1940–41 Challenge Cup
Invitations to all 27 member clubs, even those who had not played in the league this season, were distributed in February 1941 and by the date of the draw 21 clubs had entered. Hull Kingston Rovers, Widnes, Barrow and Rochdale Hornets who had not participated in the league at all in 1940–41 declined to enter; Salford and Warrington who had played some or all of the league games but had both suspended operations in January 1941 also declined to take part in the Cup. So that clubs could make the necessary travel arrangements the first three rounds were all drawn on 26 March 1941; the first round consisting of five ties involving 10 clubs. The remaining 11 clubs were given a bye into the second round of eight matches.


1940–41 Challenge Cup, First round
The five first-round ties were all played on Saturday 12 April 1941. The extra-time rules imposed for the competition had an immediate use as the game between Featherstone Rovers and Castleford took until the 118th minute of play to conclude. After 80 minutes the score was 3–3 and during extra-time both teams scored a goal to finish 5–5 after 100 minutes of play. A further 18 minutes had been played before Castleford's Jim Croston scored the decisive try that gave Castleford an 8–5 victory.


1940–41 Challenge Cup, Second round
The eight second round ties were played on Saturday 19 April.


1940–41 Challenge Cup, Third round
The third round ties were played on 26 April 1941


1940–41 Challenge Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played at the beginning of May on Saturday 3 and Saturday 10 May 1941. Halifax beat Wakefield Trinity 16–12 on aggregate and Leeds beat Bradford 22–12 on aggregate.


1940–41 Challenge Cup, Final
The final was played at Bradford's Odsal Stadium on Saturday 17 May 1941. Both teams featured a number of guest players


1940–41 Challenge Cup, Final
A crowd of 28,500 saw Leeds take a half-time lead 5–2 through a Jenkins try and an Eaton goal with Meek kicking a goal for Halifax. In the second half Leeds scored a further four tries with Lawrenson and Hey scoring two each to which Eaton added another goal. Halifax's cause wasn't helped by the loss of loose forward Beverley through injury part way through the half; with no substitutions allowed it meant Halifax had to play the last 15 minutes with only 12 players.


1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 15th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a very good regular season in 1939–40, finishing above .500 for the first time in 4 seasons, however, they were quickly eliminated in 2 games by the Detroit Red Wings in the playoffs.


1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks season
The Black Hawks would have a rough regular season in 1940–41, slipping to a 16–25–7 record, good for 39 points and 5th place in the NHL, and a 2nd straight playoff berth. The Hawks would score 112 goals, the 2nd fewest in the 7 team league, and they would allow 139 goals, which was the 3rd most.


1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks season
Bill Thoms would lead the club in scoring with 32 points, while George Allen would get a team high 14 goals, and Doug Bentley would lead the club with 20 assists. Team captain Earl Seibert would anchor the blueline, earning 20 points, while fellow defenceman Joe Cooper had a club high 66 penalty minutes.


1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks season
In goal, Paul Goodman would start the season, however, after a 7–10–4 start and a 2.50 GAA, he would be replaced by Sam LoPresti. LoPresti would go on to a 9–15–3 record and a GAA of 3.02.


1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks season
Chicago would play the 6th place team, the Montreal Canadiens in a best of 3 series in the 1st round of the playoffs, and in a close fought series, with all 3 games being decided by a goal, the Black Hawks would defeat the Canadiens and earn a 2nd round matchup against the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings, who finished 14 points ahead of Chicago, would sweep the Black Hawks in 2 games, eliminating the Hawks from the playoffs.


1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks season, Season standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1940–41 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Clark Ballard, coaching his second season with the Bearcats. The team finished with an overall record of 6–12.


1940–41 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented University of Connecticut in the 1940–41 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 14–2 overall record. The Huskies were members of the New England Conference, where they ended the season with a 7–1 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by fifth-year head coach Don White.


1940–41 Copa México
The Copa México 1940–41 Copa México, was the 25th staging of this Mexican football cup competition that existed from 1907 to 1997.


1940–41 Copa México
The competition started on March 30, 1941, and concluded on May 18, 1941, with the Final, held at the Parque Asturias in México DF, in which Asturias lifted the trophy for eighth time.


1940–41 Copa México
For this edition, Moctezuma and Selección Jalisco did not enter. Also, the team which lose 2 matches is eliminated.


1940–41 Copa México, Final
Club España refused to play the Replay matchAsturias was declared champion


1940–41 Coppa Italia
The 1940–41 Coppa Italia was the 8th Coppa Italia, the major Italian domestic cup. The competition was won by Venezia.


1940–41 Coppa Italia, First round
6 clubs are added (Monfalcone, Ilva Savona, Carpi, Battipaglia, Juventina Palermo, Messina).


1940–41 Coppa Italia, Third round
16 Serie B clubs are added (Modena, Anconitana-Bianchi, Brescia, Alessandria, Fanfulla, Lucchese, Hellas Verona, Vicenza, Macerata, Siena, Padova, Udinese, Savona, Spezia, Pisa, Liguria).


1940–41 Coppa Italia, Round of 32
16 Serie A clubs are added (Ambrosiana-Inter, Juventus, Atalanta, Milano, Fiorentina, Genova 1893, Livorno, Roma, Torino, Napoli, Triestina, Lazio, Venezia, Bologna, Bari, Novara).


1940–41 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1940–41 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 33rd season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 19th season.


1940–41 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
As they had over the previous two seasons, Cornell participated in the Lake Placid Invitational early in the year. The Big Red began with a game against Colgate, the defending champion, and ended up losing their chance at the title straight away. Cornell surrendered the first three goals of the game and the heroics in the later half couldn't overcome the early deficit. The Big Red recovered for two consolation wins to finish the championship.


1940–41 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
After returning from the winter break, Cornell was able to get in one practice before the rematch with Colgate. The team was contending with a great deal of turnover due to graduation and injuries and the Raiders took full advantage. Team captain Harry Bill knocked the puck into the Cornell goal but the mistake didn't affect the game as the score was already 0–3 and the Raiders shut down the Big Red offense. Entering the next game, Cornell was able to get a weeks-worth of practice under their belt and hoped to get back on the winning side of the ledger. Army, however, was not accommodating and the strong Cadets squad scored six consecutive goals in the second to take the game 8–4.


1940–41 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Due to warm weather, all of Cornell home dates were eventually scrapped and the team didn't hit the ice until late February when they travelled to face Hamilton. The final match of the season took place at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo against Williams. The game was played before 3,000 spectators and the audience was able to witness the Ephs hand Cornell their fourth consecutive loss of the season.


1940–41 Croatian First League
The Croatian League season of 1940-1941 was the first held in the Banovina of Croatia. Hajduk Split was the league champion. The league was organized by the Croatian Football Federation.


1940–41 Croatian First League, Champions
Hajduk Split (Coach: Ljubo Benčić)Miljenko KrstulovićLjubomir KokezaJozo MatošićGajo RaffanelliAnđelko MarušićBranko BakotićIvo AlujevićRatko KacijanFrane MatošićJiri SobotkaIvo Radovniković


1940–41 Cupa României
The 1940–41 Cupa României was the eighth edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.


1940–41 Cupa României
The trophy was won by Rapid București for the fifth time in a row and for the sixth time from eight editions played. They defeated Unirea Tricolor București. For Unirea Tricolor București it was the second final lost after the 1936 Cupa României Final.


1940–41 Cupa României
The final was postponed several times by the organizers because of the uncertainty caused by the beginning of the World War II. Finally, the last act was scheduled on 7 September 1941. The match ball is said to have been a Soviet football found in Tiraspol; after the game, the ball was after offered to the winners.


1940–41 Cupa României, Format
The competition is an annual knockout tournament with pairings for each round drawn at random.


1940–41 Cupa României, Format
There are no seeds for the draw. The draw also determines which teams will play at home. Each tie is played as a single leg.


1940–41 Cupa României, Format
If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, there a replay will be played, usually at the ground of the team who were away for the first game.


1940–41 Cupa României, Format
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.


1940–41 Cupa României, Format
The format is almost similar with the oldest recognised football tournament in the world FA Cup.


1940–41 Cypriot Cup
The 1940–41 Cypriot Cup was the seventh edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 4 clubs entered the competition. It began on 6 April 1940 with the semifinals and concluded on 11 May 1940 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. APOEL won their 2nd Cypriot Cup trophy after beating AEL 2–1 in the final.


1940–41 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 1940–41 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division (Lefkoşa Türk Spor Kulübü with drew from the league before the cup started).


1940–41 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of two knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay match.


1940–41 Cypriot First Division
Statistics of the Cypriot First Division for the 1940–41 season.


