1939–40 Romanian Hockey League season

The 1939-40 Romanian Hockey League season was the 14th season of the Romanian Championship. Rapid Bucharest won the championship.Flamaropol, Mihai "50 de ani de hochei în România". 1976.
==Season overview==
The telephone company ceased sponsorship of all sports on November 15, 1939, marking the demise of Telefon Club Bucharest. Alexandru Botez and Paul Anastasiu, two of TCR's leaders, joined the new club, Rapid Bucharest. 
Many Polish refugees, having fled the German Nazi invasion, had settled in Romania. There were some hockey players among them, who joined Romanian clubs. However, the federation barred them from being used in games. This led to heated debates. 
Rapid Bucharest won their first and only championship by defeating Venus Bucharest in the final.
==Liga Regionala de West==
*1/7: SS Mureşul Târgu Mureş - SP Cluj 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0)
*1/17: SP Cluj - SS Mureşul Târgu Mureş 2:1 (0:0, 0:1, 2:0)
Both teams advanced to the national championship.
==Liga Regionala de Nord==
The Cernauti Championship began on January 14 and consisted of five teams - Dragos Voda, Jahn, CFR, Borochow, and Muncitorul. Dragos Voda, Jahn, and to some extent CFR showed acceptable form compared to the other two clubs. The lack of players was felt by all teams, but especially Muncitorul, Borochow, and Jahn, and this greatly reduced the quality of the games, which were almost unnoticed by the public. The competition took only one week to complete, and was won by Dragos Voda. 
The Northern League final was slated for January 24, with Dragos Voda Cernauti and HC Iasi set to face off. The next day, the loser of the final was pegged to play the runner-up in the Cernauti Championship for the title of second place in the Northern League. However, HC Iasi withdrew from the competition.
*1/13: CFR Cernauti - Borochow Cernauti 1:1 (0:0, 0:0, 1:1)
*1/13: Jahn Cernauti - Muncitorul Cernauti 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0)
*1/15: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Borochow Cernauti 11:0 (2:0, 1:0, 8:0)
*1/15: Jahn Cernauti - CFR Cernauti 2:1 (1:0, 1:0, 0:1)
*1/20: Dragos Voda Cernauti - CFR Cernauti 9:0 (1:0, 5:0, 3:0)
*1/20: Muncitorul Cernauti - Borochow Cernauti 4:0 (1:0, 0:0, 3:0)
*1/21: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Jahn Cernauti 7:1 (3:0, 2:0, 2:1)
*1/21: Muncitorul Cernauti - CFR Cernauti 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1;0)
*1/22: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Muncitorul Cernauti 8:0 (4:0, 2:0, 2:0)
*1/22: Jahn Cernauti - Borochow Cernauti 3:1 (2:0, 0:0, 1:1) 
==Final round==
The final round was staged in Bucharest from January 31-February 5, 1940.
;Group 1
*1/31: Rapid Bucharest - Jahn Cernauti 6:2 (3:0, 1:0, 2:2) - Rapid goals, Telea (3), Biro, Pana, Anastasiu
*2/1: SS Muresul Târgu Mures - Jahn Cernauti 2:1 (0:1, 2:0, 0:0)
*2/2: Rapid Bucharest - SS Muresul Târgu Mures 2:2 (1:0, 1:2, 0:0)
 	Team 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Rapid Bucharest 	2 	1	1	0	8 	4 	3
2.	SS Muresul Târgu Mures	2 	1	1	0	4 	3 	3
3.	Jahn Cernauti 	2 	0	0	2	3 	8 	0
;Group 2
*1/31: Dragos Voda Cernauti - SP Cluj 5:1 (1:1, 0:0, 4:0) - Dragos goals, Suc (3), Panenka, Sadovsky II
*2/1: Venus Bucharest - SP Cluj 10:1 (3:0, 0:0, 7:1)
*2/2: Venus Bucharest - Dragos Voda Cernauti 1:1 (0:1, 1:0, 0:0)
 	Team 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Venus Bucharest 	2 	1	1	0	11	2 	3
2.	Dragos Voda Cernauti	2 	1	1	0	6 	2 	3
3.	SP Cluj 	2 	0	0	2	2 	15	0
;Final round
(games against common opponents carried over from first round) 
*2/4: Rapid Bucharest - Dragos Voda Cernauti 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0)
*2/4: Venus Bucharest - SS Muresul Târgu Mures 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0)
*2/5: SS Muresul Târgu Mures - Dragos Voda Cernauti 3:2 (3:1, 0:1, 0:0)
*2/5: Rapid Bucharest - Venus Bucharest 5:2 (1:1, 1:0, 3:1) - Telea (3), Brackl, Petrovici / Cantacuzino, Teodorescu
===Team rosters===
*Rapid Bucharest: Goaltenders: Mircea Ratiu, Dorin Dron, Defensemn: Sadovsky, László Bíró, Paul Anastasiu, Forwards: Constantin Tico, Alexandru Botez, Bobby Telea, Hanz Brackl, Bob Petrovici, Radu Tanase, Mihai Flamoropol.
*Dragos Voda Cernauti: Maesciuc — Gazda, Engster — Suck Panenka, Sadowski — Tiron, T. Wimmer, Bela­­netzki. 
*Jahn Cernauti: Olariu—Dietrich, Mar­­kievici—Schromek, Talski I, Weber-Kambefort, Bauer, Haas. 
*SP Cluj: dr. Vass—Roşea, Sângeorzan—Mészáros, Antoni, Doczi—Makkai, Tunyogi. 
