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{{Infobox Sports league
| title          = Croatian Ice Hockey league
| current_season = 2023–24 Croatian Ice Hockey League season
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| sport          = Ice Hockey
| founded        = 1991
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| teams          = 4
| country        = {{Flagicon|CRO}} [[Croatia]]
| venue          =
| champion       = [[KHL Sisak]]
| most_champs    = [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]] (22)
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| related_comps  = [[Austrian Hockey League|Erste Bank Eishockey Liga]]
| Founder        = [[Croatian Ice Hockey Federation]]
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The '''Croatian Ice Hockey League''' is the top ice hockey league in [[Croatia]]. At the end of the season the Croatian Championship is held. The league is operated by the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation.

==History==
The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of [[Yugoslavia]]. Until then Croatian teams played in the [[Yugoslav Ice Hockey League]]. The hockey teams KHL Mladost and KHL Medvescak were playing in the first division, while KHL Sisak and KHL Zagreb were playing in the second division of the Yugoslav league. The former two were much stronger, but as financing went away their best players did not stay with the clubs. This resulted in a more balanced competition, in which KHL Zagreb went on to win three times in a row. KHL Medvescak however managed to remerge as the country's dominant team, as it won the competition for eleven straight seasons.

Due to the very short duration of the season, Croatian teams often play in other leagues, such as the [[International Hockey League]], [[Slohokej Liga]], [[Austrian Hockey League|Erste Bank Eishockey Liga]] and the now defunct [[Interliga (1999–2007)|Interliga]] and [[Panonian League]]. 

==Teams==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
! style="background:lightgrey;width:12em" | Team
! style="background:lightgrey;width:10em" | City/Area
! style="background:lightgrey;width:12em" | Arena
! style="background:lightgrey;width:5em" | Capacity
! style="background:lightgrey;width:5em" | Founded
|-
! style="background:#DDDDFF" colspan=5| Current Teams
|-
| '''[[KHL Medveščak II]]'''
| Zagreb
| Dvorana Velesajam
| align=center | 1,000
| align=center | 2003
|-
| '''[[KHL Mladost]]'''
| Zagreb
| Dvorana Velesajam
| align=center | 500
| align=center | 1946
|-
| '''[[KHL Zagreb]]'''
| Zagreb
| Dvorana Velesajam
| align=center | 500
| align=center | 1982
|-
| '''[[KHL Sisak]]'''
| Sisak
| Klizalište Zibel
| align=center | 500
| align=center | 1934
|-
| '''[[KHL Kuna Zagreb]]'''
| Zagreb
| -
| align=center | -
| align=center | 2018
|-
| '''[[HK Siscia]]'''
| Sisak
| -
| align=center | -
| align=center | 2018
|-
! style="background:#DDDDFF" colspan=5| Former Teams
|-
|  '''[[HDK Maribor|Maribor]]'''
| {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Maribor]]
| Tabor Ice Hall
| align=center | 1,000
| align=center | 1993
|-
| '''[[KHL Medveščak]]'''
| Zagreb
| Dom Sportova
| align=center | 6,000
| align=center | 1961
|-
| '''[[Malmut Delnice]]'''
| Delnice
| -
| align=center | -
| align=center | 2017
|}

==Champions==
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|- valign="top"
|
* until 1991 – [[Yugoslav Ice Hockey League|Yugoslav Hockey League]]
*[[1991–92 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|1991–92]] – [[KHL Zagreb|Zagreb]]
*[[1992–93 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|1992–93]] – [[KHL Zagreb|Zagreb]]
*[[1993–94 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|1993–94]] – [[KHL Zagreb|Zagreb]]
*[[1994–95 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|1994–95]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[1995–96 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|1995–96]] – [[KHL Zagreb|Zagreb]]
*[[1996–97 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|1996–97]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[1997–98 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|1997–98]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[1998–99 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|1998–99]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[1999–2000 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|1999–2000]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[2000–01 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2000–01]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
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*[[2001–02 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2001–02]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[2002–03 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2002–03]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[2003–04 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2003–04]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[2004–05 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2004–05]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[2005–06 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2005–06]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[2006–07 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2006–07]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[2007–08 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2007–08]] – [[KHL Mladost|Mladost]]
*[[2008–09 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2008–09]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[2009–10 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2009–10]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak II]]
*[[2010–11 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2010–11]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
*[[2011–12 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2011–12]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]]
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*[[2012–13 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2012–13]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak II]]
*[[2013–14 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2013–14]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak II]]
*[[2014–15 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2014–15]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak II]]
*[[2015–16 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2015–16]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak II]]
*[[2016–17 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2016–17]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak II]]
*[[2017–18 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2017–18]] – [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak II]]
*[[2018–19 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2018–19]] – [[KHL Zagreb|Zagreb]]
*[[2019–20 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2019–20]] – [[KHL Mladost Zagreb|Mladost]]
*[[2020–21 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2020–21]] – [[KHL Mladost Zagreb|Mladost]]
*[[2021–22 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2021–22]] – [[KHL Sisak|Sisak]]
*[[2022–23 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2022–23]] – [[KHL Zagreb|Zagreb]]
*[[2023–24 Croatian Ice Hockey League season|2023–24]] – [[KHL Sisak|Sisak]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|'''Club'''
|'''Croatian Championship won'''
|'''Total'''
|-
|[[KHL Medveščak]]
|1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
|22
|-
|[[KHL Zagreb]]
|1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2019, 2023
|6
|-
|[[KHL Mladost]]
|2008, 2020, 2021
|3
|-
|[[KHL Sisak]]
|2022, 2024
|2
|}

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