1950
Still 19 participants in 1950, the Czech replacing the unfortunate Koreans: AUT, BEL, CAN, CZE, DEN, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches. The participating quarter-finalists from last year, HUN, URS, AUT, GBR, NOR, NED and USA, are exempt. The draw is: FRA-CZE, POL-FIN, SWI-FRG. The matches:
France-Czechoslovakia 3-5
Poland-Finland 0-9
Switzerland-West Germany 5-4
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, BEL, CAN, CZE, DEN, FIN, GBR, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, NED, GBR, URS and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: ITA-SWE, JAP-BEL, NED-USA, DEN-GBR, URS-CZE, CAN-FIN, HUN-SWI, AUT-NOR. The matches proceed as follows:
Italy-Sweden 0-8
Japan-Belgium 8-1
Netherlands-USA 5-3
Denmark-Britain 0-6
USSR-Czechoslovakia 10-0
Canada-Finland 3-7
Hungary-Switzerland 1-4
Austria-Norway 0-11
The quarter-final consists of: GBR, FIN, JAP, NED, NOR, SWE, SWI, URS. The finalists from last year, NED and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: JAP-GBR, SWI-URS, NED-FIN, NOR-SWE. Results of the matches:
Japan-Britain 5-5;distances: 8-6—Britain win
Switzerland-USSR 1-10
Netherlands-Finland 6.5-4.5
Norway-Sweden 11-0
Semi-final draw: URS-NOR, GBR-NED. Matches:
USSR-Norway 4-7
Britain-Netherlands 2-6
Bronze final: USSR-Britain 9-2
FINAL: Norway-Netherlands
49,0 - 58,4 (1-0) 1.41,2 - - (2-0) 2.37,5 - 3.06,5 (3-0) 5.34,1 - - (4-0) 12.35,4 - - (5-0) 43,5 - 45,3 (6-0) 1.29,7 - 1.47,1 (7-0) 2.16,9 - 2.20,6 (8-0) 4.53,4 - 4.52,4 (8-1) 8.13,8 - 8.26,7 (9-1) 17.06,6 -17.29,4 (10-1)
Final result 10-1, like last year
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 45x URS GOLD 5x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 1936 USA bronze 2x CZE bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 SWI 4th 3x FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 EST QF 5x POL QF 3x LIT QF 1927 KOR QF 1949 ROM 1R 2x AUS 1R 1936 COL PR 1933