Czechoslovak Championship
The Czechoslovak Championship was a competition held in the first half of the 1930s in Czechoslovakia. LTC Praha won the championship six consecutive times between 1929 and 1935.
In 1935-36, qualification tournaments were played for the 1936-37 Czechoslovak Extraliga season. LTC Praha was widely regarded, in the absence of a final tournament, as Czechoslovak champions.
The Extraliga was not contested in 1938-39, and a national championship never came to fruition. The Central Bohemian (Prague) champion, LTC Praha, was given the title of Czechoslovak champions.
Format
The Championship usually consisted of a single game, or a small tournament featuring 4-5 teams. The finals or final of the tournament featured qualifying teams, which earned the right to participate by virtue of a winning a regional competition, such as the Bohemian Championship, German Association Championship (tournament based not on geographical, but ethnic point of view), the Slovak Championship and the Moravian Championship. Due to the dominance of Prague-based teams, the best squad from the city was always included in the tournament.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929-30 | LTC Praha | AC Stadion České Budějovice | 3:1 | Bohemia Championship1 | |
| 1930-31 | LTC Praha | Troppauer EV (Opava) | 2:0 | Czechoslovak Championship | |
| 1931-32 | LTC Praha | SK Prostějov | 12:0 | Czechoslovak Championship | |
| 1932-33 | LTC Praha | DSK Tábor | 12:1 | Bohemia Championship2 | |
| 1933-34 | LTC Praha | SK Slavia Praha | 6:0 | Czechoslovak Championship | |
| 1934-35 | LTC Praha | AC Stadion České Budějovice | 12:1 | Bohemia Championship3 | |
| 1935-36 | LTC Praha | AC Sparta Praha | X | Prague Championship4 | |
| 1938-39 | LTC Praha | AC Sparta Praha | X | Prague Championship |
1. The Czechoslovak Championship featuring the winners of the Bohemia, Slovak, German Association, and Moravian Championships was cancelled. 2. The Czechoslovak Championship between LTC Praha and Troppauer EV was not played. 3. The Czechoslovak Championship featuring LTC Praha, AC Stadion Ceske Budejovice, SSK Vitkovice, and AC Sparta Praha, and the German champion, was not played as the final of the German Association Championship was cancelled. LTC and Stadion faced each other in December 1935 for the Bohemian Championship. It was later planned for LTC and Troppauer EV to play for the Czechoslovak Championship, but this did not materialize. 4. Czechoslovak Championship not played; Extraliga began following year.
Other Championships pre-1930
- 1919 Czech Hockey Union Championship: SK Slavia Praha I
- 1922 Republic Championship (bandy): SK Strakonice
- 1923 Czechoslovak Hockey Union Championship: AC Sparta Praha I
- 1924 Czechoslovak Championship: SK Slavia Praha
- 1925 Republic Championship: ?
- 1929 "Unofficial" Czechoslovak Championship: LTC Praha