Meistriliiga

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Meistriliiga
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 1990
No. of teams 7
Country(ies)  Estonia
Most recent champion(s) HK Kurbads
Official website icehockey.ee

Meistriliiga is a professional ice hockey league composed of six teams in Estonia.

History

The league was formed for the 1990-91 season. Since 1945-46, Estonian teams had participated in the Estonian SSR Championship. Prior to the country's annexation and incorporation into the Soviet Union, the Estonian Championship had been contested in inter-war Estonia from 1934 to 1940.

Kreenholm/Narva 2000 dominated the league at the outset, winning the first six championships and eight of the first 11. Since winning their first title in 1997, Tartu Kalev-Välk has been the most consistently successful team in the Meistriliiga, having won a total of eight championships. HK Stars claimed four titles in five years from 2005 to 2009.

Teams

Current Teams

Team City Arena Capacity Founded
HC Viking Tallinn Tondiraba Ice Hall 7700
2010
HC Vipers Tallinn Tondiraba Ice Hall 7700
2002
Narva PSK Narva Narva Ice Hall 1300
1976
Tartu Kalev-Välk Tartu Lõunakeskus Ice Hall 600
1994

Former Teams

Team City Arena Capacity Founded
Estonia Junior Team Viljandi Viljandi Ice Hall
1000
1992
HC Tallinn Tallinn Škoda Ice Hall
1000
2016
Tallinna HK Stars Tallinn Linnahall
Unknown
2002
Tallinna KK-GMP Tallinn Škoda Ice Hall
1000
2010
Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve Jäähall
2000
2003
HC Panter Tallinn Škoda Arena
500
2001

Champions

  • 1991 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm II)
  • 1992 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
  • 1993 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
  • 1994 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
  • 1995 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
  • 1996 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
  • 1997 : Välk 494
  • 1998 : Narva 2000 (Narva Kreenholm)
  • 1999 : Välk 494
  • 2000 : Välk 494
  • 2001 : Narva 2000
  • 2002 : Välk 494
  • 2003 : Välk 494
  • 2004 : HC Panter
  • 2005 : HK Stars
  • 2006 : HK Stars
  • 2007 : HK Stars
  • 2008 : Välk 494
  • 2009 : HK Stars
  • 2010 : Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik
  • 2011 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
  • 2012 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
  • 2013 : Tallinn Viiking Sport
  • 2014 : Tallinn Viiking Sport
  • 2015 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
  • 2016 : Narva PSK
  • 2017 : Narva PSK
  • 2018 : HC Viking
  • 2019 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
  • 2020 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
  • 2021 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
  • 2022 : Tartu Kalev-Välk
  • 2023 : Flag of Latvia HK Kurbads, HC Panter was Estonian champions

Titles by team

Titles Team Year
13 Tartu Kalev-Välk 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
10 Kreenholm/Narva 2000 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2016, 2017
4 HK Stars 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
3 Tallinn Viiking Sport 2013, 2014, 2018
1 Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik 2010
1 Tallinn HC Panter 2004
1 HK Kurbads 2023

External links

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

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
Meistriliiga seasons
1990–911991–921992–931993–941994–951995–961996–971997–981998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23
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