1928
The Olympics again gave a little bit of a boost, but only up to 20 participants: AUT, CAN, CZE, EST, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, LIT, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 4 matches.The quarter-finalists from last year, NED, FIN, AUT, GBR, LIT, URS, HUN and NOR, are exempt. The draw is: POL-JAP, EST-GER, ROM-SWE, FRA-CAN. The matches:
Poland-Japan 0-6
Estonia-Germany 3-3; distances: 3-6—Estonia win
Romania-Sweden 0-5
France-Canada 1-2
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, CAN, CZE, EST, FIN, GBR, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, LIT, NED, NOR, SWE, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, FIN, URS, AUT and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: HUN-GBR, CZE-ITA, LAT-EST, NED-NOR, LIT-URS, FIN-USA, AUT-CAN, JAP-SWE. The matches:
Hungary-Britain 5-0
Czechoslovakia-Italy 2-2;distances: 3-2—Italy win
Latvia-Estonia 4-0
Netherlands-Norway 0-6
Lithuania-USSR 0-6
Finland-USA 5-0
Austria-Canada 4-1
Japan-Sweden 1-5
The quarter final consists of AUT, FIN, HUN, ITA, LAT, NOR, SWE, URS. The finalists from last year, URS and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FIN-URS, AUT-ITA, HUN-LAT, NOR-SWE. Results of the matches:
Finland-USSR 5-2
Austria-Italy 5-0
Hungary-Latvia 1-4
Norway-Sweden (again) 6-0
Semi-final draw: LAT-FIN, AUT-NOR. Matches:
Latvia-Finland 0-5
Austria-Norway 0-6
Bronze final: LAT-AUT 2-3
FINAL: Finland-Norway
43,4 - 43,1 (0-1)
1.36,3 - 1.32,5 (0-2)
2.18,8 - 2.20,6 (1-2)
- - 5.59,2 (1-3)
8.32,6 - 8.28,8 (1-4)
17.34,8 -17.17,4 (1-5)
Final result 1-5
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 31x 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 LAT 4th 2x FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 GBR 4th 1914 EST QF 5x BEL QF 3x POL QF 2x JAP QF 1925 LIT QF 1927 ITA QF 1928 ROM 1R 2x