1940–41 Cypriot First Division, Overview
It was contested by 5 teams, and AEL Limassol won the championship.


1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season was the 15th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, ninth as the Red Wings. The Red Wings made it to the Stanley Cup Final, losing to the Boston Bruins.


1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1940–41 Divizia A
The 1940–41 Divizia A was the twenty-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1940–41 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Anghel Crețeanu (2 / 0); Vasile Cristea (22 / 0). Defenders: Gheorghe Petrescu (23 / 0); Ilie Iliescu (19 / 0); Constantin Marinescu (6 / 0). Midfielders: Nicolae Florea (22 / 0); Constantin Anghelache (24 / 0); Ion Boteanu (18 / 0); Nicolae Cristescu (3 / 0); Fabian Brădescu (5 / 0). Forwards: Nicolae Lulu Mihăilescu (18 / 11); Ion Dumitrescu (24 / 5); Valeriu Niculescu (20 / 21); Tudor Paraschiva (7 / 2); Ștefan Cârjan (12 / 0); Alecu Andrei (9 / 0); Ioan Bodea (6 / 1); Theodoru Criciotoiu (24 / 18). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1940–41 Divizia B
The 1940–41 Divizia B was the seventh season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1940–41 Divizia B
The league included 26 teams divided in three regional series. Many changes in the composition of the series were generated by the historical factor, the beginning of the World War II. It was the last official season of Divizia B until 1946, when the league was resumed. The seasons played during the World War II are not considered official. Also, promotions and relegations are not feasible this season because Divizia A and Divizia C were also suspended for the next 5 years.


1940–41 Divizia B, Team changes, Excluded teams
AMEF Arad was excluded from Divizia A and substituted with Gloria Arad. The team also did not start the 1940–41 Divizia B season after being dissolved by the legionary regime.


1940–41 Divizia B, Team changes, Excluded teams
CAM Timișoara was abusively excluded from the Divizia A and was forced to play in the Divizia B, because was a workers' football club.


1940–41 Divizia B, Team changes, Excluded teams
Feroemail Ploiești was excluded, being another victim of the regime's law of banning workers' teams.


1940–41 Divizia B, Team changes, Excluded teams
Maccabi București, sport club, representing the Jewish community was expelled from all the official competitions by the same legionary regime, which adopted antisemitic policies.


1940–41 Divizia B, Team changes, Other teams
CA Oradea, Crișana Oradea, CS Târgu Mureș, Mureșul Târgu Mureș, Olimpia CFR Satu Mare, Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe, Stăruința Oradea, Victoria Carei and Victoria Cluj moved in the Hungarian football league system due to the Second Vienna Award which was signed on 30 August 1940, territory of Northern Transylvania being assigned from Romania to Hungary.


1940–41 Divizia B, Team changes, Other teams
Universitatea Cluj was promoted in the Divizia A instead of Crișana Oradea, even that the Second Vienna Award regard also Cluj-Napoca in the territory of Northern Transylvania, Universitatea refused to play in Hungary and relocated to Sibiu, being renamed as Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu.


1940–41 Divizia B, Team changes, Other teams
Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți and Muncitorul Cernăuți (Northern Bukovina), Maccabi Chișinău, Nistru Chișinău and Traian Tighina (Bessarabia) were not allowed to play anymore in the Romanian football league system due to the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina during June 28 – July 4, 1940, which had as result the Soviet annexation of the region.


1940–41 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1940–41 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 2nd year head coach Lawrence Mains, played their home games at Curtis Hall Gym.


1940–41 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1940–41 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Cameron, coaching his 13th season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 14–8.


1940–41 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1940–41 season was the second Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.


1940–41 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Southern League
It was the intention of the Scottish League to start up operations again this season, but after the fall of France, it was decided that the League would cease all operations until the war was over. Nevertheless, it was left to the clubs themselves to organise themselves and to this end the clubs in the 'central belt' established the Scottish Southern League. 13 of the clubs who had played in the Western Division the previous season competed, along with Falkirk, Hearts and Hibernian, who took the places of Ayr United, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South. Dumbarton finished 14th out of 16 with 24 points - 32 behind champions Rangers.


1940–41 Dumbarton F.C. season, League Cup South
To complete the fixture list, two further competitions were introduced restricted to the 16 'South' league members. The League Cup South was established, beginning with 4 sections of 4 teams playing on a 'home and away' basis, followed by semi finals and a final. Unfortunately Dumbarton did not progress beyond the section prelims.


1940–41 Dumbarton F.C. season, Summer Cup
Dumbarton reached the semi final before losing to eventual champions Hibernian.


1940–41 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Internationalist/Representative
On 8 February 1941, Jackie Milne played for Scotland in an unofficial international match against England at Newcastle - the Scots winning 3-2.


1940–41 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Internationalist/Representative
Two weeks prior, on 25 January 1941, Milne played for an SFA Select against an Army XI, with the SFA gaining a narrow 1-0 victory.


1940–41 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers, Players out
In addition James Brown, John Forsyth, John Getty, John McBride, David McLean and William Nichol all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.


1940–41 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1940–41 season was the forty-eighth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. Albert Besse was the club's chairman for the second consecutive season.


1940–41 FC Basel season, Overview
Former Swiss international Eugen Rupf was appointed as manager. Basel played 27 matches in this season. 14 of these matches were in the 1. Liga, two in the play-offs, four in the Swiss Cup and seven were friendly matches. Of these friendlies three were played at home in the Landhof, four were away games. Five friendly games were won and two ended in a defeat.


1940–41 FC Basel season, Overview
Despite having been 1. Liga champions the previous season, Basel played this season in the 1. Liga as well because there had been no promotion to the top tier of Swiss football due to World War II. This season, however, two promotions were planned. 24 teams competed in the 1.Liga, which was divided into three regional groups. Basel were allocated to the Central Group, together with local rivals Concordia Basel and FC Birsfelden. The further teams in this group were Aarau, FC Bern, US Bienne-Boujean and Fribourg.


1940–41 FC Basel season, Overview
Basel and Aarau dominated their group, both teams winning 11 of their 14 group games. Basel suffered one sole defeat, and that against Aarau, but won the group with 24 points, one point above them, because they had been defeated twice. But in the promotion play-offs Basel were defeated by Cantonal Neuchatel and drew the game with Zürich. Their two play-off opponents were thus promoted and Basel remained for another season in the 1 Liga.


1940–41 FC Basel season, Overview
Basel joined the Swiss Cup in the 2nd principal round and were drawn at home to and beat Old Boys 4 – 3. In round three Basel beat lower tier FC Allschwil and were drawn against higher tier Nordstern Basel in round four. After a 3 – 3 draw, Basel were knocked out when they lost the replay.


1940–41 FC Basel season, Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1940–41. The list includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 1 September 1940 but subsequently left the club after that date.


1940–41 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1940–41 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1940–41 season was Galatasaray SK's 37th in existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.


1940–41 Gauliga
The 1940–41 Gauliga was the eighth season of the Gauliga, the first tier of the football league system in Germany from 1933 to 1945. It was the second season of the league held during the Second World War.


1940–41 Gauliga
The league operated in twenty regional divisions, two more than in the previous season, with the league containing 225 clubs all up, nine more than the previous season. The majority of Gauligas returned to their pre-war single-division format, having been split into regional sub-divisions for the first war season. The  league champions entered the 1941 German football championship, won by SK Rapid Wien who defeated FC Schalke 04 4–3 in the final. It was Rapid's sole German national championship.


1940–41 Gauliga
The 1940–41 season saw the seventh edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal. The 1941 edition was won by Dresdner SC, defeating FC Schalke 04 2–1 on 2 November 1941, leaving Schalke to have lost both the championship and cup final in 1941.


1940–41 Gauliga
The number of Gauligas, twenty, increased by two compare to the previous season because of the introduction of the Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen, named after the city of Gdańsk (German: Danzig) and the former Prussian province of West Prussia and formed by clubs from the Free City of Danzig and Pomeranian Voivodeship, annexed from Poland, and Gauliga Elsaß, formed in the Alsace (German: Elsaß) region which was annexed by Nazi Germany from France.


1940–41 Gauliga
In the part of Czechoslovakia incorporated into Germany in March 1939, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, a separate Czech league continued to exist which was not part of the Gauliga system or the German championship.


1940–41 Gauliga, Champions
The 1940–41 Gauliga champions qualified for the group stage of the German championship. VfL Köln 99, Dresdner SC, FC Schalke 04 and SK Rapid Wien won their championship groups and advanced to the semi-finals with the latter two reaching the championship final which Rapid won.


