1938
Again 18 participants: AUT, CZE, DEN, FIN, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 2 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, JAP, FIN, SWI, AUT, GER, NOR, HUN and URS, are exempt. The draw is: SWE-LAT, USA-ITA. The matches:
Sweden-Latvia 1-6
USA-Italy 10-0
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, CZE, DEN, FIN, GBR, GER, HUN, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWI, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, FIN, URS, AUT and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: GBR-LAT, NOR-SWI, HUN-FIN, NED-URS, CZE-JAP, GER-AUT, POL-USA, DEN-ROM. The matches:
Britain-Latvia 0-6
Norway-Switzerland 10-1
Hungary-Finland 2.5-8.5
Netherlands-USSR 2-9
Czechoslovakia-Japan 0-10
Germany-Austria 6-5, ready for Anschluss
Poland-USA 1-10
Denmark-Romania 4-2
The quarter final consists of DEN, FIN, GER, JAP, LAT, NOR, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, FIN and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NOR-USA, FIN-GER, DEN-LAT, JAP-URS. Results of the matches:
Norway-USA 10-1
Finland-Germany 10-1
Denmark-Latvia 1-6, lucky draw
Japan-USSR 0-11
Semi-final draw: LAT-NOR, FIN-URS. Matches:
Latvia-Norway 0-11
Finland-USSR 4.5-6.5
Bronze final: Latvia-Finland 2-8
FINAL: Norway-USSR
48,2 - 49,1 (1-0) 1.40,3 - 1.42,9 (2-0) 2.39,1 - 2.37,4 (2-1) 6.01,4 - 5.39,0 (2-2) 9.44,7 -10.04,5 (3-2) 41,8 - 43,4 (4-2) 1.31,1 - 1.37,5 (5-2) 2.15,9 - 2.20,6 (6-2) 4.55,8 - 5.00,6 (7-2) 8.20,2 - 8.41,3 (8-2) 17.14,4 -17.44,2 (9-2)
Final result 9-2
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 39x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x URS GOLD 1911 SWE Silver 4x AUT Silver 4x GER Silver 2x HUN Silver 1930 JAP Silver 1936 USA bronze 2x CZE bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 LAT 4th 3x SWI 4th 2x FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 GBR 4th 1914 EST QF 5x BEL QF 3x POL QF 3x LIT QF 1927 ITA QF 1928 ROM 1R 2x AUS 1R 1936 COL PR 1933