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Ice Hockey, Men

Date27 January – 9 February 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiaeisstadion, Innsbruck / Kunsteisbahn, Messehalle, Innsbruck
Participants270 from 16 countries
FormatQualifying round placed teams into final and consolation round-robin pools.

The ice hockey world was slowly changing. The USSR was considered the best team in the world now, possibly the equal of some of the NHL teams. But Sweden and Canada still challenged them, winning the 1961 and 1962 World Championships, respectively. However, the Soviets did not compete in the 1962 event, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and then easily won the 1963 World Championship. They were heavy favorites at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and they did not disappoint, winning all 7 games, and outscoring their opponents 54-10 in the final round. But it was actually closer than that. The final game matched Canada and the Soviets, and if Canada won, they would have identical 6-1 records, and Canada would win by virtue of the head-to-head victory. Canada led 2-1, near the end of the second period, but the Soviets scored to tie it up heading into the locker room. In the third period, the USSR scored one unanswered goal to win, 3-2, and earn another gold medal.

This dropped Canada into a three-way tie for second with Sweden and Czechoslovakia. The tiebreak rule, announced before the tournament, was that in such a situation, the goals differentials would be used in games involving the tied teams. But the IIHF ruled late during the tournament that goal differential for all games would be the deciding factor. Under either rule, Sweden earned the silver medal. But under the original rule, Canada would be the bronze medalist, while under the revised rule, the bronze went to Czechoslovakia. In 2005, the IIHF corrected this problem by awarding bronze medals to the Canadians as well, for the concurrent 1964 World Championships, although the IOC has never done this.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoalsGPMPGLSSOGASSPTS+/-PIMSVSSV%GAA
1Soviet UnionURS8001673–11Gold
2SwedenSWE6021259–18Silver
3CzechoslovakiaTCH6021255–21Bronze
4CanadaCAN6021246–182
5United StatesUSA305636–35
6FinlandFIN305618–33
7Unified Team of GermanyGER305615–50
8SwitzerlandSUI107214–58
9PolandPOL6021241–15
10NorwayNOR5031041–24
11JapanJPN413937–48
12RomaniaROU314733–35
13AustriaAUT314726–36
14YugoslaviaYUG314730–51
15ItalyITA206426–54
16HungaryHUN008015–58

Qualifying Round (27 – 29 January 1964)

Winners advanced to final round, losers to consolation round.

Match #1 27 Jan 11:30CAN 14 – 1YUG
Match #2 27 Jan 20:00SUI 5 – 1NOR
Match #3 28 Jan 9:00TCH 17 – 2JPN
Match #4 28 Jan 14:00URS 19 – 1HUN
Match #5 28 Jan 15:30SWE 12 – 2ITA
Match #6 28 Jan 17:00USA 7 – 2ROU
Match #7 29 Jan 18:00GER 2 – 1POL
Match #8 29 Jan 20:30FIN 8 – 2AUT

Consolation Round (30 January – 9 February 1964)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1POL6011240–13
2NOR5021040–19
3JPN412935–31
4ROU313731–28
5AUT313724–28
6YUG313729–37
7ITA205424–42
8HUN007014–39

Match #1 30 Jan 11:00POL 6 – 1ROU
Match #2 30 Jan 14:00ITA 6 – 4HUN
Match #3 30 Jan 15:30AUT 6 – 2YUG
Match #4 30 Jan 17:00JPN 4 – 3NOR
Match #5 31 Jan 14:00POL 4 – 2NOR
Match #6 31 Jan 20:00JPN 6 – 4ROU
Match #7 01 Feb 17:00AUT 3 – 0HUN
Match #8 01 Feb 20:00YUG 5 – 3ITA
Match #9 02 Feb 12:00NOR 9 – 2ITA
Match #10 02 Feb 15:00ROU 5 – 5YUG
Match #11 03 Feb 14:00POL 6 – 2HUN
Match #12 03 Feb 17:00JPN 5 – 5AUT
Match #13 04 Feb 10:00YUG 6 – 4JPN
Match #14 05 Feb 11:00POL 7 – 0ITA
Match #15 05 Feb 14:00ROU 5 – 2AUT
Match #16 05 Feb 20:00NOR 6 – 1HUN
Match #17 06 Feb 14:00AUT 5 – 3ITA
Match #18 06 Feb 14:00YUG 4 – 2HUN
Match #19 06 Feb 17:00JPN 4 – 3POL
Match #20 06 Feb 20:00NOR 4 – 2ROU
Match #21 08 Feb 9:00NOR 8 – 2AUT
Match #22 08 Feb 12:00POL 9 – 3YUG
Match #23 08 Feb 15:00ROU 6 – 2ITA
Match #24 08 Feb 17:30JPN 6 – 2HUN
Match #25 09 Feb 10:00POL 5 – 1AUT
Match #26 09 Feb 10:30ROU 8 – 3HUN
Match #27 09 Feb 13:00ITA 8 – 6JPN
Match #28 09 Feb 13:00NOR 8 – 4YUG

Final Round (29 January – 8 February 1964)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1URS7001454–10
2SWE5021047–16
3TCH5021038–19
4CAN5021032–17
5USA205429–33
6FIN205410–31
7GER205413–49
8SUI00709–57

Match #1 29 Jan 13:00URS 5 – 1USA
Match #2 29 Jan 16:00TCH 11 – 1GER
Match #3 29 Jan 17:00CAN 8 – 0SUI
Match #4 30 Jan 18:00FIN 4 – 0SUI
Match #5 30 Jan 21:00CAN 3 – 1SWE
Match #6 31 Jan 17:00USA 8 – 0GER
Match #7 31 Jan 20:30URS 7 – 5TCH
Match #8 01 Feb 14:30TCH 4 – 0FIN
Match #9 01 Feb 17:00URS 15 – 0SUI
Match #10 01 Feb 20:30SWE 7 – 4USA
Match #11 02 Feb 13:00CAN 4 – 2GER
Match #12 02 Feb 18:00SWE 7 – 0FIN
Match #13 03 Feb 20:30CAN 8 – 6USA
Match #14 04 Feb 14:00URS 10 – 0FIN
Match #15 04 Feb 17:00TCH 5 – 1SUI
Match #16 04 Feb 20:30SWE 10 – 2GER
Match #17 05 Feb 14:00CAN 6 – 2FIN
Match #18 05 Feb 17:00SWE 12 – 0SUI
Match #19 05 Feb 17:00URS 10 – 0GER
Match #20 05 Feb 20:30TCH 7 – 1USA
Match #21 07 Feb 10:00GER 6 – 5SUI
Match #22 07 Feb 14:00FIN 3 – 2USA
Match #23 07 Feb 17:00URS 4 – 2SWE
Match #24 07 Feb 20:30TCH 3 – 1CAN
Match #25 08 Feb 10:00GER 2 – 1FIN
Match #26 08 Feb 14:00USA 7 – 3SUI
Match #27 08 Feb 17:00URS 3 – 2CAN
Match #28 08 Feb 20:30SWE 8 – 3TCH

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