1965
Post-Olympic trauma gives a reduction to 25 participants: AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHN, CZE, 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 9 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, FIN, SWE, URS, PRK, USA, NOR, CHN and GDR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: SWI-SWE, POL-FIN, FRA-AUS, MGL-CAN, USA-GDR, ROM-NED, PRK-ITA, URS-NZL, CZE-GBR. The matches:
Switzerland-Sweden 0-10
Poland-FInland 0-10
France-Australia 3-4
Mongolia-Canada 1-9
USA-East Germany 3-7
Romania-Netherlands 0-10
North Korea-Italy 4-6
USSR-New Zealand 10-0
Czechoslovakia-Britain 5-4
The first round proper then consists of: AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHN, CZE, FIN, FRG, GDR, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, SWE, URS. The surviving semi-finalists from last year, GDR, SWE and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: AUS-HUN, URS-BEL, ITA-GDR, AUT-FRG, SWE-FIN, CZE-CHN, JAP-NED, CAN-NOR. The matches proceed as follows:
Australia-Hungary 4-5
USSR-Belgium 10-0
Italy-East Germany 5-5; distances 10-10; East Germany win on samalog points
Austria-West Germany 2-8
Sweden-Finland 3-7
Czechoslovakia-China 0-9
Japan-Netherlands 3-7
Canada-Norway 0-10
The quarter-final consists of: CHN, FIN, FRG, GDR, HUN, NED, NOR, URS. There is no seeding because only one of the finalists from last year is left in the draw. The draw is as follows: FIN-NOR, URS-NED, CHN-GDR, FRG-HUN. Results of the matches:
Finland-Norway 3-7
USSR-Netherlands 9-1
China-East Germany 9-1, unlike last year
West Germany-Hungary 6-4
Semi-final draw: FRG-CHN, NOR-URS. Matches:
West Germany-China 2.5-7.5
Norway-USSR 3-7, really weird draw this year
Bronze final: West Germany-Norway 0-10
FINAL: China-USSR
48,2 - 45,8 (0-1)
1.39,4 - 1.34,3 (0-2)
2.31,3 - 2.25,5 (0-3)
5.21,3 - 5.07,6 (0-4)
41,9 - 40,3 (0-5)
- - 1.24,2 (0-6)
2.10,7 - 2.07,3 (0-7)
4.40,0 - 4.31,5 (0-8)
7.51,5 - 7.35,1 (0-9)
16.24,0 -15.53,1 (0-10)
Final result 0-10
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 45x URS GOLD 20x 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 Silver 1964 CHN Silver 1965 CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 PRK bronze 1963 SWI 4th 3x POL 4th 2x FRA 4th 2x DEN 4th 1912 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 GDR 4th 1964 EST QF 5x LIT QF 1927 KOR QF 1949 ROM 1R 8x AUS 1R 7x MGL 1R 2x NZL PR 6x ICE PR 2x RSA PR 2x COL PR 1933 ESP PR 1957