The men's
ice hockey
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tournament at the
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
in
Sarajevo
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,
Yugoslavia
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, was the 15th
Olympic Championship. The
Soviet Union
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won its sixth gold medal. Games were held mostly in the arena portion of the
Olympic Hall Zetra, with some played in the arena portion of the
Skenderija Olympic Hall.
The IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years at this time. Nations that did not participate in the Sarejevo Olympics were invited to compete in the
Thayer Tutt Trophy.
Medalists
Source:
* Gold –
* Silver –
* Bronze –
Qualification
The final standings of the
1983 championships were used to establish qualification. All pool 'A' teams were included however the
German Democratic Republic
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declined to send a team. The host
Yugoslavians
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as well as the top pool 'B' teams were added. A play-off between the fourth placed pool 'B' team and the pool 'C' champion was used to determine the final place at the Olympics.
The Norwegian team proceeded to compete at the Olympics.
First round
Group A
Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.
Group B
Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.
Final round
The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Head to head results from the preliminary round (Soviet Union defeated Sweden 10–1, Czechoslovakia defeated Canada 4–0) were carried over.
Classification round
Those countries that finished 3rd and 4th in their groups then played a further game to define their classification
5th place game
7th place game
Statistics
Average age
Team Italy was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 27 years and 8 months. Team Canada was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 21 years and 6 months. Gold medalists team USSR averaged 26 years and 1 months. Tournament average was 24 years and 9 months.
Leading scorers
Final ranking
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References
External links
Jeux Olympiques 1984
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1984 Winter Olympics events
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
Olympics, Winter
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
Ice hockey in Bosnia and Herzegovina