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| last_season = 2022–23 Meistriliiga season 
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| sport    = Ice hockey
| founded  = 1990
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| teams    = 7
| country  = {{EST}}
| champion = [[HK Kurbads]]
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| website  = [http://www.icehockey.ee/ icehockey.ee]
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'''Meistriliiga''' is a professional ice hockey league composed of six teams in [[Estonia]].

==History==
The league was formed for the 1990-91 season. Since 1945-46, Estonian teams had participated in the [[Estonian SSR Championship]]. Prior to the country's annexation and incorporation into the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Estonian Championship]] had been contested in inter-war Estonia from 1934 to 1940.

[[Kreenholm/Narva 2000]] dominated the league at the outset, winning the first six championships and eight of the first 11. Since winning their first title in 1997, Tartu Kalev-Välk has been the most consistently successful team in the Meistriliiga, having won a total of eight championships. [[HK Stars]] claimed four titles in five years from 2005 to 2009. 

==Teams==
===Current Teams===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team !! City !! Arena !! Capacity !! Founded 
|-
| [[Tallinn Viiking Sport|HC Viking]] || [[Tallinn]] || [[Tondiraba Ice Hall]] ||align=center|{{Nts|7700}}||<center>2010</center>
|-
| [[HC Vipers Tallinn|HC Vipers]] || Tallinn || Tondiraba Ice Hall ||align=center|{{Nts|7700}}||<center>2002</center>
|-
| [[Narva PSK]] || [[Narva]] || [[Narva Ice Hall]] ||align=center|{{Nts|1300}} ||<center>1976</center>
|-
| [[Tartu Kalev-Välk]] || [[Tartu]] || [[Lõunakeskus Ice Hall]] ||align=center|{{Nts|600}} ||<center>1994</center>
|-
|}

===Former Teams===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team !! City !! Arena !! Capacity !! Founded 
|-
| [[Estonia men's national under-20 ice hockey team|Estonia Junior Team]] || [[Viljandi]] || [[Viljandi Ice Hall]] ||<center>{{Nts|1000}}</center> ||<center>1992</center>
|-
| [[HC Tallinn]] || [[Tallinn]] || [[Škoda Ice Hall]] ||<center>{{Nts|1000}}</center> ||<center>2016</center>
|-
| [[Tallinna HK Stars]] || [[Tallinn]] || [[Linnahall]] ||<center>Unknown</center> ||<center>2002</center>
|-
| [[TKK Tallinn|Tallinna KK-GMP]] || [[Tallinn]] || [[Škoda Ice Hall]] ||<center>{{Nts|1000}}</center> ||<center>2010</center>
|-
| [[Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik]] || [[Kohtla-Järve]] || [[Kohtla-Järve Jäähall]] ||<center>{{Nts|2000}}</center> ||<center>2003</center>
|-
| [[Tallinn HC Panter|HC Panter]] || [[Tallinn]] || [[Škoda Arena]] ||<center>{{Nts|500}}</center> ||<center>2001</center>
|-
|}

==Champions==
*1991 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm II)
*1992 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
*1993 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
*1994 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
*1995 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
*1996 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
*1997 : Välk 494
*1998 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
*1999 : Välk 494
*2000 : Välk 494
*2001 : Narva 2000
*2002 : Välk 494
*2003 : Välk 494
*2004 : HC Panter
*2005 : HK Stars
*2006 : HK Stars
*2007 : HK Stars
*2008 : Välk 494
*2009 : HK Stars
*2010 : Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik
*2011 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
*2012 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
*2013 : Tallinn Viiking Sport
*2014 : Tallinn Viiking Sport
*2015 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
*2016 : Narva PSK
*2017 : Narva PSK
*2018 : HC Viking
*2019 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
*2020 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
*2021 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
*2022 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
*2023 : {{Flagicon|LAT}} HK Kurbads, HC Panter was Estonian champions
==Titles by team==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="e0e0e0"
! Titles !! Team || Year
|-
| align=center | 13 || [[Tartu Kalev-Välk]] || 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
|-
| align=center | 10 || [[Kreenholm/Narva 2000]]|| 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2016, 2017
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[HK Stars]] || 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[Tallinn Viiking Sport]] || 2013, 2014, 2018
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik]] || 2010   
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Tallinn HC Panter]] || 2004  
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[HK Kurbads]] || 2023 
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.icehockey.ee/en/eesti-mv/meistriliiga.html Meistriliiga]

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