Austrian Bandy Cup

The Austrian Bandy Cup was a bandy competition held in Austria in the 1920-21 and 1921-22 seasons.

History

No organized competitions had taken place in Austria in 1919-20. The Bandy Cup was organized in place of a Bandy Championship for 1920-21.

It was divided into two groups, a competition for the first teams and another for the reserve squads. Eight teams participated. Artificial ice was still banned and outdoors there were often warm temperatures. Only one game was completed in the first-tier division and no games were played in the reserves group.

The 1922 Bandy Cup (also known as the Bandy Tournament) was organized by Cottage EV and saw seven teams participate. The entry fee was 2000 crowns and the winning team would receive a "Sportabzeichen". Only players registered with the Austrian Ice Hockey Association (OEHV) were eligible to participate.

The final Austrian Bandy Championship was then contested in 1922-23.

Overview

1920-21

The only game of the Cup was played on February 13, 1921.

Wiener Eislauf Verein - Wiener AC 23:1

1921-22

Results

Date	Location	Teams	Score	Notes
15. January 1922	Vienna, CEV-Platz	WAC/WEV - Fünfhaus	Annulled
15. January 1922	Vienna, CEV-Platz	CEV - Slovan	14:0 (7-0, 7-0)	Slovan eliminated
26. January 1922	Vienna, CEV-Platz	WAC - Fünfhaus	10:4 (3-2, 7-2)	Fünfhaus eliminated - replay of 1/15 match
28. January 1922	Vienna, CEV-Platz	VfB - CEV/WBC	7:5 (4-1, 3-4)	CEV/WBC eliminated
28. January 1922	Vienna, CEV-Platz	WAC - TEC	0:6 Forfeit	9:8 (7-2, 2-6) orig.
11. February 1922	Vienna, CEV-Platz	VfB - WAC	15:4 (4-2, 11-2)	Final - not valid
?	Vienna, CEV-Platz	VfB - TEC	?	Final

Notes

The January 15 match between Funfhaus and WAC/WEV was annulled as Funfhaus filed a protest that the WEV players were not registered for the tournament. The protest was upheld and the match was re-scheduled for a week later.

Team rosters from the Slovan-CEV/WBC game, which was played in heavy snowfall: Slovan: Marek, Bratny, Besirsky I, Besirsky II, Fuxa, Rhon, Becher, CEV/WBC: Neuburger, Stärker, Sommer, Maack, Poisson, Födrich, Caucig.

The January 28 game between WAC and TEC was originally a 9-8 victory for WAC, but was later changed to a 6-0 forfeit win for TEC as WAC had used some unauthorized players in the match.

The final was originally contested between VfB and WAC (it had not yet been discovered that WAC had used ineligible players in their previous match against TEC). The match was won by VfB, 15-4, but the result was later ruled invalid after WAC's shenanigans were uncovered.

A new final was then set to be played between VfB and TEC, but it is unknown if it was played as no records of it having taken place exist.