1944
In 1944, with the Axis collapsing, 8 participants is all we can scrape together: FIN, HUN, NED, NOR, PBM, SWE, SWI, URS. Thus we can go straight to the quarter-final. The finalists from last year, NOR and HUN, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NOR-SWE, SWI-HUN, NED-URS, FIN-PBM. Results of the matches:
Norway-Sweden 6-2
Switzerland-Hungary 0-4
Netherlands-USSR 0-10
Finland-Bohemia and Moravia 8-0
Semi-final draw: FIN-NOR, HUN-URS. Matches:
Finland-Norway 3-7
Hungary-USSR 1-9
Bronze final: Finland-Hungary 6-2
FINAL: Norway-USSR
53,3 - 50,2 (0-1)
1.54,5 - 1.45,0 (0-2)
- - 2.51,1 (0-3)
- - 5.53,3 (0-4)
- - 9.50,7 (0-5)
43,0 - 45,2 (1-5)
1.31,5 - - (2-5)
2.22,7 - 2.27,0 (3-5)
5.03,0 - 5.16,6 (4-5)
8.44,1 - 8.54,9 (5-5)
18.27,1 -18.05,7 (5-6)
Final result 5-6
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 41x FIN GOLD 4x URS GOLD 3x NED GOLD 2x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x GER Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 1936 USA bronze 2x PBM bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 SWI 4th 3x 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