1934
This year we have a further increase to 19 participants: AUT, BEL, CAN, CZE, EST, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, NED, HUN, SWE, USA, FIN, AUT, LAT and NOR, are exempt. The draw is: EST-JAP, GER-BEL, ROM-CAN. The matches:
Estonia-Japan 3-5
Germany-Belgium 4-2
Romania-Canada 0-5
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, CAN, CZE, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, FIN, USA, NED and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: URS-SWI, FIN-AUT, FRA-NOR, NED-CZE, JAP-CAN, HUN-GER, POL-SWE, LAT-USA. The matches:
USSR-Switzerland 7-3
Finland-Austria 7-3, again!
France-Norway 0-10
Netherlands-Czechoslovakia 7-3
Japan-Canada 4-4;distances: 8-5—Canada win
Hungary-Germany 3-2
Poland-Sweden 4-7
Latvia-USA 0-4
The quarter final consists of CAN, FIN, HUN, NED, NOR, SWE, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, FIN and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NOR-HUN, URS-SWE, CAN-NED, FIN-USA. Results of the matches:
Norway-Hungary 10-0
USSR-Sweden 8-1
Canada-Netherlands 2-6
Finland-USA 9-1
Semi-final draw: FIN-NOR, URS-NED. Matches:
Finland-Norway 3-7
USSR-Netherlands 6-3
Bronze final: Finland-Netherlands 10-0
FINAL: Norway-USSR
50,3 - 55,9 (1-0) 1.45,9 - 1.52,2 (2-0) 2.40,0 - 2.57,7 (3-0) 5.54,7 - - (4-0) 42,8 - 45,2 (5-0) 1.38,1 - 1.36,6 (5-1) 2.21,4 - 2.27,8 (6-1) 5.00,1 - - (7-1) 8.30,0 - 8.53,6 (8-1) 17.42,2 -18.11,6 (9-1)
Final result 9-1
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 35x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x URS GOLD 1911 SWE Silver 4x AUT Silver 3x GER Silver 2x HUN Silver 1930 USA bronze 2x CZE bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 SWI 4th 2x LAT 4th 2x FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 GBR 4th 1914 EST QF 5x BEL QF 3x POL QF 3x JAP QF 2x LIT QF 1927 ITA QF 1928 ROM 1R 2x COL PR 1933