1940–41 Gauliga, Champions
FC Schalke 04 won their eighth consecutive Gauliga title, Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz their fourth consecutive title, Stuttgarter Kickers and Dresdner SC their third while SK Rapid Wien, Kickers Offenbach and VfB Königsberg defended their 1939–40 Gauliga title.


1940–41 Gauliga Bayern
The 1940–41 Gauliga Bayern was the eighth season of the league, one of the 20 Gauligas in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the football league system in  Bavaria (German:Bayern) from 1933 to 1945.


1940–41 Gauliga Bayern
For TSV 1860 München it was the first of two Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944. The club qualified for the 1941 German football championship, where it was knocked out after finishing second in its group, behind group winner and eventual German champions SK Rapid Wien, and ahead of Stuttgarter Kickers and VfL Neckarau.


1940–41 Gauliga Bayern
The seventh edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, saw 1. FC Nürnberg as the best Gauliga Bayern club reach the third round, having reached the final in the previous two editions.


1940–41 Gauliga Bayern, Table
The 1940–41 season saw three new clubs in the league, Schwaben Augsburg, FC Wacker München and Würzburger Kickers. The league originally started with 13 clubs but TSV 1883 Nürnberg which had played as FSV Nürnberg in the previous season, withdrew during the season.


1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark
The 1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark was the third season of the Gauliga Ostmark, the first tier of football in German-annexed Austria from 1938 to 1945, officially referred to as Ostmark.


1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark
SK Rapid Wien won the championship and qualified for the 1941 German football championship which it won by defeating FC Schalke 04 4–3 in the final.


1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark
The Gauliga Ostmark and Gauliga Donau-Alpenland titles from 1938 to 1944, excluding the 1944–45 season which was not completed, are recognised as official Austrian football championships by the Austrian Bundesliga.


1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark, Table
The 1940–41 season saw three new clubs in the league, Floridsdorfer AC, Grazer SC and Linzer ASK. Compare to the previous season the league had seen an expansion from eight to ten teams.


1940–41 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1940–41 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley coached it in his fifth of ten seasons as head coach; it was also the third season of his second of three stints at the helm. For the first time, the team played its home games at Riverside Stadium in Washington, D.C. It finished the season with a record of 16-4 and had no postseason play.


1940–41 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
In its previous ten seasons, Georgetown had a combined record of 32 games under .500, and going into this season the Georgetown student yearbook, Ye Domesday Book, opined that the school would deemphasize or eliminate basketball by 1942 if the team's performance did not see significant improvement. The 1940–41 team rose to the yearbook's challenge, achieving the highest win total in history for a Georgetown men's basketball team.


1940–41 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior guard Buddy O'Grady returned for his second varsity season and led the team. He scored a season-high 14 points against Army.


1940–41 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Also starring for the team was sophomore center Bill Bornheimer. The tallest player in Georgetown history at the time at 6 feet 5 inches (196 cm), he had been the starting center of the freshman team the previous season and joined the varsity this year. A strong defender, rebounder, and inside shooter, he led the team in scoring, averaging 8.4 points per game. Before 7,000 fans at Riverside Stadium – a record home crowd for a Georgetown basketball game – he had a season-high 15 points as the Hoyas upset Temple 57-49 on February 10, 1941.


1940–41 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Following a season-opening loss, the Hoyas won 11 games in a row and then five of their last eight, finishing with a record of 16-4. They narrowly missed invitations to the NCAA Tournament and National Invitation Tournament and had no postseason play.


1940–41 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Two future Georgetown head coaches played on the team. Sophomore forward Ken Engles would leave school for World War II military service after the 1941-42 season, but would return to play for the 1945-46 team and also served as its head coach that season, the only player-coach in Georgetown men's basketball history. Junior guard Buddy O'Grady would coach the Hoyas from 1949 to 1952.


1940–41 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Junior guard Don Martin served as head coach at Boston College from 1953 to 1962.


1940–41 Greek Football Cup
The 1940-41 Greek Football Cup was never completed, due to the invasion of Greece by Italy. Only the First Round was carried out.


1940–41 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1940–41 season Hearts competed in the Southern League, the Summer Cup, the Southern League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1940–41 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1940–41 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 16 clubs in the Southern Football League.


1940–41 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented The College of the Holy Cross during the 1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Ed Krause, coaching the crusaders in his second season.


1940–41 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1940–41 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 33rd since its establishment.


1940–41 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1940–41 campaign saw Town play their first full season in the Wartime League. They finished 11th in the North Regional League, based on a goal average system.


1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1940–41 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Forrest Twogood and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.


1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 14–15 overall and 4–12 in conference play.


1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
This was Twogood's fifth and final year at Idaho; he coached baseball in the spring and then went to San Francisco for a year, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, returned to USC in Los Angeles, and was the Trojans' head basketball coach for sixteen seasons (1950–66).


1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Idaho's athletic department underwent a major overhaul in March 1941 with the hiring of George Greene as athletic director, Francis Schmidt as football coach, and Guy Wicks as basketball and baseball coach.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
A new decade had begun for the Fighting Illini, a decade which brought much success to Illinois basketball. Head Coach Doug Mills led theIllini to consecutive Big Ten titles in 1942 and 1943. The Illini would add another league championship under Harry Combes in 1949. The Illini were the 13th-winningest Division I team in the nation in the 1940s. Illinois’ 150-57 record and .725 winning percentage was the best in the Big Ten. In 1941, Mills added to his coaching duties when he was named the school’s athletic director as well as continuing on as the head coach.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Mills entered his fifth season with the Illini and, just as his teams had done the previous 4 seasons, had a nearly perfect record on the home court finishing with an 8-2 record. Unfortunately for the Illini they finished with a 5-5 record on the road to finish in a third place tie overall in conference action. Mills' team featured 8 returning letterman and had a starting lineup including team captain John Drish and Harold Shapiro at forward, Art Mathisen at the center position, and Victor Wukovits and Robert Richmond as guards. The team also featured future major league baseball player Walter Evers


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season
The 1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season was the 4th season of play for the program.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
Entering the season, there was optimism both inside and out for the program as coach Heyliger's first recruiting class was ready to join the varsity club. The team's schedule was expanded to more than 20 games and included some of the best college teams in North America. New members for the Illini had brought  a tremendous amount of speed, including out-of-state students like Amo Bessone (Massachusetts) and Norbert Sterle (Minnesota).


