Ice Hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Norway
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| Dates | 12–27 February |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) |
Fjellhallen Håkons Hall (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 Sweden (1st title)
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Runner-up 
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 Canada
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Third place 
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 Finland
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| Fourth place |
 Russia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 46 |
| Goals scored | 308 (6.7 per match) |
| Attendance | 334,373 (7,269 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
 Zigmund Palffy 10 points
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The men's ice hockey tournament (women's was added in 1998) at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, was the 18th Olympic Championship. Sweden won its first gold medal, becoming the sixth nation to ever win Olympic ice hockey gold. The silver medal win by Canada extended its all-time Olympic ice hockey lead to 12 medals (extended to 15 medals, for the men's team, as of the 2014 Winter Olympics). The tournament, held from February 12 to February 27, was played at the Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer.
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The top eleven nations from the 1993 World Championships qualified directly. To fill the twelfth spot, five nations were selected to compete: The top two from Group B (Great Britain and Poland), the top nation from Group C (Latvia), the best Asian nation (Japan), and Slovakia. This was the first IIHF event for Slovakia.
Twelve participating teams were placed in the two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.
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