Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1945

Down to seven participants as the madness of the world finally is receding: FIN, ITA, NOR, PBM, SWE, SWI, URS. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches, which is also the quarter-final. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: SWI-NOR, URS-FIN, SWE-PBM. Results of the matches:

Switzerland-Norway 1-7
USSR-Finland 8-3
Sweden-Bohemia and Moravia 6-3

Semi-final draw: NOR-ITA, URS-SWE. Matches:

Norway-Italy 7.5-0.5
USSR-Sweden 6-5

Bronze final: Italy-Sweden 0-6

FINAL: Norway-USSR

   53,9 -   50,9 (0-1)
 1.54,4 - 1.44,5 (0-2)
 3.01,2 - 2.51,1 (0-3)
      - - 5.38,0 (0-4)
      - - 9.54,2 (0-5)
   43,3 -   43,4 (1-5)
 1.47,9 -      - (2-5)
 2.22,2 - 2.25,0 (3-5)
 5.10,6 - 5.07,7 (3-6)
 8.52,9 - 8.47,7 (3-7)
      - -18.37,6 (3-8)

Final result 3-8

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 41x
FIN GOLD 4x
URS GOLD 4x
NED GOLD 2x
SWE GOLD 2x
AUT Silver 4x
GER Silver 2x
HUN Silver 2x
JAP Silver 1936
USA bronze 2x
PBM bronze 1895
CAN bronze 1897
LAT bronze 1940
SWI 4th 3x
FRA 4th 1902
DEN 4th 1912
GBR 4th 1914
ITA 4th 1945
EST QF 5x
BEL QF 3x
POL QF 3x
LIT QF 1927
ROM 1R 2x
AUS 1R 1936
COL PR 1933