Balkan League

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Balkan League
Balkan League.jpg
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2007
No. of teams 10
Country(ies) Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
Flag of Greece.svg.png Greece
Flag of FYR Macedonia Macedonia
Most recent champion(s) HK Metalurg Skopje

The Balkan League is an amateur ice hockey league. It features teams from Greece and Bulgaria. It was founded in 2007 as a replacement to the Bulgarian Amateur League.

Teams

Team City/Area Arena Capacity Founded Joined BaHL
Current Teams (Group A)
Ice Devils Sofia Flag of Bulgaria Sofia Slavia Ice Stadium 1,874 2007 2007–08
Dinamo Sofia Flag of Bulgaria Sofia Slavia Ice Stadium 1,874 2007 2007–08
Dnepr Sofia Flag of Bulgaria Sofia Slavia Ice Stadium 1,874 2012 2012–13
Red Star Sofia Flag of Bulgaria Sofia Sofia Winter Sports Palace 3,200 2002 2013–14 (rejoined)
AllStars Flag of Greece Thessaloniki Slavia Ice Stadium 1,874 2013 2013–14
Metalurg Skopje Flag of FYR Macedonia Skopje Skopje Ice Rink 2,000 2013 2013–14
Current Teams (Group B)
Ice Devils (B) Flag of Bulgaria Sofia Slavia Ice Stadium 1,874 2007 2011–12
Torpedo Flag of Bulgaria Sofia Slavia Ice Stadium 1,874 2007 2007–08
Admiral Flag of Bulgaria Sofia Slavia Ice Stadium 1,874 2013 2013–14
Ice Sparks Flag of Bulgaria Sofia Slavia Ice Stadium 1,874 2013 2013–14

Champions

Season Champion
2014-15 Flag of Macedonia.svg.png HK Metalurg Skopje
2013-14 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Ledenite Dyavoli Sofia (Group A)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Ledenite Dyavoli Sofia B (Group B)
2012-13 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Dinamo Sofia (Group A)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Torpedo Sofia (Group B)
2011-12 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png NSA Sofia
2010-11 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png NSA Sofia
2009-10 Flag of Greece.svg.png Thessaloniki
2008-09 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Etro 92 Veliko Tarnovo
2007-08 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Spartak Sofia
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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

Elite Women's Hockey League - EWHL Super Cup

National leagues

Austria - 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 - 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