1949–50 Austrian Hockey Championship

The 1949-50 Austrian Hockey Championship was the 21st season of an organized ice hockey competition in Austria. The championship was divided into multiple groups, with the top teams meeting in the final. Wiener EG defeated EC KAC in the final to win the championship.

Nationalliga

Group A

Scores

• 1/21: Innsbrucker EV - EC Kitzbuhel 7:2
• 1/22: Innsbrucker EV - EC Kitzbuhel 5:0
• 1/24: Wiener EG - Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg 4:4
• 1/25: Wiener EG - Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg 13:4
• 1/26: Wiener EG - Innsbrucker EV 5:3 (1:1, 1:1, 3:1)
• 1/26: Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg - EC Kitzbuhel 3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1)
• 1/27: Wiener EG - Innsbrucker EV 6:2 (2:0, 2:0, 2:2)
• 2/3: EC Kitzbuhel - Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg 4:3
• 2/4: Wiener EG - EC Kitzbuhel 5:0 Forfeit
• 2/5: Wiener EG - EC Kitzbuhel 5:0 Forfeit
• Innsbrucker EV - Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg 5:1
• Innsbrucker EV - Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg 5:0 Forfeit

Standings

	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Wiener EG	6	5	1	0	38	13	11
2.	Innsbrucker EV	6	4	0	2	27	14	8
3.	Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg	6	1	1	4	15	32	3
4.	EC Kitzbühel	6	1	0	5	7	28	2

Group B

Scores

• 12/28: EC KAC - SV Leoben 7:2 (2:0, 3:2, 2:0)
• 1/5: EC KAC - Villacher SV 7:2 (3:0, 3:0, 1:2)
• 1/7: SV Leoben - EK Engelmann Wien 6:4 (0:3, 2:0, 4:1)
• 1/8: SV Leoben - EK Engelmann Wien 4:4 (0:2, 1:2, 3:0)
• 1/12: EC KAC - EK Engelmann Wien 9:1 (5:0, 1:0, 3:1)
• 1/14: Villacher SV - SV Leoben 4:2
• 1/15: EC KAC - Villacher SV 11:1 (stopped at 1:1 due to fights, continued as friendly match) - awarded 5:0 to KAC
• 1/26: Villacher SV - EK Engelmann Wien 6:2 (3:1, 0:1, 3:0)
• 1/27: SV Leoben - EC KAC 3:1
• 1/27: Villacher SV - EK Engelmann Wien 7:3
• 2/3: SV Leoben - Villacher SV 16:10 (3:6, 7:1, 6:3)
• EK Engelmann Wien - EC KAC cancelled

Standings

	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	EC KAC	5	4	0	1	29	8	8
2.	SV Leoben	6	3	1	2	33	30	7
3.	Villacher SV	6	3	0	3	29	35	6
4.	EK Engelmann Wien	5	0	1	4	14	32	1

Final

Two games total goals

• 2/19: EC KAC - Wiener EG 9:4 (0:1, 3:2, 6:1)
• 2/23: Wiener EG - EC KAC 9:0 (3:0, 4:0, 2:0)

Wiener EG defeated EC KAC 13 goals to 9.

Defenseman Franz Csöngei, a member of the national team, was not allowed to play for WEG in the first match due to a complaint filed by KAC. They claimed that Csongei had also played for Engelmann in the championship (in reality, he had only suited up for them in friendly matches) and had also played professionally for the Italian club, Ortisei, where he went every year for three years for health reasons. Without Csongei, WEG lost the first game 9-4. He was permitted to play in the second game, which WEG won 9-0, earning them the national championship.

Liga

Liga Ost

Also called the Wiener Liga.

