Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1910

Again 11 participans this year: AUT, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, FIN, SWI, AUT and NOR are exempt from the preliminary round. The draw is as follows: FRA-GBR, GER-RUS, SWE-NED. The matches:

France-Britain 2-2; 4-2 in skated distances—Britain win.
Germany-Russia 1-5
Sweden-Netherlands 4-0

The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, DEN, FIN, GBR, 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: NOR-DEN, AUT-GBR, RUS-SWE, FIN-SWI. Results of the matches:

Norway-Denmark 6-0
Austria-Britain 4-0
Russia-Sweden 5-0
Finland-Switzerland 4-0

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

Russia-Austria 5-0
Norway-Finland 6-0

Bronze final: Austria-Finland 0-4

FINAL: Russia-Norway

   47,0 -   44,8 (0-1)
 1.39,2 - 1.46,0 (1-1)
 2.33,0 - 2.20,6 (1-2)
 9.17,4 - 8.51,4 (1-3)
18.34,0 -18.17,4 (1-4)

Final result 1-4

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 16x
NED GOLD 2x
FIN Silver 4x
SWE Silver 3x
GER Silver 2x
AUT Silver 2x
RUS Silver 2x
BOH bronze 1895
CAN bronze 1897
HUN 4th 2x
USA 4th 1895
FRA 4th 1902
SWI 4th 1909
GBR QF 8x
DEN QF 5x
POL QF 1900