1938–39 Polska Liga Hokejowa season

The 1938-39 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 10th season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Four teams participated in the final round, and Dab Katowice won the championship. The championship was played at the Torkat in Katowice from March 1-3, 1939. It was originally planned to be held in Lwow, but was moved to Katowice. 
==Kraków Championship==
;Friendly matches
*OMP Krakow - Makabi Krakow 9:2 (4:0, 3:0, 2:2) 
There were three levels of play in Krakow this year - Klass A, Klass B, and Klass C. 
;Klass A
*12/30: KS Cracovia - Makabi Krakow 6:1 (2:0, 1:0, 3:1) 
*1/1: KS Cracovia - Sokol Krakow 9:0 (3:0, 3:0, 3:0)
*1/8: Sokol Krakow - Makabi Krakow 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0) 
==Lodz Championship==
;Klass A
Teams: Union Touring Lodz, KP Zjednoczone, Wima Lodz, LKS Lodz II.
*12/26: LKS Lodz - Union Touring Lodz 6:5 (2:2, 3:2, 1:1) - friendly
*1/1: Union Touring Lodz - LKS Lodz 2:1 (1:0, 0:1, 1:0) 
*KP Zjednoczone - Wima Lodz 1:0
*Union Touring Lodz - KP Zjednoczone 3:3 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1)
*LKS Lodz - Wima Lodz 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0)
*LKS Lodz - KP Zjednoczone 5:2 (2:1, 3:0, 0:1)
*Union Touring Lodz - Wima Lodz 5:0 walkover
*LKS Lodz - Union Touring Lodz 3:1 (1:1, 0:0, 2:0)
*KP Zjednoczone - Wima Lodz 3:2 (0:1, 1:0, 2:1) 
*1/8: Union Touring Lodz - KP Zjednoczone 0:0
*1/8: LKS Lodz - Wima Lodz 7:1 
==Lwow Championship==
;Klass A
*1/1: Czarni Lwow - Ukraina Lwow 8:1 (0:0, 4:1, 4:0) 
*1/7: Czarni Lwow - Pogon Lwow 4:1 (0:0, 2:0, 2:1) - Pogon filed a protest for the annulment of the result
*2/5: Czarni Lwow - Lechia Lwow 4:2 (3:0, 1:0, 0:2) 
*2/5: Lechia Lwow - Pogon Lwow 3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:1)
Czarni Lwow finished first and Czuwaj Przemysl came in last. Other participants: Ukraina Lwow, Pogon Lwow, Lechia Lwow.
;Friendly matches
*12/26: Pogon Lwow - Lechia Lwow 3:1 (1:0, 0:0, 2:1)
*1/8: Pogon Lwow - Junak Drohobych 3:2 (1:0, 2:0, 0:2)
==Pomeranian Championship==
Teams: KPW Pomorzanin Torun, BKS Polonia Bydgoszcz, KS Chojniczanka Chojnice, Sokol Grudziadz. 
*Sokol Grudziadz - KS Chojniczanka Chojnice 5:0 walkover - SF
*KPW Pomorzanin Torun - BKS Polonia Bydgoszcz 5:0 walkover - SF
*KPW Pomorzanin Torun - Sokol Grudziadz 2:1 (0:1, 1:0, 1:0) - F
*KPW Pomorzanin Torun - Sokol Grudziadz 2:2 (0:1, 1:1, 1:0) 
*Sokol Grudziadz - KPW Pomorzanin Torun 4:2 (1:1, 1:0, 2:1) - friendly
*KPW Pomorzanin Torun - KPW Grudziadz 8:1 - friendly 
*KPW Pomorzanin Torun - BKS Polonia Bydgoszcz 7:1 (1:0, 2:0, 4:1) - friendly
==Poznan Championship==
;Friendly matches
*Warta Poznan - AZS Poznan II 3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:1)
*AZS Poznan II - WKS Poznan 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1) 
Only the Warta-WKS games were for the championship.
*Warta Poznan - WKS Poznan 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0) - changed to 5:0 walkover
*WKS Poznan - Warta Poznan 5:0 walkover - changed to 0:5 walkover
It was initially ruled that the player Calka for Warta was ineligible, so WKS was granted the title by 5:0 walkover in the second match. It was later ruled that Calka had been properly registered to play for Warta, but that Kedzierzysnki of WKS was ineligible, so the results were changed to forfeit wins for Warta, and they were declared champions of Poznan.
