1901
This time, as if to celebrate the first year of the new century, a record 14 ISU member have known times: AUT, BOH, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, POL, RUS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 6 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, HUN, NOR, NED and FIN are seeded in the preliminary round, and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: RUS-NOR, HUN-GBR, POL-DEN, NED-GER, SWE-AUT, SWI-BOH. The matches proceed as follows:
Russia-Norway 1-4
Hungary-Britain 1-5
Poland-Denmark 1-3
Netherlands-Germany 5-1
Sweden-Austria 5-0
Switzerland-Bohemia 0-3
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of BOH, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, NED, NOR, SWE. The finalists from last year, NED and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: GBR-NOR, NED-FRA, SWE-FIN, BOH-DEN. Results of the matches:
Britain-Norway 3-3; skated distances 6-5—Norway win
Netherlands-France 5-1
Sweden-Finland 1-4
Bohemia-Denmark 3-1
Semi-final draw: NED-NOR, FIN-BOH. Matches:
Netherlands-Norway 4-2
Finland-Bohemia 4-1
Bronze final: Bohemia-Norway 0-5
FINAL: Netherlands-Finland
52,4 - 46,2 (0-1) 1.42,0 - - (1-1) 2.37,6 - 2.33,0 (1-2) 6.11,2 - - (2-2) 9.01,8 - 9.08,6 (3-2) 18.48,0 - 20.02,8 (4-2)
Final result 4-2
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 7x NED GOLD 2x GER Silver 2x SWE Silver 1893 RUS Silver 1899 FIN Silver 1901 BOH bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 USA 4th 1895 HUN 4th 1900 AUT QF 4x GBR QF 4x DEN QF 2x SWI QF 1895 POL QF 1900 FRA QF 1901