1982
Some comings, some goings; still 28: AUS, AUT, CAN, CHN, CZE, ESP, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, HUN, ITA, JAP, KOR, MGL, NED, NOR, NZL, POL, PRK, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA, YUG, VIR. Thus we need a preliminary round of 12 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, PRK, NOR, POL, SWI, GDR, FIN, URS and USA, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: FRA-JAP, YUG-URS, POL-AUT, CAN-ROM, MGL-HUN, SWI-SWE, CHN-FRG, USA-ESP, GDR-ITA, KOR-GBR, AUS-NZL, FIN-VIR. The matches:
France-Japan 1-9, strengthened, but it doesn’t help
Yugoslavia-USSR 0-11
Poland-Austria 6-4
Canada-Romania 10-0
Mongolia-Hungary 1-9
Switzerland-Sweden 1-10, little did the seeding help
China-West Germany 1-9
USA-Spain 10-0
East Germany-Italy 10-0
South Korea-Britain 6-3
Australia-New Zealand 5-4, pretty tight and well fought
Finland-Virgin Islands 10-0, can’t complain about the draw here
The first round proper then consists of: AUS, CAN, CZE, FIN, FRG, GDR, HUN, JAP, KOR, NED, NOR, POL, PRK, SWE, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, NOR, POL, GDR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: NOR-PRK, NED-POL, CAN-FRG, CZE-AUS, FIN-URS, JAP-SWE, USA-GDR, HUN-KOR. The matches proceed as follows:
Norway-North Korea 10-1, again!
Netherlands-Poland 11-0
Canada-West Germany 4-6
Czechoslovakia-Australia 6-4, lucky draw
Finland-USSR 0-11, no such luck
Japan-Sweden 6-5, tough match
USA-East Germany 2-8
Hungary-South Korea 5-5; distances 8-10, Koreans win!
The quarter-final consists of: CZE, FRG, GDR, JAP, KOR, NED, NOR, URS. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NED-JAP, KOR-CZE, URS-GDR, FRG-NOR. Results of the matches:
Netherlands-Japan 10-1
South Korea-Czechoslovakia 8-2, making up for all their bad drawing luck in the previous seasons
USSR-East Germany 6-5, that was close
West Germany-Norway 2-9
Semi-final draw: KOR-NOR, NED-URS. Matches:
South Korea-Norway 0-11
Netherlands-USSR 2-9
Bronze final: South Korea-Netherlands 0-11
FINAL: Norway-USSR
43,46- 40,71 (0-1) 1.24,32- 1.21,57 (0-2) 2.09,54- 2.07,03 (0-3) 4.29,28- 4.34,64 (1-3) 7.55,08- 7.51,8 (1-4) 38,05- 37,10 (1-5) 1.16,53- 1.13,83 (1-6) 1.58,10- 1.55,83 (1-7) 4.07,48- 4.11,58 (2-7) 7.04,58- 6.54,66 (2-8) 14.30,34-14.25,29 (2-9)
Final result 2-9
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 46x URS GOLD 31x NED GOLD 7x FIN GOLD 4x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 2x USA Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 CHN Silver 1965 GDR Silver 1979 CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 PRK bronze 1963 SWI 4th 3x POL 4th 3x FRA 4th 2x DEN 4th 1912 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 KOR 4th 1982 EST QF 5x LIT QF 1927 AUS QF 1974 ROM QF 1977 MGL 1R 7x NZL 1R 5x VIR 1R 1972 YUG PR 8x ESP PR 7x ISR PR 5x RSA PR 4x ICE PR 2x COL PR 1933