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'''Eastern European Hockey League''' ('''EEHL''') was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2004.

The league was formed in 1995 by [[Belarus]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]] and [[Ukraine]], to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those countries. In some years, the league also included teams from Poland and Russia. Besides the main tournament for professional ice hockey teams, the league also had junior championships in several age groups.

By its end, the league was increasingly dominated by [[Belarus]]ian teams. In 2004, it was dissolved. Instead, two teams from Latvia ([[HK Liepājas Metalurgs|Metalurgs Liepāja]] and [[Riga 2000|Rīga 2000]]) and one team from Ukraine ([[Sokil Kyiv]]) joined the [[Belarusian Extraliga]].  There was temporarily a period where the Belarusian Extraliga was closed to foreign teams, but that has since changed as [[HK Liepājas Metalurgs|Metalurgs Liepāja]], [[Dinamo-Juniors Riga|Dinamo/Juniors Rīga]], and [[Sokil Kyiv]] are now members of the league.

==Teams of the last season (2003–04)==
;Division A:
*{{Flagicon|LAT}} [[HK Riga 2000|HK Rīga 2000]]
*{{Flagicon|LAT}} [[HK Liepājas Metalurgs|HK Metalurgs Liepāja]]
*{{Flagicon|LAT}} [[ASK/Ogre]]
*{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Sokil Kyiv]]
*{{Flagicon|BLR}} [[HK Neman Grodno]]
*{{Flagicon|BLR}} [[Keramin Minsk]]
*{{Flagicon|BLR}} [[HK Gomel]]
*{{Flagicon|BLR}} [[Khimvolokno]]
*{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Titan Klin]]

;Division B:
*{{Flagicon|BLR}} [[HK Vitebsk]]
*{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[HK Kiev]]
*{{Flagicon|BLR}} [[Junior Minsk]]
*{{Flagicon|BLR}} [[HK Gomel]]
*{{Flagicon|LAT}} [[Riga 85]]
*{{Flagicon|BLR}} [[Khimvolokno Mogilev]]

==EEHL champions==
*[[1995–96 EEHL season|1995–96]]: {{Flagicon|BLR}} [[HK Neman Grodno]]
*[[1996–97 EEHL season|1996–97]]: {{Flagicon|LAT}} [[Juniors Rīga]]
*[[1997–98 EEHL season|1997–98]]: {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Sokil Kyiv]]
*[[1998–99 EEHL season|1998–99]]: {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Sokil Kyiv]]
*[[1999–2000 EEHL season|1999–2000]]: {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Berkut Kyiv]]
*[[2000–01 EEHL season|2000–01]]: {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Berkut Kyiv]]
*[[2001–02 EEHL season|2001–02]]: {{Flagicon|LAT}} [[HK Liepājas Metalurgs|Metalurgs Liepāja]]
*[[2002–03 EEHL season|2002–03]]: {{Flagicon|BLR}} [[Keramin Minsk]]
*[[2003–04 EEHL season|2003–04]]: {{Flagicon|BLR}} [[Keramin Minsk]]

==EEHL Cup winners==
*[[1997–98 EEHL Cup|1997–98]]: {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Sokil Kyiv]]
*[[1998–99 EEHL Cup|1998–99]]: {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Sokil Kyiv]]
*[[2000–01 EEHL Cup|2000–01]]: {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Berkut Kyiv]]
*[[2003–04 EEHL Cup|2003–04]]: {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Titan Klin]]

==See also==
*[[Eastern European Hockey League (Junior)]]
{{Euro Leagues}}
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:Ice hockey leagues]]