1997–98 Alpenliga season
# 1997–98 Alpenliga season

This was the 1997-98 Alpenliga season, the seventh season of the multi-national ice hockey league. Nine teams participated in the league, and VEU Feldkirch of Austria won the championship by defeating EC KAC in the final.

## Regular season

| Place | Team | GP | Pts | W | T | L | GF:GA | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Austria VEU Feldkirch | 16 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 68:33 | +35 |
| 2 | Austria EC KAC | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 69:41 | +28 |
| 3 | Austria Wiener EV | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 61:33 | +28 |
| 4 | Austria EC VSV | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 67:48 | +19 |
| 5 | Austria Kapfenberger SV | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 40:47 | -7 |
| 6 | Austria EC Graz | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 62:77 | -15 |
| 7 | Slovenia Jesenice | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 54:65 | -11 |
| 8 | Slovenia Bled | 16 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 45:76 | -31 |
| 9 | Slovenia Olimpija | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 38:84 | -46 |

## Playoffs

### Group phase

Group A :

| Place | Team | GP | Pts | W | T | L | GF:GA | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Austria VEU Feldkirch | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:6 | +6 |
| 2 | Austria EC VSV | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:5 | +6 |
| 3 | Austria Kapfenberger SV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6:11 | -5 |
| 4 | Slovenia HK Bled | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7:14 | -7 |

Group B :

| Place | Team | GP | Pts | W | T | L | GF:GA | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Austria EC KAC | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:9 | +6 |
| 2 | Austria Wiener EV | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:11 | +11 |
| 3 | Austria EC Graz | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10:15 | -5 |
| 4 | Slovenia HK Jesenice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6:18 | -12 |

### Final

* Game 1 (4. December 1997), EC KAC – VEU Feldkirch: 3:5 (1:3, 2:0, 0:2)
* Game 2 (6. December 1997), VEU Feldkirch – EC KAC: 4:4 (3:2, 0:2, 1:0)
