1911
This year’ 13 participants, is equal to the record from 1895: AUT, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, NED, NOR, ROM, RUS, SWE, SWI. Thus we need a preliminary round of 5 matches. The semi-finalists from last year, RUS, AUT, NOR and FIN are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: SWE-RUS, FIN-SWI, DEN-GER, ROM-NOR, NED-HUN. The matches:
Sweden-Russia 0-5
Finland-Switzerland 3-0
Denmark-Germany 4-2
Romania-Norway 0-5
Netherlands-Hungary 4-1
The first round proper (and quarter final) then consists of AUT, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, NED, NOR, RUS. The finalists from last year, RUS and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FRA-FIN, DEN-NOR, GBR-RUS, AUT-NED. Results of the matches:
France -Finland 1-3
Denmark-Norway 0-6
Britain-Russia 0-5
Austria-Netherlands 5-0
Semi-final draw: FIN-AUT, NOR-RUS. Matches:
Finland-Austria 0-5
Norway-Russia 2-4
Bronze final: Finland-Norway 0-6
FINAL: Austria-Russia
45,8 - 45,1 (0-1) 1.52,0 - 1.38,0 (0-2) 2.23,8 - 2.23,8 (0.5-2.5) 9.02,0 - 8.37,2 (0.5-3.5) 17.51,0 -17.59,8 (1.5-3.5)
Final result 1.5-3.5
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 16x NED GOLD 2x RUS GOLD 1911 FIN Silver 4x SWE Silver 3x AUT Silver 3x GER Silver 2x BOH bronze 1895 CAN bronze 1897 HUN 4th 2x USA 4th 1895 FRA 4th 1902 SWI 4th 1909 GBR QF 9x DEN QF 6x POL QF 1900 ROM PR 1911