2000
And further down to 29 despite the reappearance of Australia: AUS, AUT, BEL, BLR, CAN, CHN, CZE, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, IRE, ITA, JAP, KAZ, KOR, LAT, MGL, NED, NOR, NZL, POL, POR, ROM, RUS, SWE, SWI, UKR, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 13 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, CAN, FIN, USA, AUT, JAP, GER, KOR and NED, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: NZL-MGL, CHN-GER, NED-SWE, POR-POL, BEL-KAZ, IRE-USA, BLR-HUN, RUS-ROM, FRA-NOR, AUS-JAP, AUT-CZE, SWI-ITA, LAT-CAN. The matches:
New Zealand-Mongolia 0-10, lucky draw
China-Germany 0-11
Netherlands-Sweden 11-0
Portugal-Poland 0-11
Belgium-Kazakhstan 1-10
Ireland-USA 0-11
Belarus-Hungary 6-5
Russia-Romania 10-1
France-Norway 1-10
Australia-Japan 0-11
Austria-Czechia 8-3
Switzerland-Italy 0-11
Latvia-Canada 0-11, Ilonda doesn’t draw well
Then the first round proper consists of: AUT, BLR, CAN, FIN, GER, ITA, JAP, KAZ, KOR, MGL, NED, NOR, POL, RUS, UKR, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, USA, CAN, GER and NED, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: GER-UKR, FIN-AUT, BLR-USA, NED-MGL, CAN-KOR, ITA-NOR, RUS-POL, JAP-KAZ. The matches proceed as follows:
Germany-Ukraine 11-0
Finland-Austria 4-7
Belarus-USA 0-11
Netherlands-Mongolia 11-0
Canada-South Korea 9-2
Italy-Norway 2-9
Russia-Poland 10-1
Japan-Kazakhstan 11-0
The quarter-final consists of: AUT, CAN, GER, JAP, NED, NOR, RUS, USA. The finalists from last year, CAN and NED, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: AUT-GER, NOR-JAP, USA-NED, CAN-RUS. Results of the matches:
Austria-Germany 0-11
Norway-Japan 4-7
USA-Netherlands 2-9
Canada-Russia 9-2
Semi-final draw: CAN-GER, NED-JAP. Matches:
Canada-Germany 5-6
Netherlands-Japan 8-3
Bronze final: Canada-Japan 6-5
FINAL: Germany-Netherlands
38,2 - 38,15 (0-1) 1.15,62- 1.15,63 (1-1) 1.56,28- 1.58,08 (2-1) 4.00,51- 4.05,04 (3-1) 6.56,84- 7.06,30 (4-1) 35,54- 35,05 (4-2) 1.10,19- 1.08,72 (4-3) 1.48,61- 1.45,56 (4-4) 3.51,81- 3.44,88 (4-5) 6.25,78- 6.18,72 (4-6) 13.27,93-13.12,27 (4-7)
Final result 4-7
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 46x RUS GOLD 36x NED GOLD 14x FIN GOLD 4x SWE GOLD 2x GDR GOLD 2x GER GOLD 2x JAP GOLD 2x AUT Silver 5x HUN Silver 2x USA Silver 2x CAN Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 CHN Silver 1965 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 PRK bronze 1963 ITA bronze 1991 SWI 4th 4x POL 4th 3x FRA 4th 2x DEN 4th 1912 BEL 4th 1946 KOR 4th 1982 KAZ 4th 1994 EST QF 5x ROM QF 2x LIT QF 1927 AUS QF 1974 UKR 2R 2x MGL 2R 1989 BLR 2R 1995 POR 2R 1998 NZL 1R 11x IRE 1R 8x YUG 1R 5x GRE 1R 2x BOS 1R 2x ISV 1R 1972 ESP 1R 1989 IRN 1R 1993 ARG 1R 1994 PAN 1R 1995 RSA 1R 1998 ISR PR 5x ICE PR 2x TPE PR 2x COL PR 1933 HKG PR 1986