1946
Slowly recuperating, the participants double to 14, with some old familiars back: BEL, CZE, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, HUN, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS. Thus we need a preliminary round of 6 matches. The participating semi-finalists from last year, NOR, URS and SWE, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: SWE-HUN, ROM-SWI, POL-DEN, NED-URS, FIN-FRA, GBR-CZE. The matches proceed as follows:
Sweden-Hungary 8-0
Romania-Switzerland 0-4
Poland-Denmark 5-2
Netherlands-USSR 0-11, unlucky draw again
Finland-France 10-0
Britain-Czechoslovakia 3-4
The first round proper (and quarter-final) then consists of: BEL, CZE, FIN, NOR, POL, SWE, SWI, URS. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: CZE-BEL, SWE-POL, NOR-FIN, SWI-URS. Results of the matches:
Czechoslovakia-Belgium 4-4;distances: 4-4—Belgium win on quality
Sweden-Poland 7-2
Norway-Finland 6-5, unlucky draw again
Switzerland-USSR 0-11
Semi-final draw: URS-BEL, SWE-NOR. Matches:
USSR-Belgium 11-0
Sweden-Norway 2-9
Bronze final: Belgium-Sweden 0-8
FINAL: USSR-Norway
48,6 - 51,7 (1-0) 1.42,6 - 1.48,8 (2-0) 2.36,8 - 2.49,0 (3-0) 5.31,5 - 5.58,0 (4-0) 9.16,4 -11.01,4 (5-0) 43,1 - 43,9 (6-0) 1.47,8 - 1.37,3 (6-1) 2.20,8 - 2.20,2 (6-2) 4.57,2 - 4.55,8 (6-3) 8.27,8 - 8.28,4 (7-3) 17.25,9-17.29,7 (8-3)
Final result 8-3, exactly as last year
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 41x URS GOLD 5x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x GER Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 1936 USA bronze 2x CZE bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 SWI 4th 3x FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 GBR 4th 1914 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 EST QF 5x POL QF 3x LIT QF 1927 ROM 1R 2x AUS 1R 1936 COL PR 1933