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
The team got an early start on the season, with their first game coming on the 9th against Western Ontario. The game began with just two returning players in the starting lineup (Gillan and team captain Ziemba) while a trio of sophomores from the Boston-area were arrayed at forward. Despite experience being heavily favored towards Western, Illinois skated rings around their opponents and won the season opener 9–4. 1,800 fans showed up to see the new-look Illini and they weren't disappointed; both offensive lines were impressive and the defense looked much improved from the previous three seasons.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
The team got some practice time in before they headed on a barnstorming tour of the pacific coast during the Christmas break. Over a 15-day period the team had 7 games scheduled and would participate in the first tournament in program history. The team opened their trip against Santa Rosa Junior College (a team made entire of Canadian players) with their two Minnesotans, Palazzari and Sterle, combining for 4 goals and 6 assists. After downing California in the second game they took on the powerhouse USC team and fell 0–1, finishing as tournament runners-up.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
A couple days later the two met for a rematch and Illinois was handed its second loss on the season, again by a 1-goal margin, but the team finished out its California stay with a win over UCLA. After watching the Rose Parade, the team made their way back to Champaign with a stop over in Colorado Springs. There the Illini took two games in convincing fashion from Colorado College and finished out their holiday excursion with a 5–2 record.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
Illinois opened their Big Ten schedule against defending-champion Minnesota but lineup changes for both teams resulted in a more even playing field. Illinois' defense was up to the task despite allowing a goal early in the game. Jack Gillen stopped 28 shots and allowed the Illini to produce a 2–1 lead in the third period. Just when it looked like the team would be able to defeat the Gophers, the Maroons tied the score with less than two minutes left and escaped with a tie. Over 2,000 spectators were hoping for a goal in overtime but none were forthcoming. The game demonstrated that Illinois had caught up to the class of the Midwest and proved it the following night with a 4–1 win, the first in eleven games between the two.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
After returning from the semester break, Heyliger's team found themselves shorthanded. The team lost the services of Chuck Mettler due to graduation and Wayne McKibbin due to withdrawal. Joe Gannon and Amo Bessone were suffering from colds and, if that weren't enough, Starr Owen and Aldo Palazzari had been ruled ineligible. A bit of a silver lining came in the series against Michigan Tech since eligibility rules were not in effect until the next semester began.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
With Owen and Palazzari in the lineup, but Gannon missing from the flu, Illinois headed up to Houghton for the first two games and dominated the Huskies. Despite having just 10 players on hand, the Illini overpowered MTU 7–1 in the first game. Tech didn't take that lying down and recovered for a tremendous effort in the next game. Illinois had to twice overcome deficits and eventually won the match 6–4. A return series was held a week later with the team looking much more itself. Owen managed to pass a special exam and was once again eligible to play. He proved his worth with a 5-point night but it was Norbert Sterle who was the star of the game; in the team's 10–2 win, Sterle scored 4 times and assisted on 4 others to set a new program record.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
The next week the Illini travelled to Minnesota for a showdown between the Midwest's two best teams. With Illinois holding the advantage, the Gophers would have to win the series to pull ahead in the rankings. The first game was a hard-fought affair with 10 penalties being called on the Illini (5 to Bessone) but the teams remained within one goal of each other all through regulation. Sterle assisted on all three of Illinois' goals but Minnesota came up with the same amount and the two headed into their second overtime game of the year.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
Sterle assisted on two more Illini goals in the extra session and, while the Gophers scored in the second half of overtime, they couldn't even the score and fell to Illinois 5–4. The win guaranteed Illinois a winning record against Minnesota and, even after dropping the second game, the Illini had a championship in their sights.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
After an easy contest against Brantford Athletic Club, the team took a week off before taking on Michigan to end the year. The Wolverines were in the middle of a horrible season, possessing a 2–10–1 record to that point and the Illini took full advantage of their weakened opponent. Heyliger made changes to his lineup, including a familiar face in Howie Kopel. Even without the normal roster, IU dominated Michigan 7–1 and allowed just 13 shots on goal. With Gillan back in goal for the second game, the team easily defeated the Maize and Blue. Sterle set yet another program record with a 5-goal game (and added 2 assists), breaking the Big Ten scoring record with 19 points in conference games.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
With the Championship nearly in their grasp, Illinois lost two players for the first game of the return series against Michigan; captain Ziemba was out with a sprained ankle and Bessone had to return home to Springfield, Massachusetts due to an illness in the family. With Owen and Gil Priestly filling in on defense, the team wasn't quite as good as they had been the week before but the team managed to earn no less than a share of the Championship with a 4–2 win while Sterle padded his total with 2 more points. A day off between matches allowed both defenders to return for the final game and Illinois captured the title outright with a 4–1 victory.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
Illinois had become Western Intercollegiate Champions in just 4 seasons, made even more amazing because, until this season, the Illini had just one win against another varsity team in three seasons of play. With most of their principle players still just sophomores, the team was expected to compete for the championship in each of the next two seasons at least but circumstances would change drastically at the beginning of the next year.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Season
Norbert Sterle, who finished the year with 65 points in 21 games (3.10 points per game) set a modern intercollegiate record for points in a season (since broken). His efforts throughout the year were so spectacular that, rather than continue with the Illini, he turned professional with the Kansas City Americans and spent a month with the Chicago Blackhawks (but didn't appear in any games). Sterle didn't play professional hockey for very long, however. After the United States entered World War II, Sterle enlisted and was commissioned as a Lieutenant. He was killed in action on November 19, 1943.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Schedule and results
† Michigan Tech archives list the games as being played on the 9th and 11th of February.


1940–41 Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey season, Scoring statistics
Note: 2 goals for were unaccounted for in the team's final statistics.


1940–41 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 3rd year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1940–41 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
Coming off the program's first national championship, the Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 17–3 and a conference record of 10–2, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.


1940–41 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State College in the 1940–41 college basketball season. The team was led by 13th-year head coach Louis Menze. In 1939–40, the Cyclones finished 9-9 overall (2-8 in the Big Six Conference). The team's captains were Al Budolfson and Gordon Nicholas. The Cyclones shared the Big Six conference championship with the Kansas Jayhawks. This marked the first time that Iowa State had ever qualified for the postseason; they would face Creighton in a district qualifying game for the 1941 NCAA Tournament, where they would fall, 57-48.


1940–41 Istanbul Football League
The 1940–41 İstanbul Football League season was the 33rd season of the league. Beşiktaş JK won the league for the 5th time.


1940–41 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season
The 1940–41 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season was the 4th season of play for the program.


1940–41 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season, Season
John Carroll was entering its fourth year riding a 29-game winning streak and was the three-time champion of the newly-renamed Ohio League. The program only really had two problems; a diminishing pool of opponents and a lack of attendance. Herb Bee had attempted to schedule games against other midwestern teams like Michigan and Minnesota but, despite some interest in facing the high-scoring Blue Streaks, no games outside their league were ever agreed to. As a result, all of JCU's games were against the relatively poor competition of the Penn-Ohio League, as evidenced by their sterling record.


1940–41 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season, Season
The disparity in play also had an unwelcome side-effect: apathy. John Carroll was the best team in the conference in each of the first three seasons, but was so far ahead of all other programs that the league had been disintegrating. Pitt and Baldwin Wallace left after two years and were followed by Duquesne and Carnegie Tech in 1940. The league now had just 4 members and was in jeopardy of disappearing altogether.


1940–41 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season, Season
In spite of these troubles, John Carroll was still hoping that the program could be saved and league patron Al Sutphin had a plan. The owner of the Cleveland Barons offered a special deal for season tickets in the hopes that attendance to the games would increase. In the opening game of their season, Carroll's winning streak ended with a tie. The team was unable to break the deadlock in overtime because a public skate was scheduled for immediately after the match. The team responded with a win the following week to at least extending their unbeaten streak to 32 games.


1940–41 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season, Season
JCU continued to win all of their games, but as the season went on it became apparent that Case and Western Reserve were catching up to the Blue Streaks. Near the end of the season, John Carroll finally managed to play its first non-conference game when they travelled to Johnstown to take on Penn State. The Nittany Lions were only a year old and had barely played any other varsity programs so it was a bit of a surprise to see the team give JCU a tough fight. The Blue Streaks won to keep their streak going but the 3–2 match was much closer than they would have wanted.


1940–41 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season, Season
John Carroll won the Ohio League with an undefeated record and entered the playoff ready for its 4th title. The team won a close game against Case in the first match and need one more win for the championship. The team had trouble scoring against the Rough Riders for the second straight game, and both teams ended regulation with just a single goal. The two teams went scoreless in the first five minute extra session and any further periods used sudden death rules.


1940–41 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season, Season
At the end of the third 5-minute overtime the winning goal was finally scored, unfortunately it came from a Case stick. The goal tied the season and ended John Carroll's unbeaten run at 41 games. It was the first time JCU has lost since January of 1939. The win seemed to buoy the Rough Riders, who scored 6 times in the finale, the most John Carroll had allowed in any game in its history, and wrested the championship from the Blue Streaks.


1940–41 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's ice hockey season, Season
The loss was the last the JCU hockey team would ever endure. The team's future was in jeopardy before the following season had even began but, after Herb Bee left to coach professionally, the outbreak of World War II put an end to any chance of a season. Without access to the Cleveland Arena after the war, the team had no chance to restart and the program was no more.


1940–41 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1940–41 college men's basketball season.


1940–41 La Liga
The 1940–41 La Liga was the tenth season since its establishment. Atlético Aviación retained the title.


1940–41 La Liga, Format changes
Due to the expansion of the league to 14 teams for the next season, the two last qualified teams, instead of being directly relegated to Segunda División, faced the third and fourth qualified teams in a single-game play-off match.


1940–41 La Liga, Team locations
After an absence of one season due to the damages in their stadium, Oviedo came back to La Liga. Murcia made its debut this season.


1940–41 La Liga, Team locations
With the arrival of the Francoism, in 1941 a law that forbid the use of foreign names like Athletic, Sporting or Racing was approved. However, the clubs recovered their Royal patronages and started to use again the term Real in their denominations.


1940–41 La Liga, Relegation play-offs
The match between Zaragoza and Castellón was played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa, while the one between Murcia and Deportivo La Coruña, in Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, in Vallecas.


1940–41 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 1940–41 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Leonard Tanseer, coaching the explorers in his eighth season. The team finished with an overall record of 11–8.


1940–41 Latvian Higher League
The 1940–41 Latvian Higher League season was a season of the Latvian Higher League. It was interrupted by the Soviet Union invasion.


1940–41 League of Ireland
The 1940–41 League of Ireland was the twentieth season of the League of Ireland. St James's Gate were the defending champions.


1940–41 League of Ireland, Overview
Sligo Rovers resigned from the League voluntarily, resulting in a reduction in size from twelve to eleven teams.


