1928 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1928 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 12th season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany. Berliner Schlittschuhclub won the championship by defeating SC Riessersee in the final.

The German Championship was staged at Lake Riessersee in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on January 21st and 22nd, 1928.

Northern Championship

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	9	8	1	0	78	4	17
2.	BFC Preussen	10	8	1	1	47	16	17
3.	SC Charlottenburg	10	8	0	2	54	13	16
4.	SC Brandenburg Berlin	10	6	2	2	27	14	14
5.	Berliner SV 1892	9	5	0	4	18	20	10
6.	Zehlendorfer Wespen	10	3	3	4	15	15	9
7.	TC Schwarz Grün Berlin	10	3	1	6	19	38	7
8.	Berliner Sport Club	9	3	0	6	9	35	6
9.	Tegeler EV	9	2	1	6	9	42	5
10.	Berliner EV 1886	10	1	1	8	6	33	3
11.	Berliner Eislauf Club	8	0	0	8	2	54	0

Berliner SC and BFC Preussen qualified for the national championship.

Southwestern Championship

HC Stuttgart won the championship, run by the Sudwestdeutscher ESV. They qualified for the national championship.

Bavarian Championship

SC Riessersee and EV Füssen finished ahead of Münchener EV and qualified for the national championship. The two Nuremberg teams, after being entrusted the organization of the first round, which did not take place due to poor weather conditions and the forfeiture of MEV, were excluded from the competition after refusing to play in games scheduled at the last minute.

The final round featured three teams with EV Füssen and Münchener EV competing for the right to face SC Riessersee in the final. The two sides tied the first game, which had to be replayed. Füssen won the second meeting and advanced to face Riessersee.

First round

• 1/8: EV Füssen - HG Nuremberg
• 1/8: 1. FC Nuremberg - Munchener EV

Final round

• 1/14: EV Füssen - Münchener EV 1:1 OT
• 1/15: EV Füssen - Münchener EV 2:1
• 1/15: SC Riessersee - EV Füssen 2:1 - final

East Prussian Championship

The championship of the East German Skating Union was not decided due to protests. VfB Königsberg had initially won the championship, but VdS Tilsit filed a protest that they had used an ineligible (foreign) player.

The championship was set to be re-played, but Königsberg did not show up and in turn filed a counter-suit, while the competition was played without their presence. The dispute was not resolved and East Prussia was unable to send a team to compete in the national championship.

Other games

• 12/?: VfK Königsberg - ASCO Königsberg 6:2
• 12/?: VfB Königsberg - Königsberger Hockey Club 7:1
• 12/19: VfB Königsberg - Wehlau 4:1
• 12/19 VfK Königsberg - Königsberger Hockey Club 4:0
• 12/19: VfB Königsberg - Prussia Samland Königsberg 4:1

Lower Silesian Championship

• Görlitz TC - Breslauer EV) 3-1

The final was not played until January 29, a week after the conclusion of the national championship, so the region was not represented in the final tournament.

National Championship

First round

Group A

SC Riessersee	–	BFC Preussen	2:0
BFC Preussen	–	HC Stuttgart	1:0
SC Riessersee	–	HC Stuttgart	11:1

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	SC Riessersee	2	2	0	0	13:01	4:0
2.	BFC Preussen	2	1	0	1	01:02	2:2
3.	HC Stuttgart	2	0	0	2	01:12	0:4

Group B

Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	ESV Füssen	10:0
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	VfB Königsberg	5:0 Forfeit
EV Füssen	–	VfB Königsberg	5:0 Forfeit

3rd place

ESV Füssen

–

BFC Preussen

4:1

Final

Berliner Schlittschuhclub

–

SC Riessersee

2:1

Contemporary accounts

• 

  The January 8, 1928, edition of the Hamburger Nachtrichten.

• 

  The January 16, 1928, edition of the Hamburger Nachtrichten.

• 

  The January 17, 1928, edition of the Berliner Tageblatt.

References

• Müller, Stephan (2000). Deutsche Eishockey Meisterschaften. Print on Demand. ISBN 3-8311-0997-4. 
• Karas, Steffen (2008). 100 Jahre Eishockey in Berlin. Verlag Jeske/Mader. ISBN 978-3-931624-57-6. 
• Botsch, Oliver (2012). Eishockey in Ostpreußen und Danzig bis 1945: 2. Auflage.

External links

• German ice hockey standings 1912-1932

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia