1938 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1938 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 22nd season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany. Eight teams participated in the championship, and SC Riessersee won the title.

The first round was staged from January 17-19, 1938, in Munich and Nuremberg. The final tournament was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Brandenburg Championship

Berlin-Liga

Group A

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	4	4	0	0	38	7	8
2.	BFC Preussen	4	2	0	2	7	3	4
3.	WSV Rheinmetall-Borsig	3	1	0	2	5	20	2
4.	Steglitzer Tennis-Klub	3	1	0	2	7	23	2
5.	SC Charlottenburg	4	1	0	3	5	9	2

Group B

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SC Brandenburg Berlin	4	4	0	0	14	1	8
2.	Zehlendorfer Wespen	2	1	0	1	13	3	2
3.	Grunewald TC	2	1	0	1	3	3	2
4.	Rollschuh-Club Westen	4	1	0	2	5	25	2
5.	SV Astoria Berlin	2	0	0	2	1	4	0

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	3	3	0	0	13	3	8
2.	Zehlendorfer Wespen	3	2	0	1	5	1	4
3.	BFC Preussen	2	0	0	2	1	5	0
4.	SC Brandenburg Berlin	2	0	0	2	3	13	0

1. Klasse

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Reichsbahn SV	3	2	1	0	12	4	5
2.	Rollschuh-Club Lindenhof	3	1	2	0	8	2	4
3.	Allianz	3	1	1	1	6	6	3
4.	Friesen Neukölln	3	0	0	3	1	15	0

Bavarian Championship

Group A

• HG Nuremberg - Nuremberg HTC 9:2 (3:0, 3:1, 3:1)
• Munchener EV - Nuremberg HTC 3:0
• EV Fussen - HG Nuremberg 2:1 (1:0, 0:1, 1:0)

EV Füssen advanced to the national championship, Nuremberg HTC was relegated to the Kreisklasse.

Baden-Wurttemberg Championship

Relegation game

• DEV Konstanz - Mannheimer ERC 2:1

East Prussian Championship

• Rastenburger SV - VfK Königsberg 2:1 (1:1, 1:0, 0:0)

Upper Silesian Championship

• EV Hindenburg - EV Oppeln 3:2 (0:0, 2:0, 1:2)
• EV Hindenburg - EV Beuthen 09 2:1 (1:0, 1:1, 0:0)
• EV Beuthen 09 - EV Oppeln 5:1 (0:0, 1:1, 4:0) - friendly

Silesian Championship

Participants: TSV Weiswasser, EV Hindenburg, and Breslauer EV.

• TSV Weißwasser - EV Hindenburg 2:1 - final

National Championship

Qualified teams

Each Gau could enter one team, however, the federation reserved the right to use its judgement and select other teams from stronger Gaus, if others did not have any teams sign up. Gau II/III and XIV each had two teams enter. The maximum number of teams in the championship was eight.

• Gau I (East Prussia): Rastenburger SV
• Gau II/III (Brandenburg): Berliner SC, SC Brandenburg Berlin
• Gau IV (Silesia): No teams
• Gau V/VI (Saxony/Central): Blau-Weiß Dresden
• Gau VII/VIII (Nordmark/Lower Saxony): Altonaer SV
• Gau IX-XIII (Westfalen/Niederrhein/Mittelrhein/Hessen/Southwest): Dusseldorfer EG
• Gau XIV/XV (Baden-Wurttemberg): No teams
• Gau XVI (Bayern): SC Riessersee, EV Fussen

First round

Group A

SC Riessersee	–	Düsseldorfer EG	1:1
SC Riessersee	–	SC Brandenburg Berlin	3:0
SC Riessersee	–	Altonaer SV	6:1
Düsseldorfer EG	–	SC Brandenburg Berlin	5:0
Düsseldorfer EG	–	Altonaer SV	7:0
SC Brandenburg Berlin	–	Altonaer SV	2:0

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	SC Riessersee	3	2	1	0	10:02	5:1
2.	Düsseldorfer EG	3	2	1	0	13:01	5:1
3.	SC Brandenburg Berlin	3	1	0	2	02:08	2:4
4.	Altonaer SV	3	0	0	3	01:15	0:6

Group B

Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	ESV Füssen	5:5
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	Rastenburger SV	3:2
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	Blau-Weiß Dresden	9:0
ESV Füssen	–	Rastenburger SV	3:1
ESV Füssen	–	Blau-Weiß Dresden	4:1
Rastenburger SV	–	Blau-Weiß Dresden	2:0

The game between Berlin and Fussen was stopped due to riots in the crowd with the score at 5:5. The 3000 spectators in attendance felt cheated as both teams used primarily their reserve players.

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	3	2	1	0	17:07	5:1
2.	ESV Füssen	3	2	1	0	12:07	5:1
3.	Rastenburger SV	3	1	0	2	05:06	2:4
4.	Blau-Weiß Dresden	3	0	0	3	01:15	0:6

Final round

SC Riessersee	–	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	2:0
SC Riessersee	–	Düsseldorfer EG	0:1
SC Riessersee	–	ESV Füssen	2:0
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	Düsseldorfer EG	2:0
Berliner Schlittschuhclub	–	ESV Füssen	2:0
Düsseldorfer EG	–	ESV Füssen	3:0

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	SC Riessersee	3	2	0	1	4:1	4:2
2.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	3	2	0	1	4:2	4:2
3.	Düsseldorfer EG	3	2	0	1	4:2	4:2
4.	ESV Füssen	3	0	0	3	0:7	0:6

2nd place game

Played in Essen.

Düsseldorfer EG

–

Berliner Schlittschuhclub

3:0

Friendly matches

• SC Charlottenburg - SV Altenburg 3:0 (2:0, 0:0, 1:0)
• SC Charlottenburg - Guts Muts Dresden 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0)
• Blau-Weis Dresden - TV Weiswasser 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)
• TSV Weiswasser II - Rotweiss Gorlitz 0:1 (0:0, 0:1, 0:0)
• Rastenburger SV - Altonaer SV 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
• Rastenburger SV - Altonaer SV 3:2 (2:0, 0:1, 1:1)

References

• Müller, Stephan (2000). Deutsche Eishockey Meisterschaften. Print on Demand. ISBN 3-8311-0997-4. 
• Karas, Steffen (2008). 100 Jahre Eishockey in Berlin. Verlag Jeske/Mader. ISBN 978-3-931624-57-6. 

External links

• German ice hockey standings 1933-1945
• Results
• Entstehungsgeschichte Weisswasser

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia