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{{Infobox Sports league
{{Infobox Sports league
| title          = Champions Hockey League
| title          = Champions Hockey League
| current_season = 2015–16 Champions Hockey League
| current_season = 2023–24 Champions Hockey League
| logo          = Champions_Hockey_League_logo.jpg
| logo          = Champions League_logo.png
| pixels        = 300px
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| motto          =
| motto          =
| inaugural      = 2014
| inaugural      = 2014
| teams          = 48
| teams          = 32
| country        = Multiple in Europe
| country        = 13
| venue          =
| venue          =
| champion      = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]
| champion      = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tappara]]
| most_champs    = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Luleå Hockey]] (1) [[Frölunda HC]] (1)
| most_champs    = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]] (4)
| qualification  =  
| qualification  =  
| folded        =  
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| Founder        = [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]
| Founder        = [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]
}}
}}
[[File:Champions_Hockey_League_logo.jpg|thumb|250px]]
The '''Champions Hockey League''' is a European ice hockey tournament launched by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF), which started in the [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15 season]].
The '''Champions Hockey League''' is a European ice hockey tournament launched by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF), which started in the [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15 season]].


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The IIHF launched [[Champions Hockey League (2008–09)|a tournament with the same name]] in 2008 to coincide with the IIHF's 100th anniversary. [[2008–09 Champions Hockey League|The tournament's only season]] was played between 8 October 2008 and 28 January 2009, and was won by the [[ZSC Lions]] who got to play in the [[2009 Victoria Cup]] game as a result. The IIHF planned to launch another season, but was ultimately forced to cancel the tournament due to problems with finding sponsors and failure to agree on a format. On 9 December 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launched a new tournament with the same name, born out of the [[European Trophy]], starting in the [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15 season]].<ref name="Season announced">[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/8242.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=2bf2ed1463 New era dawns for Europe]</ref>
The IIHF launched [[Champions Hockey League (2008–09)|a tournament with the same name]] in 2008 to coincide with the IIHF's 100th anniversary. [[2008–09 Champions Hockey League|The tournament's only season]] was played between 8 October 2008 and 28 January 2009, and was won by the [[ZSC Lions]] who got to play in the [[2009 Victoria Cup]] game as a result. The IIHF planned to launch another season, but was ultimately forced to cancel the tournament due to problems with finding sponsors and failure to agree on a format. On 9 December 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launched a new tournament with the same name, born out of the [[European Trophy]], starting in the [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15 season]].<ref name="Season announced">[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/8242.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=2bf2ed1463 New era dawns for Europe]</ref>