*Venus Bucharest: Harţei — Zgoralski, Fl. Marinescu — Bărbulescu, T. Teodorescu, Vulcănescu — FI. Po­pescu, Can­tacuzino. 
*Muresul Targu Mures: Vereş-Incze I, Kielc­­sar-Incze II, Kocsis, Soos-Incze III, Teiea I, Miklósi. 
==Friendly matches==
Universul Sport, assorted issues
*12/11: Rapid Bucharest - Polish Refugees 5:4 (2:0, 0:2, 3:2)
*12/14: Venus Bucharest - Polish Refugees-Bucharest Comb. 8:2 (2:0, 1:1, 6:1)
*12/16: Colegiul National Sf. Sava - Liceul Gh. Lazar 9:6
*12/23: Rapid Bucharest - Venus Bucharest 4:1 (0:0, 3:1, 1:0) - Cupa Gh. Vantu
*12/24: Rapid Bucharest - HC Iasi 18:1 (4:0, 6:0, 8:1)
*12/26: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Rapid Bucharest 1:1 (0:1, 1:0, 0:0)
*12/27: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Rapid Bucharest 0:0 (0:0, 0:0, 0:0)
*1/2: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Jahn Cernauti 3:2 (2:0, 0:1, 1:1)
*1/2: Dragos Voda Cernauti II - Jahn Cernauti II 13:1 (5:0, 4:0, 4:1)
*1/6: Gloria Arad - Politehnica Timisoara 5:2 (1:0, 0:0, 4:2) @ Arad - Timisoara had beaten Arad the previous week
*1/7: Gloria CFR Galati - HC Braila
*1/11: SP Arad - Politehnica Timisoara 3:0 (0:0, 2:0, 1:0) @ Timisoara
*1/14: Rapid Bucharest - Gloria CFR Galati 16:2 (7:0, 4:0, 5:2)
Rapid: Raţiu (Săndulescu), Biro, Anastasiu, Felea, Radian, Petrovici, Flamaropol, Pană, Grivinsky. 
Gloria.: Stănescu (Raţiu), Cotigă, Ştefănescu, Mon­da, Kreisser, Kimet, Ciobotaru, Lazăr, Gino.
*1/16: Rapid Bucharest Comb. - HC Prahoa Ploeisti 12:2 (3:0, 4:0, 5:2)
*1/17: SP Arad - Politehnica Timisoara 3:1 (1:0, 1:1, 1:0) @ Arad
*1/20: Venus Bucharest - SP Cluj 5:1 (1:0, 3:0, 1:2)
*1/21: SS Muresul Targu Mures - Venus Bucharest 3:2 (1:1, 2:1, 0:0)
*1/21: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Jahn Cernauti 7:1 (3:0, 2:0, 2:1) - Suc (2), Panenka (2), Garda, Ierecinsky, Wimmer / Dietrich
*1/23: Colegiul National Sf. Sava - Liceul Petru si Pavel Ploesti 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0)
*1/24: Venus Bucharest II - Rapid Bucharest II 3:3 (1:2, 0:1, 2:0)
*1/?: Dragos Voda Cernauti - SS Muresul Târgu Mures 1:3 (1:1, 0:1, 0:1)
*1/24: P.L.M. - P.M.V. 5:3 (2:1, 2:1, 1:1) - benefit for the families of the concentration camps @ Targu Mures
*1/25: Venus Bucharest - Dragos Voda Cernauti 3:1 (1:1, 1:0, 1:0)
*1/26: Dragos Voda Cernauti - Venus Bucharest 2:2 (1:1, 0:1, 1:0)
*1/30: SC Miercurea Ciuc - SG Sighisoara 8:0 (1:0, 4:0, 3:0)
*FC Nistru - Straja Tǎrii 6:1 @ Chisinau
*2/4: Straja Tǎrii - FC Nistru 3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0) - City Hall Cup @ Chisinau
Straja Țării: Duvan-Mihăilescu, Grecov-Voia, Erdély, Mocanu. FC Nistru: Stigailov-Belousov, Serebrinschi-Schiihenmayer Bobeica, Șuten. 
*2/9: Rapid Bucharest (Young) - Rapid Bucharest (Old) 9:7 (5:0, 1:1, 3:6) 
*2/17: Venus Bucharest beat Venus Bucharest II in a training match
*2/20: Rapid Bucharest - Sighisoara 19:3 (6:0, 7:1, 6:2) 
*2/24: Liceul Emanuil Gojdu - Liceul Comercial Partenie Cosma 3:1 @ Oradea 
*2/25: Liceul Gh. Lazar - Liceul Spiru Haret 2:2 (0:2, 0:0, 2:0)
*2/26: Clubul de hockey Brasov - Liceul Brukenthal Sibiu 1:1 (0:0, 0:0, 1:1)
*3/6: Liceul Gh. Lazar - Liceul Spiru Haret 5:2 (1:1, 2:1, 2:0) 
;Campionati Interscolar
*2/14: Liceul Spiru Haret - Scoala Evanghelica 3:0 
*2/14: Colegiul Sf. Sava - Liceul Spiru Haret 2:1 (0:0, 0:0, 2:1)
*2/15: Liceul Principele Carol - Liceul Sfantu Gheorghe 6:1 (2:0, 2:0, 2:1)
*2/16: Coligeul Sf. Sava - Liceul Mihail Eminescu 2:1 (1:0, 1:0, 0:1) - semifinal
*2/21: Liceul Principele Carol - Liceul Gh. Lazar 8:2 - " 
*2/23: Liceul Principele Carol - Coligeul Sf. Sava 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0) - final
==References==
Category:1939 in ice hockey
Category:1940 in ice hockey