1940–41 League of Ireland, Overview
After finishing with the same number of points, Cork United and Waterford were due to contest a Championship playoff at the Mardyke on 11 May 1941. However, Waterford refused to compete due to a failure to agree terms for the playoff and Cork United were subsequently awarded the title.


1940–41 League of Ireland, Championship playoff
After finishing with the same number of points, Cork United and Waterford were due to contest a Championship playoff at the Mardyke on 11 May 1941. However, Waterford refused to compete due to a failure to agree terms for the playoff, and Cork United were subsequently awarded the title.


1940–41 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team represented Long Island University during the 1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Clair Bee, coaching in his tenth season with the Blackbirds. The team finished the season with a 25–2 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. They won the 1941 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) as well—their second NIT championship in three seasons—going 3–0 in the tournament and defeating Ohio in the championship game.


1940–41 Magyar Kupa
The 1940–41 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 18th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1940–41 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1940–41 season was Manchester United's second season in the non-competitive War League during the Second World War.


1940–41 Manchester United F.C. season
Many of Manchester United's players went off to fight in the war, but for those who remained, the Football League organised a special War League. It was originally split into two regional divisions (Manchester United were placed in the North Division), with 36 clubs involved and positions were decided on goal average. Home and away games were not recognised as such and no points were awarded for draws or wins. United finished the league season with a record of 14 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, and a goal average of 1.231, good enough for eighth place. To replace the FA Cup, a War League Cup was also set up, in which United lost to Everton in the First Round.


1940–41 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1940–41 season. The team finished the season in 7th place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 9–10 and 5–7 against conference opponents.


1940–41 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Bennie Oosterbaan was in his third year as the team's head coach. Michael Sofiak was the team's leading scorer with 192 points in 19 games for an average of 10.1 points per game. Herbert Brogan was the team captain.


1940–41 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1940–41 Montreal Canadiens season was the 32nd season in club history. The team placed sixth in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the quarter-finals against Chicago Black Hawks.


1940–41 Montreal Canadiens season, Off-season
During the off-season, Dick Irvin was hired as the new coach of the team. Irvin had previously been the coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Maple Leafs' owner Conn Smythe, who wanted to hire Hap Day, suggested Irvin to the Canadiens.


1940–41 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
Rookie Johnny Quilty led the team in scoring and the team increased its wins total to 16 from 10 in the previous season.


1940–41 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1940–41 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs
The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs and played the Chicago Black Hawks. The Black Hawks won the best-of-three series in three games, two games to one.


1940–41 NCAA football bowl games
The 1940–41 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the 1940 college football season and featured five games, all of which had been held the previous season. All five bowls were played on January 1, 1941. The national championship was split by Minnesota, Boston College, Tennessee, and Stanford.


1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1940, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1941 NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 29, 1941, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Wisconsin Badgers won their first NCAA national championship with a 39–34 victory over the Washington State Cougars.


1940–41 NHL season
The 1940–41 NHL season was the 24th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Seven teams each played 48 games. The Boston Bruins were the Stanley Cup winners as they swept the Detroit Red Wings four games to none in the final series.


1940–41 NHL season, League business
In September 1940, International Ice Hockey Association president W. G. Hardy announced a new one-year agreement was reached with the NHL, who agreed to pay $250 for signing an amateur and another $250 if the amateur played in the NHL. NHL president Frank Calder signed the new professional-amateur agreement in October 1940. The agreement also included allowing the NHL to sign a limited number of junior age players.


1940–41 NHL season, Regular season
The Montreal Canadiens had hit the bottom in 1939–40, and were in financial trouble. Frank Patrick decided to become an investor and governor for the team, and Tommy Gorman was hired as general manager. He hired recently released Toronto coach Dick Irvin to run the team. One of the first things Gorman and Irvin did was scout for players, and the Canadiens came up with Johnny Quilty, Joe Benoit, Elmer Lach and defenceman Ken Reardon. Bert Gardiner would be used in goal, replacing Claude Bourque and Wilf Cude. Murph Chamberlain was bought from Toronto to bolster the offence.


1940–41 NHL season, Regular season
Quilty and Benoit came through, as did Toe Blake, but the Habs had a long way to go, finishing sixth. Quilty won the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie. In fact, before the season started, Coach Irvin handed a sealed envelope to a reporter of his guess who would win the Calder Trophy, and when the season ended, the reporter opened the envelope: Johnny Quilty was the choice Irvin made.


1940–41 NHL season, Regular season
The Boston Bruins set a record 23 straight unbeaten games en route to a strong first place finish at the end of the schedule. The Rangers, finished fourth after the previous year's Stanley Cup win and Dave Kerr was not up to his usual form in goal.


1940–41 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1940–41 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1940–41 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts


1940–41 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1940–41 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1940–41 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1940–41 (listed with their last team):


1940–41 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1940–41 National Football League was the 14th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1940–41 National Football League (Ireland)
Mayo returned to the league and won a seventh title. Petrol rationing (due to The Emergency / Second World War) made the playing of the NFL prohibitively expensive and difficult and the tournament was suspended until the end of the war.


1940–41 National Football League (Ireland), Format
There were four divisions – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.


1940–41 National Football League (Ireland), Results, Group B, Southern Division
Kerry won, ahead of Kildare, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Wexford and Cork.


1940–41 National Hurling League
The 1940–41 National Hurling League was the 14th edition of the National Hurling League, which ran from 6 October 1940 to 30 March 1941.


1940–41 National Hurling League
The ten participating teams were Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford and Westmeath who were divided into two divisions of five teams. The participants agreed to play a four game format whereby each team would play each of their four rivals once with two points awarded for a win and one point awarded for a drawn game. The two teams with the most points in each division at the completion of the season would play a final, with the winners being declared National Hurling League champions.


1940–41 National Hurling League
Cork defeated Dublin by 4-11 to 2-7 in the final.


1940–41 National Hurling League
Cork also won the All-Ireland Championship in 1941, the fifth time that a team completed the league-championship double.


1940–41 Nationalliga, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and FC Lugano won the championship.


1940–41 Nationalliga A season
The 1940–41 Nationalliga A season was the third season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. Five teams participated in the league, and HC Davos won the championship


1940–41 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Ferencvárosi TC won the championship.


1940–41 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1940–1941 was contested by 52 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. Heracles won its second championship this year by beating PSV Eindhoven, ADO Den Haag, Be Quick 1887 and VSV.


1940–41 Netherlands Football League Championship, Divisions, Eerste Klasse West-I
Moving in from Division West-II: CVV Rotterdam, HBS Craeyenhout, RFC Rotterdam, VUC Den Haag and Xerxes.


1940–41 Netherlands Football League Championship, Divisions, Eerste Klasse West-II
Moving in from Division West-I: ADO Den haag, DWS, HVV 't Gooi, KFC and Stormvogels


1940–41 New York Americans season
The 1940–41 New York Americans season was the Americans' 16th season of play.


1940–41 New York Americans season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1940–41 New York Rangers season
The 1940–41 New York Rangers season was the 15th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the NHL with 50 points and qualified for the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, New York lost to the Detroit Red Wings, two games to one.


1940–41 New York Rangers season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1940–41 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
The 1940–41 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the second season of the English rugby league’s Wartime Emergency League necessitated by the  Second World War. After doubts that the season might not start, matches were played in a league organised in a similar way to the previous season with two regional leagues, Yorkshire and Lancashire, with the winners of each league meeting in a two-legged play-off final to determine the overall champions.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
The Challenge Cup competition was re-introduced having been suspended in 1939–40 and the Yorkshire Cup was competed for but the Lancashire Cup competition was suspended.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season
The number of clubs participating in the league was down on the previous season, especially in Lancashire. The Yorkshire League was won by Bradford Northern who went on to retain their overall League Championship by beating Lancashire league winners Wigan in the play-off final. Leeds won the Challenge Cup while Bradford Northern won the Yorkshire Cup.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Background
The 1939–40 season ended as the Battle of France was drawing to a close and the armed forces were planning the evacuation of British and French troops from Dunkirk. The Rugby Football League's (RFL) annual general meeting was held in Leeds on 12 June when the prospects of the war for the British were not good, the Dunkirk evacuation had finished, the German army was about to occupy Paris and the evacuation of the second British Expeditionary Force from Brittany was about to begin.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Background
At a very short RFL meeting the chairman, G. F. Hutchins, stated "it would be futile for the Rugby League to-day to attempt to come to any decision. All they could do was to mark time and await events." A. A. Bonner added "the Government may decide that it would be in the interests of the country for recreation to be provided for the people at home, but at the moment the prospects for football did not appear bright."


