1894
This season there are 12 members with known times from the ISU distances: AUT, BOH, CAN, FIN, GER, GBR, HUN, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 4 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, SWE, GER, NOR and RUS are exempt from the preliminary round draw: FIN-SWI, NED-CAN, AUT-GBR, BOH-HUN. The matches proceed as follows:Finland-Switzerland 5-0
Netherlands-Canada 4-1
Austria-Britain 1-4
Bohemia-Hungary 1-3
Thus FIN, NED, GBR and HUN qualify for the first round proper, which is also the quarter-final. Here, the finalists from last year, SWE and NOR, are seeded. The draw is as follows: FIN-NED, SWE-GER, NOR-HUN, RUS-GBR. Results of the matches:
Finland-Netherlands 1-4
Sweden-Germany 3-2
Norway-Hungary 4-1
Russia-Britain 5-0
Semi-final draw: NOR-RUS, NED-SWE. Matches:
Norway-Russia 5-1
Netherlands-Sweden 3-2
Bronze final: Russia-Sweden 1-5
FINAL: Norway-Netherlands
47,0 - 48,6 (1-0) 2.10,4 - 2.26,0 (2-0) 2.28,8 - 2.36,2 (3-0) 8.39,6 - 8.37,6 (3-1) 18.52,2 - 19.12,4 (4-1)
Final result 4-1
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 2x SWE Silver 1893 NED Silver 1894 GER bronze 1893 RUS 4th 2x HUN QF 2x DEN QF 1893 BOH QF 1893 FIN QF 1894 GBR QF 1894 AUT PR 2x SWI PR 1894 CAN PR 1894