The United States captured their ninth gold medal, defeating Canada 12–10 in the championship game.

[8] Initially, the Iroquois were hoping to be able to travel, and agreed to forfeit their first game against England.

Because it was the opening game of the tournament, organizers arranged for the host team to play Germany in an exhibition match instead.

[10] The Iroquois team did not officially withdraw from the tournament, and would have been allowed to play its remaining games should it have resolved its passport difficulties in time.

[11] On 18 July, the FIL announced that the competition schedule had progressed too far to allow Iroquois to compete in the tournament.

Each division played round-robin games for ranking to determine which tournament brackets they would be placed in.

Canada's 10–9 win over the United States marked the first time that the American team lost a preliminary round game in any world championship, and only its third loss overall.

By winning two games in the upper bracket, Scotland and Netherlands advanced to the quarterfinals.