1910 Ice Hockey European Championship

thumb|Game between Berliner Schlittschuhclub and Brussels Royal IHSC 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,Gordon David S. Harris Martin C. Lion in Winter: A Complete Record of Great Britain at the Olympic, World and European Ice Hockey Championships 1910-1981 20 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.Gordon David S. Harris Martin C. Lion in Winter: A Complete Record of Great Britain at the Olympic, World and European Ice Hockey Championships 1910-1981 26 Results January 10 Team #1ScoreTeam #2GBR1-1BELSUI1-8CAN 1868 Oxford CanadiansGBR1-0GER 1866SUI0-1BEL January 11 Team #1ScoreTeam #2GER 18665-3BELSUI1-5GBRCAN 1868 Oxford Canadians4-0GER 1866 January 12 Team #1ScoreTeam #2CAN 1868 Oxford Canadiansforfeit1GBRCAN 1868 Oxford Canadians6-0BELSUI1-9GER 1866 1 Great Britain were unable to play as the team had to travel home: Oxford Canadians won by forfeit. Final standings 　GPWTLGFGADIFPtsGBR321072+55GER 18663201145+94BEL311156-13SUI3003215-130 Top Goalscorer Werner Glimm (Germany), 4 goals ih European Championship 1910 winner Great Britain First References Euro Championship 1910 1910 Category:Ice Hockey European Championships Euro European Championship Ice Hockey European Championship