1910
Again 11 participans this year: AUT, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, NED, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 3 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, FIN, SWI, AUT and NOR are exempt from the preliminary round. The draw is as follows: FRA-GBR, GER-RUS, SWE-NED. The matches:
France-Britain 2-2; 4-2 in skated distances—Britain win.
Germany-Russia 1-5
Sweden-Netherlands 4-0
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, DEN, FIN, GBR, NOR, RUS, SWE, SWI. The finalists from last year, FIN and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NOR-DEN, AUT-GBR, RUS-SWE, FIN-SWI. Results of the matches:
Norway-Denmark 6-0
Austria-Britain 4-0
Russia-Sweden 5-0
Finland-Switzerland 4-0
Semi-final draw: RUS-AUT, NOR-FIN. Matches:
Russia-Austria 5-0
Norway-Finland 6-0
Bronze final: Austria-Finland 0-4
FINAL: Russia-Norway
47,0 - 44,8 (0-1) 1.39,2 - 1.46,0 (1-1) 2.33,0 - 2.20,6 (1-2) 9.17,4 - 8.51,4 (1-3) 18.34,0 -18.17,4 (1-4)
Final result 1-4
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 16x NED GOLD 2x FIN Silver 4x SWE Silver 3x GER Silver 2x AUT Silver 2x RUS Silver 2x BOH bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 HUN 4th 2x USA 4th 1895 FRA 4th 1902 SWI 4th 1909 GBR QF 8x DEN QF 5x POL QF 1900