==Seasons==
=== Overview ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Season
! Teams
! Games
! {{abbr|Avg. att.|Average attendance}}
! Champion
! Runner-up
! Semi-finalists
|-
| [[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15]]
| 44
| 161
| 3,049
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Luleå HF]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oulun Kärpät]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Skellefteå AIK]]
|-
| [[2015–16 Champions Hockey League|2015–16]]
| 48
| 157
| 3,261
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Frölunda HC]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oulun Kärpät]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHE}} [[HC Davos]], {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lukko]]
|-
| [[2016–17 Champions Hockey League|2016–17]]
| 48
| 157
| 3,240
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Frölunda HC]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Sparta Praha]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Fribourg-Gottéron]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö Lakers]]
|-
| [[2017–18 Champions Hockey League|2017–18]]
| 32
| 125
| 3,369
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} '''[[JYP Jyväskylä|JYP]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö Lakers]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Oceláři Třinec]], {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Bílí Tygři Liberec]]
|-
| [[2018–19 Champions Hockey League|2018–19]]
| 32
| 125
| 3,400
| style="text-align:left;"|'''{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|DEU}} [[EHC Red Bull München]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Plzeň]], {{flagicon|AUT}} [[EC Red Bull Salzburg]]
|-
| [[2019–20 Champions Hockey League|2019–20]]
| 32
| 125
| 3,446
| style="text-align:left;"|'''{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Mountfield HK]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Djurgårdens IF Hockey|Djurgårdens IF]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Luleå HF]]
|-
| [[2020–21 Champions Hockey League|2020–21]]
| colspan=10 align=center|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|-
| [[2021–22 Champions Hockey League|2021–22]]
| 32
| 123
| 1,988
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Rögle BK]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tappara]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]], {{flagicon|DEU}} [[EHC Red Bull München]]
|-
| [[2022–23 Champions Hockey League|2022–23]]
| 32
| 125
| 2,841
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} '''[[Tappara]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Luleå HF]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[EV Zug]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]
|-
| [[2023–24 Champions Hockey League|2023–24]]
| 24
| 101
| 3,475
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHE}} '''[[Genève-Servette HC]]'''
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Skellefteå AIK]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lukko]], {{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Vítkovice Ridera|Vítkovice Ridera]]
|}
=== 2014–15 season ===
=== 2014–15 season ===
{{main|2014–15 Champions Hockey League}}
{{main|2014–15 Champions Hockey League}}
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For the 2015–16 season, the tournament has been expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with three teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the playoff round of 32.<ref name="CHL to play with 48">{{cite web |url=http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/chl-to-play-with-48-teams-in-2015-16/674/ |title=CHL to play with 48 teams in 2015–16 |publisher=Champions Hockey League |date=4 December 2014 |accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref> The 48 teams consisted of the 26 founding A-licence clubs, 12 B-licensed clubs from the founding leagues, and 10 C-licensed "Wild card" teams from other leagues. The champions from Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom, like the previous season, received wild card berths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv2.no/a/6534754|title=Norge får to plasser i Champions Hockey League|publisher=TV2|date=10 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015|language=Norwegian}}</ref> From Slovakia, Norway, France and the United Kingdom, a second team also received a wild card berth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/clanok/v-lige-majstrov-bude-mat-slovensko-od-sezony-2015-2016-dvoch-zastupcov|title=V Lige majstrov bude mať Slovensko od sezóny 2015/2016 dvoch zástupcov|publisher=Slovak Ice Hockey Federation|date=13 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015|language=Slovak}}</ref> One wild card license was also assigned to [[IIHF Continental Cup 2015]] winner [[HK Neman Grodno]].<ref name="CHL to play with 48"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9360&cHash=91953f6440355014cd40cfbefc5b5539|title=Neman wins Continental Cup|publisher=IIHF|date=10 January 2015|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.belta.by/all_news/sport/HC-Neman-Grodno-to-play-in-2015-16-CHL-season_i_79279.html|title=HC Neman Grodno to play in 2015-16 CHL season|publisher=Belarus News (BelTA)|date=5 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref>
For the 2015–16 season, the tournament has been expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with three teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the playoff round of 32.<ref name="CHL to play with 48">{{cite web |url=http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/chl-to-play-with-48-teams-in-2015-16/674/ |title=CHL to play with 48 teams in 2015–16 |publisher=Champions Hockey League |date=4 December 2014 |accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref> The 48 teams consisted of the 26 founding A-licence clubs, 12 B-licensed clubs from the founding leagues, and 10 C-licensed "Wild card" teams from other leagues. The champions from Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom, like the previous season, received wild card berths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv2.no/a/6534754|title=Norge får to plasser i Champions Hockey League|publisher=TV2|date=10 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015|language=Norwegian}}</ref> From Slovakia, Norway, France and the United Kingdom, a second team also received a wild card berth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/clanok/v-lige-majstrov-bude-mat-slovensko-od-sezony-2015-2016-dvoch-zastupcov|title=V Lige majstrov bude mať Slovensko od sezóny 2015/2016 dvoch zástupcov|publisher=Slovak Ice Hockey Federation|date=13 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015|language=Slovak}}</ref> One wild card license was also assigned to [[IIHF Continental Cup 2015]] winner [[HK Neman Grodno]].<ref name="CHL to play with 48"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9360&cHash=91953f6440355014cd40cfbefc5b5539|title=Neman wins Continental Cup|publisher=IIHF|date=10 January 2015|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.belta.by/all_news/sport/HC-Neman-Grodno-to-play-in-2015-16-CHL-season_i_79279.html|title=HC Neman Grodno to play in 2015-16 CHL season|publisher=Belarus News (BelTA)|date=5 February 2015|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref>
=== 2016–17 season ===
{{main|2016–17 Champions Hockey League}}
The 2016–17 season was once more played with 48 teams, using the same format as in the previous season. The season started on 16 August 2016 and ended with the final game on 7 February 2017 with [[Frölunda HC|Frölunda]] defeating [[HC Sparta Praha|Sparta Prague]], 4–3 in overtime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/folj-chl-finalen-har/|title=Frölunda försvarade CHL-titeln|publisher=SVT Sport|language=Swedish|author=Gustav Orbring|date=7 February 2017|accessdate=7 February 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208134738/http://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/folj-chl-finalen-har/|archivedate=8 February 2017|df=}}</ref>
=== 2017–18 season ===
{{main|2017–18 Champions Hockey League}}
Starting with the fourth CHL season, the championship was reduced to 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while eight teams from the "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. No founding team was qualified automatically.<ref name="format_2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/new-chl-format-for-2017-18-32-teams-and-on-ice-qualification-only/1727/|title=New CHL format for 2017–18! 32 teams & on-ice qualification only|publisher=championshockeyleague.net|date=2016-06-14|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130083341/http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/new-chl-format-for-2017-18-32-teams-and-on-ice-qualification-only/1727|archivedate=2016-11-30|df=}}</ref>
Finnish side [[JYP Jyväskylä]] won the title defeating Swedish team [[Växjö Lakers]] 2-0.
===2018–19 season===
{{main|2018–19 Champions Hockey League}}
The fifth CHL season was competed by 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. One place was awarded to the [[2017–18 IIHF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]] champion. Unlike in the first three editions, founding teams did not automatically qualify. The group stages began on 30 August 2018, and ended on 17 October 2018. The season had an average attendance of 3,401 per game, one percent increase from the previous season.
Swedish team [[Frölunda HC]] won their third Champions Hockey League title, defeating [[EHC Red Bull München|Red Bull München]], the first German team to reach the final, 3–1 at the [[Scandinavium]] in [[Gothenburg]].
===2019–20 season===
{{main|2019–20 Champions Hockey League}}
The sixth CHL season had 32 teams competing, and qualification was again on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. One place was awarded to the champion of the [[2018–19 Champions Hockey League]] as well as a wild card spot selected by the board.
Swedish team [[Frölunda HC]] successfully defended their Champions Hockey League title, defeating Czech team [[Mountfield HK]] 3–1 in the final to win the European Trophy for a fourth time. For the first time in the history of the league, the final was held in the Czech Republic as Mountfield HK earned the right to host the game at [[Zimní stadion Hradec Králové|ČPP Arena]].
===2020–21 season===
{{main|2020–21 Champions Hockey League}}
The season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=2020/21 CHL season cancelled|url=https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/news/2020-21-chl-season-cancelled|access-date=2020-10-13|website=www.championshockeyleague.com|language=en}}</ref>
===2021–22 season===
{{main|2021–22 Champions Hockey League}}
The seventh CHL season had 32 teams competing with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking) while seven "challenge leagues" were represented by their national champions. One place was awarded to the champion of the [[2019–20 Champions Hockey League]] as well as two wild card spots selected by the board to replace the national champions of Belarus and Slovakia. The season was marked by participation of the first Ukrainian team, [[HC Donbass]].
Swedish team [[Rögle BK]] in their debut season beat Finnish team [[Tappara]] 2–1 in the final at their home [[Catena Arena]] in [[Ängelholm]] to win the European Trophy for the first time.
===2022–23 season===
{{main|2022–23 Champions Hockey League}}
The eighth CHL season had 32 teams competing with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking) while seven "challenge leagues" were represented by their national champions. One place each was awarded to the champions of the [[2021–22 Champions Hockey League]] and [[2021–22 IIHF Continental Cup|2021–22 Continental Cup]], as well as one wild card spot selected by the board to replace the Ukrainian champion [[HC Donbass]]. This season was marked by the participation of the first Hungarian and Slovenian teams, with [[Fehérvár AV19]] and [[HK Olimpija|Olimpija Ljubljana]] joining the competition.
Finnish team [[Tappara]] defeated Swedish team [[Luleå HF]] 3–2 in the final at [[Coop Norrbotten Arena]] in [[Luleå]] to win the European Trophy for the first time.


