1970
The return of the Britons after their first absence since 1945 makes it 23 participants: AUT, BEL, CAN, CZE, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, HUN, ITA, KOR, JAP, NED, NOR, NZL, POL, PRK, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 7 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, NOR, SWE, JAP, USA, FIN, USSR, GDR and NED, are exempt. The draw is: NZL-FRA, CAN-POL, ITA-FRG, AUT-ROM, HUN-PRK, CZE-GBR, BEL-KOR. The matches:
New Zealand-France 0-10
Canada-Poland 1-9
Italy-West Germany 0-10
Austria-Romania 6-4
Hungary-North Korea 2-8
Czechoslovakia-Britain 4-5
Belgium-South Korea 3.5-2.5
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, BEL, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, PRK, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, NED, NOR, JAP and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: BEL-AUT, FRA-NED, POL-USA, URS-SWI, JAP-GDR, NOR-GBR, FIN-FRG, PRK-SWE. The matches proceed as follows:
Belgium-Austria 0-10
France-Netherlands 0-10
Poland-USA 3-7
USSR-Switzerland 10-0
Japan-East Germany 7-3
Norway-Britain 10-0
Finland-West Germany 5-5; distances: 10-10; Finland win on samalog points
North Korea-Sweden 4-6
The quarter-final consists of: AUT, FIN, JAP, NED, NOR, SWE, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, NED and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FIN-JAP, URS-SWE, USA-NOR, AUT-NED. Results of the matches:
Finland-Japan 3-7
USSR-Sweden 7-3
USA-Norway 1-9
Austria-Netherlands 0-10
Semi-final draw: NED-JAP, URS-NOR. Matches:
Netherlands-Japan 9-1
USSR-Norway 6-4
Bronze final: Japan-Norway 2-8, about like last year
FINAL: Netherlands-USSR
44,5 - 43,22 (0-1) 1.30,8 - 1.29,0 (0-2) 2.17,2 - 2.17,8 (1-2) 4.54,1 - 4.54,6 (2-2) 39,6 - 38,73 (2-3) 1.21,0 - 1.19,2 (2-4) 2.01,9 - 2.03,8 (3-4) 4.16,4 - 4.31,6 (4-4) 7.14,7 - 7.35,5 (5-4) 15.11,1 -15.41,1 (6-4)
Final result 6-4
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 46x URS GOLD 21x NED GOLD 5x FIN GOLD 4x 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 9x AUS 1R 7x MGL 1R 3x NZL 1R 3x ICE PR 2x RSA PR 2x COL PR 1933 ESP PR 1957