Final The tournament was a direct knock-out playoff. The Canadian team was considered so dominant that it did not participate in the knock-out tournament. Canada was put into the gold medal final game, and the tournament was played to determine an opponent. Warm winter weather melted the ice in
Chamonix,
France and forced the
Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace officials to move the tournament to
Berlin,
Germany, and the
Sportpalast (which had artificial ice). Additionally, the fourth place match was played in
Vienna,
Austria, making this the only world hockey championship tournament to take place in three different countries. ==Ranking and statistics==