== Teams ==
== Teams ==
From the 2015-16 season, 48 clubs from the first-tier leagues of at least ten different European countries will participate. Teams can qualify for the tournament by obtaining either an A, B or C license.<ref name="Ready for takeoff" /><ref name="CHL to play with 48" />
Since the 2017–18 season, 32 teams again participate in the group stage, with 24 of the entries coming from the six founding leagues ([[Swedish Hockey League]], Finnish [[Liiga]], Swiss [[National League A]], [[Czech Extraliga]], German [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]] and Austrian/international [[Austrian Hockey League|EBEL]]) and all berths being earned through on-ice achievement: the "founding clubs" are no longer guaranteed a place in the competition. A maximum of five teams from each country are permitted, with the entries allotted to each country according to a coefficient system  (best two leagues get five berths, next two get four, last two get three). The remaining eight places are given to the champions of the Norwegian, Slovakian, French, Belarusian, Danish, British and Polish leagues, as well as the champion of the [[IIHF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]. The teams are then be drawn into eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stage, which is contested as two-legged ties until a one-match final.<ref name="format_2017"/>
 
In the first 3 years of the competition, the 26 founding teams had guaranteed spots in the group stage ("A license"). Additional teams from the founding league, that qualified based on sporting merits ("B license") and the champions from other European leagues ("C license") completed the field.
 
===League ranking===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:8%"|Rank !! League !! Points 2016–17 (25%) !! Points 2017–18 (50%) !! Points 2018–19 (75%) !! Points 2019–20 (100%) !! Total points !! Berths for 2022–23
|-
| 1 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Swedish Hockey League|SHL]]<sup>F</sup> || 95 (24) || 100 (50) || 100 (75) || 100 || 249 || 5
|-
| 2 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[National League A|NLA]]<sup>F</sup> || 100 (25) || 80 (40) || 95 (71) || 90 || 226 || 5
|-
| 3 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]<sup>F</sup> || 75 (19) || 85 (43) || 80 (60) || 95 || 217 || 4
|-
| 4 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Liiga]]<sup>F</sup> || 90 (23) || 90 (45) || 85 (64) || 80 || 212 || 4
|-
| 5 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Extraliga|ELH]]<sup>F</sup> || 85 (21) || 95 (48) || 75 (56) || 85 || 210 || 3
|-
| 6 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Austrian Hockey League|ICEHL]]<sup>F</sup> || 65 (16) || 75 (38) || 90 (68) || 70 || 192 || 3
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Belarusian Extraleague|BXL]] || 80 (20) || 70 (35) || 60 (45) || 75 || 175 || 1
|-
| 8 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Elite Ice Hockey League|EIHL]] || 60 (15) || 65 (33) || 40 (30) || 70 || 148 || 1
|-
| 9 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Ligue Magnus]] || 45 (11) || 50 (25) || 70 (53) || 55 || 144 || 1
|-
| 10 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Tipos Extraliga]] || 70 (18) || 60 (30) || 55 (41) || 55 || 144 || 1
|-
| 11 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Eliteserien (ice hockey)|Eliteserien]] || 50 (13) || 55 (28) || 70 (53) || 40 || 134 || 1
|-
| 12 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Polska Hokej Liga|PHL]] || 40 (10) || 50 (25) || 50 (38) || 60 || 133 || 1
|-
| 13 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Metal Ligaen]] || 60 (15) || 50 (25) || 50 (38) || 55 || 133 || 1
|}
<sup>F</sup> founding leagues
 
