The 1910 Ice Hockey European Championship was the first ice hockey tournament for European countries associated to the International Ice Hockey Federation, and was also the first official ice hockey tournament between national teams in history.
The tournament was played between January 10, and January 12, 1910, in Les Avants, near Montreux, Switzerland, and it was won by Great Britain.
The British team was commonly identified as England in contemporary accounts,[1] but the IIHF recognizes this team as Great Britain.
The Oxford Canadians, a team made up of Canadian students from Oxford University, also participated in the tournament, but their games did not count in the final standings. They played three games, against Switzerland, Belgium, and Germany, winning all of them handily.
On the final day of the tournament, the schedule was changed due to poor ice conditions, leaving Great Britain was unable to play the Canadians at the rescheduled time as the team had to return home. The organizers declared the match a forfeit to the Canadians.[2]
Results
January 10
| Team #1 | Score | Team #2 |
|---|---|---|
Great Britain  |
1-1 |  Belgium |
Switzerland  |
1-8 |  Oxford Canadians |
| Great Britain |
1-0 |  Germany |
| Switzerland |
0-1 | Belgium |
January 11
| Team #1 | Score | Team #2 |
|---|---|---|
| Germany |
5-3 | Belgium |
| Switzerland |
1-5 | Great Britain |
| Oxford Canadians |
4-0 | Germany |
January 12
| Team #1 | Score | Team #2 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxford Canadians |
forfeit1 | Great Britain |
| Oxford Canadians |
6-0 | Belgium |
| Switzerland |
1-9 | Germany |
1 Great Britain were unable to play as the team had to travel home: Oxford Canadians won by forfeit.
Final standings
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | DIF | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
| Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 4 |
| Belgium |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
| Switzerland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 0 |
Top Goalscorer
Werner Glimm (Germany), 4 goals
| European Championship 1910 winner |
|---|
 Great Britain First title |
References
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