Junior hockey in Europe

In Europe, junior teams are usually associated with a professional team, and are used by professional teams to develop their own prospects. One example of this is the J20 SuperElit league in Sweden or the Minor Hockey League in Russia. Such leagues are sometimes dubbed major junior hockey leagues.

The lack of an amateur draft in Europe, other than in Russia, means that the onus is on the teams to sign the most talented young players they can get, and the presence of an affiliated junior team provides a place for young players who aren't yet ready for the rigors of the professional game to develop. However, not all players on a European junior team are necessarily the property of their professional club, and may elect to sign elsewhere.

Junior hockey by country

• Junior hockey in Austria
• Junior hockey in Belarus
• Junior hockey in Belgium
• Junior hockey in Bulgaria
• Junior hockey in Croatia
• Junior hockey in the Czech Republic
• Junior hockey in Denmark
• Junior hockey in Estonia
• Junior hockey in Finland
• Junior hockey in France
• Junior hockey in Germany
• Junior hockey in Great Britain
• Junior hockey in Hungary
• Junior hockey in Iceland
• Junior hockey in Italy
• Junior hockey in Kazakhstan
• Junior hockey in Latvia
• Junior hockey in Lithuania
• Junior hockey in the Netherlands
• Junior hockey in Norway
• Junior hockey in Poland
• Junior hockey in Romania
• Junior hockey in Russia
• Junior hockey in Serbia
• Junior hockey in Slovakia
• Junior hockey in Slovenia
• Junior hockey in Spain
• Junior hockey in Sweden
• Junior hockey in Switzerland
• Junior hockey in Turkey
• Junior hockey in Ukraine

Defunct countries

• Junior hockey in Czechoslovakia
• Junior hockey in the Soviet Union

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