*Warta Poznan - WKS Poznan 2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1) - friendly
==Silesian Championship==
;Friendly matches
*1/29: Dab Katowice - KS Zaolzie Trzyniec 5:2 (2:0, 1:0, 2:2) 
*2/3: Dab 1b Katowice - Sokol Katowice 7:2 (3:0, 2:0, 2:2) 
*2/3: Dab 1b Katowice - MKS Katowice 5:2 (3:0, 1:0, 1:2) 
*~3/2: Pogon Katowice - KS Zaolzie Trzyniec 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0)
;Klass A
Group I teams: Polonia Janow, TS 09 Myslowice, Pogon Katowice, Dab Katowice 1b. Group II: TEV Cieszyn, Polonia Karwina, KS Zaolzie Trzyniec, BBTS Bielsko. 
*Polonia Janow - TS 09 Myslowice 2:0
*Dab 1b Katowice - TS 09 Myslowice 4:1 
*1/2: Pogon Katowice - Polonia Janow 4:1 (0:1, 1:1, 3:0)
*1/2: Dab 1b Katowice - Polonia Janow 3:0 (0:0, 2:0, 1:0)
*1/2: Pogon Katowice - Dab 1b Katowice 4:2 (1:1, 2:1, 1:0)
*1/2: KS Zaolzie Trzyniec - TEV Cieszyn 2:0 (0:0, 2:0, 0:0)
*1/?: KS Zaolzie Trzyniec - Polonia Karwina 10:0
*1/8: Pogon Katowice - Polonia Janow 9:0 (4:0, 1:0, 4:0) 
*1/8: Pogon Katowice - Dab 1b Katowice 7:1
*1/8: TS 09 Myslowice - Polonia Janow 5:0 walkover
*1/8: BBTS Bielsko - KS Zaolzie Trzyniec 2:1 (0:1, 1:0, 1:0)
*1/27: Pogon Katowice - TS 09 Myslowice 10:0 (3:0, 3:0, 4:0)
Pogon won Group I, Trzyniec won Group II.
*2/2: Pogon Katowice - KS Zaolzie Trzyniec 5:2 (0:0, 0:1, 5:1) - final
==Warsaw Championship==
;Friendly matches
*Sparta Warszawa - KS Warszawianka 1b 9:5 (4:0, 2:2, 3:3)
*Skra Warszawa - Makabi Warszawa 5:2 (1:1, 2:1, 2:0)
*Polonia Warszawa - Skra Warszawa 10:0 (4:0, 4:0, 2:0) 
;Klass A
This was the intended playing schedule for the competition:
*12/22: Warszawianka - AZS
*12/22: Polonia - Skra
*12/28: Skra - Zass
*12/28: AZS - Polonia
*1/1: Polonia - Zass
*1/1: Skra - Warszawianka
*1/6: Zass - Warszawianka
*1/8: Warszawianka - Polonia
*1/13: AZS - Skra
*1/15: Zass - AZS 
Actual results:
*12/22: KS Warszawianka - AZS Warszawa 5:0 (0:0, 0:0, 5:0)
*12/22: Polonia Warszawa - Skra Warszawa 5:0 walkover
*1/1: Polonia Warszawa - Zass Warszawa 12:0 (3:0, 4:0, 5:0)
*1/1: Skra Warszawa - KS Warszawianka 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0
*1/6: Zass Warszawa - KS Warszawianka 0:5 walkover
;Klass B
*Makabi Warszawa - Sparta Warszawa 3:1 (1:0, 2:0, 0:1)
*Gwiazda Warszawa - Legia Warszawa
==Wilno Championship==
Teams: KPW Ognisko II Vilnius, AZS Vilnius, Makabi Vilnius, ZAKS Vilnius.
*KPW Ognisko II Vilnius - Makabi Vilnius 12:0 
*AZS Vilnius - ZAKS Vilnius 12:0
*12/29: KPW Ognisko II Vilnius - AZS Vilnius 12:2 
Ognisko II won (but second reserve team not classified), AZS finished second.
==Qualification==
* Dab Katowice - KS Cracovia 2:0 (0:0, 0:0, 2:0)/1:1 (0:1, 0:0, 1:0)
*Ognisko Vilnius - LKS Lodz 5:2/2:0
*KS Warszawianka - Czarni Lwow 1:2/6:1
*Polonia Warszawa - AZS Poznan 3:0 (0:0, 2:0, 1:0)/walkover - AZS did not appear for match
== Final Tournament ==
The winners of the qualification matches played in Group A while the losers were relegated to Group B.
