1939-40 Latvian Championship

The 1939-40 Latvian Championship was the ninth season of the national ice hockey competition in Latvia. It was contested by three teams, and US Riga won the championship

1. Klasē

Scores

• 1/22: US Riga - LSB Riga 5:0 (2:0, 2:0, 1:0)
• 2/3: LSB Riga - ASK Riga 2:0 (2:0, 0:0, 0:0)
• 2/16: US Riga - ASK Riga 2:1 (1:0, 0:1, 1:0)
• 2/21: US Riga - LSB Riga 4:2 (1:1, 1:1, 2:0)
• 2/23: US Riga - ASK Riga 6:0 (1:0, 2:0, 3:0)
• 2/27: ASK Riga - LSB Riga 8:1 (2:0, 3:0, 3:1)

Table

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	US Riga	4	4	0	0	17:3	8
2.	ASK Riga	4	1	0	3	9:11	2
3.	LSB Riga	4	1	0	3	5:17	2

2. Klasē

• 1/14: US Riga - ASK Riga A 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0)
• 1/21: ASK Riga A - ASK Riga B 7:2 (1:0, 3:1, 3:1)
• 1/21: US Riga - LSB Riga 7:1 (1:0, 4:1, 2:0)
• 1/28: ASK Riga A - LSB Riga 2:1
• 2/4: ASK Riga B - LSB Riga 5:0 (2:0, 1:0, 2:0)
• 2/8: US Riga - ASK Riga B 3:1
• 2/14: ASK Riga B - LSB Riga 5:0
• 2/18: US Riga - LSB Riga 5:1 (1:1, 0:0, 4:0)
• 2/18: ASK Riga B - ASK Riga A 5:1
• 2/22: ASK Riga B - US Riga 2:0 (2:0, 0:0, 0:0)
• 2/28: ASK Riga A - US Riga 4:1 (3:1, 0:0, 1:0)
• 3/2: ASK Riga A - LSB Riga 7:2

ASK Riga A, ASK Riga B, and US Riga all finished tied, so a tiebreaker tournament was organized.

• 3/8: ASK Riga B - US Riga 4:0 (0:0, 1:0, 3:0)
• 3/13: ASK Riga A - ASK Riga B 3:2
• 3/17: ASK Riga A - US Riga 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0)

ASK Riga A won the championship.

Riga Championship

• 3/1: US Riga - LSB Riga walkover - LSB had too many players mobilized for the army
• 3/4: US Riga - ASK Riga 8:2 (2:0, 1:1, 5:1)
• 3/6: ASK Riga - LSB Riga walkover - same reason as above

US Riga won the championship.

Lightning Tournament

2. Klasē

• 1/6: US Riga II - LSB Riga II 6:0 (1:0, 5:0)
• 1/6: ASK Riga IIB - ASK Riga IIA walkover - ASK A did not have enough players to compete
• 1/7: US Riga II - ASK Riga IIA 1:1 OT (0:0, 1:0, 0:1, 0:0) - final - US won on lots

1. Klasē

• 1/7: US Riga - LSB Riga 1:0 OT (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
• 1/7: ASK Riga - US Riga II walkover - four US II players were playing for the first club
• 1/7: ASK Riga - US Riga 1:1 (0:1, 0:0, 1:0) - final - OT not played due to extreme cold
• 2/7: US Riga - ASK Riga 4:2 (2:0, 0:1, 2:1) - final replay

Despite losing to US in the finals, ASK became the official winners of the tournament as US had more substitutes (four) than tournament rules allowed.

Other games

• 2/25: US Riga - LAS Krustpils 18:1 @ Krustpils