Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Italy
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| Dates | 26 January–4 February |
| Teams | 10 |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 Soviet Union (1st title)
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Runner-up 
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 United States
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Third place 
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 Canada
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| Fourth place |
 Sweden
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 33 |
| Goals scored | 262 (7.94 per match) |
| Attendance | 122,230 (3,704 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
James Logan 15 points
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The men's ice hockey tournament (women's was added in 1998) at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was the 8th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 23rd World Championships and the 34th European Championships. The tournament was held at the Olympic Ice Stadium and the Apollonio Stadium.
East and West Germany could not come to an agreement over how to formulate a combined team, so they played a qualification game against each other, which the west won. The east hosted a tournament for non qualified teams, often referred to as World Championships Pool B, between GDR, Norway and Belgium in Berlin.
The Soviets won all their games to claim their first Olympic title, their second World title, and their third European title. Canada, represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, won its eighth consecutive Olympic ice hockey medal, though this was its first ever bronze medal.
Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group earned a right to play for 1st-6th places.
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
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