List of ice hockey leagues

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This is a list of ice hockey leagues, both professional and amateur, from around the world; parentheses denote year of establishment and, where applicable, year of disestablishment.

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World [edit]

North America [edit]

Major professional [edit]

Minor professional [edit]

Semi-Pro [edit]

Junior [edit]

Major junior [edit]

Note: that the Major Junior level is considered professional by some authorities, including the NCAA, as its players earn a small stipend.

Junior A [edit]

Canadian Junior A Leagues [edit]

(*) Quebec Junior "AAA" is equal to Ontario Junior "A"

American Junior A Leagues [edit]
Tier I [edit]
Tier II [edit]
Tier III [edit]

Tropical Elite Hockey League (2012)

Independent Junior A Leagues [edit]

Junior B [edit]

Canadian Junior B Leagues [edit]

(*) Quebec Junior "AA" is equal to Ontario Junior "B"

American Junior B Leagues [edit]

Junior C [edit]

Canadian Junior C Leagues [edit]

(*) Quebec Junior "A" is equal to Ontario Junior "C"

Junior D [edit]

(*) Quebec Junior "B" is equal to Ontario Junior "D"

College [edit]

CIS Hockey (Canada) [edit]

NCAA Hockey (United States) [edit]

Note: The Northeast-10 sponsors a championship for its members that play ice hockey, but the NCAA doesn't currently sponsor a national championship at the Division II level.

Club Hockey [edit]

Note: there are also many independent teams in all three ACHA divisions in addition to the many within the hockey conferences and leagues.

Junior College [edit]

Women's [edit]

Senior [edit]

Sanctioned by Hockey Canada or USA Hockey [edit]

Canada [edit]
United States [edit]
Unsanctioned [edit]

School and youth [edit]

High School [edit]

Defunct leagues [edit]

Disabled hockey leagues [edit]

Leagues for disabled hockey players

Eurasia [edit]

Asia and Africa [edit]

Armenia [edit]

China [edit]

Republic of China [edit]

Georgia [edit]

Hong Kong [edit]

India [edit]

Israel [edit]

Japan [edit]

Defunct Japan Ice Hockey League

Kazakhstan [edit]

Kyrgyzstan [edit]

Malaysia [edit]

Mongolia [edit]

North Korea [edit]

Singapore [edit]

South Africa [edit]

South Korea [edit]

Thailand [edit]

Turkey [edit]

(Leagues involve teams from both Europe and Asia)

Qatar [edit]

United Arab Emirates [edit]

Europe [edit]

Austria [edit]

Women [edit]

Belarus [edit]

Belgium [edit]

Bosnia and Herzegovina [edit]

Bulgaria [edit]

Croatia [edit]

Czech Republic [edit]

Czechoslovakia [edit]

Denmark [edit]

East Germany [edit]

Estonia [edit]

Finland [edit]

Defunct

Women [edit]

France [edit]

Germany [edit]

Women [edit]

Greece [edit]

Hungary [edit]

Iceland [edit]

Ireland [edit]

Italy [edit]

Semi-pro [edit]

Amateur [edit]

Junior and youth [edit]

  • Under 20 (2 national divisions)
  • Under 18 (2 national divisions)
  • Under 16 (many regional divisions)
  • Under 14 (many regional divisions)
  • Under 12 (many regional divisions)
  • Under 10 (many regional divisions)
  • Under 8 (many regional divisions)

Women [edit]

Latvia [edit]

Lithuania [edit]

Luxembourg [edit]

The Netherlands [edit]

Norway [edit]

Poland [edit]

Portugal [edit]

Romania [edit]

Russia [edit]

Major professional [edit]

Minor professional [edit]
Semi-pro [edit]
Junior [edit]
Youth [edit]
  • Moscow Region
  • North-West Region
  • Volga River Region
  • Ural Region
  • Siberia/Far East Region
Defunct [edit]

Serbia [edit]

Slovakia [edit]

Men [edit]

  • Slovak Extraliga (1993–present after dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (1931–1993))
  • Slovak 1.Liga (12 teams, first 8 participate in play-offs and the winner plays with the worst team from Extraliga, last four teams participate in a play-out and 4th team after play-out plays a relegation game with the best team in 2.Liga)
  • Slovak 2.Liga

Junior [edit]

Youth [edit]

Women [edit]

  • Slovak Women's 1.liga (7 teams, after regular season 1st team advances to semi-final and other compete in quarterfinal, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5)

Slovenia [edit]

Soviet Union [edit]

Spain [edit]

Sweden [edit]

Men [edit]

  • Elitserien (New name for the league in 1975. The national championship has been played since 1922 in other forms. 12 teams)
  • HockeyAllsvenskan (The Swedish second league. The four best teams compete in the end of the season with the two worst placed team in Elitserien. 14 teams.)
  • Swedish Division 1 (Divided into 6 regions, A-F. The three best teams in each region make 3 new series in the end and the three winners will compete with the last three in HockeyAllsvenskan for a place in the higher league. 56 teams at the moment.)
  • Swedish Division 2 (Divided into 11 regions.)
  • Swedish Division 3 (Divided into 13 regions.)
  • Swedish Division 4 (Divided into 6 regions. In Stockholm called the "Swedish Iron League", does not cover all of Sweden.)
  • J20 SuperElit (Under 20, junior league.)
  • J18 Elit (Under 18, divided into 4 regions.)
  • U16 (Youth, under 16, divided into 8 groups. 24 teams)
  • Korpen ("The raven" in English, amateur leagues in different cities.)

Women [edit]

Riksserien (Highest league, 8 teams.)

Switzerland [edit]

Ukraine [edit]

Professional [edit]

Amateur [edit]

  • Western Ukrainian Hockey League
  • Night Hockey League

Junior [edit]

  • Youth Hockey League (2012)

Defunct [edit]

United Kingdom [edit]

Defunct Leagues

English Ice Hockey Association Women's Leagues

Yugoslavia [edit]

Oceania [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Constitution of the National Hockey League Article II (a)(b)
  2. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=crhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bGkDAAAAIBAJ&dq=penn%20ohio%20intercollegiate%20hockey%20league%20standings&pg=6132%2C5131243
  3. ^ [1]
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