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Background
The league council met again in early August to review the situation and having been informed by the Ministry of Labour that sport to promote relaxation was encouraged, the decision was taken to play a league season on the same county lines as 1939–40. Each club had, prior to the meeting, been asked to decide if they would participate in the league. Two, Hull Kingston Rovers and Rochdale Hornets, gave notice that they would not be participating and several more had not yet made a decision by the date of the meeting.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Background
The meeting also deferred any decision on the playing of any cup competitions until 1941 and set payments for players at 25 shillings for a win or away draw and 15 shillings for a defeat or home draw. The clubs were given a deadline of 19 August to make a final decision on whether to compete in the league. At the next council meeting on 21 August all the Yorkshire clubs except Hull Kingston Rovers had confirmed their participation but two Lancashire clubs, Widnes and Barrow, joined Rochdale in withdrawing from the league.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Background
With only 23 clubs, 14 from Yorkshire and 9 from Lancashire, consideration was given to combining the two county leagues but the proposal was defeated. To add to the issues faced by the committee of the Lancashire county competition, Leigh confirmed that all their home games would have to be played away as their Mather Lane stadium was unavailable to the club. The playing of a nine-club Lancashire county league was agreed by the county committee on 28 August 1940 and preparations made for the new season to start on 7 September 1940.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, County competitions, Yorkshire competition
Each of the 14 teams was scheduled to play 26 games but only two clubs, Hull F.C. and Keighley managed to complete their schedules. The remaining clubs played between 20 and 25 games. Most commonly this was due to inability to raise enough players to fill the team. On other occasions teams were filled up using players from the other club as the guest system introduced the previous year was retained; this allowed a player to turn out for another club as long as the original club gave permission. An extreme example occurred on only the second week of the season when Batley travelled to Hull with only half a squad and no less than seven Hull players played for Batley.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, County competitions, Yorkshire competition
The competition was won by Bradford Northern, retaining the title they won in the previous season.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, County competitions, Lancashire competition
With only nine teams competing the Lancashire competition was planned with each team playing 16 fixtures. When the competition ended in January 1941 only three teams, Oldham, Warrington and Wigan had played all their planned fixtures. The other six clubs had all failed to fulfil one or more fixtures.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, County competitions, Lancashire competition
As in Yorkshire most unplayed games were due to the inability of one or other club to raise enough players; games were announced as not being played without comment, for example Broughton Rangers did not travel to Liverpool Stanley on 28 December, the local paper published the simple announcement "Broughton Rangers are unable to fulfil their engagement with Stanley at Prescot" on the morning of the game.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, County competitions, Lancashire competition
Neither was the situation made any easier by problems with grounds, as well as Leigh having to play all their games away, Swinton were sharing the Willows with Salford, Broughton Rangers played all their home games as Stockport County's Edgeley Park and Liverpool Stanley were also playing at a soccer ground - Prescot Cables' Hope Street stadium.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, County competitions, Lancashire competition
Another factor in the number of games played were the decisions by Salford and Warrington to withdraw from the competition in January 1941. Salford announced on 1 January that the club was closing down until further notice while Warrington withdrew later the same month.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, County competitions, Lancashire competition
The competition was won by Wigan who went undefeated in the season, winning 15 games and drawing one. At the other end of the table and partly due to the unplayed fixtures both Broughton Rangers and Leigh failed to win a single game.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-off
The Championship was decided by a two-leg play-off  between Wigan and Bradford Northern over the Easter weekend of 1941. Bradford won 45–15 on aggregate.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-off, First leg
The first leg of the play-off took place at Wigan's Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 12 April 1941. Both teams included guest players, Salford being represented on both teams. Bradford dominated the first half with tries from Higson, Risman and Best; Ward converting one of the tries. The halt-time score was 11–0.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-off, First leg
The second half was more even with both teams scoring two tries, Walters with two for Bradford and Jones and Lawrenson scoring for Wigan, making the final score 17–6 in Bradford's favour. The game was watched by 11,245 people and generated gate receipts of £640.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-off, Second leg
The second leg was played 48 hours after the first leg, on Easter Monday 14 April at Bradford's Odsal Stadium. The first half of the game was a much closer encounter than at Central Park and Bradford went in with a half-time lead 8–6 courtesy of tries from Winnard and Risman with a Ward conversion; Wigan had replied with tries by Aspinall and Johnson.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Championship play-off, Second leg
In the second half both hookers, Carter and Egan, were sent off and the resultant changes in the scrummage tipped the game in Bradford's favour and they scored a further four tries through Winnard, Risman, Moore and Walters with Ward kicking four more goals including a penalty; Bowen scored a try for Wigan. The final score was 28–9 to Bradford giving them a 30-point aggregate victory over the two legs. 20,205 people watched the game; the gate receipts totalling £1,148.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup Competition was re-introduced after a season’s absence. At the August 1940 council meeting it was proposed the complete the league season, play the county cup competitions and then finish the season with the Challenge Cup. A decision on the structure of the Challenge Cup was deferred at the December meeting of the council but in January the dates for the competition were finalised.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Challenge Cup
The competition was to be played on consecutive weekends commencing 12 April 1941, there would be three rounds then the four teams in the semi-finals would play on a home and away two-legged basis on the first two weekends in May 1941 with the final on a neutral venue on 17 May. Players were not allowed to play for more than one club in the competition and there were to be no replays.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Challenge Cup
Extra time of 20 minutes was to be played and in the event of the scores still being level then the game would continue until one team scored. Medals would not be presented to the players in the final, instead war savings certificates were to be awarded, four to each player on the winning team and three to each player on the losing team.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Challenge Cup
Invitations to all clubs, even those who had not played in the league, were distributed in February 1941 and by the date of the draw 21 clubs had entered. The clubs who had not participated in the league all declined to enter the cup together with Salford and Warrington. So that clubs could make the necessary travel arrangements the first three rounds were all drawn on 26 March 1941; the first round consisting of five ties involving 10 clubs. The remaining 11 clubs were given a bye into the second round of eight matches.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Challenge Cup
The four semi-finalists were Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield Trinity and Halifax. Leeds beat Bradford 22–12 over two legs and Halifax beat Wakefield 16–12 on aggregate.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Challenge Cup
The final was played at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 17 May where a crowd of 28,500 saw Leeds beat Halifax  19–2. Leeds led 5–2 at half-time through a penalty kicked by Eaton and a try by Jenkins with Halifax's Meek scoring a penalty. In the second half Leeds scored four more tries, two each by Hey and Lawrenson with Eaton converting one of the tries.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Challenge Cup
The gate receipts totalled £1703, under the financial arrangements of the cup competition, after the deduction of match expenses and taxes the receipts were split with 50% going to the Rugby League and 25% each to the Leeds and Halifax clubs. Each club that took part in the competition received £42 10s 6d from the 20% of the pooled receipts of the earlier rounds of the competition.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Lancashire Cup
When planning for the season commenced the Lancashire committee had every intention of the Lancashire Cup competition being played, however when it came to make the draw for the first round in January 1941, the draw was deferred as only six clubs had confirmed their entry into the competition. On 4 February 1941 the committee cancelled the competition for the season as only three teams, Wigan, Leigh and Oldham were prepared to play.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Yorkshire Cup
In Yorkshire the playing of the Yorkshire Cup competition was confirmed in December 1940 with the competition to be played in March and April 1941. Following the decision of the Lancashire committee to abandon the Lancashire Cup competition, Wigan and Oldham applied to the Yorkshire committee to play in the Yorkshire Cup instead. This application was accepted and the two Lancashire clubs joined the 14 Yorkshire teams who had participated in the league in the competition.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, Cup competitions, Yorkshire Cup
Neither Lancashire team progressed past the first round as Wigan lost 9–3 to Leeds and Oldham went down 17–5 to Wakefield. The final was played between Bradford Northern and Dewsbury at Huddersfield's Fartown Ground on 5 April. Bradford won 15–5 in front of 13,316 spectators (gate receipts totalled £939) with two tries from Foster and one by Best and three kicked goals by Carmichael; Dewsbury's points came from a Sullivan penalty and a Tracey try.


1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season, International match
A single international match was played when England beat Wales 8–5 at Oldham's Watersheddings ground on 9 November 1940. Although not reported at the time, the game was suspended during the first half due to an air raid warning; play did not continue until the all-clear was sounded.


1940–41 Národní liga
The 1940–41 Národní liga (English: National league) was the second season of the Národní liga, the first tier of league football in the Nazi Germany-annexed Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia which had been part of Czechoslovakia until March 1939.


1940–41 Národní liga
The Czech championship was won by Slavia Prague, and Josef Bican was the league's top scorer with 38 goals.


