1930
Crisis bleeds the participants down to 14: AUT, CZE, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS. Thus we need a preliminary round of 6 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, FIN, AUT, NOR and NED, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: JAP-NED, ROM-GER, AUT-SWE, SWI-URS, NOR-ITA, FRA-FIN. The matches:
Japan-Netherlands 0-5
Romania-Germany 0-6
Austria-Sweden 5.5-0.5
Switzerland-USSR 1-5
Norway-Italy 6-0
France-Finland 0-5
The first round proper (and quarter final) consists of AUT, CZE, FIN, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, URS. The finalists from last year, FIN and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FIN-NED, AUT-NOR, CZE-URS, GER-HUN. Results of the matches:
Finland-Netherlands 3-2, unlucky draw
Austria-Norway 0-6, unlucky draw
Czechoslovakia-USSR 2-4
Germany-Hungary 1-5, lucky draw
Semi-final draw: FIN-NOR, URS-HUN. Matches:
Finland-Norway 3-3;distances: 5-6—Finland win
USSR-Hungary 2-3!
Bronze final: Norway-USSR 6-0
FINAL: Finland-Hungary
43,6 - 46,2 (1-0) 1.28,4 - 1.37,4 (2-0) 2.18,1 - 2.31,7 (3-0) 8.48,0 - 9.07,6 (4-0) 19.29,2 -19.17,1 (4-1)
Final result 4-1
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 32x FIN GOLD 3x NED GOLD 2x URS GOLD 1911 SWE Silver 4x AUT Silver 3x GER Silver 2x HUN Silver 1930 CZE bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 USA bronze 1920 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