Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Men's ice hockey at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Picture of the Gold Medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons taken en route to the 1920 Olympics (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman)
Venue	Palais de Glace d'Anvers
Dates	April 23–29
Competitors	60 from 7 nations
Medalists
Winnipeg Falcons Canada   United States national men's ice hockey team United States   Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team Czechoslovakia
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Ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic Games at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The matches were played between April 23 and April 29, 1920. All matches took place in the Palais de Glace d'Anvers (ice palace of Antwerp). The rink measured 56 to 18 meters (165 to 58½ feet). All games were played with seven players on each side, with the rover position being used. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system. The gold medalists were the Winnipeg Falcons, representing Canada. The silver went to the United States and Czechoslovakia took the bronze.

Medalists

Antwerp Ice Palace Rink where 1920 games were held.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Canada (CAN) Robert Benson Walter Byron Frank Fredrickson Chris Fridfinnson Magnus Goodman Haldor Halderson Konrad Johannesson Allan Woodman	United States (USA) Raymond Bonney Anthony Conroy Herbert Drury Edward Fitzgerald George Geran Frank Goheen Joseph McCormick Lawrence McCormick Frank Synott Leon Tuck Cyril Weidenborner	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Karel Hartmann Vilém Loos Jan Palouš Jan Peka Karel Pešek Josef Šroubek Otakar Vindyš Karel Wälzer

Participating nations

A total of 60 ice hockey players from 7 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

• Belgium (7)
• Canada (8)
• Czechoslovakia (8)
• France (7)
• Sweden (11)
• Switzerland (8)
• United States (11)

Final tournament

Seven nations entered teams in the inaugural Olympic ice hockey tournament. The tournament format started with an elimination round to determine the gold medal winner. With only seven teams, France received a bye into the semi-finals.

Gold medal round (premier prix)

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Canada		15
	Czechoslovakia		0			Canada		2
	United States		29			United States		0
	Switzerland		0								Canada		12
	Sweden		8								Sweden		1
	Belgium		0			Sweden		4
						France		0

Silver medal round (second prix)

The three teams defeated by Canada in the gold medal round then played against each other to determine the second place team. Czechoslovakia received a bye into the silver medal game.

	Semifinal					Final
						United States		16
	United States		7			Czechoslovakia		0
	Sweden		0

Bronze medal round (troisième prix)

Lastly, the three remaining teams that were previously defeated by first place Canada or second place United States played against each other to determine the third place team. Czechoslovakia received a bye into the bronze medal game, which they won.

	Semifinal					Final
						Sweden		0
	Sweden		4			Czechoslovakia		1
	Switzerland		0

Matches - Gold medal round

Quarter-Finals
April 23	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Sweden (SWE)	8	-	0	Belgium (BEL)
	Teams:	Howander; Svensson, Lundell; Molander; Burman, Lindqvist (capt.), Johansson	(5	-	0)	Vergult; van Volckxsom, van Volxem; Goeminne; Loicq, Goossens, Deprez
	Goals:	1:0 Burman, 2:0 Johansson, 3:0 Burman, 4:0 Lindqvist, 5:0 Burman, 6:0 Johansson, 7:0 Molander, 8:0 Lindqvist
	Referee: W. A. Hewitt (CAN)
April 24	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	United States (USA)	29	-	0	Switzerland (SUI)
	Teams:	Bonney; Tuck, Fitzgerald (capt.); Goheen; J. McCormick, Drury, Conroy	(15	-	0)	Savoie; Jaccard, Lob; Dufour; Holsboer, Sillig, Cuendet
	Goals:	Conroy (8), J. McCormick (7), Goheen (6), Drury (6), Fitzgerald, Tuck
	Referee: Raoul Le Mat (USA)
April 24	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Canada (CAN)	15	-	0	Czechoslovakia (TCH)
	Teams:	Byron; Johannesson, Benson; Woodman; Goodman, Fredrickson (capt.), Halderson	(7	-	0)	Peka; Vindyš, Palouš; Hartmann; Pešek, Šroubek (capt.), Loos
	Goals:	Halderson (7), Fredrickson (4), Goodman (2), Woodman, Johannesson
	Referee: ?
Semi-Finals
April 25	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Sweden (SWE)	4	-	0	France (FRA)
	Teams:	Howander; Lindqvist (capt.), Lundell; Molander; Burman, Svensson, Johansson	(2	-	0)	Gaittet; Couttet, Chaland; Charpentier; de Rauch, Quaglia, Dary
	Goals:	1:0 Burman, 2:0 Svensson, 3:0 Molander, 4:0 Lindqvist
	Referee: Garon (CAN)
April 25	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Canada (CAN)	2	-	0	United States (USA)
	Teams:	Byron; Johannesson, Benson; Woodman; Goodman, Fredrickson (capt.), Halderson	(0	-	0)	Bonney; Geran, Fitzgerald (capt.); Goheen; J. McCormick, Drury, Conroy
	Goals:	1:0 Fredrickson, 2:0 Johannesson
	Referee: Alfred de Rauch (FRA)
Gold Medal Match
April 26	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Canada (CAN)	12	-	1	Sweden (SWE)
	Teams:	Byron; Johannesson, Benson; Fridfinnson; Goodman, Fredrickson (capt.), Halderson	(5	-	1)	Howander; Lindqvist (capt.), Arwe; Svensson; Burman, Mattsson, Johansson
	Goals:	1:0 (1:15) Halderson, 2:0 (1:55) Fridfinnson, 3:0 (5:20) Fredrickson, 3:1 (15:58) Svensson, 4:1 (16:00) Fredrickson, 5:1 (17:35) Fredrickson, 6:1 (23:47) Goodman, 7:1 (28:09) Benson, 8:1 (29:15) Fredrickson, 9:1 (29:30) Fredrickson, 10:1 (34:55) Fredrickson, 11:1 (36:20) Halderson, 12:1 (39:02) Fredrickson
	Referee: Joseph McCormick (USA)
Matches - Silver medal round
Semi-Finals
April 27	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	United States (USA)	7	-	0	Sweden (SWE)
	Teams:	Weidenborner; Geran, Tuck; Goheen; Synott (capt.), Drury, Conroy	(5	-	0)	Howander; Lindqvist (capt.), Lundell; Arwe; Burman, Svensson, Johansson
	Goals:	Drury (4), Geran (3)
	Referee: ?
Silver Medal Match
April 28	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	United States (USA)	16	-	0	Czechoslovakia (TCH)
	Teams:	Weidenborner; Fitzgerald, Goheen; Synott; J. McCormick (capt.), L. McCormick, Conroy	(7	-	0)	Peka; Vindyš, Palouš; Hartmann; Pešek, Šroubek (capt.), Loos
	Goals:	L. McCormick (7), Drury (4), Conroy (2), J. McCormick, Goheen, Synott
	Referee: Paul Loicq (BEL)
Matches - Bronze medal round
Semi-Finals
April 28	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Sweden (SWE)	4	-	0	Switzerland (SUI)
	Teams:	Jansson; Lindqvist (capt.), Lundell; Molander; Säfwenberg, Arwe, Johansson	(5	-	0)	Savoie; Jaccard, Lob; Dufour; Leuzinger, Sillig, Cuendet
	Goals:	1:0 Säfwenberg, 2:0 Johansson, 3:0 Arwe, 4:0 Arwe
	Referee: Frank Fredrickson (CAN)
Bronze Medal Match
April 29	Palais de Glace d'Anvers	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	-	0	Sweden (SWE)
	Teams:	Wälzer; Vindyš, Palouš; Hartmann; Pešek, Šroubek (capt.), Loos	(1	-	0)	Howander; Lindqvist (capt.), Lundell; Molander; Burman, Svensson, Johansson
	Goals:	1:0 Šroubek
	Referee: Frank Fredrickson (CAN)

