Kross Talentia Championships 1937

This was the first edition of the Kross Talentia Championships, and was the only one named as such. The event began on 1st July 1937 and ended on the 7th July 1937. Ten countries took part.

Participants
The following countries took part. the United Kingdom and Austria both announced their participation first, both on 30th November 1936. This is because members from both nations organised the event and the event was hosted in London. Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal confirmed their participation in December 1936. The remaining five: the Netherlands, Belgium, Monaco, France and the Weimar Republic (known as Germany); confirmed their participation in January 1937.

Hosting
London was set as the host for the first event as the United Kingdom was the only one that applied.

Football Event
The football event consisted of a random draw into two sets of a five member round robin. The top two of each group would advance to a randomly drawn knockout stage. The first place would gain 20 points, second place would gain 15 points. third place would gain 10 points. Fourth would gain 5 points. An extra point would be given for every goal scored. From the first group stage, the Netherlands and Portugal qualfied. The second group stage ended in a three-way tie between France, Austria and Germany. The tie was broken by having the two qualifiers be the ones who scored the most goals. France scored 17 goals; Austria scored 10 goals; Germany scored 11 goals. Therefore, Germany and France continued to knockout stage. The knockout stage consisted of the Netherlands, Portugal, France and Germany. Portugal would come fourth and gained four points. France came third and gained ten points. Netherlands came second and gained fifteen points. Germany came first and gained twenty points. Each nation gained a point for each goal they scored. Monaco got 3 points. Luxembourg got 5 points. Ireland got 9 points. the United Kingdom got 9 points. Austria got 10 points. Belgium got 11 points. Portugal got 21 points plus their fourth place victory for a total of 26 points. France got 20 points plus their third place victory for a total of 30 points. Netherlands got 20 points plus their second place victory for a total of 35 points. Germany got 19 points plus their first place victory for a total of 39 points.

Rugby Event
Due to scheduling issues, the Rugby events were cancelled.

Tennis Event
The Tennis would be played as a large 10-player round robin. Each win would give three points. A tie would give both teams one points. First place would get an extra 15 points. Second, an extra 10 and Third, an extra 5 points.

Chess Event
The Chess Event was cancelled.

100 metre Race Event
The top ten members would get scored 1-8, 10 and 12 points (like KESC) and there would be three races.