European ice hockey championship 1926

European ice hockey championship
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Winner: Switzerland

The 11th European Ice Hockey Championship was a highlight in European Championship history. With nine participating teams, 25 games and a duration of eight days, the tournament broke all previous records. The championship took place for the third time in Switzerland , played from January 11th to 18th, 1926. All games took place in Davos . In addition to host Switzerland, the participants were the defending champions Czechoslovakia , Great Britain , France , Italy , Spain , Austria , Poland and Belgium. The British took part in a European Championship for the first time since winning the title in 1910 .

The competition should originally be held as a world championship. The Canadian team had to cancel, however, as their captain was indispensable after his wedding - they didn't want to start without him. Therefore, only the European Championship was played.

The British national ice hockey team at the European Championship

The large number of participants required a complex competition mode. The game was initially played in three preliminary round groups, each with three teams. The group winners qualified directly for the final round, while the group runners-up played the fourth final round participant in a round of hope (all games were played on one day). The third placed of the preliminary round groups played in a placement round for places eight and ninth and for the chance as the winner of the placement round to be able to play against the third placed in the hope round for place six.

The European champion was Switzerland, which took advantage of its home advantage, and was able to prevail in front of defending champions Czechoslovakia and Austria, but only in a decisive round.

Preliminary round

Group A

January 11, 1926 in the morning	Davos	Belgium	-	Spain	5: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0)
January 12, 1926	Davos	Czechoslovakia	-	Belgium	2: 0 (1: 0.1: 0)
January 13, 1926 morning	Davos	Czechoslovakia	-	Spain	9: 2 (3: 0.6: 2)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	11: 2	+ 9	4-0
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	5: 2	+ 3	2: 2
3	Spain	2	0	0	2	2:14	−12	0: 4

Group B

January 12, 1926 in the morning	Davos	Austria	-	France	2: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0)
January 12, 1926 evening	Davos	France	-	Poland	2: 1 (1: 1.1: 0)
January 13, 1926 at noon	Davos	Austria	-	Poland	2: 1 (0: 1.2: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Austria	2	2	0	0	4: 2	+2	4-0
2	France	2	1	0	1	3: 3	0	2: 2
3	Poland	2	0	0	2	2: 4	−2	0: 4

Group C

January 11, 1926	Davos	Great Britain	-	Italy	8: 1 (4: 0.4: 1)
January 12, 1926 afternoon	Davos	Switzerland	-	Italy	13: 0 (7: 0.6: 0)
January 13, 1926 afternoon	Davos	Switzerland	-	Great Britain	5: 4 n.V. (1: 3.2: 0.1: 1.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	18: 4	+14	4-0
2	Great Britain	2	1	0	1	12: 6	+ 6	2: 2
3	Italy	2	0	0	2	1:21	−20	0: 4

Placement round of the third-placed

January 14, 1926	Davos	Italy	-	Spain	2: 2 (1: 2.1: 0)
January 15, 1926	Davos	Poland	-	Italy	3: 1 (0: 0.3: 1)
January 16, 1926	Davos	Poland	-	Spain	4: 1 (2: 1.2: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	7: 2	+5	4-0
2	Italy	2	0	1	1	3: 5	−2	1: 3
3	Spain	2	0	1	1	3: 6	−3	1: 3

Round of hope for the runner-up

January 14, 1926	Davos	France	-	Belgium	1: 0 (0: 0.1: 0)
January 14, 1926	Davos	Great Britain	-	Belgium	5: 0 (3: 0.2: 0)
January 14, 1926	Davos	Great Britain	-	France	3: 1 (2: 1.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Great Britain	2	2	0	0	8: 1	+7	4-0
2	France	2	1	0	1	2: 3	−1	2: 2
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	0: 6	−6	0: 4

Game for 6th place

Placement round winner - last hope round

January 17, 1926

Davos

Belgium

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Poland

1: 3 (1: 2.0: 1)

