1923
Again we have 14 participants, equal to last year’s record: AUT, BEL, EST, FIN, FRA, GER, ITA, LAT, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, SWI, URS. Thus we need a preliminary round of 6 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, URS, NOR, NED and FIN, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: SWE-NED, POL-GER, ITA-SWI, NOR-LAT, FRA-EST, BEL-URS. The matches:
Sweden-Netherlands 5-1
Poland-Germany 3-1 (must have felt good)
Italy-Switzerland 0-4
Norway-Latvia 7-0
France-Estonia 3-1
Belgium-USSR 0-5
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, FIN, FRA, NOR, POL, SWE, SWI, URS. The finalists from last year, NOR and FIN, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: POL-FIN, SWI-NOR, FRA-SWE, AUT-URS. Results of the matches:
Poland-Finland 0-5
Switzerland-Norway 0-7
France-Sweden 0-5
Austria-USSR 0-5
Semi-final draw: FIN-NOR, SWE-URS. Matches:
Finland-Norway 3-4
Sweden-USSR 1-4
Bronze final: Finland-Sweden 5-0
FINAL: Norway-USSR
62,8 - - (1-0) 44,6 - 45,3 (2-0) 1.38,9 - 1.38,3 (2-1) 2.23,8 - 2.24,4 (3-1) 5.50,7 - - (4-1) 8.33,7 - 8.40,3 (5-1) 17.22,9 -17.57,9 (6-1)
Final result 6-1
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 27x NED GOLD 2x RUS GOLD 1911 FIN GOLD 1921 SWE Silver 4x AUT Silver 3x GER Silver 2x BOH bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 USA bronze 1920 HUN 4th 2x SWI 4th 2x FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 GBR 4th 1914 LAT 4th 1917 EST QF 3x POL QF 2x BEL QF 1922 ROM PR 1911 ITA PR 3x