The 1930

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were held between January 30 and February 10, 1930, in

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, and

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. This event was the first world championships independent of hockey at the Olympics. Canada, represented by the

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, beat the German team in the gold medal match by a score of 6 to 1 to win the title. Germany won their first European Championship, defeating Switzerland in Berlin two to one. The lone game in Vienna was played to determine the European Bronze, Austria shutout Poland two to zero to round out the medals.

Final tournament

Final

The tournament was a direct knock-out playoff. The Canadian team was considered so dominant that it did not participate in the knock-out tournament. Canada was put into the gold medal final game, and the tournament was played to determine an opponent. Warm winter weather melted the ice in

and forced the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace officials to move the tournament to

, and the

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(which had artificial ice). Additionally, the fourth place match was played in

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, making this the only world hockey championship tournament to take place in three different countries. The Canadian team lost to Austria 1-0 on February 7 (in

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) in an exhibition match. The loss to Austria was the first time any Canadian team had lost to a European team.

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament:

Canadian winning team

* Gordon Grant, Alex Park, Joe Griffin, Willie Adams, Howard Armstrong,
Bert Clayton, Fred Radke, Don Hutchinson, Percy Timpson (GK),

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coach

European Championship medal table

References

External links

Complete tournament results at Passionhockey.com

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