Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1904

In 1904 we are back to 10 participants again: AUT, BOH, FIN, GBR, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE. Thus we need a preliminary round of 2 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, AUT, SWE, NOR and FIN are exempt from the preliminary round. The draw is as follows: GBR-BOH, NED-HUN. The matches:

Britain-Bohemia 2-1
Netherlands-Hungary 5-0

The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, FIN, GBR, GER, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE. The finalists from last year, SWE and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: AUT-FIN, GBR-RUS, SWE-GER, NED-NOR. Results of the matches:

Austria-Finland 1-3
Britain-Russia 0-4
Sweden-Germany 4-1
Netherlands-Norway 1-5

Semi-final draw: RUS-NOR, FIN-SWE. Matches:

Russia-Norway 1-5
Finland-Sweden 3-1

Bronze final: Russia-Sweden 1-4

FINAL: Norway-Finland

   45,6 -    48,3 (1-0)
 1.36,4 -       - (2-0)
 2.28,2 -  2.31,4 (3-0)
 8.57,0 -  9.20,8 (4-0)
19.01,0 -       - (5-0)

Final result 5-0

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 10x
NED GOLD 2x
GER Silver 2x
SWE Silver 2x
FIN Silver 2x
RUS Silver 1899
BOH bronze 1895
CAN bronze 1897
AUT bronze 1902
USA 4th 1895
HUN 4th 1900
FRA 4th 1902
GBR QF 5x
DEN QF 2x
SWI QF 2x
POL QF 1900