1925–26 Austrian Hockey Championship

The 1925-26 Austrian Hockey Championship was the fourth season of the Austrian Hockey Championship. It was contested by 14 teams and won by Wiener Eislauf-Verein.
==Format==
As the 1924-25 season saw many cancelled games, the competition format for the 1925-26 season was reorganized in a knockout format that provided each team the opportunity to play at least twice. This format was known as the Vienna System, which consisted of four main rounds and two intermediate rounds.
The first round was attended by all registered teams, with the exception of the top four teams from the previous year, who were exempted from participating. The teams who lost in the first round played in the first intermediate round, while the winners advanced to the second main round.
The third and fourth placed teams entered the competition in the second main round. The second intermediate round was contested by the losers of the second main round.
The winners of the second main round advanced to the third round, where they were joined by the top two finishers from 1924-25. The top six teams advanced to the fourth and final round.
==Participating teams==
* Wiener Eislauf-Verein I (WEV I)
* Wiener Eislauf-Verein II (WEV II)
* Verein für Bewegungsspiele (VfB Wien)
* Wiener AC (WAC)
* Cottage Eislauf Verein I (CEV I)
* Österreichische Lehrersportvereinigung
* Floridsdorfer AC (FAC)	
* Sportklub Hertha
* Wiener Hockey Verein (WHV)
* Stockerauer EV
* Sportvereinigung Korneuburg
* Cottage Eislauf Verein II (CEV II)
* Pötzleinsdorfer Sport Klub II (PSK II)
* Wiener Bewegungssport-Club (WBC)
== Results ==
=== 1st main round ===
Date 	Location 	Teams 	Score	Notes
13. December. 1925	Vienna 	Sportklub Hertha - Floridsdorfer AC	4:4 	Abandoned due to weather
16. December. 1925	Vienna 	PSK II - WHV 	3:2 	
18. December. 1925	Vienna 	Ö Lehrer - Korneuburg 	6:0 	Korneuburg did not participate, awarded to Lehrer on Forfeit
20. December. 1925	Vienna 	Hertha - FAC 	8:4 	Continued from 13. Dec
20. December. 1925	Stockerau	Stockerau - WBC 	7:1 	
23. December. 1925	Vienna 	VfB - CEV II 	8:0 	
Wiener EV II was exempt from this round and joined in for the 1st intermediate round.
===1st intermediate round===
Date 	Location	Teams 	Score 	Notes
 	 	Floridsdorfer AC - Korneuberg	Forfeit win for FAC	
27. December. 1925	Vienna 	WEV II - CEV II 	11:1 	
2. January 1925 	Vienna 	WHV - WBC 	7:0 	
Korneuberg, CEV II, and WBC were eliminated from the competition.
=== 2nd main round ===
The third and fourth placed teams from 1924-25, PSK and WAC, entered the competition.
Date 	Location	Teams 	Score 	Notes
5. January 1926 	Vienna 	WEV II - Stockerau 	4:0 	
14. January 1926 	Vienna 	Ö Lehrer - WAC 	0:3 	
17. January 1926 	Vienna 	Hertha - VfB 	0:7 	
17. January 1926 	Vienna 	PSK II - Floridsdorfer AC	3:1 	
22./27. January 1926	Vienna 	PSK - WHV 	not played	Neither date saw game played
===2nd intermediate round===
Date 	Location 	Teams 	Score 	Notes
20. January 1926	Stockerau	Stockerau - Hertha 	4:0 	
 	 	Ö Lehrer - Floridsdorfer AC	Win for Lehrer	
Hertha and Floridsdorfer AC were eliminated from the competition.
=== 3rd round ===
The first and second placed teams from 1924-25, WEV and CEV, entered the competition. PSK withdrew from the competition. Lehrer received a bye to the fourth round.