'''Note:''' It was decided that the [[2021–22 Champions Hockey League|2021–22 season]] would not be accounted for.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adjustments to the league ranking|url=https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/news/adjustments-to-the-league-ranking|date=12 January 2022|access-date=11 March 2022|website=www.championshockeyleague.com|language=en}}</ref>


* '''A license''': The 26 founding clubs are granted an "A license", provided that they play in the first-tier league of their respective system.<ref name="Djurgarden not eligible to play unless promoted">{{cite web |url=http://www.difhockey.se/artikel/3002/ |title=CHL: Ny era i europeisk klubbhockey |publisher=[[Djurgårdens IF Hockey]] |work=difhockey.se |language=Swedish |date=2013-12-09 |accessdate=2013-12-19}}</ref>
====League ranking points calculation====
* '''B license''': Two teams—the top regular season team and the top playoff team in the previous season without an A license—from each of the founding leagues (Austrian [[Austrian Hockey League|EBEL]], [[Czech Extraliga]], Finnish [[Liiga]], German [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]], Swiss [[National League A|NLA]] and Swedish [[Swedish Hockey League|SHL]]) will also participate.<ref name="Ebel Qualifikationskriterien">[http://www.erstebankliga.at/de/news/detail/2014/02/20/qualifikationskriterien_fuer_die_champions_hockey_league Qualifikationskriterien für die Champions Hockey League]</ref> If these top teams are already founding clubs with A licenses, other teams from the league can take the B license spots. The order the B licenses will be handed out is:<ref name="Ebel Qualifikationskriterien"/><ref name="IIHF new clubs">[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8660&cHash=4740b1f34301de6c890940cbc9b9d9ae New clubs join CHL]</ref>
Each match is counted for league ranking points. Points collected by all teams from a specific league are summed up and then divided by number of teams from that league. The final result represents the league's coefficient for that year. Coefficients are then sorted from highest to lowest: the best league gets 100 points with each following getting five points less than previous one (95, 90, 85...).
# National champion
# Regular season winner
# Runner-up, regular season
# Play-off finalist
# Best placed semifinal loser
# Worst placed semifinal loser
:If the leagues after that still don't reach their guaranteed number of places (EBEL: 4; DEL, NLA and Extraliga: 5; SHL and Liiga: 6) the third and fourth placed team in the regular season also can be considered.<ref name="Växjös chanser">{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeysverige.se/robert-pettersson/2014/03/26/sex-nya-lag-klara-for-champions-league-sa-ser-vaxjos-chanser-ut/ |title=Sex nya lag klara för Champions League – så ser Växjös chanser ut |date=2014-03-26 |publisher=Hockeysverige.se |language=sv}}</ref>


* '''C license''': The rest of the places will go to "wild card" teams, from European first-tier leagues other than the founding ones. The C license teams will be drawn from amongst the champions of the [[IIHF Continental Cup]], [[Elite Ice Hockey League]] (United Kingdom), [[GET-ligaen]] (Norway), [[Ligue Magnus]] (France), [[Metal Ligaen]] (Denmark), and [[Slovak Extraliga]] (Slovakia).<ref name="Ready for takeoff" /><ref name="Belarus’ Neman">{{cite web |url=http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/belarus-neman-grodno-marks-chl-foray-into-eastern-europe/820/ |title=Belarus’ Neman Grodno marks CHL foray into Eastern Europe |date=2015-02-19 |publisher=Champions Hockey League }}</ref>
Points are awarded as follows:
* win in regulation time – 3 points (group stage, playoffs)
* win in overtime – 2 points (group stage only; no overtime in playoffs)
* tie in regulation time – 1 point (playoffs only)
* loss in overtime – 1 point (group stage only)
* loss in regulation time – 0 points (group stage, playoffs)
 
Additionally, each team is awarded 1 point for reaching each of next rounds.
 
The last four seasons are taken into account for berth allocation for the 2018–19 season. League points are made of 25% of points won in first season, 50% of points won in second season, 75% of points won in third season and 100% of points won in last, fourth season.
 
