Ice Hockey World Championship 1930

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	Winner: Canada

European ice hockey championship
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Winner: German Empire

The fourth Hockey World Cup was the first World Cup in hockey that are not within the scope of the Olympic Games took place. The International Ice Hockey Federation had decided to host an ice hockey world championship every year from 1930 onwards; in Olympic years the Olympic tournament should be counted as a world championship. The tournament was also the 15th European ice hockey championship - from this year the world ice hockey championship replaced the European ice hockey championship, which was previously held annually as a separate tournament. From then on, the placement of the European teams at the World Cup was decisive for the European Championship placements.

The World Cup tournament, which was originally supposed to start on January 27 and was postponed due to the thaw, took place from January 31 to February 10, 1930. The original venue was Chamonix in France . After the third round on February 2, 1930, the thaw set in again, so that the natural ice rinks could no longer be used. The last two games were therefore played on February 9 and 10, 1930 in the Berlin Sports Palace in Germany . At the request of the Austrians, the game for third place was awarded to Vienna in Austria on February 5, 1930 . Until 2012 , the 1930 tournament was the only world championship held in several countries. In 2017 the World Cup took place again in Germany and France.

A total of 12 teams took part: defending champions Canada , Japan with its first World Cup participation and ten European teams, including Poland for the first time . The tournament was played as a challenge tournament. In the challenge round, an opponent was sought for the defending champion. Originally, three preliminary round groups (two times four and one time three teams) were planned. Due to the postponement of the tournament, the round was held in the knockout system.

Canada successfully defended its title and became world champion for the fourth time. Germany became European champions for the first time.

Challenge Round

Elimination round
January 31, 1930	Chamonix	German Empire	-	Great Britain	4: 2 n.V. or 4: 2	(0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) or (0: 2, 1: 0, 3: 0)	1000
January 31, 1930	Chamonix	Hungary	-	Italy	2-0	(0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0)	500
January 31, 1930	Chamonix	France	-	Belgium	4: 1	(0: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0)	1000
Quarter finals
February 1, 1930	Chamonix	Poland	-	Japan	5-0
February 1, 1930	Chamonix	Switzerland	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
February 1, 1930	Chamonix	German Empire	-	Hungary	4: 1
February 1, 1930	Chamonix	France	-	Austria	1: 2	(1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Semifinals
February 2, 1930	Chamonix	Switzerland	-	Austria	2: 1	(0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)
February 2, 1930	Chamonix	German Empire	-	Poland	3: 1
Game for 3rd place in the European Championship
5th February 1930	Vienna	Austria	-	Poland	2-0
Final of the European Championship
February 9, 1930	Berlin	German Empire	-	Switzerland	2: 1	(0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

World Championship final

February 10, 1930

Berlin

German Empire

-

Canada

1: 6

(1: 2, 0: 2, 0: 2)

Final placement of the World Cup

RF	team
1	Canada
2	German Empire
3	Switzerland
4th	Austria
5	Poland
6th	Czechoslovakia
6th	Hungary
6th	France
6th	Japan
10	Great Britain
10	Italy
10	Belgium

Team squad

World Champion Canada	Gordon Grant , Alex Park , Howard Armstrong (C), Joe Griffin , Willie Adams , Bert Clayton , Fred Radke , Percy Timpson Trainers: Les Allen
Silver German Empire	Walter Leinweber - Franz Kreisel , Erich Römer , Martin Schröttle - Rudolf Ball , Gustav Jaenecke , Erich Herker , Günther Kummetz , Alfred Heinrich , Marquard Slevogt player-trainer (field captain): Erich Römer
Bronze Switzerland	Albert Künzler , Emil Eberle - Albert Geromini , Luzius Rüedi , Albert Rudolf - Heini Meng , Conrad Torriani , Richard Torriani , Fritz Kraatz , Robert Fuchs , Carletto Mai Trainer: Bobby Bell
4th place Austria	Fritz Lichtstein , Hermann Weiß - Walter Brück , Jacques Ditrichstein , Hans Trauttenberg - Fritz Demmer , Josef Göbl , Karl Kirchberger , Ulrich Lederer , Walter Sell , Hans Tatzer , Hans Ertl , Alfred Schmucker , Herbert Brück Trainers: Blake Watson

Final placement of the EM

RF	team
1	German Empire
2	Switzerland
3	Austria
4th	Poland
5	Czechoslovakia
5	Hungary
5	France
8th	Great Britain
8th	Italy
8th	Belgium

European champion German Reich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Austrian National Library , (Wiener) Sporttageblatt: February 5, 1930 page 4
2. ↑ Austrian National Library , (Wiener) Sporttageblatt: January 27, 1930 page 7
3. ↑ ^{a b} Austrian National Library , (Wiener) Sporttageblatt: February 1, 1930, page 4
4. ↑ ^{a b} Austrian National Library , (Wiener) Sporttageblatt: February 6, 1930 page 5
5. ^ Austrian National Library , (Wiener) Sporttageblatt: February 7, 1930 page 5
6. ^ Austrian National Library (Vienna) Sporttageblatt: February 10, 1930 page 4
7. ^ Austrian National Library , (Wiener) Sporttageblatt February 12, 1930 page 5