1952
No Olympic boost, and still 20 participants: AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, DEN, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 4 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, ITA, NED, JAP, NOR, GBR, SWI, HUN and URS, are exempt. The draw is: FIN-DEN, AUS-CAN, POL-AUT, BEL-FRA. The matches:
Finland-Denmark 9-0
Australia-Canada 1-4
Poland-Austria 4-6
Belgium-France 3-1
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, BEL, CAN, FIN, FRG, GBR, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, NED, NOR, GBR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: SWI-FRG, BEL-USA, JAP-HUN, AUT-GBR, ITA-URS, SWE-CAN, FIN-NOR, NED-ROM. The matches proceed as follows:
Switzerland-West Germany 3-5
Belgium-USA 0-5
Japan-Hungary 9-1
Austria-Britain 2-4
Italy-USSR 0-11
Sweden-Canada 11-0
Finland-Norway 1-10, last year USSR, now this
Netherlands-Romania 7-3
The quarter-final consists of: FRG, GBR, JAP, NED, NOR, SWE, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FRG-USA, NED-NOR, GBR-JAP, SWE-URS. Results of the matches:
West Germany-USA 0-5
Netherlands-Norway 0-11
Britain-Japan 1-8
Sweden-USSR 0-11
Semi-final draw: JAP-USA, NOR-URS. Matches:
Japan-USA 7-2
NOR-USSR 2-9
Bronze final: USA-Norway 0.5-10.5
FINAL: Japan-USSR
55,5 - 46,6 (0-1)
1.56,1 - 1.36,6 (0-2)
- - 2.39,8 (0-3)
6.19,5 - 5.21,3 (0-4)
10.33,9 - 9.20,5 (0-5)
43,7 - 41,2 (0-6)
- - 1.25,0 (0-7)
2.22,6 - 2.12,9 (0-8)
5.07,2 - 4.42,1 (0-9)
8.35,0 - 8.03,7 (0-10)
17.34,0 -17.08,8 (0-11)
Final result 0-11
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 45x URS GOLD 7x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 2x 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 4x AUS 1R 2x COL PR 1933