1934 World Ice Hockey Championships

1934 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	3–11 February
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Canada (7 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	33
Goals scored	127  (3.85 per game)

The 1934 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held from February 3 – 11, 1934 in Milan, Italy. Canada, represented by the Saskatoon Quakers, won its seventh world championship, defeating the USA 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 champion USA and Canada advancing directly to the second round. The other ten teams split into three preliminary groups for the six remaining second round places. But in the preliminary Group C, there was a stalemate among the three teams – all with two points and the same number of goals for and against. As a result, the organizing committee decided, 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. The fourth semi-final position was decided by an extra qualifying round for the second place finishers. The second and third place teams in the extra qualifying round were awarded fifth and sixth positions. The six teams not advancing to the semi-finals or the extra qualifying round played a round-robin series for positions seven through twelve.

First round

Group A

Hungary 2 - 0 Great Britain
Great Britain 2 - 1 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 Hungary

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1	Hungary	2	1	0	1	2:1	+1	2:2
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	2:2	0	2:2
3	Great Britain	2	1	0	1	2:3	-1	2:2

Group B

Switzerland 20 - 1 Belgium
France 4 - 1 Romania
Romania 3 - 2 Belgium
Switzerland 3 - 0 France
Belgium 2 - 0 France
Switzerland 7 - 2 Romania

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	30: 3	+27	6:0
2	France	3	1	0	2	4: 6	- 2	2:4
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	6:13	- 7	2:4
4	Belgium	3	1	0	2	5:23	-18	2:4

Group C

Austria 2 - 1 Germany
Germany 3 - 2 Italy
Italy 1 - 0 Austria

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1	Germany	2	1	0	1	4:4	0	2:2
1	Italy	2	1	0	1	3:3	0	2:2
1	Austria	2	1	0	1	2:2	0	2:2

Second round

Group D

United States 1 - 0 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 4 - 0 Austria
United States 1 - 0 Austria

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1	United States	2	2	0	0	2:0	+2	4:0
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	4:1	+3	2:2
3	Austria	2	0	0	2	0:5	-5	0:4

Group E

Italy 0 - 0 o.t. Hungary
Switzerland 1 - 0 Hungary
Switzerland 3 - 0 Italy

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	4:0	+4	4:0
2	Hungary	2	0	1	1	0:1	-1	1:3
3	Italy	2	0	1	1	0:3	-3	1:3

Group F

Canada 9 - 0 France
Canada 6 - 0 Germany
Germany 4 - 0 France

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	15: 0	+15	4:0
2	Germany	2	1	0	1	4: 6	- 2	2:2
3	France	2	0	0	2	0:13	-13	0:4

Third round

• Hungary withdrew forfeiting their games.

Germany 1 - 0 o.t. Czechoslovakia

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
4	Germany	1	1	0	0	1:0	+1	2:0
5	Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1	0:1	-1	0:2
6	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0:0

Consolation round for 7-12 places

• France withdrew, as did Belgium after one game

Great Britain 3 - 0 Belgium*
Austria 2 - 1 Great Britain
Italy 3 - 0 Romania
Austria 3 - 1 Romania
Great Britain 4 - 1 Italy
Great Britain 2 - 1 Romania
Italy 2 - 2 a.p. Austria

Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
7	Austria	3	2	1	0	7:4	+3	5:1
8	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	7:4	+3	4:2
9	Italy	3	1	1	1	6:6	0	3:3
10	Romania	3	0	0	3	2:8	-6	0:6
11	France	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0:0
12	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0:0

Final round

Semi-Finals February 10
Canada 2 - 1 o.t. Switzerland
United States 3 - 0 Germany

