1917
1917 is a fine, cold winter, and the participant numbers normalise: AUT, DEN, EST, FIN, GER, LAT, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE. Thus we need a preliminary round of 2 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, NOR, SWE, FIN and RUS are exempt. The draw is as follows: GER-DEN, AUT-EST. The matches:
Germany-Denmark 1-2
Austria-Estonia 2-2; skated distances 2-2; Austria win on quality
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, DEN, FIN, LAT, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE. The finalists from last year, NOR and FIN, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: AUT-SWE, DEN-LAT, RUS-FIN, NED-NOR. Results of the matches:
Austria-Sweden 1-4
Denmark-Latvia 0-4
Russia-Finland 3-3; skated distances 4-6; Russia win
Netherlands-Norway 1-6
Semi-final draw: SWE-NOR, LAT-RUS. Matches:
Sweden-Norway 0-6
Latvia-Russia 0-4
Bronze final: Sweden-Latvia 4-0
FINAL: Norway-Russia
90,4 - - (1-0) 44,3 - 45,2 (2-0) 1.44,3 - - (3-0) 2.21,7 - 2.26,5 (4-0) 8.33,7 - 8.50,1 (5-0) 17.50,3 -17.53,4 (6-0)
Final result 6-0
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 22x NED GOLD 2x RUS GOLD 1911 FIN Silver 8x 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 LAT 4th 1917 EST QF 2x POL QF 1900 ROM PR 1911 ITA PR 1914