1939
Despite the loss of Austria, we still have a fair number of countries left in the world, of which 17 participate in our game: DEN, EST, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 1 match. The quarter-finalists from last year, NOR, USA, FIN, GER, DEN, LAT, JAP and URS, are exempt. The draw is: SWE-DEN. The matches:
Sweden-Denmark 6-1, Nordic brotherhood
The first round proper then consists of: EST, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, LAT, NOR, FIN and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: USA-SWI, NOR-SWE, GBR-LAT, POL-ITA, EST-JAP, FIN-GER, FRA-HUN, NED-URS. The matches:
USA-Switzerland 4-3
Norway-Sweden 10-0
Britain-Latvia 0-5, again!
Poland-Italy 6-4
Estonia-Japan 1-8
Finland-Germany 7-4
France-Hungary 0-5
Netherland-USSR 2-9, again!!
The quarter final consists of FIN, HUN, JAP, LAT, NOR, POL, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NOR-LAT, URS-FIN, JAP-USA, HUN-POL. Results of the matches:
Norway-Latvia 10-0
USSR-Finland 9-2
Japan-USA 5-3
Hungary-Poland 5-4
Semi-final draw: NOR-HUN, URS-JAP. Matches:
Norway-Hungary 9-1
USSR-Japan 11-0
Bronze final: Hungary-Japan 3-6
FINAL: Norway-USSR
51,1 - 49,3 (0-1)
1.45,3 - 1.44,5 (0-2)
2.49,6 - 2.43,7 (0-3)
6.01,2 - 5.46,4 (0-4)
- - 9.53,3 (0-5)
41,9 - 43,4 (1-5)
1.34,4 - 1.51,4 (2-5)
2.13,8 - 2.21,7 (3-5)
5.03,4 - 5.03,6 (4-5)
8.21,4 - 8.40,2 (5-5)
17.33,4 -18.08,9 (6-5)
Final result 6-5
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 40x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x URS GOLD 1911 SWE Silver 4x AUT Silver 4x GER Silver 2x HUN Silver 1930 JAP Silver 1936 USA bronze 2x CZE bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 LAT 4th 3x SWI 4th 2x FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 GBR 4th 1914 EST QF 5x BEL QF 3x POL QF 3x LIT QF 1927 ITA QF 1928 ROM 1R 2x AUS 1R 1936 COL PR 1933