For the 2018–19 season, each of the four previous seasons will be taken into account and starting with 2019-20 season each will be based on points from last five seasons.


== Prize money ==
== Prize money ==
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The winner of the Competition will receive the “European Trophy”.<ref>http://www.championshockeyleague.net/about/about_chl/</ref>
The winner of the Competition will receive the “European Trophy”.<ref>http://www.championshockeyleague.net/about/about_chl/</ref>


==Winners==
==Records and statistics==
*[[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–2015]]: {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Luleå Hockey]]
===Winners===
*[[2015–16 Champions Hockey League|2015–2016]]: {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Performance by club
! scope="col"|Club
! scope="col"|Winners
! scope="col"|Runners-up
! scope="col"|{{abbr|Win%|Winning percentage}}
! scope="col"|Years won
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]]
| 4 || 1 || {{winpct|4|1}} || style="text-align:left;"|[[2015–16 Champions Hockey League|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Champions Hockey League|2016–17]], [[2018–19 Champions Hockey League|2018–19]], [[2019–20 Champions Hockey League|2019–20]]
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tappara]]
| 1 || 1 || {{winpct|1|1}} || style="text-align:left;"|[[2022–23 Champions Hockey League|2022–23]]
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Luleå HF]]
| 1 || 1 || {{winpct|1|1}} || style="text-align:left;"|[[2014–15 Champions Hockey League|2014–15]]
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[JYP Jyväskylä|JYP]]
| 1 || 0 || {{winpct|1|0}} || style="text-align:left;"|[[2017–18 Champions Hockey League|2017–18]]
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rögle BK]]
| 1 || 0 || {{winpct|1|0}} || style="text-align:left;"|[[2021–22 Champions Hockey League|2021–22]]
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Genève-Servette HC]]
| 1 || 0 || {{winpct|1|0}} || style="text-align:left;"|[[2023–24 Champions Hockey League|2023–24]]
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oulun Kärpät]]
| 0 || 1 || {{winpct|0|1}} || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö Lakers]]
| 0 || 1 || {{winpct|0|1}} || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|DEU}} [[EHC Red Bull München]]
| 0 || 1 || {{winpct|0|1}} || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[HC Sparta Praha]]
| 0 || 1 || {{winpct|0|1}} || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Mountfield HK]]
| 0 || 1 || {{winpct|0|1}} || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! scope="row"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Skellefteå AIK]]
| 0 || 1 || {{winpct|0|1}} || style="text-align:left;"|
|}
 
===By nation===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Performance by nation
! scope="col"|Nation
! scope="col"|Winners
! scope="col"|Runners-up
|-
! scope="row"|{{SWE}}
| 6 || 4
|-
! scope="row"|{{FIN}}
| 2 || 2
|-
! scope="row"|{{SUI}}
| 1 || 0
|-
! scope="row"|{{CZE}}
| 0 || 2
|-
! scope="row"|{{DEU}}
| 0 || 1
|}


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 19:07, 24 July 2024

This article is about the tournament that was launched in the 2014–15 season. For the tournament that was cancelled after the 2008–09 season, see Champions Hockey League (2008–09).

Champions Hockey League
2023–24 Champions Hockey League
Champions League logo.png
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2013
CEO Martin Baumann[1]
Inaugural season 2014
No. of teams 32
Country(ies) 13
Most recent champion(s) Flag of Finland Tappara
Most championship(s) Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC (4)
TV partner(s) Europe: various
Official website ChampionsHockeyLeague.net
Champions Hockey League logo.jpg

The Champions Hockey League is a European ice hockey tournament launched by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which started in the 2014–15 season.

Background

The IIHF launched a tournament with the same name in 2008 to coincide with the IIHF's 100th anniversary. The tournament's only season was played between 8 October 2008 and 28 January 2009, and was won by the ZSC Lions who got to play in the 2009 Victoria Cup game as a result. The IIHF planned to launch another season, but was ultimately forced to cancel the tournament due to problems with finding sponsors and failure to agree on a format. On 9 December 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launched a new tournament with the same name, born out of the European Trophy, starting in the 2014–15 season.[2]

Seasons

Overview

Season Teams Games Avg. att. Champion Runner-up Semi-finalists
2014–15 44 161 3,049 Flag of Sweden Luleå HF Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC Flag of Finland Oulun Kärpät, Flag of Sweden Skellefteå AIK
2015–16 48 157 3,261 Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC Flag of Finland Oulun Kärpät Flag of Switzerland HC Davos, Flag of Finland Lukko
2016–17 48 157 3,240 Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC Flag of the Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha Flag of Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron, Flag of Sweden Växjö Lakers
2017–18 32 125 3,369 Flag of Finland JYP Flag of Sweden Växjö Lakers Flag of the Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec, Flag of the Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec
2018–19 32 125 3,400 Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC Flag of Germany EHC Red Bull München Flag of the Czech Republic HC Plzeň, Flag of Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg
2019–20 32 125 3,446 Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC Flag of the Czech Republic Mountfield HK Flag of Sweden Djurgårdens IF, Flag of Sweden Luleå HF
2020–21 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22 32 123 1,988 Flag of Sweden Rögle BK Flag of Finland Tappara Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC, Flag of Germany EHC Red Bull München
2022–23 32 125 2,841 Flag of Finland Tappara Flag of Sweden Luleå HF Flag of Switzerland EV Zug, Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC
2023–24 24 101 3,475 Flag of Switzerland Genève-Servette HC Flag of Sweden Skellefteå AIK Flag of Finland Lukko, Flag of the Czech Republic Vítkovice Ridera

