Wiener Eislaufverein (Wiener EV, WEV; Vienna Ice Skating Club) is an

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club located in

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. They were founded in 1867 and the club’s greatest successes have been in

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, and

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. The club also operates one of the largest open-air ice rinks in the world on the Heumarkt in Vienna, with over 6,000 m² of ice surface. The men’s representative ice hockey team was established in 1914 and won fourteen Austrian Championship titles. Their home arena was

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. The Wiener EV ice hockey program was succeeded by the

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. The club’s ice hockey junior teams played their last season under the Wiener EV name in 1999–2000.

Achievements

* Austrian Ice Hockey Champion (13) : 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1947, 1948, 1962 *Austrian ice hockey runner-up (6) : 1972, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988

References

Defunct ice hockey teams in Austria Former Austrian Hockey League teams Interliga (1999–2007) teams Alpenliga teams Sport in Vienna Ice hockey clubs established in 1914 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2000 1914 establishments in Austria-Hungary 2000 disestablishments in Austria Establishments in the Empire of Austria (1867–1918) {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub