1952–53 Austrian Hockey Championship

The 1952-53 Austrian Hockey Championship was the 24th season of an organized ice hockey competition in Austria. The championship was divided into multiple groups, with the top teams meeting in the final. Innsbrucker EV defeated EC KAC in the final to win the championship.

Nationalliga

Western Group

Scores

• Wiener EV - WAT Ottakring 8:3 (1:0, 4:2, 3:1)
• Innsbrucker EV - Wiener EV 9:1 (3:0, 2:0, 4:1)
• Innsbrucker EV - Wiener EV 4:1 (2:0, 2:0, 0:1)
• Innsbrucker EV - EC Kitzbuhel 6:2 (3:0, 3:1, 0:1)
• Innsbrucker EV - EC Kitzbuhel 3:3
• Innsbrucker EV - WAT Ottakring 15:1
• Innsbrucker EV - WAT Ottakring 15:0
• EC Kitzbuhel - Wiener EV 6:1 (3:0, 2:0, 1:1)
• Wiener EV - WAT Ottakring 9:0 (1:0, 3:0, 5:0)
• Wiener EV - EC Kitzbuhel

Standings

	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Innsbrucker EV	5	4	1	0	52	8	9
2.	Wiener EV	5	2	0	3	20	21	4
3.	EC Kitzbühel	3	1	1	1	11	10	3
4.	WAT Ottakring	4	0	0	4	3	47	0

Southern Group

Scores

• SV Leoben - Villacher SV 3:3 (1:0, 0:2, 2:1)
• SV Leoben - EC KAC 4:3
• EC KAC - SV Leoben 7:1
• EK Engelmann Wien - Villacher SV 5:0 Forfeit
• EK Engelmann Wien - Villacher SV 5:0 Forfeit
• EK Engelmann Wien - SV Leoben 3:0
• EC KAC - Villacher SV 2:1 (0:1, 2:0, 0:0)
• EC KAC - Villacher SV 9:0 (4:0, 3:0, 2:0)
• EC KAC - EK Engelmann Wien 5:1
• SV Leoben - Villacher SV 7:1 (0:0, 2:1, 5:0)
• EC KAC - EK Engelmann Wien 3:0 (1:0, 0:0, 2:0)
• EK Engelmann Wien - SV Leoben

Standings

	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	EC KAC	6	5	0	1	29	6	11
2.	EK Engelmann Wien	5	3	0	2	14	8	6
3.	SV Leoben	5	2	1	2	15	20	5
4.	Villacher SV	6	0	1	5	6	30	1

Final

Two games total goals

• Innsbrucker EV - EC KAC 2:2
• Innsbrucker EV - EC KAC 4:3 (0:0, 2:1, 2:1)

Innsbrucker EV defeated EC KAC 6 goals to 5.

Liga

Wiener Liga

Also called the "Liga Ost".

Scores

• Union Wien - WAT Meidling 1:1
• Langenzersdorf - Schwarzweiss 3:2 (2:0, 0:0, 1:2)
• WAT Meidling - Wiener Jugend SV 4:2
• Union Wien - WAT Favoriten 8:4 (2:2, 3:1, 3:1)
• EK Engelmann Wien II - Schwarzweiss 10:0 (3:0, 2:0, 5:0)
• WAT Favoriten - Wiener Jugend SV 4:2 (1:1, 1:0, 2:1)
• Langenzersdorf - Wiener Jugend SV 6:2
• WAT Meidling - Schwarzweiss 8:1
• WAT Favoriten - Langenzersdorf - annulled
• EK Engelmann Wien II - Wiener Jugend SV 17:3
• Langenzersdorf defeated WAT Meidling
• Wiener Jugend SV - Union Wien 3:1
• EK Engelmann Wien II - WAT Meidling 6:1
• WAT Favoriten - Schwarzweiss
• EK Engelmann Wien II - WAT Favoriten 3:1
• Union Wien - WAT Favoriten
• Wiener Jugend SV - Schwarzweiss
• Wiener Jugend SV - Langenzersdorf 2:1
• Schwarzweiss - WAT Favoriten 6:1 (0:0, 3:1, 3:0)
• Union Wien - Schwarzweiss 4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 2:1)
• Wiener Jugend SV - WAT Favoriten
• EK Engelmann Wien II - Langenzersdorf 6:5 (0:3, 4:1, 2:1)

Standings

	Club
1.	EK Engelmann Wien II
2.	Union Wien
3.	SV Langenzersdorf
4.	WAT Meidling
5.	Wiener Jugend SV
6.	WAT Favoriten
7.	Schwarzweiss

EK Engelmann Wien II won the championship, but as they were a reserve team, Union Wien advanced to the promotion round.

Promotion round

West

• Blauweiss-Feldkirch (Voralberg champion) - ESV Schwaz (Tirol champion) 6:5, 5:5 - the second match was stopped with 40 seconds left due to incidents and was planned to be replayed; instead both teams were promoted to the Nationalliga

South

• Spittal an der Drau (Salzburg champion) - Steyr (Upper Austrian champion) 4:1, 7:1

East

• Atus Eggenberg (Styria champion) - Union Hollabrunn (Lower Austrian champion)
• Union Wien (Vienna champion) defeated Union Hollabrunn on forfeit

Wiener Cup

• EK Engelmann Wien - WAT Ottakring 7:1 (2:0, 4:1, 1:0)
• EK Engelmann Wien - WAT Ottakring 10:1 (5:0, 1:0, 4:1)
• EK Engelmann Wien - Wiener EV 4:1 (2:0, 2:1, 0:0) - final, game one
• EK Engelmann Wien - Wiener EV 7:1 (2:0, 2:1, 3:0) - final, game two

Jugend Cup

First round

• Silz - Innsbrucker EV 3:2
• Kitzbuhel - Villach
• Klagenfurt - Leoben
• Wiener EV - Graz
• Wiener Jugend SV - Union Hollabrunn

Second round

• Kitzbuhel - Innsbruck
• Wiener EV - Klagenfurt

Final

• Wiener EV - EC Kitzbuhel 5:2

Other games

• Hall - Wiener Jugend SV 6:4
• Wiener Jugendsportklub - Stockerau 4:1 (1:0, 2:0, 1:1)
• WAT Ottakring - Union Wien 5:1
• Lang-Enzersdorf - Schwarzweiss-Engelmann 3:2 (2:0, 0:0, 1:2)
• Wiener EV - Wiener EV II 5:1 (2:0, 2:0, 1:1)
• SV Leoben - Grazer SV 24:1
• SV Leoben - WAT Ottakring 6:2
• Wiener EV - EC Bad Hofgastein 5:4
• ESV Schwaz - WAT Ottakring 5:3
• St. Ulrich - EC Kitzbuhel 7:6
• EC Kitzbuhel - St. Ulrich 13:2

Images

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  An image from the December 19 edition of the Arbeiter-Zeitung.

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  An image from the December 30 issue.

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  An image from the January 13 issue.

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  An image from the January 20 issue.

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  An image from the February 21 issue.

Sources

• Results from 1946-1958
• Arbeiter-Zeitung

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