1989
Some odd returns give us a new record of 32 participants: AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHN, CZE, DEN, ESP, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, GRE, HUN, IRE, ITA, JAP, KOR, MGL, NED, NOR, NZL, POL, POR, PRK, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA, YUG. Thus for the first time we can arrange a full first round of 16 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, USA, URS, GDR, NED, KOR, AUT, NOR and POL, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: CHN-USA, BEL-MGL, NOR-POR, FRA-DEN, CAN-FIN, SWI-SWE, GBR-ITA, POL-HUN, JAP-ROM, KOR-YUG, NZL-AUT, IRE-AUS, GDR-FRG, URS-PRK, NED-GRE, CZE-ESP. The matches:
China-USA 0-11
Belgium-Mongolia 3-8
Norway-Portugal 11-0
France-Denmark 11-0
Canada-Finland 10-1
Switzerland-Sweden 0-11
Britain-Italy 0-11
Poland-Hungary 11-0
Japan-Romania 11-0
South Korea-Yugoslavia 11-0
New Zealand-Austria 0-11
Ireland-Australia 1-5, again!
East Germany-West Germany 11-0, kinda symbolic, almost their last chance to meet
USSR-North Korea 10-1
Netherlands-Greece 11-0
Czechoslovakia-Spain 9-0
The second proper then consists of: AUS, AUT, CAN, CZE, FRA, GDR, ITA, JAP, KOR, MGL, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, GDR, USA, AUT and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: AUT-ITA, URS-USA, SWE-GDR, NOR-MGL, JAP-FRA, CAN-KOR, POL-CZE, AUS-NED. The matches proceed as follows:
Austria-Italy 9-2
USSR-USA 6-5, revenge for last year, but only barely
Sweden-East Germany 0-11, tough draw
Norway-Mongolia 11-0, easy draw
Japan-France 11-0
Canada-South Korea 8-3
Poland-Czechoslovakia 11-0
Australia-Netherlands 0-11
The quarter-final consists of: AUT, CAN, GDR, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, URS. The finalists from last year, GDR and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: POL-URS, CAN-NOR, AUT-JAP, GDR-NED. Results of the matches:
Poland-USSR 1-10
Canada-Norway 8-3
Austria-Japan 5.5-5.5; distances: 11-11; Austria win on samalog points!
East Germany-Netherlands 9-2
Semi-final draw: CAN-AUT, USSR-GDR. Matches:
Canada-Austria 4-7, first final since 1935!
USSR-East Germany 3-8, should have been the final, of course.
Bronze final: Canada-USSR 1-10
FINAL: Austria-East Germany
41,30- 39,50 (0-1) 1.21,82- 1.19,02 (0-2) 2.08,30- 2.02,65 (0-3) 4.29,46- 4.17,71 (0-4) 7.55,51- 7.25,39 (0-5) 37,85- 36,46 (0-6) 1.14,61- 1.13,54 (0-7) 1.55,43- 1.55,28 (0-8) 4.06,68- 4.03,91 (0-9) 6.54,32- 6.54,87 (1-9) 14.38,76-14.25,60 (1-10)
Final result 1-10
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 46x URS GOLD 35x NED GOLD 8x FIN GOLD 4x SWE GOLD 2x GDR GOLD 2x AUT Silver 5x, reviving old traditions JAP Silver 3x FRG Silver 2x HUN 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 2R 1989 NZL 1R 7x YUG 1R 3x POR 1R 2x ISV 1R 1972 IRE 1R 1989 GRE 1R 1989 ESP 1R 1989 ISR PR 5x RSA PR 4x ICE PR 2x COL PR 1933 HKG PR 1986 TPE PR 1986