1925
Post-Olympic trauma bleeds the participants number down to 15: AUT, BEL, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS. Thus we need a preliminary round of 7 matches. The participating semi-finalists from last year, URS, FIN and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: ROM-HUN, JAP-SWI, SWE-URS, NED-POL, GER-AUT, ITA-BEL, FRA-NOR. The matches:
Romania-Hungary 1-3
Japan-Switzerland 4-2
Sweden-USSR 2-3
Netherlands-Poland 4-0
Germany-Austria 2-4
Italy-Belgium 1-4
France-Norway 0-6
The first round proper (which is also the quarter final) then consists of AUT, BEL, FIN, HUN, JAP, NED, NOR and URS. The finalists from last year, FIN and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: JAP-URS, NED-HUN, FIN-AUT, BEL-NOR. Results of the matches:
Japan-USSR 2-5
Netherlands-Hungary 4-0
Finland-Austria 5-0, unlucky draw
Belgium-Norway 0-6
Semi-final draw: URS-FIN, NED-NOR. Matches:
USSR-Finland 0-5
Netherlands-Norway 0-6
Bronze final: USSR-Netherlands 5-0
FINAL: Finland-Norway
- - 80,0 (0-1) 44,7 - 44,0 (0-2) 1.33,6 - 1.34,9 (1-2) 2.23,0 - 2.25,9 (2-2) 8.43,3 - 8.47,0 (3-2) 18.01,5 -18.08,4 (4-2)
Final result 4-2
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 28x NED GOLD 2x FIN GOLD 2x RUS GOLD 1911 SWE Silver 4x AUT Silver 3x GER Silver 2x CZE 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 4x POL QF 2x BEL QF 2x JAP QF 1925 ROM 1R 1924 ITA PR 5x