1920 Summer Olympics Champions
Canada First title

Top scorer

Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Herbert Drury	4	14	0	14

Final ranking

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
1	Canada (CAN)	3	3	0	29	1
	Coach: W. A. Hewitt Robert Benson (Winnipeg Falcons) Walter Byron (Winnipeg Falcons) Frank Fredrickson (Winnipeg Falcons) Chris Fridfinnson (Winnipeg Falcons) Magnus Goodman (Winnipeg Falcons) Haldor Halderson (Winnipeg Falcons) Konrad Johannesson (Winnipeg Falcons) Allan Woodman (Winnipeg Falcons)
2	United States (USA)	4	3	1	52	2
	Coach: Cornelius Fellows Raymond Bonney (St. Paul A.C.) Anthony Conroy (St. Paul A.C.) Herbert Drury (Pittsburgh AA) Edward Fitzgerald (St. Paul A.C.) George Geran (Boston AA) Frank Goheen (St. Paul A.C.) Joseph McCormick (Pittsburgh AA) Lawrence McCormick (Pittsburgh AA) Frank Synott (Boston AA) Leon Tuck (Boston AA) Cyril Weidenborner (St. Paul A.C.)
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	2	1	31
	Coach: ? Karel Hartmann Vilém Loos Jan Palouš Jan Peka Karel Pešek Josef Šroubek Otakar Vindyš Karel Wälzer
4	Sweden (SWE)	6	3	3	17	20
	Coach: Raoul Le Mat (USA) Eric Burman (IK Göta) Seth Howander (IFK Uppsala) Albin Jansson (Järva IS) Georg Johansson (IK Göta) Einar Lindqvist (IFK Uppsala) Einar Lundell (IK Göta) Hansjacob Mattsson (England) Nils Molander (Berliner Schlittschuh Club) David Säfwenberg (Berliner Sport Club) Einar Svensson (IK Göta) Wilhelm Arwe (IK Göta)
5	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	2	0	33
	Coach: ? Rodolphe Cuendet Louis Dufour Max Holsboer Marius Jaccard Bruno Leuzinger Paul Lob René Savoie Max Sillig
6	France (FRA)	1	0	1	0	4
	Coach: Garon (CAN) Jean Chaland Pierre Charpentier Henri Couttet Georges Dary Alfred de Rauch Jacques Gaittet Léonhard Quaglia
7	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	0	8
	Coach: ? Maurice Deprez Paul Goeminne Jean-Maurice Goossens Paul Loicq Philippe van Volckxsom Gaston van Volxem François Vergult

References

• 1920 Olympic Games report (digitized copy online)
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Ishockey VM OS 1920-1939
• Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005). Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Turin 2006 Edition, The. Wilmington, Delaware: Sport Media Publishing Inc. p. 320. ISBN 1-894963-45-8.