Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey pictogram.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Dates29 January – 9 February 1964
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Fourth placeCanadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played56
Goals scored469 (8.38 per game)
Attendance199,450 (3,562 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Konstantin Loktev (15 points)

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was the tenth 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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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 historystill in contention for the gold medal on the last day until a loss to the Soviets, the Canadians placed fourth and were denied a bronze medal.

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.

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.

World Championship Group A (Austria)

Final round

Carl-Goran Oberg Carl-Goran Oberg SOK.jpg
Carl-Göran Öberg

During the Canada versus Sweden game, Swedish player Carl-Göran Öberg broke his stick and tossed it aside. The broken end of the stick went towards the Canadian bench, where it struck their coach Father David Bauer in the face and opened a bleeding wound. Bauer demanded for his players to remain on the bench and not retaliate, since he did not want to take penalties late in the game. Canada went on to win by a 3–1 score, and Bauer forgave Öberg for the incident. On the next day, Bauer invited Öberg to sit with him while watching the Soviet Union play Czechoslovakia. [2] [3]

First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 77005410+4414
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 75204716+3110
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 75203819+1910
4Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 75203217+1510
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7250293344
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 72501031214
7German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany [4] 72501349364
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 7070957480

World Championship Group B (Austria)

Consolation round

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

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
9Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 76104013+2712
10Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 75204019+2110
11Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 74213531+49
12Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 73313128+37
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7331242847
14Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 7331293787
15Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 72502442184
16Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 70701439250

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. [5]

Leading scorers

RkTeamPlayerGPGAPts
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Konstantin Loktev 86915
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Sven Tumba 811314
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Yakushev 89413
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Sterner 87512
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Černý 86612
T6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Dolana 88311
T6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vyacheslav Starshinov 88311
8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Boris Mayorov 85510
9 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Gary Dineen 83710
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Andersson 7729

Medalists

Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Canada finished with identical records of five wins and two losses. Canada thought they had won the bronze medal based on the goal differential in the three games among the tied countries. When they attended the presentation of the Olympic medals, they were disappointed to learn they had finished in fourth place based on the Olympics tie-breaking procedure of goal differential from all seven games played. Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) president Art Potter and the Canadian players accused International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president Bunny Ahearne of making a last-minute decision to change the rules and take away a medal from Canada, [2] [6] [7] and The Canadian Press quoted Ahearne as stating that the IIHF decided on a tie-breaking procedure with 10 minutes remaining in the final game. [8] [9]

Father Bauer was awarded a gold medal for his example of good sportsmanship in the stick-throwing incident. [10] [2] [6] Later that night, the Canadian players gathered in his room where Marshall Johnston summarized the team's feeling that, "The shepherd and his flock have been fleeced". [10] [8] [7] At the CAHA general meeting in May 1964, Ahearne clarified that the decision to place Canada fourth in the standings was supported by the IIHF statutes and that no rules were changed. Former CAHA president and past IIHF president Robert Lebel agreed that the correct decision was made despite the accusations. [11]

In April 2005, the IIHF was reported by The Canadian Press to have admitted to a mistake in 1964 and voted to retroactively award a bronze medal in the 1964 World Championship (but not the 1964 Olympics which had different rules) to Canada. In June 2005, the IIHF voted against the reversal. IIHF vice-president Murray Costello, stated had the reversal been carried out it would have set a precedent for other past decisions to be questioned. [12]

MedalTeam
GoldFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
SilverFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
BronzeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia

Final ranking

Soviet postage stamp commemorating the USSR's victory The Soviet Union 1964 CPA 2983 stamp (9th Winter Olympic Games, Innsbruck (Austria). Ice hockey player).jpg
Soviet postage stamp commemorating the USSR's victory
  1. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  2. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
  4. Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada
  5. Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  6. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  7. German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany
  8. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
  9. Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  10. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  11. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  12. Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
  13. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  14. Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
  15. Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  16. Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

European Championship final ranking

  1. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  2. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
  4. German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany
  5. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  6. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

Tournament awards

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. [13] [14]

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