Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Ice hockey at the
Games of the VII Olympiad
1st Ice Hockey
World Championships
Picture of the Gold Medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons taken en route to the 1920 Olympics (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman)
Tournament details
Host country Belgium
DatesApril 23–29, 1920
FormatBergvall System
Teams7
Final positions
Champions  Canada
Winnipeg Falcons (1st title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored99 (9.9 per game)
Attendance6,946 (695 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Herb Drury (14 points)
1924 →

Ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic Games at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.[1][2] The tournament also served as the first World Championships. The matches were played between April 23 and April 29, 1920. Canada, represented by the Winnipeg Falcons, won the gold medal.[3] The silver went to the United States and Czechoslovakia took the bronze.

  1. ^ Justin Felisko. "When Ice Hockey Was A Summer Sport". USA Hockey Magazine. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  2. ^ "Ice Hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. ^ Smith, Stephen (23 April 2020). "Remembering Canada's first Olympic hockey gold: Winning gold 100 years ago in Antwerp, Belgium, Canada's team set a standard for Olympic hockey dominance that would last for three more successive Games". Canadian Geographic. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

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