1940 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1940 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 24th season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany. 10 teams participated in the championship, and Wiener EG won the title.

The 1940 championship also served as the first German War Championship (Kriegsmeisterschaft). Teams short on players were allowed to combine forces as Kriegsspielgemeinschaften (KSG). BFC Preussen and Zehlendorfer Wespen combined squads this year.

Each Gau could enter one team, however, the federation reserved the right to use its judgement and select other teams from stronger Gaus, if others did not have any teams sign up. Gau II/III, IX-XIII, XVI and XVII each had two teams enter. The maximum number of teams in the championship was 10. There were no teams from the Gaus IV, V/VI, VII/VIII, and XIV/XV.

There were also new "sports area communities" (Sportbereichsgemeinschaft) formed on January 1, 1940. Sportbereich XIX (Danzig-West Prussia) was created in the former Free State of Danzig and its surrounding areas. In Western Poland, the Sportbereich Wartheland was formed and in Eastern Poland the Sportbereich Generalgouvernement was created. These areas did not enter teams in the national championship/

Northern Championship (Gau II/III/Berlin)

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	3	2	1	0	9:2	5
2.	KSG Preussen/Wespen	3	2	0	1	9:5	4
3.	LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin	3	1	1	1	6:3	3
4.	SC Brandenburg Berlin	3	0	0	3	2:16	0

National Championship

First round

Group A

Düsseldorfer EG	–	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	1:1
Düsseldorfer EG	–	Rastenburger EV	3:1
Düsseldorfer EG	–	KSG Preussen / Wespen	2:1
Düsseldorfer EG	–	Krefelder EV	2:0
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	Rastenburger EV	1:1
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	KSG Preussen / Wespen	3:1
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	Krefelder EV	2:0
Rastenburger EV	–	KSG Preussen / Wespen	0:3
Rastenburger EV	–	Krefelder EV	4:0
KSG Preussen / Wespen	–	Krefelder EV	1:2

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Düsseldorfer EG	4	3	1	0	8:3	7:1
2.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	4	2	2	0	7:3	6:2
3.	Rastenburger EV	4	1	1	2	6:7	3:5
4.	KSG Preußen / Wespen	4	1	0	3	6:7	2:6
5.	Krefelder EV	4	1	0	3	05:13	2:6

Group B

Wiener EG	–	SC Riessersee	2:0
Wiener EG	–	Klagenfurter AC	2:3
Wiener EG	–	ESV Füssen	2:0
Wiener EG	–	Troppauer EV	8:0
SC Riessersee	–	Klagenfurter AC	3:0
SC Riessersee	–	ESV Füssen	1:0
SC Riessersee	–	Troppauer EV	4:0
Klagenfurter AC	–	ESV Füssen	1:7
Klagenfurter AC	–	Troppauer EV	4:1
ESV Füssen	–	Troppauer EV	1:1

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Wiener EG	4	3	0	1	14:03	6:2
2.	SC Riessersee	4	3	0	1	08:02	6:2
3.	Klagenfurter AC	4	2	0	2	08:13	4:4
4.	ESV Füssen	4	1	1	2	08:05	3:5
5.	Troppauer EV	4	0	1	3	02:17	1:7

Final round

Wiener EG	–	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	2:1
Wiener EG	–	SC Riessersee	3:3
Wiener EG	–	Düsseldorfer EG	1:0
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	SC Riessersee	1:0
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	Düsseldorfer EG	1:0
SC Riessersee	–	Düsseldorfer EG	1:1

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Wiener EG	3	2	1	0	6:4	5:1
2.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	3	2	0	1	3:2	4:2
3.	SC Riessersee	3	0	2	1	4:5	2:4
4.	Düsseldorfer EG	3	0	1	2	1:3	1:5

Other games

See also: 1939 Leinweber Pokal

• Troppauer EV - Klagenfurter AC 3:1
• Klagenfurter AC - Nuremberg 4:4 (2:0, 2:2, 0:2)
• Klagenfurter AC - Nuremberg 3:2 (0:0, 1:2, 2:0)
• SC Amateure Steyr - Munich SC 2:1 (1:0, 0:1, 1:0)
• Berliner Schlittschuhclub - SV Rastenburg 3:3
• Wiener EG - Strassenbahn 5:1 (2:1, 1:0, 2:0)
• Dusseldorf - Vienna 4:0
• Rastenburger SV - Berliner SC 1:1 (0:0, 0:0, 1:1)

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. 

External links

• German ice hockey standings 1933-1945
• Results

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia