# 1934 Ice Hockey World Championships

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. 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.

## First round
### Group A

| 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 | Advance to second round |
| 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 |

### Group B

| 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 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | Relegation to consolation round |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 2 | Relegation to consolation round |
| 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 |

### Group C

| 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 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Advance to second round |
| February 3 to February 5 |
| Austria | 2–1 | Germany |
| Germany | 3–2 | Italy |
| Italy | 1–0 | Austria |

## Second round
### Group A

| 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 |

### Group B

| 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 |

### Group C

| 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 |

## Third round
### Semifinal qualifying round

| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Finishes in 6th place |
* ↑ Hungary withdrew forfeiting their games.
| February 8 |
| Germany | 1–0 (OT) | Czechoslovakia |

### Consolation round—7th to 12th places

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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Finishes in 11th place |
* ↑ Withdrew before playing any matches, finishing 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 |

## Semifinal and final rounds

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

## Final rankings—World Championship

| 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

### Team members

| Pos. | Team | Roster |
| 1 | CAN | Tommy Dewar, Ab Welsh, Cooney Woods, Les Bird, Ray Watkins, Jim Dewey, Ab Rogers, Bert Scharfe, Elmer Piper, Ron Silver, Cliff Lake, Hobb Wilson; Coach: Johnny Walker |

## Final rankings—European Championship

| 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

## Citations

* 1 2 Tournament summary
* ↑ Podnieks p.125