1926
This year we have 19 participants, the 2nd best ever: AUT, BEL, CZE, EST, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches. The quarter-finalists of last year, JAP, URS, NED, HUN, FIN, AUT, BEL and NOR are exempt. The draw is: GBR-LAT, FRA-SWI, SWE-GER. The matches:
Britain-Latvia 0-5
France-Switzerland 4-1
Sweden-Germany 6-0
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, BEL, CZE, EST, FIN, FRA, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, ROM, SWE, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, URS, FIN, NED and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: ROM-FIN, HUN-URS, BEL-ITA, JAP-LAT, EST-FRA, CZE-NED, USA-AUT, NOR-SWE. The matches:
Romania-Finland 0-5
Hungary-USSR 0-6
Belgium-Italy 4-0
Japan-Latvia 1-5
Estonia-France 2-2; distances: 3-4—Estonia win
Czechoslovakia-Netherlands 0-4
USA-Austria 1-4
Norway-Sweden 5-1
The quarter final then consists of AUT, BEL, EST, FIN, LAT, 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: EST-AUT, NOR-LAT, NED-BEL, FIN-URS. Results of the matches:
Estonia-Austria 1-4
Norway-Latvia 5-0
Netherlands-Belgium 4-1
Finland-USSR 3-4
Semi-final draw: AUT-NOR, NED-URS. Matches:
Austria-Norway 0-5
Netherlands-USSR 1-6
Bronze final: Austria-Netherlands 4-1
FINAL: Norway-USSR
- - 62,0 (0-1)
43,8 - 45,2 (1-1)
1.32,1 - - (2-1)
2.23,8 - 2.24,7 (3-1)
- 5.15,0 (3-2)
8.36,4 - 8.43,0 (4-2)
17.27,0 -17.39,9 (5-2)
Final result 5-2
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 29x 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 5x BEL QF 3x POL QF 2x JAP QF 1925 ROM 1R 2x ITA 1R 1926