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competition in Austria.

History

The competition was first contested in 1992, with

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as the first champions. For the 1993/1994 season, the four strongest Austrian teams competed with two

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n teams in the ''Alpenliga'' (Alps League), which replaced the ''Bundesliga''. This arrangement was repeated in the 1994/1995 season, with three Austrian teams playing against two Slovenian teams and

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from

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. The 1995/1996 season was the first time 1. and 2. ''Bundesligen'' were played, but reverted to a single league for all clubs in 1996/1997 because of the progress made by the newer clubs. The difference in playing standards were however too large, and the following two seasons saw three of the Viennese clubs - RC Wien, Vienna Celtic, and RC Lycee - take on three Czech clubs in the Austro-Moravian League. This meant that the remaining clubs battled it out for the ''Bundesliga''.

Current teams

2019-20 season

Results

''The scores in blue are links to accounts of finals on the site of the Austrian Rugby Federation (ÖRV) - in German ''

Performance by club

Regions

The following table lists the Austrian rugby champions by region.

References

External links

Official website

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