===Group A===
*Dab Katowice - Ognisko Vilnius 6:1 (2:0, 4:1, 0:0) 
*KS Warszawianka - Polonia Warszawa 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
*Dab Katowice - Polonia Warszawa 5:1 (3:0, 2:0, 0:1)
*KS Warszawianka - Ognisko Vilnius 4:2 (1:1, 1:1, 2:0)
*Ognisko Vilnius - Polonia Warszawa 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
*Dab Katowice - KS Warszawianka 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0) 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	Dąb Katowice 	3 	3	0	0	15:2 	6
2.	KS Warszawianka 	3 	2	0	1	5:6 	4
3.	Ognisko Vilnius 	3 	1	0	2	4:10 	2
4.	Polonia Warszawa	3 	0	0	3	1:7 	0
 
===Group B===
;Known scores
*LKS Lodz - KS Cracovia 1:1 (0:0, 0:0, 1:1) 
*Czarni Lwow - LKS Lodz 5:1 (2:0, 2:1, 1:0)
*Cracovia - Czarni Lwów 1:3 (0:1, 1:0, 0:2)
*Cracovia - AZS Poznań 5:0 Forfeit
*LKS Lodz - AZS Poznan 5:0 Forfeit
*Czarni Lwow - AZS Poznan 5:0 Forfeit 
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
5.	Czarni Lwów	3 	3	0	0	13:2 	6
6.	KS Cracovia	3 	1	1	1	7:4 	2
7.	ŁKS Łódź 	3 	1	1	1	7:6 	3
8.	AZS Poznań 	3 	0	0	3	0:15 	0
 
==Other games==
*12/2: Krakow - Silesia 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0) @ Katowice 
*12/8: Dab Katowice - Lwow Combination 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0) @ Katowice 
*12/18: KPW Torun - Polskie (?) 2:2 (0:1, 2:0, 0:1) @ Torun 
*12/26: KS Cracovia - Pogon Katowice 4:0 (1:0, 0:0, 3:0) @ Katowice
*12/26: Polonia Warszawa - Lodz Combination 6:1 (0:1, 0:0, 6:0) @ Lodz
*1/1: Sokol Krakow - Jaworzyny Krynica 2:1 @ Krynica 
*1/2: Ognisko Vilnius - KS Warszawianka 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0) @ Vilnius
*KS Pomorzanin Torun - Stella Gniezno 9:0 (1:0, 6:0, 2:0)
*P.F.W. 1 G. - Sokol Grudziadz 4:2 (1:1, 1:0, 2:1)
*1/8: Ognisko Vilnius - KS Warszawianka 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0) @ Warsaw
*1/8: Dab 1b Katowice - HKS Wyry 3:1 (0:1, 0:0, 3:0)
*1/8: KPW Chebzie - WSV Nowa Wies 9:1 (2:0, 3:1, 4:0)
*1/8: TS 06 Myslowice - Fablok Chrzanow 10:1 (3:1, 4:0, 3:0) 
*Gniezno - Bydgoszcz 2:2 (1:0, 1:1, 0:1) @ Grudziadz
*1/27: Dab 1b Katowice - Sokol Bogucice 2:0 
*1/31: Dab Katowice - Poland Representative Team 4:1 (1:0, 1:0, 2:1) @ Katowice
*2/2: Ognisko Vilnius - Mlodziczy Szkolnej Torun 2:2 
*2/5: Vilnius Combination - KPW Pomorzanin Torun 3:1
*2/5: Vilnius Combination - KPW Pomorzanin Torun 1:1 
==Images==
Prz 12-1-38.png|An image from the December 1 edition of Przeglad Sportowy.
Prz 12-22-38.png|An image with info on the Lodz Championship from the December 22 issue.
Prz 12-22-38-2.png|Info on hockey in Lwow, Pomerania, and Silesia, also from Dec. 22.
Prz 12-27-38.png|Details on the Pomeranian Championship from the December 27 issue. 
Prz 1-2-39.png|Details on the Poznan Championship from the January 2 issue. 
Prz 1-9-39.png|An image from the January 9 issue. 
Prz 1-12-39.png|An image from the January 12 issue. 
Prz 3-6-39.png|The lineups of the teams in the national championship from the March 6 issue.
Kurjer 12-30-38.png|An image from the December 30 edition of the Kurjer Wilenski.
Kurjer 12-31-38.png|An image from the December 31 edition of the Kurjer Wilenski.
Kurjer 2-4-39.png|An image from the February 4 edition of the Kurjer Wilenski.
Polonia 1-3-39.png|An image from the January 3 edition of Polonia.
Polonia 1-9-39.png|An image from the January 9 edition of Polonia.
Polonia 1-23-39.png|An image from the January 23 edition of Polonia.
Polonia 2-4-39.png|An image from the February 4 edition of Polonia.
==External links==
* Season on hockeyarchives.info
==Sources==
*Kacik Statystyka
*Przeglad Sportowy
*Kurjer Wilenski
*Polonia
Category:1938 in ice hockey
Category:1939 in ice hockey