1914
This year we have the record number of 13 participants again: AUT, EST, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 5 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, RUS, NOR, AUT and FIN are seeded in the preliminary round and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: RUS-EST, ITA-SWI, NED-NOR, AUT-GER, HUN-FRA. The matches:
Russia-Estonia 4-0
Italy-Switzerland 0-2
Nethelands-Norway 1-5
Austria-Germany 5-1
Hungary-France 3-1
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, FIN, GBR, HUN, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. The finalists from last year, NOR and FIN, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FIN-AUT, SWE-NOR, RUS-SWI, GBR-HUN. Results of the matches:
Finland-Austria 4-1
Sweden-Norway 0-5
Russia-Switzerland 4-0
Britain-Hungary 3-2
Semi-final draw: RUS-NOR, FIN-GBR. Matches:
Russia-Norway 0-5
Finland-Britain 5-0
Bronze final: Russia-Britain 4-0
FINAL: Norway-Finland
43,4 - 46,0 (1-0) 1.42,5 - 1.43,3 (2-0) 2.17,4 - 2.28,4 (3-0) 8.36,6 - 8.46,0 (4-0) 17.58,4 -18.25,2 (5-0)
Final result 5-0
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 19x NED GOLD 2x RUS GOLD 1911 FIN Silver 6x 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 4th 1914 POL QF 1900 EST QF 1913 ROM PR 1911 ITA PR 1914