1914 Les Avants Ice Hockey Tournament

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The 1914 Les Avants Tournament was an international ice hockey tournament held in Les Avants, Switzerland from January 16-18, 1914. Five teams participated in the tournament, which was won by Prince's Ice Hockey Club of Great Britain.

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Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical, with teams usually consisting of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team.

Les Avants is a village in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located in the municipality of Montreux, in the east of the canton, in the district of Vevey. It lies 3.5 km (2.2 mi) north-east of the town of Montreux and 25 km (16 mi) east of Lausanne.

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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated in western, central and southern Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.

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Results

Final Table

Pl. GP W T L Goals Pts
1. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Prince's Ice Hockey Club 4 4 0 0 34:1 8
2. Flag of the German Empire.svg Berliner Schlittschuhclub 4 2 1 1 21:7 5
3. Flag of Bohemia.svg Ceská sportovní spolecnost 4 2 1 1 20:2 5
4. Flag of Switzerland.svg Club des Patineurs Lausanne 4 1 0 3 5:24 2
5. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Ice Hockey Club 4 0 0 4 1:47 0

See also

1911 Les Avants Ice Hockey Tournament

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