Scores

• 1/?: Union Wien - Union Dobling 9:1
• 1/22: WAT Ottakring - WAT Ottakring II 10:3
• 1/24: WAT Ottakring - Union Dobling 27:0
• 1/24: Wiener EV-Senioren - Schwarzweiss 14:1 (not counted) - 5:0 Forfeit
• 1/25: Wiener EV-Senioren - WAT Favoriten 29:0
• 1/26: WAT Ottakring - Schwarzweiss 6:0
• 1/27: Wiener EV-Senioren - Union Wien 11:0
• 1/29: WAT Ottakring II - WAT Favoriten 11:0
• 2/1: WAT Ottakring - Union Wien 9:4
• 2/2: WAT Ottakring II - Wiener EV-Senioren 2:1
• 2/3: WAT Ottakring - WAT Favoriten 32:1
• 2/5: WAT Ottakring - WAT Ottakring II 9:2
• 2/9: WAT Ottakring II - Union Wien
• 2/10: WAT Ottakring - Wiener EV-Senioren 5:3 (0:0, 4:3, 1:0) - WAT clinched title

Top of Table

	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	WAT Ottakring	7	7	0	0	99	13	14
2.	Wiener EV-Senioren	8	6	0	2	94	10	12
3.	WAT Ottakring II

Liga Nord

• 1/21: Union Hollabrunn - Union Stockerau 8:3
• 1/22: Union Hollabrunn - Atus Eggenberg 15:4
• 2/6: Atus Eggenberg - ESV Murzzuschlag 7:3

Union Hollabrunn won the title.

Liga West

Won by TUS Steyr.

Liga Sud

Won by Grazer SV.

All four group winners were promoted to the Nationalliga for 1950-51.

Other games

• Villacher SV - Wiener EG comb. 10:3 (2:1, 4:2, 4:0)
• Wiener EV - Schwarzweiss 5:0
• 1/29: EC Kitzbuhel - Hofgastein 12:4
• 1/29: EK Engelmann Wien - EC Kitzbuhel 7:4 @ Bad Hofgastein - ASKO Championship final
• 1/30: EK Engelmann Wien - EC Kitzbuhel 5:3 (3:0, 1:2, 1:1)
• 1/31: WAT Ottakring II - Lask Linz 4:1
• SV Leoben II - Kapfenberg 10:1
• 3/3: EK Engelmann Wien - Wiener EG 7:4 (1:0, 5:3, 1:1)
• Wiener EV Jugend - EK Engelmann Wien Jugend 4:1 (1:0, 0:0, 3:1)

Images

• 

  An image from the December 3 edition of the Arbeiter-Zeitung.

• 

  An image from the December 31 issue.

• 

  An image from the January 14 issue.

• 

  An image from the January 18 issue.

• 

  An image from the January 26 issue.

• 

  "

• 

  An image from the January 28 issue.

• 

  An image from the February 4 issue.

• 

  An image from the February 8 issue.

• 

  An image from the February 15 issue.

• 

  An image from the February 22 issue.

• 

  An image from the February 24 issue.

• 

  An image from the March 4 issue.

Sources

• Results from 1946-1958
• Arbeiter-Zeitung

Austrian Hockey League seasons

1922–23 - 1923–24 - 1924–25 - 1925–26 - 1926–27 - 1927–28 - 1928–29- 1929–30 - 1930–31 - 1931–32 - 1932–33 - 1933–34 - 1934–35 - 1935–36 - 1936–37 - 1937–38 - 1945–46 - 1946–47 - 1947–48 - 1948–49 - 1949–50 - 1950–51 - 1951–52 - 1952–53 - 1953–54 - 1954–55 - 1955–56 - 1956–57 - 1957–58 - 1958–59 - 1959–60 - 1960–61 - 1961–62 - 1962–63 - 1963–64 - 1964–65 - 1965–66 - 1966–67 - 1967–68 - 1968–69 - 1969–70 - 1970–71 - 1971–72 - 1972–73 - 1973–74 - 1974–75 - 1975–76 - 1976–77 - 1977–78 - 1978–79 - 1979–80 - 1980–81 - 1981–82 - 1982–83 - 1983–84 - 1984–85 - 1985–86 - 1986–87 - 1987–88 - 1988–89 - 1989–90 - 1990–91 - 1991–92 - 1992–93 - 1993–94 - 1994–95 - 1995–96 - 1996–97 - 1997–98 - 1998–99 - 1999–00 - 2000–01 - 2001–02 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012-13 - 2013-14 - 2014-15 - 2015-16 - 2016-17 - 2017-18 - 2018-19 - 2019-20 - 2020-21 - 2021-22 - 2022-23 - 2023-24