1899
This year, 11 ISU members have known times: AUT, CAN, FIN, GER, GBR, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, RUS, NED, NOR and GER are exempt from the preliminary round. The draw: CAN-SWE, FIN-USA, GBR-SWI. The matches proceed as follows:Canada-Sweden 0-4
Finland-USA 5-0
Britain-Switzerland 5-0.
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, FIN, GER, GBR, NED, NOR, RUS and SWE. The finalists from last year, NED and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: GER-AUT, NOR-SWE, GBR-RUS, FIN-NED. Results of the matches:
Germany-Austria 3-1
Norway-Sweden 5-0
Britain-Russia 0-5
Finland-Netherlands 3-2
Semi-final draw: FIN-NOR, GER-RUS. Matches:
Finland-Norway 0-5
Germany-Russia 1-4
Bronze final: Finland-Germany 4-1
FINAL: Norway-Russia
47,4 - 50,2 (1-0) 1.38,0 - 1.44,2 (2-0) 2.27,8 - 2.40,2 (3-0) 9.02,6 - 9.45,6 (4-0) 18.38,2 - 20.10,2 (5-0)
Final result 5-0
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 6x NED GOLD 1895 GER Silver 2x SWE Silver 1893 RUS Silver 1899 BOH bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 FIN bronze 1899 USA 4th 1895 HUN QF 4x GBR QF 3x AUT QF 3x DEN QF 1893 SWI QF 1895