1934 Ice Hockey World Championships

1934 Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–11 February
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Canada (7th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played	33
Goals scored	127 (3.85 per game)
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The 1934 Ice Hockey World Championships were held from February 3–11, 1934, at the Palazzo del Ghiaccio 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.

Like the previous year's World Championship twelve teams participated, with defending champions 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hungary	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2	Advance to second round
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
3	Great Britain	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2	Relegation to consolation round

February 3 to February 5
Hungary		2–0		Great Britain
Great Britain		2–1		Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia		1–0		Hungary

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	30	3	+27	6	Advance to second round
2	France	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	6	13	−7	2	Relegation to consolation round
4	Belgium	3	1	0	2	5	23	−18	2

February 3 to February 5
Switzerland		20–1		Belgium
France		4–1		Romania
Romania		3–2		Belgium
Switzerland		3–0		France
Belgium		2–0		France
Switzerland		7–2		Romania

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	2	Advance to second round
2	Italy (H)	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
3	Austria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2

February 3 to February 5
Austria		2–1		Germany
Germany		3–2		Italy
Italy		1–0		Austria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United States	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	4	Advance to semifinal round
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	2	Advance to semifinal qualifying round
3	Austria	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0	Relegation to consolation round

February 6 to February 8
United States		1–0		Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia		4–0		Austria
United States		1–0		Austria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	4	Advance to semifinal round
2	Hungary	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Advance to semifinal qualifying round
3	Italy (H)	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1	Relegation to consolation round

February 6 to February 8
Italy		1–0 (OT)		Hungary
Switzerland		1–0		Hungary
Switzerland		3–0		Italy

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	15	0	+15	4	Advance to semifinal round
2	Germany	2	1	0	1	4	6	−2	2	Advance to semifinal qualifying round
3	France	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0	Relegation to consolation round

February 6 to February 8
Canada		9–0		France
Canada		6–0		Germany
Germany		4–0		France

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2	Advance to semifinal round
2	Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0	Finishes in 5th place
3	Hungary[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Finishes in 6th place

February 8
Germany		1–0 (OT)		Czechoslovakia

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		Belgium

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5	Finishes in 7th place
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	4	Finishes in 8th place
3	Italy (H)	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	3	Finishes in 9th place
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0	Finishes in 10th place
5	France[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Finishes in 11th place

February 9 to February 11
Austria		2–1		Great Britain
Italy		3–0		Romania
Austria		3–0		Romania
Great Britain		4–1		Italy
Great Britain		2–1		Romania
Italy		2–2 (OT)		Austria

	Semi-finals				Final
	February 10
	Canada	2 (OT)
					February 11
	Switzerland	1
					Canada	2
	February 10
					United States	1
	United States	3
	Germany	0
					Third place
					February 11
					Switzerland	1
					Germany	2 (OT)

RF	Team
1	Canada
2	United States
3	Germany
4	Switzerland
5	Czechoslovakia
6	Hungary
7	Austria
8	Great Britain
9	Italy
10	Romania
11	France
12	Belgium

1934 World Champion
 Canada

RF	Team
1	Germany
2	Switzerland
3	Czechoslovakia
4	Hungary
5	Austria
6	Great Britain
7	Italy
8	Romania
9	France
10	Belgium

1934 European Champion
 Germany

• 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.