1934 World Championship

The 1934 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 3 and February 11, 1934 in Milan, Italy.
Like the previous year's World Championship twelve teams participated, with defending champion USA record 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 among the second place finishers. The second and third place teams in the extra qualifying round were awarded 5th and 6th positions. The six teams not advancing to the semifinals or the extra qualifying round played a round-robin for positions 7 through 12. 
Canada 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.
Canada was represented by the Saskatoon Quakers. For their exhibition tour this season, please see 1933-34 Saskatoon Quakers.
== Games ==
First round February 3
*Group A
Hungary 2 - 0 Great Britain
Great Britain 2 - 1 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 Hungary
Standings – Group A
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2:1 	+1 	2:2
2 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2:2 	0 	2:2
3 	 	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 – Group B
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	30: 3	+27 	6:0
2 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	4: 6 	- 2 	2:4
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	6:13 	- 7 	2:4
4 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	5:23 	-18 	2:4
*Group C
Austria 2 - 1 Germany
Germany 3 - 2 Italy
Italy 1 - 0 Austria
Standings – Group C
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	4:4 	0 	2:2
1 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	3:3 	0 	2:2
1 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2:2 	0 	2:2
Second round February 6
*Group D
United States 1 - 0 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 4 - 0 Austria
United States 1 - 0 Austria
Standings – Group D
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	2 	2 	0 	0 	2:0 	+2 	4:0
2 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	4:1 	+3 	2:2
3 	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	0:5 	-5 	0:4
*Group E
Italy 0 - 0 a.p. Hungary
Switzerland 1 - 0 Hungary
Switzerland 3 - 0 Italy
Standings – Group E
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	2 	2 	0 	0 	4:0 	+4 	4:0
2 	 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0:1 	-1 	1:3
3 	 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0:3 	-3 	1:3
*Group F
Canada 9 - 0 France
Canada 6 - 0 Germany
Germany 4 - 0 France
Standings – Group F
Pos.	Team 	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	Canada	2 	2 	0 	0 	15: 0	+15 	4:0
2 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	4: 6 	- 2 	2:2
3 	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	0:13 	-13 	0:4
Extra Qualifying Round Game
Germany 1 - 0 a.p. Czechoslovakia
Standings –Extra Qualifying Round
Pos.	Team	GP 	Wins 	Ties 	Losses 	Goals 	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1:0 	+1 	2:0
2 	 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0:1 	-1 	0:2
3 	 	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew 	withdrew
Positions 7th to 12th February 9
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
*Belgium only played one match
Standings – Positions 7th to 12th 
Pos.	Team	GP 	Wins 	Ties 	Losses 	Goals 	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	7:4 	+3 	5:1
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	7:4 	+3 	4:2
3 	 	3 	1 	1 	1 	6:6 	0 	3:3
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	2:8 	-6 	0:6
5 	 	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew 	withdrew
5 	 	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew	withdrew 	withdrew
Semi-Finals February 10
Canada 2 - 1 a.p. Switzerland
United States 3 - 0 Germany
Third place Game February 11
Germany 2 - 1 a.p. Switzerland
Final February 11
Canada 2 - 1 a.p. United States
=== Final Rankings – World Championship ===
RF	Team
1 	Canada
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1934 World Champion
 Canada
====Team Members====
Pos.	Team	Spieler
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; Trainer: Johnny Walker
=== Final Rankings – European Championship===
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1934 European Champion 
== Notes ==
information based upon German version at 
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft_1934
Category:1934 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships