8–0 Switzerland January 30 Finland 4–0 Switzerland Canada 3–1 Sweden January 31 USA 8–0 Germany (UTG) USSR 7–5 Czechoslovakia February 1 Czechoslovakia 4–0 Finland USSR 15–0 Switzerland Sweden 7–4 USA February 2 Canada 4–2 Germany (UTG) Sweden 7–0 Finland February 3 Canada 8–6 USA February 4 USSR 10–0 Finland Czechoslovakia 5–1 Switzerland Sweden 10–2 Germany (UTG) February 5 Canada 6–2 Finland USSR 10–0 Germany (UTG) Sweden 12–0 Switzerland Czechoslovakia 7–1 USA February 7 Germany (UTG) 6–5 Switzerland Finland 3–2 USA USSR 4–2 Sweden Czechoslovakia 3–1 Canada February 8 Germany (UTG) 2–1 Finland USA 7–3 Switzerland USSR 3–2 Canada Sweden 8–3 Czechoslovakia World Championship Group B (Austria) Consolation round Teams in this group play for 9th–16th places. January 30 Austria 6–2 Yugoslavia Poland 6–1 Romania Italy 6–4 Hungary Japan 4–3 Norway January 31 Poland 4–2 Norway Japan 6–4 Romania February 1 Austria 3–0 Hungary Yugoslavia 5–3 Italy February 2 Norway 9–2 Italy Romania 5–5 Yugoslavia February 3 Poland 6–2 Hungary Austria 5–5 Japan February 4 Yugoslavia 6–4 Japan February 5 Poland 7–0 Italy Austria 2–5 Romania Norway 6–1 Hungary February 6 Austria 5–3 Italy Yugoslavia 4–2 Hungary Japan 4–3 Poland Norway 4–2 Romania February 8 Austria 2–8 Norway Poland 9–3 Yugoslavia Romania 6–2 Italy Japan 6–2 Hungary February 9 Austria 1–5 Poland Norway 8–4 Yugoslavia Romania 8–3 Hungary Italy 8–6 Japan Statistics Average age Team Sweden was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 27 years and 3 months. Team Canada was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 22 years and 11 months. Gold medalists team USSR averaged 25 years and 8 months. Tournament average was 25 years and 1 months.1 Leading scorers Medalists Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Canada finished with identical records of five wins and two losses. Canada thought they had won the bronze medal based on the goal differential in the three games among the tied countries. When they attended the presentation of the Olympic medals, they were disappointed to learn they had finished in fourth place based on the Olympics tie-breaking procedure of goal differential from all seven games played. Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) president Art Potter and the Canadian players accused International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president Bunny Ahearne of making a last-minute decision to change the rules and take away a medal from Canada, and The Canadian Press quoted Ahearne as stating that the IIHF decided on a tie-breaking procedure with 10 minutes remaining