1945–46 Austrian Hockey Championship

The 1945-46 Austrian Hockey Championship was the 17th season of an organized ice hockey competition in Austria. EK Engelmann Wien won the championship by defeating SpV Strassenbahner Wiens in the final.

Championship

Vienna Championship

Qualification round

• 1/26: Postsportverein - Eisenbahn 5:1 (2:0, 2:1, 1:0)
• 1/27: Postsportverein - WAT Favoriten 9:0
• 1/27: Strassenbahn - Eisenbahn 13:1
• 1/28: Strassenbahn - WAT Favoriten 25:0 (9:0, 4:0, 12:0)
• 1/30: Strassenbahn - Postsportverein 5:2 (1:0, 0:1, 4:1)
• 2/7: Eisenbahn - WAT Favoriten 10:0

Final round

• 3/5: EK Engelmann Wien - Postsportverein 18:2 (5:0, 7:0, 6:2) - semifinal
• 3/6: Strassenbahn - Wiener EV 2:0 (0:0, 0:0, 2:0) - semifinal
• 3/14: Wiener EV - Postsportverein 6:3 (0:2, 3:0, 3:1) - 3rd place game
• 3/14: EK Engelmann Wien - SpV Strassenbahner Wiens 5:4 (2:3, 1:1, 2:0) - final

Other groups

There were three other groups intended to be contested, featuring three teams apiece. They were organized as follows: Graz, Klagenfurt, Villach - Bregenz, Feldkirch, Innsbruck - Salzburg, Leoben, Steyr.

It was then planned for the group winners to face the Vienna champion for the Austrian Championship, but it appears that the groups were not staged and that no final was arranged. Engelmann became national champions by winning the Viennese title.

Other games

• Wiener EV - Strassenbahn 10:3
• EC KAC - Strassenbahn 11:2
• 1/15: EC KAC - Strassenbahn 2:1
• 1/16: Wiener EV - Grazer SV 4:3 (3:0, 0:1, 1:2)
• 1/19: Strassenbahn - SV Leoben 5:0
• Graz/Leoben Combination - Strassenbahn 1:0
• 1/19: Wiener EV - EC KAC 4:2
• 1/20: Wiener EV - EC KAC 0:0
• 1/21: EC KAC - Wiener EV 1:0
• Postsportverein - Eisenbahn 5:1 (2:0, 2:1, 1:0)
• Wiener EV II - Strassenbahn 4:3
• Wiener EV II - Strassenbahn 1:0
• 1/31: Grazer SV - Eisenbahn 1:0
• 2/2: EC KAC - EK Engelmann Wien 6:0
• 2/3: EK Engelmann Wien - EC KAC 1:0
• 2/5: Wiener EV - EC KAC 6:3 (2:1, 2:1, 2:1)
• 2/6: EK Engelmann Wien - EC KAC 7:0 (4:0, 2:0, 1:0)
• 2/14: EK Engelmann Wien - Wiener EV 7:3 (1:2, 3:1, 3:0)
• Wiener EV - EK Engelmann Wien - planned friendly did not materialize due to player shortages

Images

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  An image from the January 22 edition of the Arbeiter-Zeitung.

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  An image from the January 25 issue.

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  An image from the February 14 issue.

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  An image from the February 15 issue.

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  An image from the February 16 issue.

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  An image from the February 22 issue.

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  An image from the March 7 issue.

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  An image from the March 15 issue.

Sources

• Results from 1946-1958
• Arbeiter-Zeitung

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