has been part of every Winter program since then. Medalists Participating nations A total of 60 ice hockey players from 7 nations competed at the Antwerp Games: Format Seven nations entered teams in the inaugural Olympic ice hockey tournament. The tournament format used the Bergvall system, starting with an elimination round to determine the gold medal winner, after which teams that lost to the tournament winner would play through a new bracket to determine silver. Finally, teams which lost to either the gold or silver winners would face off in a third bracket to determine the bronze winner. For the gold medal round, teams were drawn into the bracket with France receiving a bye to the semifinals. At the time of draw, the Swedish team questioned how the matchups for the later rounds would be determined and it was believed that teams advancing further in the earlier round would receive a bye. However, no decision was made and when it came time for the silver medal round Sweden and the United States were selected to play a semifinal game while Czechoslovakia received the bye. Later for the bronze medal round, organizers wanted to ensure the tournament would conclude on schedule but were reluctant to force the Czechoslovakians to play twice in one day. As a result, the Swedish team were made to play another semifinal game which would be their fourth in as many days with the bronze medal game the following day. This led to criticism of the format despite Bergvall later noting that the system was not used correctly. Gold medal round (premier prix) Bracket Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game Silver medal round (second prix) Bracket Semifinal Silver medal game Bronze medal round (troisième prix) Bracket Semifinal Bronze medal game Statistics Average age Team France was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 32 years and 11 months. Gold medalists team Canada was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 24 years and 5 months. Tournament average was 26 years and 9 months. Scoring leaders Source: olympedia.org Final ranking References Sources External links 1920 Olympic Games report (digitized copy online) International Olympic Committee results database Ishockey VM OS 1920-1939 Olympedia Olympic results database Olympics, Summer 1920 Summer Olympics events 1920 1920 Discontinued sports at the Summer Olympics 1924 April 1920 sports events