1934 Ice Hockey World Championships
The 1934 Ice Hockey World Championships were held from February 3–11, 1934, in Milan, Italy. Canada won its seventh world championship, defeating the United States in the final. The World Championship bronze medal and the European Championship title went to Germany. It was the second European Championship title for the Germans.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | |
Dates | 3–11 February |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runner-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 33 |
Goals scored | 127 (3.85 per match) |
← 1933 1935 → |
Like the previous year's World Championship twelve teams participated, with defending champion United States and Canada advancing directly to the second round. The other ten teams split into three preliminary groups for the six remaining second round places. In the preliminary Group C, there was a stalemate among the three teams; all three earned two points with equal goal differentials. As a result, the organizing committee decided that all three teams in Group C should advance. With nine instead of eight teams in the second round, the format was changed from two groups of four teams to three groups of three teams. The group winners advanced directly to the semi-finals, while the fourth semifinal position was decided by an extra qualifying round for the second-place finishers.[1] The second and third place teams in the extra qualifying round were awarded fifth and sixth positions, and the six teams not advancing to the semifinals or semifinal qualification round played a round-robin series for positions seven through twelve.
First round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 2 | Advance to second round | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Relegation to consolation round |
February 3 to February 5 | |||||
Hungary | 2–0 | ||||
Great Britain | 2–1 | ||||
Czechoslovakia | 1–0 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | +27 | 6 | Advance to second round | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | Relegation to consolation round | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 2 |
February 3 to February 5 | |||||
Switzerland | 20–1 | ||||
France | 4–1 | ||||
Romania | 3–2 | ||||
Switzerland | 3–0 | ||||
Belgium | 2–0 | ||||
Switzerland | 7–2 |
Second round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Advance to semifinal round | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 2 | Advance to semifinal qualifying round | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | Relegation to consolation round |
February 6 to February 8 | |||||
United States | 1–0 | ||||
Czechoslovakia | 4–0 | ||||
United States | 1–0 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | Advance to semifinal round | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | Advance to semifinal qualifying round | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | Relegation to consolation round |
February 6 to February 8 | |||||
Italy | 1–0 (OT) | ||||
Switzerland | 1–0 | ||||
Switzerland | 3–0 |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 4 | Advance to semifinal round | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Advance to semifinal qualifying round | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | Relegation to consolation round |
February 6 to February 8 | |||||
Canada | 9–0 | ||||
Canada | 6–0 | ||||
Germany | 4–0 |
Third round
Semifinal qualifying round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2 | Advance to semifinal round | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | Finishes in 5th place | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Finishes in 6th place |
Notes:
- Hungary withdrew forfeiting their games.[2]
February 8 | |||||
Germany | 1–0 (OT) |
Consolation Round—7th to 12th Places
As the bottom finishers in their respective preliminary groups (group C qualified all its teams for the second round), Great Britain and Belgium played a qualification match to determine which of them joined the round robin; the loser (Belgium) finished the tournament in 12th place.
February 8 | |||||
Great Britain | 3–0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Finishes in 7th place | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Finishes in 8th place | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Finishes in 9th place | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | Finishes in 10th place | |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Finishes in 11th place |
- Withdrew before playing any matches, finishing in 11th place.[1]
February 9 to February 11 | |||||
Austria | 2–1 | ||||
Italy | 3–0 | ||||
Austria | 3–0 | ||||
Great Britain | 4–1 | ||||
Great Britain | 2–1 | ||||
Italy | 2–2 (OT) |
Semifinal and final rounds
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
February 10 | ||||||
2 (OT) | ||||||
February 11 | ||||||
1 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
February 10 | ||||||
1 | ||||||
3 | ||||||
0 | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
February 11 | ||||||
1 | ||||||
2 (OT) |
Final rankings—World Championship
RF | Team |
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1 | |
2 | |
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4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
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9 | |
10 | |
11 | |
12 |
1934 World Champion
Team members
Pos. | Team | Roster |
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1 | CAN | Tommy Dewar, Ab Welsh, Cooney Woods, Les Bird,
Ray Watkins, Jim Dewey, Ab Rogers, Bert Scharfe, Elmer Piper, Ron Silver, Cliff Lake, Hobb Wilson; Coach: Johnny Walker |
Final rankings—European Championship
RF | Team |
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1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
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9 | |
10 |
1934 European Champion
Citations
- Tournament summary
- Podnieks p.125
References
- Complete results
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 125–6.