National League A (ice hockey) 1948/49

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National League A
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Master: Zurich SC
Relegated: none
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The 1948/1949 season was the eleventh regular staging of the National League A , the highest Swiss league in ice hockey . Zürcher SC became Swiss champions .

mode

In contrast to the previous year, the league was again divided into two groups of four teams in the main round. Each of the teams played back and forth against each group opponent, making the total number of games per team six. The two best teams in each group then qualified for the final round, the winners of which became champions, while the other four teams competed against each other for relegation and the last of the relegation round had to compete against the best second division team in the relegation. Each team received two points for a win and one point for a tie. If you lost, you didn't get any points.

Main round

Group 1

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
1. Zurich SC 6th 6th 0 0 57:19 12
2. EHC Arosa 6th 3 1 2 44:36 7th
3. Young Sprinters Neuchâtel 6th 2 1 3 30:39 5
4th Grasshopper Club 6th 0 0 6th 18:58 0

Group 2

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
1. EHC Basel red and white 6th 4th 2 0 28:19 10
2. HC Davos 6th 4th 1 1 33:16 9
3. SC Bern 6th 2 0 4th 28:29 4th
4th Montchoisi Lausanne 6th 0 1 5 16:41 1

The results from the main round between the two teams in a group that ran together in the final or relegation round were transferred to the final or relegation round.

Final round

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
1. Zurich SC 6th 4th 1 1 39:20 9
2. HC Davos 6th 3 1 2 26:16 7th
3. EHC Basel red and white 6th 1 2 3 24:35 4th
4th EHC Arosa 6th 2 0 4th 31:49 4th

The Zürcher SC managed to dethrone the Swiss series champions HC Davos, who won the national championship eleven times in a row, and won the second Swiss championship title in the club's history.

Relegation round

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
5. Young Sprinters Neuchâtel 6th 5 0 1 44:27 10
6th SC Bern 6th 4th 0 2 40:32 8th
7th Montchoisi Lausanne 6th 2 1 3 24:35 5
8th. Grasshopper Club 6th 0 1 5 29:43 1

Relegation

The Grasshopper Club, which lost eleven of its twelve season games and only reached one point in the main and relegation round, beat the NLB master Ambrì-Piotta 4: 3 and was able to secure relegation with the only win of the season.

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