Date 	Location 	Teams 	Score 	Notes
24. January 1926 	Vienna 	PSK II - WEV 	not played	
28. January 1926 	Vienna 	WEV II - CEV 	? 	
29. January 1926 	Vienna 	PSK - VfB 	not played	Game was cancelled
31. January 1926 	Stockerau	WEV - Stockerau	12:1 	
10. February 1926	Vienna 	PSK II - WAC 	5:0 	Association awarded game to WAC
15. February 1926	Vienna 	WHV - VfB 	? 	Won by VfB
=== 4th round ===
Participants: WEV I, WEV II, VfB, WAC, CEV, Ö Lehrer
# Wiener Eislauf-Verein I
# Wiener Eislauf-Verein II
# VfB Wien
# Wiener AC
#Cottage EV
#Österreichische Lehrer Sportvereinigung
Date 	Location	Teams 	Score	Notes
19. February 1926	Vienna 	WEV - Lehrer	9:0 	
21. February 1926	Vienna 	CEV - WEV 	1:3 	
24. February 1926	Vienna 	WEV II - WAC	6:0 	
26. February 1926	Vienna 	WEV II - VfB	? 	Won by WEV II
27. February 1926	Vienna 	WEV - WAC 	13:0 	
28. February 1926	Vienna 	WEV - WEV II	3:1 	
2. March 1926 	Vienna 	VfB - WAC 	5:1 	
==Friendly matches== 
Date 	Team 1 	Score 	Team 2
Dec. 3 	WEV 	9 - 1 	VfB
Dec. 6 	WEV 	4 - 3 	WEV II
Dec. 6 	Potzleinsdorf 	9 - 0 	Floridsdorf
Dec. 6 	Cottage EV 	6 - 1 	Wiener AC komb.
Dec. 8 	WAC 	2 - 0 	Stockerau
Dec. 8 	WAC II 	6 - 2 	Stockerau II
Dec. 8 	Cottage EV 	7 - 4 	WEV II
Dec. 8 	Potzleinsdorf 	9 - 0 	Cottage EV II
Dec. 11	Lehrer 	4 - 1 	Hertha
Dec. 12	WHV 	8 - 3 	Floridsdorf
Dec. 13	WHV 	3 - 1 	Korneuburg
Dec. 17	PSK 	8 - 0 	WAC
Dec. 20	Floridsdorf 	2 - 1 	Hertha
Dec. 20	Währing JSV 	11 - 0	Hertha komb.
Dec. 20	Akademiker Graz 	3 - 0 	Grazer AC
Dec. 26	Währing JSV 	1 - 1 	Korneuburg
Jan. 1 	Wiener Auswahl 	5 - 4 	Potzleinsdorf
Jan. 3 	Villacher SV 	5 - 0 	Grazer AC
Jan. 6 	WAC 	5 - 2 	Villacher SV
Jan. 6 	WAC 	3 - 0 	Klagenfurter AC
Jan. 9 	Villacher SV 	1 - 1 	Klagenfurter AC
Jan. 13	WEV komb. 	4 - 0 	Währing
Jan. 16	Innsbrucker EV 	7 - 1 	WHV
Jan. 16	WBC 	6 - 0 	Währing JSV
Jan. 17	Innsbrucker EV 	2 - 1 	WHV
Jan. 17	Cottage EV 	13 - 0	Grazer AC
Jan. 17	Grazer AC komb. 	5 - 0 	Akademiker Graz
Jan. 17	Hertha II 	1 - 8 	WAC II
Jan. 17	VfB/WBC 	5 - 3 	Korneuburg
Jan. 19	WEV II 	5 - 0 	WAC
Jan. 19	Floridsdorf II 	2 - 2 	WBC
Jan. 19	Floridsdorf 	2 - 0 	WBC
Jan. 19	VfB 	3 - 2 	Lehrer
Jan. 20	Cottage EV 	3 - 2 	VfB
Jan. 21	Potzleinsdorf II	5 - 0 	Lehrer
Jan. 21	Korneuburg II 	1 - 0 	WAC II
Jan. 22	Floridsdorf II 	1 - 1 	Währing JSV
Jan. 24	Floridsdorf 	2 - 2 	VfB
Jan. 24	WHV 	1 - 0 	Villacher SV
Jan. 24	WEV III 	6 - 1 	Korneuburg
Jan. 24	Cottage EV II 	6 - 1 	Stockerau II
Jan. 24	Lehrer 	11 - 2	WBC
Jan. 24	WAC 	4 - 0 	Hertha
Jan. 24	Stockerau 	7 - 1 	Währing JSV
Jan. 24	WHV 	3 - 3 	EV Wörthersee
Jan. 30	EV Wörthersee 	8 - 0 	EV Pörtschach
Jan. 31	EV Wörthersee 	5 - 0 	Grazer Akademiker
Jan. 31	Potzleinsdorf 	13 - 0	EV St. Polten
Feb. 14	WEV komb. 	3 - 0 	WAC
Feb. 21	WBC 	6 - 0 	EV St. Polten
Mar. 9 	WAC 	9 - 3 	Wiener Amateur SV
== References ==
* Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
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