Ice Hockey European Championships
European Medalists from combined events
Table:
Year

Gold

Silver

Bronze

1928

Sweden

Switzerland

Great Britain

1930

Germany

Switzerland

Austria

1931

Austria

Poland

Czechoslovakia

1933

Czechoslovakia

Austria

Germany
Switzerland

1934

Germany

Switzerland

Czechoslovakia

1935

Switzerland

Great Britain

Czechoslovakia

1936

Great Britain

Czechoslovakia

Germany
Sweden

1937

Great Britain

Switzerland

Germany

1938

Great Britain

Czechoslovakia

Germany

1939

Switzerland

Czechoslovakia

Germany

1947

Czechoslovakia

Sweden

Austria

1948

Czechoslovakia

Switzerland

Sweden

1949

Czechoslovakia

Sweden

Switzerland

1950

Switzerland

Great Britain

Sweden

1951

Sweden

Switzerland

Norway

1952

Sweden

Czechoslovakia

Switzerland

1953

Sweden

West Germany

Switzerland

1954

Soviet Union

Sweden

Czechoslovakia

1955

Soviet Union

Czechoslovakia

Sweden

1956

Soviet Union

Sweden

Czechoslovakia

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State the answer to the question: Which group controls the national ice hockey team that won silver at the 1934 Ice Hockey European Championships ? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}. Do not introduce information beyond the provided sources.

The Sweden men 's national ice hockey team ( Swedish : Sveriges herrlandslag i ishockey ) is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world . The team is controlled by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association , and it is considered a member of the Big Six , the unofficial group of the six strongest men 's ice hockey nations , along with Canada , the Czech Republic , Finland , Russia and the United States . The team 's nickname Tre kronor , meaning Three Crowns , refers to the emblem on the team jersey , which is found in the lesser national coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden . The first time this emblem was used on the national team 's jersey was on 12 February 1938 , during the World Championships in Prague . The team has won numerous medals at both the World Championships and the Winter Olympics . In 2006 , they became the first , and so far only , team to win both tournaments in the same calendar year , by winning the 2006 Winter Olympics in a thrilling final against Finland by 3-2 , and the 2006 World Championships by beating Czech Republic in the final , 4-0 . In 2013 the team was the first team to win the World Championships at home since the Soviet Union in 1986 . In 2018 , the Swedish team won its 11th title at the World Championships .
The Switzerland men 's national ice hockey team ( German : Schweizer Eishockeynationalmannschaft ; French : Équipe de Suisse de hockey sur glace ; Italian : Nazionale di hockey su ghiaccio della Svizzera ) is a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) and is controlled by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation . As of 2018 the Swiss team was ranked 7th in the world by the IIHF .
The British national ice hockey team ( also known as Team GB ) is the national men 's ice hockey team of the United Kingdom . A founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) in 1908 , the team is controlled by Ice Hockey UK . Great Britain is currently ranked 20th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2018 IIHF World Ranking , their highest IIHF ranking ever .
The German men 's national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship . When Germany was split after World War II , a separate East Germany national ice hockey team existed until 1990 . By 1991 , the East German teams and players were merged into the German Ice Hockey Federation ( Deutscher Eishockey-Bund ) .
The Austrian men 's national hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria . The team is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband . As of 2017 the Austrian team is ranked 16th in the IIHF World Rankings . Austria has not won a medal in a major tournament since 1947 , and has not broken 10th place since 1994 . Austria currently has 8,799 registered players ( 0.1% of the total population ) .
The Poland national men 's ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Poland , and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation . They are ranked 21st in the world in the IIHF World Rankings , but prior to the 1980s they were ranked as high as 6th internationally . They are one of only 8 countries never to have played below the Division I ( former B Pool ) level . Currently the Polish national team plays at the Division IB level , the third tier of the World Championship . Poland has competed in the Olympics thirteen times , most recently in 1992 , with their best result being fourth place in 1932 . They have been a regular participant of the World Championship , first appearing in 1930 and having appeared in all but one tournament since 1955 . They frequently played in the top division , though have been in Division I since being relegated in 2002 .
The Czechoslovakia men 's national ice hockey team was the national ice hockey team of Czechoslovakia , and competed from 1920 until 1992 . The successor to the Bohemia national ice hockey team , which was a European power prior to World War I , the Czechoslovak national team first appeared at the 1920 Summer Olympics , two years after the creation of the state . In the 1940s , they established themselves as the best team in Europe , becoming the first team from the continent to win two World Championships ( 1947 and 1949 ) . After the arrival of the Soviet Union on the international hockey scene in the 1950s , the Czechoslovaks regularly fought Sweden and Canada for silver and bronze medals , and sometimes beat the Soviets . In total , they won the gold medal six times . Due to the split of the country Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia , the team was replaced in 1993 with the Czech and the Slovak national teams . The International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) recognized the Czech national team as a successor of Czechoslovakia national team and kept it in the top group , while the Slovak national team was entered into the lowest level , Pool C , winning promotion in successive years to join the elite division in 1996 .
The Norway men 's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team from Norway that participates at the IIHF World Championships . The team is governed by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association and is coached by Petter Thoresen .
The Soviet national ice hockey team ( Russian : Сборная СССР по хоккею с шайбой ) was the national ice hockey team of the Soviet Union . The team won nearly every world championship and Olympic tournament between 1954 and 1991 and never failed to medal in any International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) tournament they competed in . After 1991 , the Soviet team competed as the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics and as the Commonwealth of Independent States at the 1992 World Championship . In 1993 , it was replaced by national teams for Belarus , Estonia , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Lithuania , Russia and Ukraine . The IIHF recognized the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia as the successor to the Soviet Union hockey federation and passed its ranking on to Russia . The other national hockey teams were considered new and sent to compete in Pool C. The IIHF Centennial All-Star Team included four Soviet-Russian players out of a team of six : goalie Vladislav Tretiak , defenseman Vyacheslav Fetisov and forwards Valeri Kharlamov and Sergei Makarov who played for the Soviet teams in the 1970s and the 1980s were selected for the team in 2008 .