== Final Round ===
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Rank
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Team
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
|- align=center bgcolor="gold"
|'''1'''
|align=left|{{ih|URS|1955}}
|7||7||0||0||54||10||'''14'''
|- align=center bgcolor="silver"
|'''2'''
|align=left|{{ih|SWE}}
|7||5||2||0||47||16||'''10'''
|- align=center bgcolor="cc9966"
|'''3'''
|align=left|{{ih|TCH}}
|7||5||2||0||38||19||'''10'''
|- align=center
|'''4'''
|align=left|{{ih|CAN|1957}}
|7||5||2||0||32||17||'''10'''
|- align=center
|'''5'''
|align=left|{{ih|USA}}
|7||2||5||0||29||33||'''4'''
|- align=center
|'''6'''
|align=left|{{ih|FIN}}
|7||2||5||0||10||31||'''4'''
|- align=center
|'''7'''
|align=left|{{ih|GER|EUA}}<ref name=EUA>Germany competed as the United Team of Germany</ref>
|7||2||5||0||13||49||'''4'''
|- align=center
|'''8'''
|align=left|{{ih|SUI}}
|7||0||7||0||9||57||'''0'''
|}

*'''January 29'''
**USSR 5–1 USA
**Czechoslovakia 11–1 Germany (UTG)
**Canada 8–0 Switzerland

*'''January 30'''
**Finland 4–0 Switzerland
**Canada 3–1 Sweden

*'''January 31'''
**USA 8–0 Germany (UTG)
**USSR 7–5 Czechoslovakia

*'''February 1'''
**Czechoslovakia 4–0 Finland
**USSR 15–0 Switzerland
**Sweden 7–4 USA

*'''February 2'''
**Canada 4–2 Germany (UTG)
**Sweden 7–0 Finland

*'''February 3'''
**Canada 8–6 USA

*'''February 4'''
**USSR 10–0 Finland
**Czechoslovakia 5–1 Switzerland
**Sweden 10–2 Germany (UTG)

*'''February 5'''
**Canada 6–2 Finland
**USSR 10–0 Germany (UTG)
**Sweden 12–0 Switzerland
**Czechoslovakia 7–1 USA

*'''February 7'''
**Germany (UTG) 6–5 Switzerland
**Finland 3–2 USA
**USSR 4–2 Sweden
**Czechoslovakia 3–1 Canada

*'''February 8'''
**Germany (UTG) 2–1 Finland
**USA 7–3 Switzerland
**USSR 3–2 Canada
**Sweden 8–3 Czechoslovakia

==World Championship Group B (Austria)==

=== Consolation Round ===
Teams in this group play for 9th–16th places.

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Rank
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Team
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
|- align=center
|'''9'''
|align=left|{{ih|POL}}
|7||6||1||0||40||13||'''12'''
|- align=center
|'''10'''
|align=left|{{ih|NOR}}
|7||5||2||0||40||19||'''10'''
|- align=center
|'''11'''
|align=left|{{ih|JPN}}
|7||4||2||1||35||31||'''9'''
|- align=center
|'''12'''
|align=left|{{ih|ROU|1952}}
|7||3||3||1||31||28||'''7'''
|- align=center
|'''13'''
|align=left|{{ih|AUT}}
|7||3||3||1||24||28||'''7'''
|- align=center
|'''14'''
|align=left|{{ih|YUG}}
|7||3||3||1||29||37||'''7'''
|- align=center
|'''15'''
|align=left|{{ih|ITA}}
|7||2||5||0||24||42||'''4'''
|- align=center
|'''16'''
|align=left|{{ih|HUN}}
|7||0||7||0||14||39||'''0'''
|}

*'''January 30'''
**Austria 6–2 Yugoslavia
**Poland 6–1 Romania
**Italy 6–4 Hungary
**Japan 4–3 Norway

*'''January 31'''
**Poland 4–2 Norway
**Japan 6–4 Romania

*'''February 1'''
**Austria 3–0 Hungary
**Yugoslavia 5–3 Italy

*'''February 2'''
**Norway 9–2 Italy
**Romania 5–5 Yugoslavia

*'''February 3'''
**Poland 6–2 Hungary
**Austria 5–5 Japan

*'''February 4'''
**Yugoslavia 6–4 Japan

*'''February 5'''
**Poland 7–0 Italy
**Austria 2–5 Romania
**Norway 6–1 Hungary

*'''February 6'''
**Austria 5–3 Italy
**Yugoslavia 4–2 Hungary
**Japan 4–3 Poland
**Norway 4–2 Romania

*'''February 8'''
**Austria 2–8 Norway
**Poland 9–3 Yugoslavia
**Romania 6–2 Italy
**Japan 6–2 Hungary

*'''February 9'''
**Austria 1–5 Poland
**Norway 8–4 Yugoslavia
**Romania 8–3 Hungary
**Italy 8–6 Japan

==Final ranking==
# {{ih|Soviet Union|1955}}
# {{ih|Sweden}}
# {{ih|Czechoslovakia}}
# {{ih|Canada|1957}}
# {{ih|United States}}
# {{ih|Finland}}
# {{ih|Germany|EUA}}
# {{ih|Switzerland}}
# {{ih|Poland}}
# {{ih|Norway}}
# {{ih|Japan}}
# {{ih|Romania|1952}}
# {{ih|Austria}}
# {{ih|Yugoslavia}}
# {{ih|Italy}}
# {{ih|Hungary}}

==European Championship final ranking==
# {{ih|Soviet Union|1955}}
# {{ih|Sweden}}
# {{ih|Czechoslovakia}}
# {{ih|Germany|EUA}}
# {{ih|Finland}}
# {{ih|Switzerland}}

===Tournament awards===
* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: {{flagicon|CAN|1957}} Seth Martin
**Best Defenceman: {{flagicon|TCH}} František Tikal
**Best Forward: {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Eduard Ivanov
Originally Boris Mayorov was selected as best forward, but the Soviet coaches chose to present the award to Ivanov despite the fact that he was actually a defenseman.<ref name=HHOF>[http://www.hhof.com/htmltimecapsule/oly1964.shtml HHOF summary]</ref><ref name=passionhockey>[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/JO1964.htm French summary]</ref>

==Team Photos==

<gallery widths="250" captionalign="center">
64CanOly.jpg|[[Canada]]
1964SWeden.jpg|[[Sweden]]
1964USA.jpg|[[United States]]
1964Soviet.jpg|[[Soviet Union]]
1964Czechoslovakia.jpg|[[Czechoslovakia]]
</gallery>

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/JO1964.htm Olympic summary (in french)]
*{{cite book |last=Duplacey |first=James |title=Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League |year=1998 |publisher=Total Sports |isbn=0-8362-7114-9|pages=498–528}}
*{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 |year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |pages=108–9}}
*[http://www.hhof.com/htmltimecapsule/oly1964.shtml Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1964 Olympics]
*{{cite book |last=Wallechinsky |first=David |title=The Complete Book of the Olympics |year=1988 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0-14-010771-1|pages=613}}

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