Tournament details | |
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Host country | Austria |
Dates | 29 January – 9 February 1964 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Soviet Union (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Sweden |
Third place | Czechoslovakia |
Fourth place | Canada |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 56 |
Goals scored | 469 (8.38 per game) |
Attendance | 199,450 (3,562 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Konstantin Loktev (15 points) |
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was the tenth Olympic Championship, also serving as the 31st World Championships and the 42nd European Championships. The games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck.[1]
The Soviet Union won its second Olympic gold medal, fourth World Championship and eighth European Championship. Canada, represented for the first time by a purpose-built national team organized and coached by Father David Bauer, was shut out of the medals for the first time in Olympic ice hockey history—still in contention for the gold medal on the last day until a loss to the Soviets, the Canadians placed fourth and were denied a bronze medal.