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.

Contents

[edit] World

[edit] North America

[edit] Major professional

[edit] Minor professional

[edit] Semi-Pro

[edit] Junior

[edit] Major junior

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

[edit] Junior A

[edit] Canadian Junior A Leagues

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

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

[edit] Junior B

[edit] Canadian Junior B Leagues

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

[edit] American Junior B Leagues

[edit] Junior C

[edit] Canadian Junior C Leagues

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

[edit] Junior D

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

[edit] College

[edit] CIS Hockey (Canada)

[edit] NCAA Hockey (United States)

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.

[edit] Club Hockey

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

[edit] 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

Leagues for disabled hockey players

[edit] Eurasia

[edit] Asia and Africa

[edit] Japan

Defunct Japan Ice Hockey League

[edit] China

[edit] Republic of China

[edit] Hong Kong

[edit] India

[edit] Israel

[edit] Kazakhstan

[edit] Kyrgyzstan

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mongolia

[edit] North Korea

[edit] Singapore

[edit] South Africa

[edit] South Korea

[edit] Thailand

[edit] Turkey

(Leagues involve teams from both Europe and Asia)

[edit] Qatar

[edit] United Arab Emirates

[edit] Europe

[edit] Armenia

[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

Defunct

[edit] Women

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

[edit] Women

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Greece

[edit] Hungary

[edit] Iceland

[edit] Ireland

[edit] Italy

[edit] Semi-pro

[edit] Amateur

[edit] Junior and youth

  • Under 20 (2 national divisions)
  • Under 17 (2 national divisions)
  • Under 15 (many regional divisions)
  • Under 13 (many regional divisions)
  • Under 11 (many regional divisions)
  • Under 8 (many regional divisions)

[edit] Women

[edit] Kazakhstan

[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
  • Moscow Region
  • North-West Region
  • Volga River Region
  • Ural Region
  • Siberia/Far East Region
[edit] Defunct

[edit] Serbia

[edit] Slovakia

[edit] Slovenia

[edit] Soviet Union

[edit] Spain

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Men

  • 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, that can compare in quality with many countries' first 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. Around 100 teams, many U20-teams also play here.)
  • 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.)

[edit] Women

Riksserien (Highest league, 8 teams.)

[edit] Switzerland

[edit] Turkey

(Leagues involve teams from both Europe and Asia)

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] Professional

[edit] Amateur

  • Western Ukrainian Hockey League
  • Night Hockey League

[edit] United Kingdom

Defunct Leagues

English Ice Hockey Association Women's Leagues

[edit] Yugoslavia

[edit] Oceania

[edit] References

  1. ^ Constitution of the National Hockey League Article II (a)(b)
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