1984
Olympic boost gives 29 participants: AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHN, CZE, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, GRE, HUN, ITA, JAP, KOR, MGL, NED, NOR, NZL, POL, PRK, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA, VIR, YUG. Thus we need a preliminary round of 13 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, PRK, GDR, URS, FRG, FRA, JAP, NOR and SWE, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: CZE-AUT, ITA-ROM, FRG-HUN, VIR-AUS, POL-SWE, NOR-GBR, JAP-GRE, FIN-MGL, CAN-BEL, NED-KOR, FRA-CHN, USA-PRK, NZL-GDR. The matches:
Czechoslovakia-Austria 0-11
Italy-Romania 5-6, the Kopacz-effect
West Germany-Hungary 11-0
Virgin Islands-Australia 0-6
Poland-Sweden 5-6, tough battle
Norway-Britain 11-0
Japan-Greece 11-0
Finland-Mongolia 11-0
Canada-Belgium 9-0
Netherlands-South Korea 11-0
France-China 6-5, again!
USA-North Korea 11-0
New Zealand-East Germany 0-11
The first round proper then consists of: AUS, AUT, CAN, FIN, FRA, FRG, GDR, JAP, NED, NOR, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA, YUG. The semi-finalists from last year, GDR, JAP, URS and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: SWI-USA, YUG-ROM, JAP-NED, GDR-AUT, NOR-CAN, FRG-URS, AUS-FIN, FRA-SWE. The matches proceed as follows:
Switzerland-USA 1.5-9.5
Yugoslavia-Romania 0-11, 2nd quarter final
Japan-Netherlands 3-8
East Germany-Austria 10-1
Norway-Canada 7-4
West Germany-USSR 0-11
Australia-Finland 0-11
France-Sweden 4-7
The quarter-final consists of: FIN, GDR, NED, NOR, ROM, SWE, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, GDR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: ROM-SWE, USA-FIN, NED-GDR, NOR-URS. Results of the matches:
Romania-Sweden 2-9
USA-Finland 9-2
Netherlands-East Germany 1-10
Norway-USSR 0-11, slaughtered
Semi-final draw: USA-URS, SWE-GDR. Matches:
USA-USSR 0-11
Sweden-East Germany 2-9
Bronze final: USA-Sweden 7-4
FINAL: USSR-East Germany
40,4 - 40,36 (0-1) 1.20,24- 1.19,96 (0-2) 2.04,98- 2.03,34 (0-3) 4.23,20- 4.20,91 (0-4) 7.37,99- 7.34,52 (0-5) 36,81- 37,39 (1-5) 1.13,70- 1.15,59 (2-5) 1.53,22- 1.54,49 (3-5) 4.04,7 - 4.11,76 (4-5) 6.49,15- 6.56,25 (5-5) 13.54,81-14.46,91 (6-5)
Final result 6-5
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 46x URS GOLD 33x NED GOLD 7x FIN GOLD 4x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x GDR Silver 3x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 2x USA Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 CHN Silver 1965 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 ROM QF 2x LIT QF 1927 AUS QF 1974 MGL 1R 7x NZL 1R 5x VIR 1R 1972 YUG 1R 1984 ESP PR 7x ISR PR 5x RSA PR 4x ICE PR 2x COL PR 1933 GRE PR 1984