The men's
ice hockey
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tournament at the
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...
in
Innsbruck
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,
Austria
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, was the tenth
Olympic Championship, also serving as the 31st
World Championships
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and the 42nd
European Championships. The games were held at the
Olympiahalle Innsbruck.
The
Soviet Union
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won its second Olympic gold medal, fourth World Championship and eighth European Championship.
Canada
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, 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 history—still 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.
*November 23, 1963
**Japan 17–1 Australia
*November 26, 1963
**Japan 17–6 Australia
*December 6, 1963
**West Germany 4–4 East Germany
*December 8, 1963
**East Germany 3–4 West Germany
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.
*January 27
**Switzerland 5–1 Norway
**Canada 14–1 Yugoslavia
*January 28
**USSR 19–1 Hungary
**Czechoslovakia 17–2 Japan
**Sweden 12–2 Italy
**USA 7–2 Romania
**Germany (UTG) 2–1 Poland
** Austria 2–8 Finland
World Championship Group A (Austria)
Final Round
![Carl-Göran Öberg SOK](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Carl-G%C3%B6ran_%C3%96berg_SOK.jpg)
During the Canada versus Sweden game, Swedish player
Carl-Göran Öberg
Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg (born 24 December 1938) is a retired ice hockey player who won silver medals at the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1963 and 1967 world championships. He was nicknamed Lill-Stöveln (Little Stöveln) after his elder b ...
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.
[''McKinley, Michael (2014),'' p. 147]
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
*January 29
**USSR 5–1 USA
**Czechoslovakia 11–1 Germany (UTG)
**Canada 8–0 Switzerland
*January 30
**Finland 4–0 Switzerland
**Canada 3–1 Sweden
*January 31
**USA 8–0 Germany (UTG)
**USSR 7–5 Czechoslovakia
*February 1
**Czechoslovakia 4–0 Finland
**USSR 15–0 Switzerland
**Sweden 7–4 USA
*February 2
**Canada 4–2 Germany (UTG)
**Sweden 7–0 Finland
*February 3
**Canada 8–6 USA
*February 4
**USSR 10–0 Finland
**Czechoslovakia 5–1 Switzerland
**Sweden 10–2 Germany (UTG)
*February 5
**Canada 6–2 Finland
**USSR 10–0 Germany (UTG)
**Sweden 12–0 Switzerland
**Czechoslovakia 7–1 USA
*February 7
**Germany (UTG) 6–5 Switzerland
**Finland 3–2 USA
**USSR 4–2 Sweden
**Czechoslovakia 3–1 Canada
*February 8
**Germany (UTG) 2–1 Finland
**USA 7–3 Switzerland
**USSR 3–2 Canada
**Sweden 8–3 Czechoslovakia
World Championship Group B (Austria)
Consolation Round
Teams in this group play for 9th–16th places.
*January 30
**Austria 6–2 Yugoslavia
**Poland 6–1 Romania
**Italy 6–4 Hungary
**Japan 4–3 Norway
*January 31
**Poland 4–2 Norway
**Japan 6–4 Romania
*February 1
**Austria 3–0 Hungary
**Yugoslavia 5–3 Italy
*February 2
**Norway 9–2 Italy
**Romania 5–5 Yugoslavia
*February 3
**Poland 6–2 Hungary
**Austria 5–5 Japan
*February 4
**Yugoslavia 6–4 Japan
*February 5
**Poland 7–0 Italy
**Austria 2–5 Romania
**Norway 6–1 Hungary
*February 6
**Austria 5–3 Italy
**Yugoslavia 4–2 Hungary
**Japan 4–3 Poland
**Norway 4–2 Romania
*February 8
**Austria 2–8 Norway
**Poland 9–3 Yugoslavia
**Romania 6–2 Italy
**Japan 6–2 Hungary
*February 9
**Austria 1–5 Poland
**Norway 8–4 Yugoslavia
**Romania 8–3 Hungary
**Italy 8–6 Japan
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 month
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Leading scorers
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
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(CAHA) president
Art Potter and the Canadian players accused
International Ice Hockey Federation
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(IIHF) president
Bunny Ahearne
John Francis "Bunny" Ahearne (19 November 1900 – 11 April 1985) was a British ice hockey administrator and businessman. He served rotating terms as president and vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) from 1951 to 197 ...
of making a last-minute decision to change the rules and take away a medal from Canada,
[''McKinley, Michael (2014),'' p. 148] and
The Canadian Press
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quoted Ahearne as stating that the IIHF decided on a tie-breaking procedure with 10 minutes remaining in the final game.
[''Oliver, Greg (2017),'' p. 120]
Father Bauer was awarded a gold medal for his example of good
sportsmanship
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in the stick-throwing incident.
Later that night, the Canadian players gathered in his room where
Marshall Johnston
Lawrence Marshall Johnston (born June 6, 1941) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player, coach and executive. He played as a Winger (ice hockey), right winger for the Minnesota North Stars and California Golden Seals of th ...
summarized the team's feeling that, "The shepherd and his flock have been fleeced".
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.
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
James Murray Costello (born February 24, 1934) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player, executive and administrator who dedicated a lifetime to the advancement of ice hockey in Canada. He played four seasons in the National Hockey League, and ...
, stated had the reversal been carried out it would have set a precedent for other past decisions to be questioned.
Final ranking
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Tournament awards
* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best
Goaltender
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:
Seth Martin
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**Best
Defenceman
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František Tikal
František Tikal (18 July 1933 – 10 August 2008) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey defenseman. He played 17 seasons in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Sparta Praha and won two national titles. Internationally he played 59 games for Czechoslovaki ...
**Best
Forward
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Forward may also refer to:
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:
Eduard Ivanov
Eduard Georgievich Ivanov (April 25, 1938 – January 15, 2012) was a Russian ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. Ivanov was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. He played for HC CSKA Moscow and appeared in 300 games. In intern ...
Originally Boris Mayorov
Boris Aleksandrovich Mayorov (born February 11, 1938, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame ...
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.[HHOF summary]
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1964 Winter Olympics events
Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics
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IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Austria