1927
This year we have 18 participants: AUT, BEL, CZE, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, LIT, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, URS. Thus we need a preliminary round of 2 matches.The participating quarter-finalists from last year, AUT, BEL, NOR, LAT, URS, FIN and NED, are exempt. The draw is: GER-ROM, POL-FRA. The matches:
Germany-Romania 6-0
Poland-France 0-4
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, BEL, CZE, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, LIT, NED, NOR, SWE, URS. The semi-finalists from last year, NOR, NED, AUT and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FRA-HUN, SWE-AUT, NOR-GER, LIT-CZE, URS-JAP, BEL-GBR, NED-ITA, FIN-LAT. The matches:
France-Hungary 1-4
Sweden-Austria 2-4
Norway-Germany 5-1
Lithuania-Czechoslovakia 5-0
USSR-Japan 4-1
Belgium-Britain 0-4
Netherlands-Italy 4-0
Finland-Latvia 4-1
The quarter final consists of AUT, FIN, GBR, HUN, LIT, NED, NOR, USSR. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NED-FIN, AUT-GBR, LIT-URS, HUN-NOR. Results of the matches:
Netherlands-Finland 1-4
Austria-Britain 5-0
Lithuania-USSR 1-4
Hungary-Norway 0-5
Semi-final draw: FIN-URS, AUT-NOR. Matches:
Finland-USSR 2-2; distances 2-2; samalog 199,667-196,975—USSR win
Austria-Norway 0-5
Bronze final: FIN-AUT 4-1
FINAL: USSR-Norway
44,9 - 44,7 (0-1)
- - 1.32,1 (0-2)
2.24,0 - 2.22,1 (0-3)
8.30,3 - 8.38,0 (1-3)
17.40,9 -17.53,4 (2-3)
Final result 2-3
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 30x NED GOLD 2x FIN GOLD 2x URS 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 LIT QF 1927 ROM 1R 2x ITA 1R 2x