Eleven teams took part in this World Championship.

Teams from Austria and Czechoslovakia were supposed to be in attendance as well but had issues travelling, and cancelled.

[1] Canada won its ninth world championship title while the host, Great Britain, won its third European championship.

The British team, using many of the players from the previous year's Olympics, won their first seven games by a combined total of forty-five to zero, before losing to Canada.

The Swiss team finished third, with their final round losses to Canada and Great Britain both coming in overtime.