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{{Infobox Sports league
| title =Belarusian Extraleague
| current_season =
| logo = BLRextraleague-logo.png
| pixels = 118px
| caption =
| Formerly =
| sport = Ice Hockey
| founded = 1992
| fame =
| motto =
| inaugural =
| teams = 10
| country = {{Flagicon|BLR}} [[Belarus]]
| champion = [[HK Neman Grodno]]
| most_champs = [[Yunost Minsk]] (7)
| qualification =
| folded =
| website = [http://www.hockey.by hockey.by]
| singles =
| ceo =
| Director =
| Founder = [[Belarus Ice Hockey Federation]]
| TV = LAD
}}

The '''Belarusian Extraleague''' (abbreviated '''BXL''', also known as the '''Belarusian Open Championship'''), officially formed in 2006, is the top [[ice hockey]] league in [[Belarus]]. In its past it has switched several times between being and not being an open league (in reference to allowing foreign teams), but for the 2008-2009 season, the [[Belarus Ice Hockey Federation]] has decided to open the Extraleague, the ''Belarusian Vysshaya Liga'', and the Belarusian junior leagues.

There was also a Belarusian Championship held in 1991-92.

==Teams==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
! style="background:lightgrey;width:14em" | Team
! style="background:lightgrey;width:10em" | City/Area
! style="background:lightgrey;width:18em" | Arena
! style="background:lightgrey;width:4em" | Capacity
! style="background:lightgrey;width:18em" | Affiliate Team
|-
| [[Dinamo-Molodechno]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Molodechno]]
| [[Molodechno Ice Palace]]
| align = center | 2,000
| [[HC Dinamo Minsk]] ([[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]])
|-
| [[HK Brest]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]
| [[Brest Ice Sports Palace]]
| align = center | 2,000
|
|-
| [[HK Gomel]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Gomel]]
| [[Gomel Ice Palace of Sports]]
| align = center | 2,760
| [[HC Dinamo Minsk]] ([[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]])
|-
| [[HK Lida]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Lida]]
| [[Ledovy Dvorets Lida]]
| align = center | 1,000
| 
|-
| [[Metallurg Zhlobin]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Zhlobin]]
| [[Ice Palace Metalurg]]
| align = center | 2,018
| [[HC Dinamo Minsk]] ([[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]])
|-
| [[HK Mogilev]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Mogilev]]
| [[Sports Palace Mogilev]]
| align = center | 3,048
|
|-
| [[HK Neman Grodno]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Grodno]]
| [[Ice Sports Palace Grodno]]
| align = center | 2,550
| [[HC Dinamo Minsk]] ([[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]])
|-
| [[Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Navapolatsk]]
| [[Palace of Sports and Culture]]
| align = center | 1,200
|
|-
| [[HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Soligorsk]]
| [[Ice Sports Palace Soligorsk]]
| align = center | 1,759
| [[HC Dinamo Minsk]] ([[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]])
|-
| [[HK Vitebsk]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Vitebsk]]
| [[Vitebsk Ice Sports Palace]]
| align = center | 1,900
|
|-
| [[Yunost Minsk]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Minsk]] 
| [[Yunost Minsk Indoor Ice Rink]]
| align = center | 767
| [[MHC Yunost]] ([[Junior Hockey League (Russia)|MHL]])<br>[[Yunior Minsk]] ([[Vysshaya Liga (Belarus)|Belarus2]])
|}

===Former teams===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
! Team
! City/Area
! Arena
! Capacity
|-
| [[Keramin Minsk]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Minsk]] || [[Minsk Ice Palace]] ||align=center| 1,823
|-
| [[Shinnik Bobruisk]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Bobruisk]] || [[Bobruisk Arena]] ||align=center| 7,191
|-
| [[Sokil Kyiv]] || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kiev]] || [[Ice Arena TEC Terminal (Brovary)]] || align=center | 1,500
|-
| [[HK Liepājas Metalurgs]] || {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Liepāja]] || [[Ice Arena Liepājas Metalurgs]] || align = center | 1,700
|}

==Belarusian League Champions==
*[[1991-92 Belarusian Championship|1992]]: [[Belstal Zhlobin]]
*1993: [[Tivali Minsk]]
*1994: [[Tivali Minsk]]
*1995: [[Tivali Minsk]]
*1996: '''Polimir Novopolotsk'''
*1997: '''Polimir Novopolotsk'''
*1998: [[HK Neman Grodno]]
*1999: [[HK Neman Grodno]]
*2000: [[Tivali Minsk]]
*2001: [[HK Neman Grodno]]
*2002: [[Keramin Minsk]]
*2003: [[HK Gomel]]
*2004: [[Yunost Minsk]]
*2005: [[Yunost Minsk]]
*2006: [[Yunost Minsk]]
*2007: [[HC Dynamo Minsk|Dynamo Minsk]]
*2008: [[Keramin Minsk]]
*2009: [[Yunost Minsk]]
*2010: [[Yunost Minsk]]
*2011: [[Yunost Minsk]]
*[[2011–12 Belarusian Extraliga season|2012]]: [[Metallurg Zhlobin]]
*[[2012–13 Belarusian Extraliga season|2013]]: [[HK Neman Grodno]]
*2014: [[HK Neman Grodno]]
*2015: [[HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk]]
*2016: [[Yunost Minsk]]
*2017: [[HK Neman Grodno]]

==Titles by team==
{| class="wikitable" 
|- bgcolor=#ececec
! Titles 	 
! Club	 
! Years
|-
! 7
| [[Yunost Minsk]]
| 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016
|-
! 6
| [[HK Neman Grodno]] 
| 1998, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2014, 2017
|-
!4 
| [[Tivali Minsk]] 
| 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000
|-
! 2 
| [[Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk|Polimir Novopolock]] 
| 1996, 1997
|-
! 2 
| [[Keramin Minsk]] 
| 2002, 2008
|-
! 1 
| [[HC Dynamo Minsk]]
| 2007
|-
! 1 
| [[HK Gomel]]
| 2003
|-
! 1
| [[Metallurg Zhlobin]]
| 2012
|-
! 1
| [[HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk]]
| 2015
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.belarushockey.com/rb/ Belarusian Extraleague website]
* [http://hockey.by Belarus Ice Hockey Federation]
* [http://hockeyus.at.tut.by Belarus hockey website]

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