1940–41 Národní liga
Czech clubs in what was now the German-annexed Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia continued their own league which was variously referred to as the Národní liga (English: National league), Bohemia/Moravia championship or Česko-moravská liga (English: Bohemian-Moravian league) while ethnic-German clubs played in the German Gauliga Sudetenland.


1940–41 Národní liga
In the Slovak Republic an independent Slovak league, the Slovenská liga, had been established in 1939 and played out its own championship which was won by ŠK Bratislava in the 1940–41 season. A national Czechoslovak championship was not played between 1939 and 1945.


1940–41 Národní liga, Table
For the 1940–41 season Bohemians Prague and SK Libeň had been newly promoted to the league.


1940–41 OB I bajnoksag season
The 1940–41 OB I bajnokság season was the fifth season of the OB I bajnokság, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Teams first participated in regional groups. Three teams participated in the final round, and BBTE Budapest won the championship.


1940–41 Oshkosh All-Stars season
The 1940–41 Oshkosh All-Stars season was the All-Stars' fourth year in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), which was also the fourth year the league existed. Seven teams competed in the NBL in 1940–41, and for the first time the league did not use divisions.


1940–41 Oshkosh All-Stars season
The All-Stars played their home games at South Park School Gymnasium. For the fourth consecutive season, the All-Stars finished the season with either a division or league best record (18–6). They then went on to win their first league championship after having lost in the finals the previous three seasons.


1940–41 Oshkosh All-Stars season
Head coach George Hotchkiss won the league's Coach of the Year Award. Players Leroy Edwards and Charley Shipp earned First Team All-NBL honors.


1940–41 Oshkosh All-Stars season, Playoffs, Semifinals
(1) Oshkosh All-Stars vs. (3) Akron Firestone Non-Skids: Oshkosh wins series 2–0


1940–41 Oshkosh All-Stars season, Playoffs, NBL Championship
(1) Oshkosh All-Stars vs. (2) Sheboygan Red Skins: Oshkosh wins series 3–0


1940–41 Panhellenic Championship
The 1940–41 Panhellenic Championship never finished, because of the WW2. The only championships that started and went on until 28 October 1940, when the Greco-Italian War started, were the Athenian, Piraeus' and Macedonian championship. The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1940–41 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season
The 1940–41 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program and the first in over 30 years. The Nittany Lions represented Pennsylvania State University and were coached by Arthur Davis.


1940–41 Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
After nearly three decades of effort, the student body was finally able to convince the school's Athletic Association to recognize ice hockey as a varsity sport. Penn State continued to play teams in the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate League, a club sport conference, but also added other varsity clubs to its schedule. Due to a lack of ice facilities around the Penn State campus, the Nittany Lions played most of their matches in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.


1940–41 Primeira Divisão
The 1940–41 Primeira Divisão season was the seventh season of top-tier football in Portugal.


1940–41 Primeira Divisão, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship.


1940–41 Primera Fuerza season, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Atlante won the championship.


1940–41 Primera Fuerza season, League standings
Table takes award of 3 matches against Asturias into account.


1940–41 Primera Fuerza season, League standings, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.


1940–41 Rangers F.C. season
The 1940–41 season was the 2nd season of wartime football by Rangers.


1940–41 Ranji Trophy
The 1940–41 Ranji Trophy was the seventh season of the Ranji Trophy. Nineteen teams took part in four zones in a knockout format. Maharashtra retained the title defeating Madras in the final. Maharashtra would enter and lose three more finals but as of 2014, 1940-41 remains their last Ranji title.


1940–41 Ranji Trophy
With cricket affected by the Second World War, Ranji Trophy was only regular domestic tournament that continued in the senior cricket nations.


1940–41 Real Madrid CF season
The 1940–41 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 38th season in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.


1940–41 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
The club changed its president on 27 November 1940 with the arrival of Antonio Santos. Also, on 1 January 1941 the club changed its name from Madrid Football Club to Real Madrid Club de Futbol. In spite of the transfers in of Alday and Chus Alonso, the team collapsed to the 6th spot during the final rounds under the management of Paco Bru  nine points below Champions Atletico Aviación.


1940–41 Real Madrid CF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1940–41 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1940–41 season saw Rochdale compete for their second season in the wartime league. Due to the unequal number of games played by the various teams, the North Regional League was decided on goal average only. Rochdale finished 30th out of 36 clubs.


1940–41 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1940–41 SK Rapid Wien season was the 43rd season in club history.


1940–41 SM-sarja season
The 1940–1941 SM-sarja season was played between 8 teams from 4 cities. Each team played 7 games.


1940–41 Scottish Districts season
The 1940–41 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1940–41 Scottish Districts season, History
There was no Inter-City match this year due to the Second World War.


1940–41 Scottish Districts season, History
East of Scotland District played an West of Scotland District side.


1940–41 Segunda División
The 1940–41 Segunda División season saw 24 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Granada, Real Sociedad, Deportivo and Castellón were promoted to Primera División. Real Avilés, Badalona and Córdoba were relegated to Tercera División.


1940–41 Serbian League
The 1940–41 Serbian League (Serbian: 1940–41 Српска лига / 1940–41 Srpska liga) was first held after the formation of the Banovina of Croatia and the consequent withdrawal of Croatian and Slovenian based clubs from the Yugoslav First League. As consequence, the clubs from the Vardar Banovina, Vrbas Banovina, Zeta Banovina, Morava Banovina Drina Banovina, and Danube Banovina competed together.


1940–41 Serbian League
BSK Beograd was the league leader when the April War interrupted play. The league was organized by the Serbian Football Federation (Srpski loptački savez).


1940–41 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1940–41 Serie A season was the 13th season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Four teams participated in the championship, which was won by AC Milanese DG.


1940–41 Serie B
The Serie B 1940–41 was the twelfth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.


1940–41 Serie B, Teams
Reggiana, Savona, Vicenza and Maceratese had been promoted from Serie C, while Liguria and Modena had been relegated from Serie A. More, Spezia was added from Serie C to fill a vacancy.


1940–41 Serie C
The 1940–41 Serie C was the sixth edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system.


1940–41 Slovenian Republic League
The 1940–41 Slovenian Republic League was the 22nd season of the Slovenian Republic League. SK Ljubljana have won the league for the second time. In this season, all Slovenian top tier clubs participated, as the previously played 1939–40 Croatian-Slovenian League, which corresponded to the Yugoslav first tier along with the 1939–40 Serbian League, was disbanded and a separate Croatian and Slovenian leagues were formed.


1940–41 Slovenská liga
The 1940–41 Slovenská liga (English:Slovak league) was the third season of the Slovenská liga, the first tier of league football in the Slovak Republic, formerly part of Czechoslovakia until the German occupation of the country in March 1939.


1940–41 Slovenská liga
In the Slovak Republic an independent Slovak league had been established in 1939 and played out its own championship which was won by ŠK Bratislava in 1940–41. In the German-annexed Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia a separate league, the  Národní liga (English:National league), was played and won by Slavia Prague in the 1940–41 season. A national Czechoslovak championship was not played between 1939 and 1945.


1940–41 Slovenská liga, Table
For the 1941–42 season AC Svit Batizovce and ASO Bratislava had been newly promoted to the league.


1940–41 Southern Football League (Scotland)
The 1940–41 Southern Football League was the first edition of the regional war-time football league tournament.


1940–41 Southern League Cup (Scotland)
The Southern League Cup 1940–41 was the first edition of the regional war-time football tournament.


1940–41 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1940–41 season was Stoke City's sixth season in the non-competitive War League.


1940–41 Stoke City F.C. season
In 1939 World War II was declared and the Football League was cancelled. In its place were formed War Leagues and cups, based on geographical lines rather than based on previous league placement. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League and thus not included in official records.


1940–41 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review
With so many players unable to get leave from the army on matchdays this gave the club a perfect opportunity to field several younger players and when Stoke kicked off the 1940–41 season against Notts County on 31 August 1940 they fielded a side with an average age of 21. Several clubs did not play as many matches as others during the season and Stoke, well below strength and lacking in form, conceded a remarkable 23 goals in just four games in December and January.


1940–41 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review
Stoke's back line caved in regularly and seven goals were put past them on three occasions at Mansfield, Northampton and Walsall. Stoke finished 25th (out of 34) in the final South Regional League this season when a points average decided league placings rather than points simply because some teams did not play as many games as others e.g. Birmingham played 16 and Stoke 36.


1940–41 Svenska Serien season
The 1940–41 Svenska Serien season was the sixth season of the Svenska Serien, the top level ice hockey league in Sweden. Hammarby IF won their third straight league title.