Final round for places 1–4

January 15, 1926	Davos	Switzerland	-	Austria	5: 3 (3: 0.2: 3)
January 15, 1926	Davos	Czechoslovakia	-	Great Britain	2: 1 (1: 0.1: 1)
January 16, 1926	Davos	Austria	-	Great Britain	3: 1 (1: 1.2: 0)	1500
January 16, 1926	Davos	Switzerland	-	Czechoslovakia	0: 1 (0: 1.0: 0)
January 17, 1926	Davos	Austria	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 0 (0: 0.1: 0)	2000
January 17, 1926	Davos	Switzerland	-	Great Britain	7: 4 (3: 2.4: 2)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	12: 8	+4	4: 2
1	Austria	3	2	0	1	7: 6	+1	4: 2
1	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	3: 2	+1	4: 2
4th	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	6:12	−6	0: 6

Decision-making round for places 1–3

January 18, 1926)	Davos	Switzerland	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 1 (0: 0.3: 1
January 18, 1926	Davos	Czechoslovakia	-	Austria	3: 1 (0: 0.3: 1)
January 19, 1926	Davos	Switzerland	-	Austria	2: 2 (1: 1.1: 1)	1500

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Switzerland	2	1	1	0	5: 3	+2	3: 1
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	4: 4	0	2: 2
3	Austria	2	0	1	1	3: 5	−2	1: 3

Final placement of the EM

RF	team
1	Switzerland
2	Czechoslovakia
3	Austria
4th	Great Britain
5	France
6th	Poland
7th	Belgium
8th	Italy
9	Spain

European champion Switzerland	Mezzi Andreossi , Jacques Besson , Louis Dufour , Charles Fasel , Albert Geromini , Fritz Kraatz , Adolf Martignoni , Heini Meng , Anton Morosani , Putzi Müller , Giuseppe Penchi , Alexander Spengler
Silver Czechoslovakia	Vaclav Dolezal , Jaroslav Jirkovsky , Jan Krasl , Valentin Loos , Josef Maleček , Jan Peka , Jaroslav Pospíšil , Jan Pusbauer , Josef Šroubek , Miroslav Steigenhöfer
Bronze Austria	Franz Bidla , Herbert Brück , Walter Brück , Konrad Glatz , Alex Lebzelter , Ulrich Lederer , Alfred Revi , Peregrin Spevak , Georg Stransky , Kurt Wollinger

Web links

• Information on the 1926 European Ice Hockey Championship at hockeyarchives.info (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://digipress.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb00085864_00967_u001/11
2. ^ Reichspost January 12, 1926 page 9 "The European Championships" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Ice Hockey European Championships 1926 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Reichspost January 13, 1926 page 9 "European Championships in Davos" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Ice Hockey European Championships 1926 (online at ANNO ).
4. ↑ The European Championships. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , January 13, 1926, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
5. ^ Reichspost January 14, 1926 page 11: "The European Championships in Davos" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Ice Hockey European Championships 1926 (online at ANNO ).
6. ^ Reichspost January 15, 1926 page 10 "The European Championships in Davos" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Ice Hockey European Championships 1926 (online at ANNO ).
7. ^ ^{A b} Reichspost January 16, 1926 page 10 "The European Championships in Davos" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Ice Hockey European Championships 1926 (online at ANNO ).
8. ↑ ^{a b} Reichspost January 17, 1926 page 21: "European Championship in Davos" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Ice Hockey European Championship 1926 (online at ANNO ).
9. ↑ ^{a b} Reichspost January 18, 1926 page 8: "The European Championships in Davos" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Ice Hockey European Championships 1926 (online at ANNO ).
10. ↑ ^{a b} The day of the final contenders. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , January 18, 1926, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
11. ^ Reichspost 19 January 1926 page 10 "The new final round of the European ice hockey championship" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : European ice hockey championship 1926 (online at ANNO ).
12. ^ ^{A b} Reichspost January 20, 1926 page 10 "Switzerland European champions in ice hockey"; "The Austrian Sunday Surprise" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Ice Hockey European Championship 1926 (online at ANNO ).
13. ^ Reichspost January 9, 1926, page 11 "European Ice Hockey Championship in Davos" Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : European Ice Hockey Championship 1926 (online at ANNO ).