European Cup 1934/35

The Europa Cup 1934/35 was the first international ice hockey competition in Europe . Ten teams from England, France, Germany, Italy and Czechoslovakia took part. Participants from Austria and Switzerland were also originally planned. The competition was organized by Jeff Dickson, a Paris- based American sports promoter who, among other things, directed the Palais des Sports de Paris and organized boxing matches .

The ten participants played a preliminary round in two groups, each against each other with a return leg. The top two teams in each group qualified for the finals. This, too, was played every against everybody in the two legs. The English and French teams dominated the competition. The winner was the team Streatham , which also won the championship of the English League that year .

In the following year, the competition was divided into the International Cup 1935/36 for English and French teams and the European Cup 1935/36 for French clubs and teams from Central and Eastern Europe.

Preliminary round

Group A

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Wembley Lions	8th	7th	1	0	24:12	15th
2.	Stade Français	8th	4th	2	2	29:17	10
3.	Streatham	8th	4th	2	2	26:15	10
4th	SC Riessersee	8th	1	2	5	13:26	04th
5.	HC Milano	8th	0	1	7th	06:28	01

Stade Français and Streatham had each won a game against each other. The result of the last game Streatham against HC Milano would have brought the decision to second place - Streatham would have needed a 3-0 to overtake Stade Français. Streatham therefore offered Stade Français to play playoffs for second place instead, which the French accepted. Streatham only won 3-1 against Milano.

Playoffs

• February 9, 1934 in Paris: Stade Francais - Streatham 2: 2 (0: 2, 0: 0, 2: 0)
• February 13, 1934 in London: Streatham - Stade Francais 5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0)

Group B

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Français flounces	8th	6th	1	1	15: 09	13
2.	Richmond Hawks	8th	6th	0	2	31:13	12
3.	Wembley Canadians	8th	1	3	4th	13:13	05
4th	LTC Prague	7th	3	1	3	09:15	05
5.	Berlin ice skating club	7th	0	1	6th	03:21	01

The game Berliner SC against LTC Prague was not played.

Finals

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Streatham	6th	4th	2	0	28:16	10
2.	Français flounces	6th	3	1	2	25:18	07th
3.	Richmond Hawks	6th	1	2	3	27:31	04th
4th	Wembley Lions	6th	1	1	4th	25:40	03

Winning team

Streatham	Maurice Gerth Hans Trauttenberg ( Billy Bedford ) - Carl Erhardt (captain) Gerry Davey - George Shaw - Red Stapleford Robert Giddens - Ernie Ramus - Pete Halford

Web links

• European Cup 1934/35 at hockeyarchives.info (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&date=19341001&seite=5
2. ↑ http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&date=19341027&seite=7
3. ↑ http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&daten=19341026&seite=8
4. ↑ http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&date=19350401&seite=8
5. ↑ http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&date=19350213&seite=4
6. ↑ http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&date=19350215&seite=7