2014–15 season

Main article: 2014–15 Champions Hockey League

The 2014–15 season's regulation round was played between 21 August and 7 October 2014. 44 clubs from 12 different European countries participated in the season, divided into 11 groups of four teams each. A draw took place in Minsk, Belarus, on 21 May 2014 to determine the groups. Each team played a double round-robin in their group, for a total of 6 games per team. The 11 group winners as well as the top five group runners-up qualified for the playoffs, which began on 4 November and ended with the final on 4 February 2015. The playoffs were as a single-elimination tournament, with all rounds leading to the final played in two-game, home-and-away, total-goal series. The final was a single game. In total, 161 games were played, including the group and playoff stages.[2][3]

2015–16 season

Main article: 2015–16 Champions Hockey League

For the 2015–16 season, the tournament has been expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with three teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the playoff round of 32.[4] The 48 teams consisted of the 26 founding A-licence clubs, 12 B-licensed clubs from the founding leagues, and 10 C-licensed "Wild card" teams from other leagues. The champions from Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom, like the previous season, received wild card berths.[5] From Slovakia, Norway, France and the United Kingdom, a second team also received a wild card berth.[6] One wild card license was also assigned to IIHF Continental Cup 2015 winner HK Neman Grodno.[4][7][8]

2016–17 season

Main article: 2016–17 Champions Hockey League

The 2016–17 season was once more played with 48 teams, using the same format as in the previous season. The season started on 16 August 2016 and ended with the final game on 7 February 2017 with Frölunda defeating Sparta Prague, 4–3 in overtime.[9]

2017–18 season

Main article: 2017–18 Champions Hockey League

Starting with the fourth CHL season, the championship was reduced to 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while eight teams from the "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. No founding team was qualified automatically.[10]

Finnish side JYP Jyväskylä won the title defeating Swedish team Växjö Lakers 2-0.


2018–19 season

Main article: 2018–19 Champions Hockey League

The fifth CHL season was competed by 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. One place was awarded to the Continental Cup champion. Unlike in the first three editions, founding teams did not automatically qualify. The group stages began on 30 August 2018, and ended on 17 October 2018. The season had an average attendance of 3,401 per game, one percent increase from the previous season.

Swedish team Frölunda HC won their third Champions Hockey League title, defeating Red Bull München, the first German team to reach the final, 3–1 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg.

2019–20 season

Main article: 2019–20 Champions Hockey League

The sixth CHL season had 32 teams competing, and qualification was again on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each. One place was awarded to the champion of the 2018–19 Champions Hockey League as well as a wild card spot selected by the board.

Swedish team Frölunda HC successfully defended their Champions Hockey League title, defeating Czech team Mountfield HK 3–1 in the final to win the European Trophy for a fourth time. For the first time in the history of the league, the final was held in the Czech Republic as Mountfield HK earned the right to host the game at ČPP Arena.

2020–21 season

Main article: 2020–21 Champions Hockey League

The season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[11]

2021–22 season

Main article: 2021–22 Champions Hockey League

The seventh CHL season had 32 teams competing with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking) while seven "challenge leagues" were represented by their national champions. One place was awarded to the champion of the 2019–20 Champions Hockey League as well as two wild card spots selected by the board to replace the national champions of Belarus and Slovakia. The season was marked by participation of the first Ukrainian team, HC Donbass.

Swedish team Rögle BK in their debut season beat Finnish team Tappara 2–1 in the final at their home Catena Arena in Ängelholm to win the European Trophy for the first time.

2022–23 season

Main article: 2022–23 Champions Hockey League

The eighth CHL season had 32 teams competing with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking) while seven "challenge leagues" were represented by their national champions. One place each was awarded to the champions of the 2021–22 Champions Hockey League and 2021–22 Continental Cup, as well as one wild card spot selected by the board to replace the Ukrainian champion HC Donbass. This season was marked by the participation of the first Hungarian and Slovenian teams, with Fehérvár AV19 and Olimpija Ljubljana joining the competition.

Finnish team Tappara defeated Swedish team Luleå HF 3–2 in the final at Coop Norrbotten Arena in Luleå to win the European Trophy for the first time.