Third place game February 11
Germany 2 - 1 o.t. Switzerland

Final February 11
Canada 2 - 1 o.t. United States

Final rankings – World Championship

Pos.	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

Final rankings – European Championship

Pos.	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

Team rosters

Place	Team	Player
1	Canada	Goaltender: Cooney Woods. Defensemen: Ronald Silver, Harold Wilson, Elmer Piper. Forwards: Leslie Bird, Thomas Dewar, James Dewey, Clifford Lake, Albert Rogers, Bert Scharfe, Ray Watkins, Albert Welsh. Coach: Johnny Walker.
2	United States	Goaltender: Clem Harnedy. Defensemen: Peter Besson, Arthur Smith. Forwards: Walter Bender, Robert Jeremiah, Edward Keating, Richard Maley, Fred McDonell, Robert Nilon, Frank Stubbs, Mayland. Coach: Walter Brown.
3	Germany	Goaltenders: Theo Kaufmann, Walter Leinweber. Skaters: Werner George, Gustav Jaenecke, Roman Kessler, Werner Korff, Alois Kuhn, Hans Lang, Horst Orbanowski, Erich Romer, Georg Strobl, Joachim von Bethmann-Hollweg, Toni Wiedemann.
4	Switzerland	Goaltenders: Emil Eberle, Arnold Hirtz. Skaters: Pic Cattini, Hans Cattini, Albert Geromini, Ernst Hug, Charly Kessler, Paul Muller, Thomas Pleisch, Oscar Schmidt, Bar Torriani, Bibi Torriani. Coach: Charles Fasel.
5	Czechoslovakia	Goaltenders: Jan Peka, Antonin Houba. Skaters: Lolek Cetkovsky, Jaroslav Cisar, Wolfgang Dorasil, Wilhelm Heinz, Karel Hromadka, Zdenek Jirotka, Olda Kucera, Josef Malecek, Jan Mattern, Jan Michalek, Jaroslav Pusbauer, Tomas Svihovec, Jiri Tozicka.
6	Hungary	Goaltenders: Istvan Hircsak, Gyorgy Kramer-Katay. Skaters: Miklos Barcza, Istvan Bethlen, Laszlo Blazejovsky, Gyozo Erdodi, Matyas Farkas, Andras Gergely, Bela Haray, Zoltan Jeney, Gyorgy Margo, Sandor Miklos, Ferenc Szamosi. Coach: John Dewar.
7	Austria	Goaltenders: Otto Amenth, Karl Oerdoegh. Skaters: Franz Csöngei, Fritz Demmer, Jacques Dietrichstein, Reinke Egger, Karl Kirchberger, Oskar Nowak, Karl Rammer, Franz Schüßler, Willibald Stanek, Hans Stertin, Kurt Stuchly, Hans Tatzer. Coach: Hans Weinberger.
8	Great Britain	Goaltender: Vic Gardner. Skaters: Jim Borland, Gerry Davey, Frank de Marwicz, Carl Erhardt, Peter Fair, Ted Jackson, Harry Mayes, Nevill Melland, Ivor Nesbitt, Keith Thomson. Coach: John Magwood
9	Italy	Goaltenders: Augusto Gerosa, Enrico Calcaterra. Skaters: Gianmario Baroni, Tino de Mazzeri, Ignazio Dionisi, Aldo Marazza, Giampiero Medri, Camillo Mussi, Frank Roncarelli, Franco Rossi, Gianni Scotti, Decio Trovati, Luigi Venosta, Mario Zucchini.
10	Romania	Goaltenders: Arthur Vogel, Mircea Ratiu. Skaters: Paul Anastasiu, Alexandru Botez, Dan Bratianu, Gheorghe Buia, Constantin Cantacuzino, Petre Grant, Bob Petrovici, Nicu Polizu, Iuliu Rabinovici, Radu Reineck, Constantin Tico, Lajos Vakar.
11	France	Goaltenders: Michel Paccard, Jean Despas. Skaters: Andre Bossoney, Jacques Bottenheim, Marcel Claret, Martial Couvert, Jean-Pierre Hagnauer, Albert Hassler, Jacques Lacarriere, Pierre Perreau, Léonhard Quaglia, Pierre Savoye, Gerard Simond.
11	Belgium	Goaltender: Rene Laloux. Skaters: Jean Barbanson, Jean De Beukelaer, Louis De Ridder, Emile Duvivier, Francois Franck, Louis Franck, Willy Kreitz, Henry Matthysen, Marco Peltzer, Georges Pootmans, Carlos Van den Driessche, Pierre Van Reysschoot.

Team Photos

Canada

Germany

References

• Complete results
• Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 125–6.