1919
With more leisure available for bloodless games, participant numbers rise again to 9: AUT, FIN, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, URS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 1 match. The semi-finalists from last year, SWE, NOR, URS and SWI are exempt. The draw is as follows: HUN-NED. The match:
Hungary-Netherlands 1-3
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, FIN, GER, NED, NOR, URS, SWE, SWI. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: SWE-SWI, NED-FIN, GER-NOR, AUT-URS. Results of the matches:
Sweden-Switzerland 6-0
Netherlands-Finland 1-5
Germany-Norway 1-5
Austria-USSR 1-4
Semi-final draw: SWE-NOR, FIN-URS. Matches:
Sweden-Norway 1-5
Finland-USSR 4-1
Bronze final: Sweden-USSR 4-2
FINAL: Norway-Finland
44,8 - 45,0 (1-0) 1.39,4 - 1.39,6 (2-0) 2.24,9 - 2.25,6 (3-0) 8.47,5 - 8.42,9 (3-1) 18.07,0 -18.06,1 (3-2)
Final result 3-2, close, but not enough
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 24x NED GOLD 2x RUS GOLD 1911 FIN Silver 9x SWE Silver 4x AUT Silver 3x GER Silver 2x BOH bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 HUN 4th 2x SWI 4th 2x USA 4th 1895 FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 GBR 4th 1914 LAT 4th 1917 EST QF 2x POL QF 1900 ROM PR 1911 ITA PR 1914