1940–41 Svenska Serien season, Regular season
In a change of format from previous seasons, the 8 teams all played each other once, after which they split into an upper group and a lower group based on their performance in the first 7 matches. They then played an additional match against each of the other three teams in their half, resulting in a 10-game season.


1940–41 Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball)
The 1940–41 Svenska mästerskapet was the 10th season of Svenska mästerskapet, a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions of men's handball. Teams qualified by winning their respective District Championships. 16 teams competed in the tournament. Majornas IK were the defending champions, but failed to win the District Championship of Gothenburg and did not qualify. IFK Kristianstad won the title, defeating IFK Uppsala in the final. The final was played on 6 April in Södra kaserns gymnastiksal in Kristianstad, and was watched by 1,299 spectators.


1940–41 Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball), Champions
The following players for IFK Kristianstad received a winner's medal: Torsten Strand, Georg Sandberg, Göte Pålsson (1 goal in the final), Eskil Gustafsson, Sven Pålsson (3), Gunnar Jönsson (3), Ernst Cedergren (2), Curt Wadmark (2), Nils Kjellberg (2) and Olle Nilsson (1).


1940–41 Swedish football Division 2
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1940–41 season.


1940–41 Swedish football Division 2, League standings, Division 2 Norra 1940–41
Teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the national league system until the 1953–54 season, and a championship was instead played to decide the best team in Norrland.


1940–41 Swedish football Division 3
Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 1940–41 season.


1940–41 Taça de Portugal
The 1940–41 Taça de Portugal was the 3rd season of the Taça de Portugal (English: Portuguese Cup), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Benfica was the defending champion but lost in the semi-finals to Belenenses. The final was played on 22 June 1941 between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses.


1940–41 Taça de Portugal, First round
In this round entered the teams from Primeira Divisão (1st level) and Segunda Divisão (2nd level).


1940–41 Taça de Portugal, Quarterfinals
In this round entered the winner from Madeira Championship and the winners of the previous round.


1940–41 Tercera División
The 1940–41 Tercera División was the 7th season of the Tercera Division since its establishment.


1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto franchise's 24th season of play.


1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Offseason
Conn Smythe was making preparations for his eventual tour of duty in Europe. He felt that Dick Irvin would not be strong enough to deal with player issues while he was gone and Smythe convinced the Montreal Canadiens to hire Irvin. Smythe hired Hap Day as coach.


1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against         Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Playoffs
The Maple Leafs took on the first-place Boston Bruins in the semi-finals. Boston would win the series four games to three. The Bruins would go on to win the Stanley Cup versus Detroit in four games.


1940–41 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1940–41 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by second year head coach Wilbur Johns. They finished the regular season with a record of 6–20 and were fourth in the PCC southern division with a record of 2–10.


1940–41 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 8–174 and were fourth in the PCC southern division with a record of 3–9.


1940–41 USM Alger season
In the 1940–41 season, USM Alger is competing in the Third Division for the 4th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They will be competing in First Division, and the Coupe de la Ligue.


1940–41 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
The 1940–41 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 46th season of collegiate ice hockey in the United States.


1940–41 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1940–41 NCAA college basketball season. Led by 21st-year head coach Hec Edmundson, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at the UW Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.


1940–41 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 12–13 overall in the regular season and 7–9 in conference play; tied for third in the Northern division. Washington opened conference play with four wins, but then lost nine straight; they won their last three to climb out of fourth place.


1940–41 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1940–41 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1940–41 college basketball season. Led by thirteenth-year head coach Jack Friel, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at WSC Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.


1940–41 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 22–5 overall in the regular season and 13–3 in conference play, first place in Northern division. They met Southern division Stanford in a best-of-three series in Pullman for the PCC title, which the Cougars swept in two games.


1940–41 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
Washington State advanced to the eight-team NCAA Tournament in Kansas City; they defeated Creighton and Arkansas to advance to the final, but lost to Wisconsin by five points.


1940–41 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
This remains the most successful season for Cougar men's basketball; WSU has made five NCAA Tournament appearances since (1980, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2008), and the best result is the Sweet Sixteen in 2008.


1940–41 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
The 1940–41 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College during the 1940-41 NCAA basketball season. The team was led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and All-American center Carlisle Towery. The Hilltoppers won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship. Towery, Howard “Tip” Downing, and Wallace “Buck” Sydnor were selected to the All-SIAA team.


1940–41 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1940–41 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1940–41 season. Under the second year of head coach Dwight Steussey, the team finished the season 15–10 and 8–3 in the Southern Conference. This was the 36th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.


1940–41 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians finished in a tie for 2nd place in the conference and qualified for the 1941 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. This was the Indians' first-ever conference tournament appearance. Additionally, the team recorded the program's first-ever conference tournament victory with a win over Wake Forest in the first round. However, the Indians lost to Duke, the eventual champions, in the semifinals.


1940–41 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians played several teams for the first time this season, including Xavier, Miami (OH), and Bradley.


1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1940–1941 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin. The head coach was Bud Foster, coaching his seventh season with the Badgers and were members of the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin  won their  only NCAA title, defeating Washington State 39–34 in the championship game in Kansas City


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup
The  Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from  the  county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from  outside the  county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden). The competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December. The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars.


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup
The Second World War was continuing and the  Yorkshire Cup was moved to the  end of the  1940–41 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season.


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup
1940–41 was the thirty-third occasion on which the  Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This season's competition is classed as a "Wartime Emergency Competition" and therefore the  results did not count as an official competition win. However, this aside and for the second consecutive competition, there was a new winner for this season's trophy, Bradford Northern winning the trophy by beating Dewsbury by the score of 15-5. The match was played at Fartown, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,316 and receipts were £939.


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Hull Kingston Rovers – The club dropped out of the wartime Lancashire league after the ‘first (1939–40) season. They did not return to league competition until 1945–46 peacetime season.


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Oldham - The  club, as Wigan, also entered the  Yorkshire Cup competition.


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Batley, Bramley and Keighley all rejoined the  competition after appearing to withdraw from  last season's competition.


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Change in Club participation
Dewsbury  - had a relatively successful time during the war years. Managed by Eddie Waring, and with the side boosted by the inclusion of a number of big-name guest players, the club won the Wartime Emergency League in 1941–42 and again the following season 1942–43  (though that championship was declared null and void when it was discovered they had played an ineligible player). They were also runners-up in the Championship in 1943–44, Challenge Cup winners in 1943 and Yorkshire Cup Final appearances in this season 1940–41 and winners in 1942–43.


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, but with the  addition of the  two Lancashire clubs, Wigan and Oldham, the  total number of entrants increased by four to the  total of sixteen.


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Oldham joined the Yorkshire Cup. This was the first Yorkshire Cup match to be played by Oldham


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
2 * Wigan joined the Yorkshire Cup. This was the first Yorkshire Cup match to be played by Wigan and the first at Central Park


1940–41 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
3 * Fartown was the home ground of Huddersfield from 1878 to the end of the 1991-92 season to Huddersfield Town FC's Leeds Road stadium, and then to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994. Fartown remained as a sports/Rugby League ground but is now rather dilapidated, and is only used for staging amateur rugby league games.


1940–41 Yugoslav Hockey League season
The 1940–41 Yugoslav Hockey League season was the fifth season of the Yugoslav Hockey League. It was won by Ilirija.


1940–41 Yugoslav Hockey League season, Structure
The competition was divided up into divisions. The finals consisted of teams from three entities in which hockey was played in the country, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. There were four Croatian teams in the league, and they played against one another in the same division. The winner would thus advance on to the championship.


1940–41 Yugoslav Hockey League season, Results, Finals
The finals were held on 1 and 2 February. They were in round robin format.


1940–41 Yugoslav Hockey League season, Champions
Ice Rihar, Luce Žitnik, Tone Pogačnik, Karel Pavletič, Jože Gogala, Oto Gregorič, Mirko Eržen, Viljem Morbaeher, Ernest Aljančič.


1940–41 in Belgian football
The national football competitions in Belgium were not held during the 1940–41 season because of World War II. However, an unofficial Belgian championship took place among 20 teams, which was not recognised by the Royal Belgian Football Association. Liersche SK won that championship. The Belgium national football team did not play any official match during the season.


1940–41 in Belgian football, Overview
The unofficial Belgian championship was organised in two leagues of 10 clubs each. After the first round, when each team had played every other team in their league once, the top 4 teams of each league qualified for the quarter-finals in two legs. From then on, the championship has been played as a knockout tournament. The final game took place on a neutral ground and opposed Liersche SK to R White Star AC. Liersche SK won the game 3-1.


1940–41 in English football
The 1940–41 season was the second season of special wartime football in England during the Second World War.