1962
This year we have 26 participants, a new record: AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHN, CZE, DEN, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, HUN, ITA, JAP, MGL, NED, NOR, NZL, POL, PRK, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 10 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, FRA, URS, NOR, HUN, SWE, ITA, CHN and JAP, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: FRA-ROM, HUN-PRK, MGL-NED, NOR-GBR, CZE-CAN, BEL-URS, ITA-DEN, AUT-NZL, FIN-JAP, AUS-SWE. The matches:
France-Romania 8-1
Hungary-North Korea 5-3
Mongolia-Netherlands 3-7
Norway-Britain 10-0
Czechoslovakia-Canada 2-7
Belgium-USSR 0-9
Italy-Denmark 9-0
Austria-New Zealand 6-1
Finland-Japan 2-8, Finnish sunset
Australia-Sweden 0-10
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, CAN, CHN, FRA, FRG, GDR, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, NOR, CHN, URS and SWE, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: CHN-SWI, SWE-AUT, NOR-CAN, ITA-JAP, FRG-URS, USA-GDR, FRA-NED, HUN-POL. The matches proceed as follows:
China-Switzerland 8-2
Sweden-Austria 10-0
Norway-Canada 8-2
Italy-Japan 1-9
West Germany-USSR 1-9
USA-East Germany 4-6
France-Netherlands 7-3 !
Hungary-Poland 2-7
The quarter-final consists of: CHN, FRA, GDR, JAP, NOR, POL, SWE, URS. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: JAP-SWE, NOR-POL, FRA-CHN, GDR-URS. Results of the matches:
Japan-Sweden 2-8
Norway-Poland 7-3
France-East Germany 5-5; distances: 8-10 — France win
China-USSR 0-9
Semi-final draw: SWE-NOR, FRA-URS. Matches:
Sweden-Norway 9-1, total humiliation
France-USSR 0-10
Bronze final: Norway-France 7-3
FINAL: Sweden-USSR
47,8 - 44,9 (0-1) 1.38,8 - 1.33,6 (0-2) 2.34,7 - 2.19,0 (0-3) 5.27,9 - 5.06,0 (0-4) 42,0 - 39,8 (0-5) 1.35,5 - - (1-5) 2.13,1 - 2.09,9 (1-6) 4.38,7 - 4.44,8 (2-6) 7.57,7 - 7.59,4 (3-6) 16.29,4 -16.45,0 (4-6)
Final result 4-6 (and 4-2 if it weren’t for the women)
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 45x URS GOLD 17x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 USA bronze 3x CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 SWI 4th 3x POL 4th 2x FRA 4th 2x DEN 4th 1912 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 CHN 4th 1961 EST QF 5x GDR QF 2x LIT QF 1927 KOR QF 1949 ROM 1R 8x AUS 1R 6x PRK PR 3x NZL PR 3x ICE PR 2x RSA PR 2x MGL PR 2x COL PR 1933 ESP PR 1957