Czechoslovak Championship
The Czechoslovak Championship was a competition held in the first half of the 1930s in Czechoslovakia. LTC Praha won the championship six consecutive times between 1929 and 1935.
In 1935-36, qualification tournaments were played for the 1936-37 Czechoslovak Extraliga season. LTC Praha was widely regarded, in the absence of a final tournament, as Czechoslovak champions.
The Extraliga ran for two seasons, but was not contested in 1938-39, and a national championship never came to fruition that year, despite several qualification matches being played. The Central Bohemian (Prague) champion, LTC Praha, was given the unofficial title of Czechoslovak champions.
Prior to the official formation of the Czechoslovak Championship in 1930, there had been national championships staged under various names and formats in some years, starting in 1919.
The Czechoslovak Championship usually featured a small tournament, featuring no more than 4-5 teams. The championship consisted of qualifying teams, which earned the right to participate by virtue of a winning a regional competition.
There were various different regional championships in existence. The four primary regional competitions were the Bohemian Championship, which featured teams from the sub-regional East, North, South, and West Bohemian championships, as well as from the Prague and Kladno competitions (the regional winners from outside Prague had to first play in the Bohemian Countryside Championship), the German Association Championship (a competition based on ethnicity that was divided into Bohemian and Moravian-Silesian divisions), the Slovak Championship (consisting of the winners from the Central, East, and West Slovak championships) and the Moravian-Silesian Championship (comprised of the Hana, Silesian, and West Moravian champions). There were also competitions organized in Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia, starting in 1934.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918-19 | SK Slavia Praha I | ČSS Praha | 1:0 | Czech Hockey Union Championship |
| 1919-20 | Czech Hockey Union Championship | |||
| 1920-21 | ||||
| 1921-22 | SK Strakonice | CSK Vyšehrad 1907 | 6:2 | Republic Championship (bandy) |
| 1922-23 | AC Sparta Praha | SK Slavia Praha | 2:1 | Czechoslovak Hockey Union Championship |
| 1923-24 | SK Slavia Praha | CSK Vyšehrad 1907 | 17:0 | Republic Championship |
| 1924-25 | Republic Championship | |||
| 1925-26 | ||||
| 1926-27 | Republic Championship | |||
| 1927-28 | ||||
| 1928-29 | LTC Praha | Troppauer EV | 3:1 | Unofficial Czechoslovak Championship |
| 1929-30 | LTC Praha | AC Stadion České Budějovice | 3:1 | Bohemia Championship1 |
| 1930-31 | LTC Praha | Troppauer EV | 2:0 | Czechoslovak Championship |
| 1931-32 | LTC Praha | SK Prostějov | 12:0 | Czechoslovak Championship |
| 1932-33 | LTC Praha | Troppauer EV | 5:0 Forfeit | Czechoslovak Championship2 |
| 1933-34 | LTC Praha | SK Slavia Praha | 6:0 | Czechoslovak Championship |
| 1934-35 | LTC Praha | AC Stadion České Budějovice | 12:1 | Bohemia Championship3 |
| 1935-36 | LTC Praha | AC Sparta Praha | X | Central Bohemian Championship4 |
| 1936-37 | LTC Praha | AC Sparta Praha | X | Czechoslovak Extraliga |
| 1937-38 | LTC Praha | AC Sparta Praha | 5:1 | Czechoslovak Extraliga |
| 1938-39 | LTC Praha | AC Sparta Praha | X | Central Bohemian Championship5 |
Notes: 1. The Czechoslovak Championship featuring the winners of the Bohemia, Slovak, German Association, and Moravian Championships was cancelled. 2. The Czechoslovak Championship between LTC Praha and Troppauer EV was awarded to LTC by forfeit when TEV renounced their participation. 3. The Czechoslovak Championship featuring LTC Praha, AC Stadion Ceske Budejovice, SSK Vitkovice, and AC Sparta Praha, and the German champion, was not played as the final of the German Association Championship was cancelled. LTC and Stadion faced each other in December 1935 for the Bohemian Championship. It was later planned for LTC and Troppauer EV to play for the Czechoslovak Championship, but this did not materialize. 4. Czechoslovak Championship not played; Extraliga began following year. LTC Praha were informal national champions. 5. A national championship was arranged by the Czechoslovak Hockey Union, but it was not completed. LTC Praha is generally recognized as informal champions.