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The six teams were split into two groups of three. Each team played the other two teams in its group once. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the third-ranked teams played each other for fifth and sixth places.

In the final round, each team played all three other teams once. Final rankings were based on the records of each team in those three games.


MEDALLISTS



FINAL RANKING

# Germany
# Austria
# Switzerland
# Poland
# Romania
# United States


RESULTS


Preliminary round


Group A


  • Germany def. Hungary, 22-0

  • Hungary def. United States, 7-2

  • Germany def. United States, 29-1



Group B


  • Austria def. Romania, 18-3

  • Switzerland def. Romania, 8-6

  • Austria def. Switzerland, 14-3



Classification 5/6

  • Romania def. United States, 10-3



Final round


  • Germany def. Hungary, 19-6

  • Austria def. Switzerland, 11-6

  • Austria def. Hungary, 11-7

  • Germany def. Switzerland, 16-6

  • Switzerland def. Hungary, 10-5

  • Germany def. Austria, 10-6