1920 Summer Olympics / Ice Hockey

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	Winner: Canada

The Olympic ice hockey tournament of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium was long considered a demonstration competition and was therefore not part of the official Olympic program. It has only recently been recognized by the IOC as an official Olympic tournament. The Olympic ice hockey tournament was the first national tournament in Europe in which representations from the USA and Canada took part; the tournament was therefore declared the first ice hockey world championship by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) - albeit only in retrospect . The games took place from April 23 to 29, 1920 in the Palais de Glace .

A total of seven national teams took part; the tournament was played in the Bergvall system . The defeated finalist did not automatically come second, but had to contest an additional round with those teams that had previously failed on the overall winner. In the same way there was a round for the bronze medal. Canada , which had sent the best amateur team in the country to Antwerp in the 1919/20 season with the Winnipeg Falcons , won the tournament and claimed its first Olympic and world championship title. Back then, a game consisted of two halves and seven players per team. The dimensions of the ice surface were 56 meters in length and 18 meters in width. A total of 60 players took part in the tournament. The most successful goalscorer of the tournament was Herbert Drury with 14 goals, the most successful shooters of the victorious Canadians were Frank Fredrickson with twelve goals and Haldor "Slim" Halderson with nine goals.

Main round

Seven nations started in the first Olympic ice hockey tournament. The gold medal winner was determined in the knockout system . Due to the odd number of participants, France received a bye and advanced to the semi-finals without a fight.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

Final for the gold medal

Canada

15th

Czechoslovakia

0

Canada

2

United States

0

United States

29

Switzerland

0

Canada

12

Sweden

1

Sweden

8th

Belgium

0

Sweden

4th

France

0

France

bye

Quarter finals

April 23, 1920

Belgium

0: 8 (0: 5, 0: 3)

Sweden 1-0 Burman 2-0 Johansson 3-0 Burman 4-0 Lindqvist 5-0 Burman 6-0 Johansson 7-0 Molander 8-0 Lindqvist

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

April 24, 1920

USA Conroy (8 goals) J. McCormick (7 goals) Goheen (6 goals) Drury (6 goals) Fitzgerald (1 goal) Tuck (1 goal)

29: 0 (15: 0, 14: 0)

Switzerland

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

April 24, 1920

Canada Halderson (7 goals) Fredrickson (4 goals) Goodman (2 goals) Woodman (1 goal) Johannesson (1 goal)

15: 0 (10: 0, 5: 0)

Czechoslovakia

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

Semifinals

April 25, 1920

Sweden 1-0 Burman 2-0 Svensson 3-0 Molander 4-0 Lindqvist

4: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0)

France

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

April 25, 1920

Canada 1-0 Fredrickson 2-0 Johannesson

2: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0)

United States

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

final

April 26, 1920

Canada Halderson (1:15) Fridfinnson (1:55) Fredrickson (5:20) Fredrickson (16:00) Goodman (23:47) Benson (28:09) Fredrickson (29:15, 29:30, 34:55 ) Halderson (36:20) Fredrickson (39:02)

12: 1 (5: 1, 7: 0)

Sweden Svensson (15:58)

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

Silver medal round

The three teams that were defeated by Canada in the main round played for the silver medal. Czechoslovakia received a bye and reached the final without a fight.

	Semifinals				Final for the silver medal
	Czechoslovakia
	bye
					Czechoslovakia	0
					United States	16
	United States	7th
	Sweden	0

April 27, 1920

USA Drury (4 goals) Geran (3 goals)

7: 0 (5: 0, 2: 0)

Sweden

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

April 28, 1920

USA L. McCormick (7 goals) Drury (4 goals) Conroy (2 goals) J. McCormick (1 goal) Goheen (1 goal) Synott (1 goal)

16: 0 (7: 0, 9: 0)

Czechoslovakia

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

Bronze medal round

Most recently, the teams defeated by the USA met each other. Again, Czechoslovakia received a bye and advanced to the final.

	Semifinals				Final for the bronze medal
	Czechoslovakia
	bye
					Czechoslovakia	1
					Sweden	0
	Sweden	4th
	Switzerland	0

April 28, 1920

Sweden 1-0 Säfwenberg 2-0 Johansson 3-0, 4-0 Arwe

4: 0 (0: 0, 4: 0)

Switzerland

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

April 29, 1920

Czechoslovakia 1-0 Šroubek

1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0)

Sweden

Palais de Glace , Antwerp

Final placement

Team photo of the victorious Winnipeg Falcons before leaving for Antwerp

Team photo of Team USA

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Gates
1.	Canada	3	3	0	29: 01
2.	United States	4th	3	1	52: 02
3.	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	01:31
4th	Sweden	6th	3	3	17:20
5.	Switzerland	2	0	2	00:33
6th	France	1	0	1	00: 04
7th	Belgium	1	0	1	00: 08

Top scorer

Surname	Games	Gates
Herbert Drury	4th	14th
Frank Fredrickson	3	12
Anthony Conroy	4th	10
Haldor Halderson	3	9
Joseph McCormick	3	8th
Lawrence McCormick	1	7th
Frank Goheen	4th	7th
Erik Burman	5	4th

Team squad

placement	team	player
	Canada	Goal: Walter Byron Field: Robert Benson , Konrad Johannesson , Allan Woodman , Chris Fridfinnson , Frank Fredrickson , Magnus Goodman , Haldor Halderson Trainer: Gordon Sigurjonson
	United States	Raymond Bonney , Anthony Conroy , Herbert Drury , Edward Fitzgerald , George Geran , Frank Goheen , Joseph McCormick , Lawrence McCormick , Frank Synott , Leon Tuck , Cyril Weidenborner
	Czechoslovakia	Goal: Karel Wälzer , Jan Peka Feld : Otakar Vindyš , Jan Palouš , Karel Hartmann , Josef Šroubek , Karel Pešek , Valentin Loos , Josef Loos 1 , Karel Kotrba 1 1 - nominated, but not used
4th	Sweden	Goal: Albin Jansson , Seth Howander Defense : Einar Lindqvist , Einar Lundell , Einar Svensson Rover : Nils Molander Attack : Wilhelm Arwe , Erik Burman , Georg Johansson-Brandius , Hansjacob Mattsson , David Säfwenberg
5.	Switzerland	René Savoie - Marius Jaccard , Paul Lob - Louis Dufour - Rodolphe Cuendet , Bruno Leuzinger , Max Sillig , Walter von Siebenthal
6th	France	Jacques Gaittet - Henri Couttet , Jean Chaland - Pierre Charpentier - Georges Dary , Léonhard Quaglia , Alfred de Rauch Trainer : Quigley Baxter
7th	Belgium	François Vergult - Philippe Van Volckxsom , Gaston Van Volxem - Paul Goeminne - Maurice Deprez , Jean-Maurice Goossens , Paul Loicq

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 .

Web links

Commons : Ice Hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1920 Summer Olympics - Standings / Statistics. Hockey Canada , accessed February 25, 2020 .