Teams

Since the 2017–18 season, 32 teams again participate in the group stage, with 24 of the entries coming from the six founding leagues (Swedish Hockey League, Finnish Liiga, Swiss National League A, Czech Extraliga, German DEL and Austrian/international EBEL) and all berths being earned through on-ice achievement: the "founding clubs" are no longer guaranteed a place in the competition. A maximum of five teams from each country are permitted, with the entries allotted to each country according to a coefficient system (best two leagues get five berths, next two get four, last two get three). The remaining eight places are given to the champions of the Norwegian, Slovakian, French, Belarusian, Danish, British and Polish leagues, as well as the champion of the Continental Cup. The teams are then be drawn into eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stage, which is contested as two-legged ties until a one-match final.[10]

In the first 3 years of the competition, the 26 founding teams had guaranteed spots in the group stage ("A license"). Additional teams from the founding league, that qualified based on sporting merits ("B license") and the champions from other European leagues ("C license") completed the field.

League ranking

Rank League Points 2016–17 (25%) Points 2017–18 (50%) Points 2018–19 (75%) Points 2019–20 (100%) Total points Berths for 2022–23
1 Flag of Sweden SHLF 95 (24) 100 (50) 100 (75) 100 249 5
2 Flag of Switzerland NLAF 100 (25) 80 (40) 95 (71) 90 226 5
3 Flag of Germany DELF 75 (19) 85 (43) 80 (60) 95 217 4
4 Flag of Finland LiigaF 90 (23) 90 (45) 85 (64) 80 212 4
5 Flag of the Czech Republic ELHF 85 (21) 95 (48) 75 (56) 85 210 3
6 Flag of Austria ICEHLF 65 (16) 75 (38) 90 (68) 70 192 3
7 Flag of Belarus BXL 80 (20) 70 (35) 60 (45) 75 175 1
8 Flag of the United Kingdom EIHL 60 (15) 65 (33) 40 (30) 70 148 1
9 Flag of France Ligue Magnus 45 (11) 50 (25) 70 (53) 55 144 1
10 Flag of Slovakia Tipos Extraliga 70 (18) 60 (30) 55 (41) 55 144 1
11 Flag of Norway Eliteserien 50 (13) 55 (28) 70 (53) 40 134 1
12 Flag of Poland PHL 40 (10) 50 (25) 50 (38) 60 133 1
13 Flag of Denmark Metal Ligaen 60 (15) 50 (25) 50 (38) 55 133 1

F founding leagues

Note: It was decided that the 2021–22 season would not be accounted for.[12]

League ranking points calculation

Each match is counted for league ranking points. Points collected by all teams from a specific league are summed up and then divided by number of teams from that league. The final result represents the league's coefficient for that year. Coefficients are then sorted from highest to lowest: the best league gets 100 points with each following getting five points less than previous one (95, 90, 85...).

Points are awarded as follows:

  • win in regulation time – 3 points (group stage, playoffs)
  • win in overtime – 2 points (group stage only; no overtime in playoffs)
  • tie in regulation time – 1 point (playoffs only)
  • loss in overtime – 1 point (group stage only)
  • loss in regulation time – 0 points (group stage, playoffs)

Additionally, each team is awarded 1 point for reaching each of next rounds.

The last four seasons are taken into account for berth allocation for the 2018–19 season. League points are made of 25% of points won in first season, 50% of points won in second season, 75% of points won in third season and 100% of points won in last, fourth season.

For the 2018–19 season, each of the four previous seasons will be taken into account and starting with 2019-20 season each will be based on points from last five seasons.

Prize money

In the 2014–15 season, 40 teams competed for a grand total of 1.5 million euros.[3]

European Trophy

The winner of the Competition will receive the “European Trophy”.[13]

Records and statistics

Winners

Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Win% Years won
Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC 4 1 .800 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20
Flag of Finland Tappara 1 1 .500 2022–23
Flag of Sweden Luleå HF 1 1 .500 2014–15
Flag of Finland JYP 1 0 1.000 2017–18
Flag of Sweden Rögle BK 1 0 1.000 2021–22
Flag of Switzerland Genève-Servette HC 1 0 1.000 2023–24
Flag of Finland Oulun Kärpät 0 1 .000
Flag of Sweden Växjö Lakers 0 1 .000
Flag of Germany EHC Red Bull München 0 1 .000
Flag of the Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 0 1 .000
Flag of the Czech Republic Mountfield HK 0 1 .000
Flag of Sweden Skellefteå AIK 0 1 .000

By nation

Performance by nation
Nation Winners Runners-up
 Sweden 6 4
 Finland 2 2
 Switzerland 1 0
 Czech Republic 0 2
 Germany 0 1

