State Chess League 1976/77

The 1976/77 season was the second season of the Austrian State Chess League .

SK VÖEST Linz became the champions with a clear lead . The defending champion SK Austria Wien had to be content with third place.

Due to the increase from eight to ten teams, three clubs were promoted with the SK Municipality Graz , the SK Dornbirn and the 1st SSK Mozart . These formed the end of the table at the end of the season, with the 1st SSK Mozart having to relegate to the saving ninth place, 4.5 points behind.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK VÖEST Linz	9				44.5: 27.5
02.	SV ATSV Ranshofen	9				39.5: 32.5
03.	SK Austria Vienna (M)	9				38.5: 33.5
04th	SK Hietzing Vienna	9				38.5: 33.5
05.	SK Bad Innsbruck	9				37.5: 34.5
06th	ASK Klagenfurt	9				36.5: 35.5
07th	Union Styria Graz	9				33.5: 38.5
08th.	SK municipality Graz (N)	9				33.0: 39.0
09.	SK Dornbirn (N)	9				31.5: 40.5
10.	1. SSK Mozart (N)	9				27.0: 45.0

Remarks:

	Austrian champion: SK VÖEST Linz
	Relegated: 1. SSK Mozart
(M)	Last season champions
(N)	Promoted last season

Qualification for the State League 1977/78

The Linz SV was able to qualify for the following season. The venue, date and results of the qualifying tournament are also unknown, as are the other participating clubs.

Web links

• Archives State Masters of the Austrian Chess Federation