Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1905

This year we have 11 participants again—the same ones as last year plus one: AUT, BOH, DEN, FIN, GBR, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, RUS, NOR, FIN and SWE are exempt from the preliminary round. The draw is as follows: GBR-HUN, BOH-NED, GER-DEN. The matches:

Britain-Hungary 0-5
Bohemia-Netherlands 0-4
Germany-Denmark 3-2

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

Norway-Sweden 6-0
Austria-Netherlands 4-2
Finland-Germany 4-1
Hungary-Russia 4-2

Semi-final draw: AUT-HUN, NOR-FIN. Matches:

Austria-Hungary 4-2
Norway-Finland 6-0

Bronze final: Hungary-Finland 1-4

FINAL: Austria-Norway

   86,2 -   92,5 (1-0)
   51,8 -   47,0 (1-1)
 2.12,0 - 1.52,4 (1-2)
 2.34,8 - 2.30,4 (1-3)
 9.20,0 - 9.11,4 (1-4)
19.07,0 -19.05,6 (1-5)

Final result 1-5

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 11x
NED GOLD 2x
GER Silver 2x
SWE Silver 2x
FIN Silver 2x
RUS Silver 1899
AUT Silver 1905
BOH bronze 1895
CAN bronze 1897
HUN 4th 2x
USA 4th 1895
FRA 4th 1902
GBR QF 5x
DEN QF 2x
SWI QF 2x
POL QF 1900