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The first Olympic ice hockey tournament took place at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. [3] At the time, organized international ice hockey was still relatively new. [ 4 ] The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the sport's governing body , was created on 15 May 1908, and was known as the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur ...
Ice hockey is a sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. A men's ice hockey tournament has been held every Winter Olympics (starting in 1924); an ice hockey tournament was also held at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [1] From 1920 to 1968, the Olympics also acted as the Ice Hockey World Championships, and the two events occurred ...
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, was the 14th Olympic Championship. Twelve teams competed in the tournament, which was held from February 12 to 24, 1980. The United States won its second gold medal, including a win over the heavily favored Soviet Union that became known as the "Miracle ...
The gold medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons (representing Canada) en route to the 1920 Summer Olympics. The IIHF considers the ice hockey tournament held at the 1920 Summer Olympics to be the first Ice Hockey World Championship. [14] It was organized by a committee that included future IIHF president Paul Loicq. The tournament was played from 23 to ...
The Soviet Union, which began competing in the year of 1954 and last competed in 1991, captured a medal in each of 34 tournaments they entered. [1] In winning the 2006 World Championships, Sweden became the first nation in ice hockey history to win an Olympic gold as well as a separate World Championship in the same season. [5]
The ice hockey competitions of the 2022 Winter Olympics were played at two venues located in the Beijing cluster: the Beijing National Indoor Stadium, which seats 18,000, located at the Olympic Green area, and the Wukesong Arena, seating 10,000, with both arenas having been constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The men's tournament had 12 ...
List of Olympic medalists in ice hockey Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of Olympic medalists in hockey .
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