1930 Ice Hockey World Championships

1930 Ice Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host countries	France; Austria; Germany
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	29 January – 10 February
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Canada (4th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Switzerland
Fourth place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Games played	12
Goals scored	49 (4.08 per game)
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The 1930 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between January 30 and February 10, 1930, in Chamonix, France, Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany. This event was the first world championships independent of hockey at the Olympics.^[1]

Canada, represented by the Toronto CCMs, beat the German team in the gold medal match by a score of 6 to 1 to win the title.^[2]

Germany won their first European Championship, defeating Switzerland in Berlin two to one. The lone game in Vienna was played to determine the European Bronze, Austria shutout Poland two to zero to round out the medals.^[3]

Final tournament

First round
31 January 1930	Stade Olympique, Chamonix	Germany	–	Great Britain	4:2 (0:2, 2:0, 2:0)
31 January 1930	Stade Olympique, Chamonix	Hungary	–	Italy	2:0 (0:0, 2:0, 0:0)
31 January 1930	Stade Olympique, Chamonix	France	–	Belgium	4:1 (0:1, 2:0, 2:0)

Quarterfinals
1 February 1930	Stade Olympique, Chamonix	Poland	–	Japan	5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0)
1 February 1930	Stade Olympique, Chamonix	Switzerland	–	Czechoslovakia	3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0)
1 February 1930	Stade Olympique, Chamonix	Germany	–	Hungary	4:1 (1:0, 0:0, 3:1)
1 February 1930	Stade Olympique, Chamonix	France	–	Austria	1:2 (1:1, 0:0, 0:1)

Semifinals
2 February 1930	Stade Olympique, Chamonix	Switzerland	–	Austria	2:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:0)
2 February 1930	Stade Olympique, Chamonix	Germany	–	Poland	3:1 (1:1, 2:0, 0:0)

4th place
5 February 1930	WEV-Platz, Vienna	Austria	–	Poland	2:0 (0:0, 0:0, 2:0)

Final
9 February 1930	Sportpalast, Berlin	Germany	–	Switzerland	2:1 (0:1, 1:0, 1:0)

Final

10 February 1930

Sportpalast, Berlin

Germany

–

Canada

1:6 (1:2, 0:2, 0:2)

The tournament was a direct knock-out playoff. The Canadian team was considered so dominant that it did not participate in the knock-out tournament. Canada was put into the gold medal final game, and the tournament was played to determine an opponent.^[3]

Warm winter weather melted the ice in Chamonix, France and forced the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace officials to move the tournament to Berlin, Germany, and the Sportpalast (which had artificial ice). Additionally, the fourth place match was played in Vienna, Austria, making this the only world hockey championship tournament to take place in three different countries.^[3]

The Canadian team lost to Austria 1-0 on February 7 (in Vienna) in an exhibition match. The loss to Austria was the first time any Canadian team had lost to a European team.^[4]