Final Tournament
The tournament was run in a round robin format with nine teams participating. The Canadians had seven wins and one tie against the team from Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia also won seven games. The tournament was decided on goal average. Team Canada outscored their opponents 69:5 (a 13.8 goal average). The Czechoslovakia team outscored their opponents 80:18 (a 4.44 goal average). On the final day the Swiss watched the Czechs beat the Americans dashing their gold medal aspirations, and then lost their opportunity for silver in a loss to Canada, finishing with a bronze.
| Medal | Team |
|---|---|
| Gold | Canada |
| Silver | Czechoslovakia |
| Bronze | Switzerland |
| Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 15 |
| Czechoslovakia | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 18 | 15 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 21 | 12 |
| Sweden | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 28 | 8 |
| Great Britain | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 47 | 6 |
| Poland | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 97 | 4 |
| Austria | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 77 | 2 |
| Italy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 156 | 0 |
| United States * | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 33 | 10 |
* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.
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