The war marked the failure of Sardinia to defeat Austria singlehandedly.
Even more surprisingly, the Peruvians defied all odds and managed to defeat Austria on a 4-2 result during over-time.
The Romanians added two more in the classification semifinal, defeating Austria and Albania.
Six weeks later, on the first anniversary of his coronation, Napoleon defeated Austria and Russia at Austerlitz.
There they barely defeated Brazil in the semifinal but easily defeated Austria in the final.
In the day's other contest, Yugoslavia defeated Austria, 3-0.
Canada won the bronze medals in the women's series, defeating Austria in the playoff for third place.
The United States has defeated Austria in all five previous meetings.
One other option would occur if Czechoslovakia upset the Soviet Union and then defeated Austria.
Peru made its way into the quarterfinals after defeating Finland (7-2) and Austria (4-2).