1900
This year there are 10 members with known times, amongst them two newcomers: AUT, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, POL, SWE, RUS. Thus we need a preliminary round of 2 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, GER, NOR, RUS and FIN are exempt from the preliminary round. The draw: FRA-NED, SWE-HUN. The matches proceed as follows:
France-Netherlands 0-5
Sweden-Hungary 0-5
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, FIN, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, POL, RUS. The finalists from last year, RUS and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: AUT-NED, RUS-FIN, HUN-POL, GER-NOR. Results of the matches:
Austria-Netherlands 0-5
Russia-Finland 0-5
Hungary-Poland 5-0
Germany-Norway 0-5
Semi-final draw: HUN-NOR, NED-FIN. Matches:
Hungary-Norway 0-5
Netherlands-Finland 3-2
Bronze final: Hungary-Finland 0-5
FINAL: Norway-Netherlands
45,2 - 49,8 (1-0) 1.34,0 - 1.42,6 (2-0) 2.22,6 - 2.36,6 (3-0) 8.51,8 - 9.17,4 (4-0) 17.50,6 - 18.46,4 (5-0)
Final result 5-0
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 7x NED GOLD 1895 GER Silver 2x SWE Silver 1893 RUS Silver 1899 FIN bronze 2x BOH bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 USA 4th 1895 HUN 4th 1900 AUT QF 4x GBR QF 3x DEN QF 1893 SWI QF 1895 POL QF 1900 FRA PR 1900