Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1927

This year we have 18 participants: AUT, BEL, CZE, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, LIT, NED, NOR, POL, ROM, SWE, URS. Thus we need a preliminary round of 2 matches.The participating quarter-finalists from last year, AUT, BEL, NOR, LAT, URS, FIN and NED, are exempt. The draw is: GER-ROM, POL-FRA. The matches:

Germany-Romania 6-0
Poland-France 0-4

The first round proper then consists of: AUT, BEL, CZE, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, LIT, NED, NOR, SWE, URS. The semi-finalists from last year, NOR, NED, AUT and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FRA-HUN, SWE-AUT, NOR-GER, LIT-CZE, URS-JAP, BEL-GBR, NED-ITA, FIN-LAT. The matches:

France-Hungary 1-4
Sweden-Austria 2-4
Norway-Germany 5-1
Lithuania-Czechoslovakia 5-0
USSR-Japan 4-1
Belgium-Britain 0-4
Netherlands-Italy 4-0
Finland-Latvia 4-1

The quarter final consists of AUT, FIN, GBR, HUN, LIT, NED, NOR, USSR. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NED-FIN, AUT-GBR, LIT-URS, HUN-NOR. Results of the matches:

Netherlands-Finland 1-4
Austria-Britain 5-0
Lithuania-USSR 1-4
Hungary-Norway 0-5

Semi-final draw: FIN-URS, AUT-NOR. Matches:

Finland-USSR 2-2; distances 2-2; samalog 199,667-196,975—USSR win
Austria-Norway 0-5

Bronze final: FIN-AUT 4-1

FINAL: USSR-Norway

   44,9 -   44,7 (0-1)
      - - 1.32,1 (0-2)
 2.24,0 - 2.22,1 (0-3)
 8.30,3 - 8.38,0 (1-3)
17.40,9 -17.53,4 (2-3)

Final result 2-3

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 30x
NED GOLD 2x
FIN GOLD 2x
URS GOLD 1911
SWE Silver 4x
AUT Silver 3x
GER Silver 2x
CZE bronze 1895
CAN bronze 1897
USA bronze 1920
HUN 4th 2x
SWI 4th 2x
FRA 4th 1902
DEN 4th 1912
GBR 4th 1914
LAT 4th 1917
EST QF 5x
BEL QF 3x
POL QF 2x
JAP QF 1925
LIT QF 1927
ROM 1R 2x
ITA 1R 2x