The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was the tenth Olympic Championship, also serving as the 31st World Championships and the 42nd European Championships. The games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck. The Soviet Union won its second Olympic gold medal, fourth World Championship and eighth European Championship. Canada, represented for the first time by a purpose-built national team organized and coached by Father David Bauer, was shut out of the medals for the first time in Olympic ice hockey history—still in contention for the gold medal on the last day until a loss to the Soviets, the Canadians placed fourth and were denied a bronze medal. Qualification Prior to the tournament it was determined that there would be a spot allocated for an Asia/Oceanic representative. Also, for the third (and final time) East played West to decide the German representative in the Olympic hockey tournament. November 23, 1963 Japan 17–1 Australia November 26, 1963 Japan 17–6 Australia December 6, 1963 West Germany 4–4 East Germany December 8, 1963 East Germany 3–4 West Germany First Round (A/B) Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st–8th places. Teams which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th–16th places. Countries were seeded (roughly) from their placement at the 1963 World Ice Hockey Championships. Switzerland was the only 'B' pool team to win, defeating Norway who was also from the 'B' pool. January 27 Switzerland 5–1 Norway Canada 14–1 Yugoslavia January 28 USSR 19–1 Hungary Czechoslovakia 17–2 Japan Sweden 12–2 Italy USA 7–2 Romania Germany (UTG) 2–1 Poland Austria 2–8 Finland World Championship Group A (Austria) Final Round During the Canada versus Sweden game, Swedish player Carl-Göran Öberg broke his stick and tossed it aside. The broken end of the stick went towards the Canadian bench, where it struck their coach Father David Bauer in the face and opened a bleeding wound. Bauer demanded for his players to remain on the bench and not retaliate, since he did not want to take penalties late in the game. Canada went on to win by a 3–1 score, and Bauer forgave Öberg for the incident. On the next day, Bauer invited Öberg to sit with him while watching the Soviet Union play Czechoslovakia. First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze. January 29 USSR 5–1 USA Czechoslovakia 11–1 Germany (UTG) Canada