Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1942

12 countries have known (metric) results this year: BEL, DEN, FIN, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, PBM, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a premilinary round of 4 matches. The participating semi-finalists from last year, SWE, FIN and GER, are exempt. The draw is as follows: HUN-DEN, ITA-NOR, PBM-JAP, BEL-SWI. The matches:

Hungary-Denmark 4-1
Italy-Norway 0-6
Bohemia and Moravia-Japan 2-7
Belgium-Switzerland 0-6

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

Japan-Switzerland 5-4
Sweden-Germany 7-3
Netherlands-Finland 6-3
Hungary-Norway 0-6

Semi-final draw: NOR-JAP, SWE-NED. Matches:

Norway-Japan 5-4
Sweden-Netherlands 7-3

Bronze final: Japan-Netherlands 7-3

FINAL: Norway-Sweden

      - -   60,0 (0-1)
      - - 6.44,4 (0-2)
   43,4 -   42,5 (0-3)
 1.33,1 - 1.27,5 (0-4)
 2.21,6 - 2.14,2 (0-5)
 5.07,1 - 4.43,5 (0-6)
 8.43,0 - 8.24,7 (0-7)
18.00,9 -17.07,5 (0-8)

Final result 0-8, no comment

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 40x
FIN GOLD 4x
NED GOLD 2x
URS GOLD 2x
SWE GOLD 2x
AUT Silver 4x
GER Silver 2x
HUN Silver 1930
JAP Silver 1936
USA bronze 2x
PBM bronze 1895
CAN bronze 1897
LAT bronze 1940
SWI 4th 2x
FRA 4th 1902
DEN 4th 1912
GBR 4th 1914
EST QF 5x
BEL QF 3x
POL QF 3x
LIT QF 1927
ITA QF 1928
ROM 1R 2x
AUS 1R 1936
COL PR 1933