1948–49 Austrian Hockey Championship

The 1948-49 Austrian Hockey Championship was the 20th season of an organized ice hockey competition in Austria. The championship was divided into multiple groups, with the top teams meeting in the final. Wiener EG defeated EC KAC in the final to win the championship.
==Nationalliga==
===Group A===
;Scores
*12/23: Innsbrucker EV - EC Kitzbuhel 11:3 (5:2, 3:1, 3:0)
*1/2: Wiener EG - Strassenbahn 11:2 (4:1, 5:0, 2:1)
*1/8: Wiener EG - EC Kitzbuhel 17:3 (5:1, 6:1, 6:1)
*1/9: Wiener EG - EC Kitzbuhel 8:2 (3:0, 2:1, 3:1) 
*1/11: Wiener EG - Innsbrucker EV 7:3 (1:1, 4:0, 2:2) 
*1/12: Wiener EG - Innsbrucker EV 2:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:0) 
*1/17: EC Kitzbuhel - Strassenbahn 11:1
*1/18: EC Kitzbuhel - Strassenbahn 11:4 
*1/23: Innsbrucker EV - EC Kitzbuhel 1:1Salzburger Nachrichten, 1949-01-24
*1/29: Innsbrucker EV - Strassenbahn 22:2 (7:1, 5:0, 10:1)
*1/30: Innsbrucker EV - Strassenbahn 17:6 (8:1, 6:4, 3:1)
;Table
 	Team 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Wiener EG 	5 	5	0	0	45	11	10
2.	Innsbrucker EV 	6 	3	1	2	55	21	7
3.	EC Kitzbühel 	6 	2	1	3	31	42	5
4.	SpV Strassenbahner Wiens	5 	0	0	5	15	72	0
===Group B===
;Scores
*12/22: EK Engelmann Wien - Schwarzweiss 9:5
*12/25: EK Engelmann Wien - SV Leoben 10:5 (3:1, 6:1, 1:3)
*1/11: EC KAC - EK Engelmann Wien 4:1 (2:0, 2:0, 0:1) - stopped in second period at 4:0, but resumed 
*1/13: EC KAC - SV Leoben 6:3 (3:2, 2:1, 1:0)Salzburger Nachrichten, 1949-01-14
*1/15: EC KAC - Schwarzweiss 12:1 (6:0, 4:0, 2:1)
*1/16: EC KAC - Schwarzweiss 13:3 (2:1, 5:2, 6:0)Wiener Kurier, 1949-01-17
*1/19: EC KAC - SV Leoben 7:1 (0:1, 1:0, 6:0)
*1/21: EK Engelmann Wien - SV Leoben 3:1 (2:0, 0:0, 1:1) 
*1/23: EC KAC - EK Engelmann Wien 0:0 
*1/29: SV Leoben - Schwarzweiss 5:1 (1:0, 1:1, 3:0)Salzburger Nachrichten, 1949-01-31
*1/30: SV Leoben - Schwarzweiss 10:2
;Table
 	Team 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	EC KAC 	6 	5	1	0	42	9 	11
2.	EK Engelmann Wien	5 	3	1	1	19	11	7
3.	SV Leoben 	6 	2	0	4	26	29	4
4.	Schwarzweiss 	5 	0	0	5	7 	45	0
===Final===
Two games total goals
*1/25: Wiener EG - EC KAC 4:1 (1:1, 3:0, 0:0) 
*1/27: EC KAC - Wiener EG 3:2 (0:0, 0:1, 3:1)
Wiener EG defeated EC KAC 6 goals to 4.
==Ersten Klasse==
This was a second-tier competition.
===Vienna Group=== 
;Known scores
*Arminen Wien - Klosterneuburg 3:0
*Arminen Wien - Polizei 3:2
*Stockerau - WAT Ottakring 2:2
*Hollabrunn - Polizei 8:2 
*WAT Ottakring - Polizei 10:6 
*Hollabrunn - Polizei 10:3 
;Standings
 	Team 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	WAT Ottakring 	8 	7	1	0	49	19	15
2.	Union Hollabrunn	5 	3	0	2	30	13	6
3.	Union Stockerau 	4 	2	1	1	12	15	5
4.	Klosterneuburg 	5 	2	0	3	10	13	4
5.	Langenzersdorf 	5 	2	0	3	13	22	4
6.	Arminen Wien 	5 	2	0	3	7 	19	4
7.	Polizei Wien 	6 	0	0	6	15	35	0
Table as of February 23, 1949.
===Southern Group===
*Villacher SV - Grazer SV 18:2
*Villacher SV - Grazer SV 13:3 
Won by Villacher SV. Other participants: Grazer SV, SV Spittal, Annabichl, Mürzzuschlag.
===Western Group===
*Linz - Styer 3:2
*Salzburg - Steyr 12:0 (3:0, 6:0, 3:0)
*Salzburg - Steyr 7:3 (1:1, 5:1, 1:1)
Won by Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg. Other participants: TSV Steyr, Linzer ESTV, SV Silz, SV Feldkirch. 
===Promotion round===
*Villacher SV - Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg 5:4 (1:2, 2:1, 2:1)
*Villacher SV - WAT Ottakring 11:4 (3:1, 1:2, 7:1)
*Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg - WAT Ottakring 10:4 (2:1, 2:3, 6:0) 
Salzburg and Villach were promoted to the Nationalliga for 1949-50.
==Asko Championship==
*EK Engelmann Wien - Strassenbahn 27:0
*EK Engelmann Wien - WAT Ottakring 19:0 (6:0, 7:0, 6:0)
*EC Kitzbuhel - Atus Eggenberg 5:0 Forfeit
;Final
*1/1: EC Kitzbuhel - EK Engelmann Wien 4:3 (1:2, 2:1, 1:0)
==Stockerau Tournament==
;Semifinals
*Hollabrunn - Arminen 2:1
*Stockerau - Langenzersdorf 4:3
;Final
*Hollabrunn - Stockerau 7:1
;3rd place game 
*Arminen - Langenzersdorf 5:1
==Other games==
*Wiener EG - WAT Semmering 9:2
*Wiener EG - EC KAC 12:3
*Wiener EG - EC KAC 4:1 
*EK Engelmann Wien - Hernals 9:3 
*EK Engelmann Wien - Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg 7:2 
*EC Kitzbuhel - EK Engelmann Wien 9:3 (4:0, 2:2, 3:1) 
*EC Kitzbuhel - Union-Schlittschuhklub Salzburg 8:4 
*Hollabrunn - Linzer ASK 4:2 
*WAT Ottakring - Murzzuschlag 13:3 
*Grazer SV - Arminen Wien 8:1
*Grazer SV - Arminen Wien 4:1
*Austrian National Team - Hollabrunn 10:3 
*Atus Eggenberg - Murzzuschlag 4:2
*1/25: Innsbrucker EV - EC Kitzbuhel 9:2 (4:0, 3:2, 2:0)
==Images==
Arbeiter 12-23-48.png|An image from the December 23 edition of the Arbeiter-Zeitung.
Arbeiter 1-4-49.png|An image from the January 4 issue. 
Arbeiter 1-28-49.png|An image from the January 28 issue. 
Arbeiter 1-29-49.png|An image from the January 29 issue.
Arbeiter 2-23-49.png|An image from the February 23 issue. 
==Sources==
*Results from 1946-1958
*Arbeiter-Zeitung
Category:1948 in ice hockey
Category:1949 in ice hockey