1909
This year we have 11 participants again: AUT, DEN, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, FIN, SWE, NOR and RUS are exempt from the preliminary round. The draw is as follows: GER-DEN, FRA-SWI, HUN-NED. The matches:
Germany-Denmark 2-3
France-Switzerland 1-5
Hungary-Netherlands 2-2; 3-3 in skated distances; Netherlands win on samalog points
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, DEN, FIN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. The finalists from last year, FIN and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: SWE-AUT, SWI-NED, DEN-FIN, NOR-RUS. Results of the matches:
Sweden-Austria 2-3
Switzerland-Netherlands 4-2, lucky draw
Denmark-Finland 0-5
Norway-Russia 4-1, unlucky draw
Semi-final draw: FIN-SWI, AUT-NOR. Matches:
Finland-Switzerland 5-1
Austria-Norway 0-5
Bronze final: Switzerland-Austria 0-5
FINAL: Finland-Norway
46,2 - 45,6 (0-1)
- 1.31,8 (0-2)
2.29,6 - 2.21,0 (0-3)
9.07,6 - 8.40,2 (0-4)
18.56,0 -18.26,8 (0-5)
Final result 0-5
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 15x NED GOLD 2x FIN Silver 4x SWE Silver 3x GER Silver 2x AUT Silver 2x RUS Silver 1899 BOH bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 HUN 4th 2x USA 4th 1895 FRA 4th 1902 SWI 4th 1909 GBR QF 7x DEN QF 4x POL QF 1900