Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1918

Only 7 participants again this year: AUT, FIN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches, which is also the quarter finals. The finalists from last year, NOR and RUS are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FIN-SWE, NED-RUS, AUT-NOR. The matches:

Finland-Sweden 2-3
Netherlands-Russia 0-4
Austria-Norway 1-4

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

Sweden-Norway 0-5
Russia-Switzerland 3-3; skated distances 4-5—Russia win

Bronze final: Sweden-Switzerland 4-2

FINAL: Norway-Russia

   44,9 -   48,4 (1-0)
 1.49,4 -      - (2-0)
 2.25,1 - 2.30,9 (3-0)
 8.37,0 - 9.12,0 (4-0)
18.25,2 -18.38,8 (5-0)

Final result 5-0

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 23x
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
SWI 4th 2x
USA 4th 1895
FRA 4th 1902
DEN 4th 1912
GBR 4th 1914
LAT 4th 1917
EST QF 2x
POL QF 1900
ROM PR 1911
ITA PR 1914