Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was the 10th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 31st World Championships and the 42nd European Championships. The games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  |
| Dates | 29 January – 9 February |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  |
Runner-up  |  |
Third place  |  |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 56 |
| Goals scored | 469 (8.38 per match) |
| Attendance | 199,450 (3,562 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) | |
The Soviet Union won its second Olympic gold medal, fourth World Championship and eighth European Championship. 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 IIHF late in the final period of the final game, where the Czechoslovakians were being dramatically outscored by Sweden just minutes prior to the medals presentation.[2][3][4]
Medalists
| Medal | Team |
|---|---|
| Gold | |
| Silver | |
| Bronze | |
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),[2][5] Canada was the bronze medal winner, but just before the medal ceremony this was changed, and 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.[6]
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.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 10 |
| 5 |  |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 4 |
| 6 |  |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 4 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 4 |
| 8 |  |
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.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 13 | 12 |
| 10 |  |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 19 | 10 |
| 11 |  |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 31 | 9 |
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7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 7 |
| 13 | |
7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 28 | 7 |
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7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 37 | 7 |
| 15 |  |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 42 | 4 |
| 16 |  |
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
Statistics
Average age
Team Sweden was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 27 years and 3 months. Team Canada was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 22 years and 11 months. Gold medalists team USSR averaged 25 years and 8 months. Tournament average was 25 years and 1 months.1
Leading scorers
| Rk | Team | Player | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Konstantin Loktev | 8 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | | Sven Tumba | 8 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | | Viktor Yakushev | 8 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | | Ulf Sterner | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | | Josef Černý | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| T6 | | Jiří Dolana | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| T6 | | Vyacheslav Starshinov | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | | Boris Mayorov | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | | Gary Dineen | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 | | Anders Andersson | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Final ranking
European Championship final ranking
Tournament awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender:
- Best Defenceman:
- Best Forward:
- Best Goaltender:
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.[5][6]
Citations
- "Ice Hockey at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- Montreal Gazette 10 February, 1964 (page 18)
- Wallechinsky p. 613
- O'Connor, Joe (14 February 2018). "'We got cheated': How the hockey crime of the 20th century cost Canada an Olympic medal". National Post. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- HHOF summary
- French summary
- Germany competed as the United Team of Germany
References
- Olympic summary (in french)
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 108–9.
- Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1964 Olympics
- Wallechinsky, David (1988). The Complete Book of the Olympics. Penguin Books. pp. 613. ISBN 0-14-010771-1.
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| Men's events | ||
| Women's events | ||
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