Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1898

This mild winter only 8 members have known times: AUT, FIN, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE. Thus we proceed direct to the quarter-finals. The finalists from last year, GER and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: NED-HUN, SWE-RUS, AUT-NOR, FIN-GER. The matches:

Netherlands-Hungary 5-0
Sweden-Russia 0-4
Austria-Norway 1-5
Finland-Germany 0-5

Semi-final draw: RUS-NED, NOR-GER. Matches:

Russia-Netherlands 1-4
Norway-Germany 4-1

Bronze final: Russia-Germany 0-5

FINAL: Netherlands-Norway

   47,8 -    46,0 (0-1)
 1.41,0 -  1.55,2 (1-1)
 2.32,4 -  2.23,6 (1-2)
 9.11,6 -  8.52,2 (1-3)
19.03,6 - 18.40,0 (1-4)

Final result 1-4

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 5x
NED GOLD 1895
GER Silver 2x
SWE Silver 1893
BOH bronze 1895
CAN bronze 1897
RUS 4th 3x
USA 4th 1895
FIN 4th 1896
HUN QF 4x
GBR QF 2x
AUT QF 2x
DEN QF 1893
SWI QF 1895