 The 1932 event was the final time that the European Championships were held separately from the World Championships.Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics was hosted in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, with games being played at the partially-covered Olympia-Kunsteisstadion on artificial ice, and on natural ice at Riessersee.The number of participating nations rebounded from the 1932 Olympics with an increase to 15.