Speedskating - The Annual September Skøytenytt Nations Knockout Competition

1940

Despite the troubled times, 16 countries participate in our game: BEL, DEN, GBR, GER, HUN, ITA, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, PBM, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we can go direct to the first round proper. The semi-finalists from last year, NOR, HUN, URS and JAP, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: HUN-GBR, NOR-ITA, ROM-JAP, SWE-GER, LAT-BEL, PBM-USA, NED-DEN, SWI-URS. The matches:

Hungary-Britain 5-0
Norway-Italy 10-0
Romania-Japan 0-9
Sweden-Germany 6-4
Latvia-Belgium 6-0
Bohemia and Moravia-USA 3-6
Netherlands-Denmark 5-2
Switzerland-USSR 1-10

The quarter final consists of HUN, JAP, LAT, NED, NOR, SWE, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: NOR-NED, HUN-SWE, JAP-LAT, URS-USA. Results of the matches:

Norway-Netherlands 10-0
Hungary-Sweden 0-7
Japan-Latvia 4-6
USSR-USA 7.5-3.5

Semi-final draw: SWE-NOR, LAT-URS. Matches:

Sweden-Norway 0-10
Latvia-USSR 5-6

Bronze final: Sweden-Latvia 3-4

FINAL: Norway-USSR

   49,3 -   49,1 (0-1)
 1.45,7 - 1.44,3 (0-2)
 2.44,1 - 2.43,3 (0-3)
 6.01,8 - 5.44,9 (0-4)
      - -10.31,4 (0-5)
   42,3 -   42,0 (0-6)
 1.31,1 -      - (1-6)
 2.17,9 - 2.26,9 (2-6)
 4.50,6 - 5.03,9 (3-6)
 8.14,8 - 8.51,2 (4-6)
17.01,5 -18.51,4 (5-6)

Final result 5-6

Statistics:

NOR GOLD 40x
FIN GOLD 4x
NED GOLD 2x
URS GOLD 2x
SWE Silver 4x
AUT Silver 4x
GER Silver 2x
HUN Silver 1930
JAP Silver 1936
USA bronze 2x
PBM bronze 1895
CAN bronze 1897
LAT bronze 1940
SWI 4th 2x
FRA 4th 1902
DEN 4th 1912
GBR 4th 1914
EST QF 5x
BEL QF 3x
POL QF 3x
LIT QF 1927
ITA QF 1928
ROM 1R 2x
AUS 1R 1936
COL PR 1933