2025–26 Austrian Hockey League season

This is the 2025-26 ICE Hockey League season.

Teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Joined ICEHL
Current teams
EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV	Villach	Villacher Stadthalle	4,800	1923	1977–78
EC KAC	Klagenfurt	Stadthalle Klagenfurt	5,500	1909	1923–24
EC Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	Eisarena Salzburg	3,600	1977	2004–05
Fehérvár AV19	Székesfehérvár	Alba Aréna	6,000	1960	2007–08
Ferencvárosi TC	Budapest	Tüskecsarnok	2,540	1928	2025–26
Graz99ers	Graz	Eisstadion Liebenau	4,050	1999	2000–01
HC Bozen–Bolzano	Bolzano	Sparkasse Arena	7,220	1933	2013–14
HC Pustertal Wölfe	Bruneck	Intercable Arena	3,100	1954	2021–22
HC TWK Innsbruck	Innsbruck	TIWAG Arena	3,200	1994	2012–13
HK Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	6,800	2004	2021–22
Steinbach Black Wings Linz	Linz	Linz AG Eisarena	3,800	1992	2000–01
Vienna Capitals	Vienna	Erste Bank Arena	7,022	2000	2001–02
Pioneers Vorarlberg	Feldkirch	Vorarlberghalle	5,200	2022	2022–23

Standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	T	L	OW	OW	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Playoffs
1.	Graz 99ers	48	28	-	8	6	6	163	102	61	102	2.13	Champion
2.	EC KAC	48	29	-	9	4	6	172	115	57	101	2.10	Quarterfinal loss
3.	EC Salzburg	48	25	-	12	7	4	163	104	59	93	1.94	Quarterfinal loss
4.	HC Bolzano	48	26	-	13	3	6	172	128	44	90	1.88	Quarterfinal loss
5.	HC Pustertal	48	25	-	15	4	4	158	129	29	87	1.81	Final loss
6.	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	48	22	-	15	8	3	177	137	40	85	1.77	Semifinal loss
7.	Vienna Capitals	48	18	-	21	5	4	126	141	-15	68	1.42	Eighth Final Loss
8.	Villacher SV	48	17	-	23	4	4	148	156	-8	63	1.31	Quarterfinal loss
9.	Black Wings Linz	48	16	-	24	6	2	141	148	-7	62	1.29	Eighth Final Loss
10.	Fehérvár AV19	48	16	-	23	3	6	113	158	-45	60	1.25	Semifinal loss
11.	Ferencvárosi TC	48	16	-	24	1	7	127	174	-47	57	1.19	Did not make playoffs
12.	Pioneers Vorarlberg	48	9	-	30	4	5	113	184	-71	40	0.83	Did not make playoffs
13.	HC Innsbruck	48	5	-	35	5	3	118	215	-97	28	0.58	Did not make playoffs

Playoffs

Format

The top ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams are re-seeded after each round.

First Round

• Fehérvár AV19 defeated Vienna Capitals 2 games to 1
• Villacher SV defeated Black Wings Linz 2 games to none

Quarterfinals

• Graz 99ers defeated Villacher SV 4 games to none
• Fehérvár AV19 defeated EC KAC 4 games to 2
• HC Pustertal defeated EC Salzburg 4 games to none
• HK Olimpija Ljubljana defeated HC Bolzano 4 games to 1

Semifinals

• Graz 99ers defeated Fehérvár AV19 4 games to none
• HC Pustertal defeated HK Olimpija Ljubljana 4 games to 1

Final

• Graz 99ers defeated HC Pustertal 4 games to none

Austrian Hockey League seasons

1922–23 - 1923–24 - 1924–25 - 1925–26 - 1926–27 - 1927–28 - 1928–29- 1929–30 - 1930–31 - 1931–32 - 1932–33 - 1933–34 - 1934–35 - 1935–36 - 1936–37 - 1937–38 - 1945–46 - 1946–47 - 1947–48 - 1948–49 - 1949–50 - 1950–51 - 1951–52 - 1952–53 - 1953–54 - 1954–55 - 1955–56 - 1956–57 - 1957–58 - 1958–59 - 1959–60 - 1960–61 - 1961–62 - 1962–63 - 1963–64 - 1964–65 - 1965–66 - 1966–67 - 1967–68 - 1968–69 - 1969–70 - 1970–71 - 1971–72 - 1972–73 - 1973–74 - 1974–75 - 1975–76 - 1976–77 - 1977–78 - 1978–79 - 1979–80 - 1980–81 - 1981–82 - 1982–83 - 1983–84 - 1984–85 - 1985–86 - 1986–87 - 1987–88 - 1988–89 - 1989–90 - 1990–91 - 1991–92 - 1992–93 - 1993–94 - 1994–95 - 1995–96 - 1996–97 - 1997–98 - 1998–99 - 1999–00 - 2000–01 - 2001–02 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012-13 - 2013-14 - 2014-15 - 2015-16 - 2016-17 - 2017-18 - 2018-19 - 2019-20 - 2020-21 - 2021-22 - 2022-23 - 2023-24 - 2024-25 - 2025-26