Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1912

1912, and back to 10 participants again: AUT, DEN, FIN, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 2 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, FIN, AUT, NOR and RUS are exempt from the preliminary round. The draw is as follows: GER-AUT, SWE-HUN. The matches:

Germany-Austria 2-4
Sweden-Hungary 4-0

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

Norway-Austria 5-0
Netherlands-Sweden 2-4
Denmark-Switzerland 4-1
Finland-Russia 2-3, unlucky draw again

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

Norway-Russia 4-1
Sweden-Denmark 4-0

Bronze final: Russia-Denmark 4-0

FINAL: Norway-Sweden

   44,2 -   46,8 (1-0)
 1.45,8 -      - (2-0)
 2.20,6 - 2.28,2 (3-0)
 8.45,2 - 9.06,6 (4-0)
17.46,3 -18.18,2 (5-0)

Final result 5-0

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 17x
NED GOLD 2x
RUS GOLD 1911
FIN Silver 4x
SWE Silver 4x
AUT Silver 3x
GER Silver 2x
BOH bronze 1895
CAN bronze 1897
HUN 4th 2x
USA 4th 1895
FRA 4th 1902
SWI 4th 1909
DEN 4th 1912
GBR QF 9x
POL QF 1900
ROM PR 1911