References

  1. ↑ "Staff". Champions Hockey League. http://www.championshockeyleague.net/about/about_chl/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New era dawns for Europe
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ready for takeoff". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2014-02-27. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8589&cHash=ab1d824eaa32562f1c7a4e373ce62cf5. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "CHL to play with 48 teams in 2015–16". Champions Hockey League. 4 December 2014. http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/chl-to-play-with-48-teams-in-2015-16/674/. Retrieved 4 December 2014. 
  5. ↑ "Norge får to plasser i Champions Hockey League" (in Norwegian). TV2. 10 February 2015. http://www.tv2.no/a/6534754. Retrieved 16 February 2015. 
  6. ↑ "V Lige majstrov bude mať Slovensko od sezóny 2015/2016 dvoch zástupcov" (in Slovak). Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. 13 February 2015. http://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/clanok/v-lige-majstrov-bude-mat-slovensko-od-sezony-2015-2016-dvoch-zastupcov. Retrieved 16 February 2015. 
  7. ↑ "Neman wins Continental Cup". IIHF. 10 January 2015. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9360&cHash=91953f6440355014cd40cfbefc5b5539. Retrieved 10 January 2015. 
  8. ↑ "HC Neman Grodno to play in 2015-16 CHL season". Belarus News (BelTA). 5 February 2015. http://eng.belta.by/all_news/sport/HC-Neman-Grodno-to-play-in-2015-16-CHL-season_i_79279.html. Retrieved 16 February 2015. 
  9. ↑ Gustav Orbring (7 February 2017). "Frölunda försvarade CHL-titeln" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. http://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/folj-chl-finalen-har/. Retrieved 7 February 2017. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "New CHL format for 2017–18! 32 teams & on-ice qualification only". championshockeyleague.net. 2016-06-14. Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20161130083341/http://www.championshockeyleague.net/news/new-chl-format-for-2017-18-32-teams-and-on-ice-qualification-only/1727. 
  11. ↑ "2020/21 CHL season cancelled" (in en). https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/news/2020-21-chl-season-cancelled. 
  12. ↑ "Adjustments to the league ranking" (in en). 12 January 2022. https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/news/adjustments-to-the-league-ranking. 
  13. ↑ http://www.championshockeyleague.net/about/about_chl/

See also


European Club Tournaments
European Cup

1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997

European Hockey League

1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000

European Champions Cup

2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008

Champions Hockey League (2008-2009)

2008–09

Champions Hockey League

2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2020–21 - 2021–22 - 2022–23 - 2023–24

European Hockey Overview
Top-Level Leagues
International

Alps Hockey League - BeNe League - Erste Liga - International Hockey League - Kontinental Hockey League

National

Andorra - Armenia - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom

Second-Level Leagues
Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Russia - Slovakia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine
Third-Level Leagues
Austria - Belgium - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Italy - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Russia - Scotland - Slovakia - Sweden - Switzerland
Fourth-Level and lower Leagues
Austria - Belgium (4, 5) - Czech Republic (4, 5) - Finland (4, 5, 6, 7) - France - Germany (4, 5) - Hungary - Italy - Netherlands (4, 5, 6, 7) - Norway (4, 5, 6, 7) - Poland - Russia (Night League, Amateur Leagues) - Sweden (4, 5, 6, 7, 8), Switzerland (4, 5, 6, 7)
Cup Competitions
Cups

Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Czech Republic - Denmark - East Germany - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Netherlands (Cup, Ron Berteling Schaal) - Norway - Poland - Romania - Scotland - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Soviet Union - Spain - Switzerland - Ukraine - Yugoslavia

Supercups

Belgium - Estonia - Hungary - Italy - Poland - Netherlands - Slovenia - Spain

Defunct Leagues
Soviet Union - Russia - Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - West Germany - East Germany - Ireland - Luxembourg - Macedonia - Malta - Portugal - Alpenliga - Interliga - Inter-National League - North Sea Cup - Panonian League - Eastern European - Balkan League (1994-1997) - Baltic League (2001) - Baltic Hockey League (2020) - Carpathian League - Slohokej Liga - Balkan Ice Hockey League - English League - English National League - Scottish National League - British Hockey League - Ice Hockey Superleague - German Championship - Swedish Championship - Klass I - Svenska Serien - Elitserien - Swedish Division I - SM-sarja - Swiss National Championship - Swiss International Championship
Women's Leagues
International leagues

European Women's Hockey League - EWHL Super Cup

National leagues

Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland (1, 2, 3, U20, U18, U16) - France - Germany (1, 2, 3, Cup) - Great Britain (England U16) - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (U18) - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden (1, 2, 3, 4, U20) - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine

Defunct leagues

Czechoslovakia - Interliga - Low Countries Cup

Junior Leagues
Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany (East Germany) - Great Britain - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (Soviet Union) - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - Yugoslavia
University Leagues
European University Hockey League - Czech Republic - Great Britain - Netherlands - Russia (RSHL, MSHL, SHLC, SHLMO, SibSHL, SPSHL) - Sweden
International Ice Hockey Federation
World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships - U20 - U18 - IIHF World Women's Championships - U18

Other competitions

Olympic Games - Champions Hockey League - Continental Cup - IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship - IIHF Development Cup (Women's)

Former

Victoria Cup - European Champions Cup - Super Cup - European Championships - European Women Championships - European Junior Championships - Asian Oceanic U18 Championships - European Women's Champions Cup - Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament

Related articles

IIHF Centennial All-Star Team - IIHF Hall of Fame - IIHF World Ranking (List) - List of IIHF members - International Ice Hockey Association - Paul Loicq Award - Torriani Award - Player of the Year (Female, Male)

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