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*[[American Collegiate Hockey Association]] (United States, club)
*[[American Collegiate Hockey Association]] (United States, club)
*[[National Association of Intercollegiate Hockey]]
**Men's Division I
**Men's Division I
***[[Central States Collegiate Hockey League]] (CSCHL)
***[[Central States Collegiate Hockey League]] (CSCHL)
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*[[Mid-Atlantic Invitational Collegiate Hockey League]] (MICHL) Division III
*[[Mid-Atlantic Invitational Collegiate Hockey League]] (MICHL) Division III
*[[National Association of Intercollegiate Hockey]] (NAIH) Division III
*[[National Association of Intercollegiate Hockey]] (NAIH)
*[[Upstate New York Club Hockey League]] (UNYCHL) Division III
*[[Upstate New York Club Hockey League]] (UNYCHL) Division III
''Note: there are also many independent teams in all three ACHA divisions in addition to the many within the hockey conferences and leagues.''
''Note: there are also many independent teams in all three ACHA divisions in addition to the many within the hockey conferences and leagues.''

Revision as of 02:52, 21 April 2012

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.

World

North America

Major professional

Minor professional

Semi-Pro

Junior

Major junior

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

Junior A

Canadian Junior A Leagues

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

American Junior A Leagues
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Independent Junior A Leagues

Junior B

Canadian Junior B Leagues

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

American Junior B Leagues

Junior C

Canadian Junior C Leagues

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

Junior D

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

College

CIS Hockey (Canada)

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.

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.

Junior College

Women's

Senior

Sanctioned by Hockey Canada or USA Hockey

Canada
United States
Unsanctioned

School and youth

High School

Defunct leagues

Disabled hockey leagues

Leagues for disabled hockey players

Eurasia

Asia and Africa

Japan

Defunct Japan Ice Hockey League

China

Republic of China

Hong Kong

India

Israel

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Malaysia

Mongolia

North Korea

Singapore

South Africa

South Korea

Thailand

Turkey

(Leagues involve teams from both Europe and Asia)

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

Europe

Armenia

Austria

Women

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

East Germany

Estonia

Finland

Defunct

Women

France

Germany

Women

Georgia

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Semi-pro

Amateur

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)

Women

Kazakhstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Major professional

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

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Soviet Union

Spain

Sweden

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.)
  • 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

Riksserien (Highest league, 8 teams.)

Switzerland

Turkey

(Leagues involve teams from both Europe and Asia)

Ukraine

Professional

Amateur

  • Western Ukrainian Hockey League
  • Night Hockey League

United Kingdom

Defunct Leagues

English Ice Hockey Association Women's Leagues

Yugoslavia

Oceania

References

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