1957
For this season we have 23 participants, equal to the record again, and including a couple of interesting debutants: AUS, AUT, CAN, CHN, CZE, DEN, ESP, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 7 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, JAP, URS, AUT, HUN, FRA, FIN, NOR and SWE, are exempt. The draw is: ROM-USA, DEN-AUS, FRG-ITA, SWI-NED, GDR-CZE, ESP-GBR, CAN-POL. The matches:
Romania-USA 5-1
Denmark-Australia 0-7
West Germany-Italy 0-10
Switzerland-Netherlands 1-8
East Germany-Czechoslovakia 7-2
Spain-Britain 0-6
Canada-Poland 0-8
The first round proper then consists of: AUS, AUT, CHN, FIN, FRA, GBR, GDR, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, URS. The semi-finalists from last year, AUT, SWE, URS and FIN, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: CHN-GDR, ITA-AUS, GBR-SWE, FIN-JAP, NOR-AUT, URS-POL, NED-FRA, HUN-ROM. The matches proceed as follows:
China-East Germany 1-9
Italy-Australia 8-2
Britain-Sweden 0-10
Finland-Japan 9-2
Norway-Austria 10-0
USSR-Poland 9-0
Netherlands-France 8-1
Hungary-Romania 8-0, again!
The quarter-final consists of: FIN, GDR, HUN, ITA, NED, NOR, SWE, URS. The finalists from last year, SWE and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: SWE-ITA, HUN-FIN, URS-NED, GDR-NOR. Results of the matches:
Sweden-Italy 10-0
Hungary-Finland 0-11
USSR-Netherlands 9-1
East Germany-Norway 3.5-6.5
Semi-final draw: SWE-FIN, URS-NOR. Matches:
Sweden-Finland 3.5-7.5
USSR-Norway 8-2
Bronze final: Sweden-Norway 5-5; distances: 10-10; Sweden win on samalog points
FINAL: Finland-USSR
48,2 - 46,1 (0-1) 1.41,8 - 1.35,9 (0-2) 2.39,5 - 2.28,7 (0-3) 5.18,8 - 5.22,2 (1-3) 9.30,3 - - (2-3) 43,2 - 40,6 (2-4) 1.28,5 - - (3-4) 2.15,4 - 2.11,1 (3-5) 4.56,8 - 4.38,3 (3-6) 8.29,4 - 8.05,6 (3-7) 17.32,6 -16.43,7 (3-8)
Final result 3-8
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 45x URS GOLD 12x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 USA bronze 2x CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 SWI 4th 3x FRA 4th 1902 DEN 4th 1912 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 POL 4th 1955 EST QF 5x LIT QF 1927 KOR QF 1949 GDR QF 1957 ROM 1R 6x AUS 1R 4x CHN 1R 1957 COL PR 1933 ICE PR 1953 ESP PR 1957