List of ice hockey leagues

Last updated March 04, 2025

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.

North America

Men

Major professional

National Hockey League (1917) (Canada; United States)

Minor professional

American Hockey League (1936) (United States; Canada) AAA
ECHL (1988 as East Coast Hockey League) (United States; Canada) AA
SPHL (2004 as Southern Professional Hockey League) (United States) A
FPHL (Federal Prospects Hockey League) (2010) (United States) A
3ICE (2022)

Semi-professional

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (1996; formerly Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League, 1996–2004)
Liga Mexicana Elite de Hockey (1989 as Mexican National Championship) (Mexico)

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.

Canadian Hockey League (governing authority)
- Ontario Hockey League (1933) (Canada; United States)
- Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (1969) (Canada)
- Western Hockey League (1966) (Canada; United States)

Junior A

Hockey Canada junior A leagues

Canadian Junior Hockey League (association of Junior A leagues in Canada)

Tier 2

- Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
- Pacific Junior Hockey League

USA Hockey junior leagues

Tier I

United States Hockey League (1979)

Tier II

North American Hockey League (1975)

Tier III

North American 3 Hockey League (1970) – formerly the Central States Hockey League

Independent junior leagues

British Columbia Hockey League (1961)
Can-Am Junior Hockey League (2022)
Eastern Hockey League (EHL and EHL Premier) (2013)
Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (2006)
Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League (1970)
National Junior Hockey League
United States Premier Hockey League (NCDC, Premier, and Elite) (2013)
- National Collegiate Development Conference (2017)
Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League

Junior B

Hockey Canada junior B leagues

Calgary Junior Hockey League
Capital Junior Hockey League
Capital Region Junior Hockey League (2018)
Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League formerly the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (OHA)
Heritage Junior B Hockey League
Island Junior Hockey League
Keystone Junior Hockey League formerly the Manitoba Junior B Hockey League
Lakehead Junior Hockey League formerly the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League
Ligue de Hockey de La Capitale *
Ligue de Hockey Chaudière-Appalaches Junior AA *
Ligue de Hockey Estrie-Mauricie Junior AA *
Ligue de Hockey Lac St. Louis Junior AA *
Ligue de Hockey Laurentides-Lanaudière Junior AA*
Ligue de Hockey Métropolitaine Junior AA * formerly the Richelieu Junior AA Hockey League
Ligue de Hockey Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Junior AA *
New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League
North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League
North West Junior Hockey League
Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League
Prairie Junior Hockey League formerly the South Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League, merged with North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League
St. John's Junior Hockey League

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

Junior C

Hockey Canada junior C leagues

Calgary Junior C Hockey League
Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League
Ligue de Hockey Junior A Bois-Francs *
Ligue de Hockey Junior A Rive-Sud *
Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord (Junior A)
National Capital Junior Hockey League formerly the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League
New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League
Noralta Junior Hockey League
Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League
Prince Edward Island Junior C Hockey League formerly the Prince Edward Island Minor Junior Hockey League
Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA) 2016-17 - Merging of the 8 Southern Ontario's Jr. C Leagues
Qu'Appelle Valley Hockey League formerly the Saskatchewan Junior C Hockey League

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

Junior D

Ligue Interzone de hockey mineur BC Rive Nord (Junior B) (Canada) *

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

Collegiate

U Sports hockey (Canada)

NCAA hockey (United States)

Notes

Two all-sports conferences, the Division I Ivy League and Division III Middle Atlantic Conference, officially sponsor ice hockey for both men and women, but neither hold conference tournaments nor compete for their own automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. All of the hockey-sponsoring schools in both leagues are members of hockey-only leagues and compete for those leagues' automatic bids, with Ivy League members competing in ECAC Hockey and MAC members competing in the United Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Ivies and MAC both extrapolate their own conference champions from results of regular-season games between their own members.
The Northeast-10 sponsors a championship for its members that play men's ice hockey, but the NCAA doesn't currently sponsor a national championship at Division II level for either sex. All members of that conference with women's teams participate in the NEWHA.

NAIA hockey (United States)

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (United States, varsity)
- Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC)

Note: there are also independent teams outside of the WHAC.

ACHA and AAU College Hockey hockey (United States and Canada)

American Collegiate Hockey Association (United States; Canada)
- Men's Division 1
  - Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL)
  - College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA)
  - Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA)
  - Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL)
  - Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (GLCHL)
  - Northeast Collegiate Hockey League (NECHL)
  - Western Collegiate Hockey League (WCHL)
- Men's Division 2
  - Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League (ACCHL)
  - Colonial States College Hockey Conference (CSCHC)
  - Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA) (Gold Division)
  - Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association (MACH)
  - Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League (MWCHL)
  - Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association (NECHA) (Patriot & American Conferences)
  - Northern Collegiate Hockey League (NCHL)
  - Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference (PAC-8)
  - Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association (PCHA)
  - Super East Collegiate Hockey League (SECHL)
  - Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference (TCHC)
  - Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League (TSCHL)
  - Upstate New York Club Hockey League (UNYCHL)
  - West Coast Hockey Conference (WCHC)
  - Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association (WCCHA)
- Men's Division 3
  - Blue Ridge Hockey Conference (BRHC)
  - College Hockey Association (CHA) (Contains Non-ACHA members)
  - College Hockey East (CHE)
  - Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference (DVCHC)
  - Empire Collegiate Hockey Conference (ECHC)
  - Indiana Collegiate Hockey Conference (ICHC)
  - Mason-Dixon Collegiate Hockey Association (MDCHA)
  - Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHC)
  - Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHC)
  - Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA) (Silver division)
  - North Central Collegiate Hockey Association (NCCHA)
  - Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association (NECHA) (Colonial Conference)
  - College Hockey South (CHS)
  - Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SCHC)

Women

Collegiate

NCAA (United States)

National Collegiate Athletic Association
- Division I (2000)
  - College Hockey America (CHA)
  - ECAC Hockey
  - Hockey East (HEA or WHEA)
  - New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA)
  - Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA)
- Division II
  - Northeast-10 Conference
- Division III
  - Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC)
  - Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
  - New England Hockey Conference (NEHC)
  - New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
  - Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA)
  - State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC; 2023)
  - United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC)
  - Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC)

Notes

Two all-sports conferences, the Ivy League (Division I) and Middle Atlantic Conference (Division III), officially sponsor women's ice hockey, but neither hold conference tournaments nor compete for their own automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. All of the ice hockey-sponsoring schools in both leagues are members of hockey-only leagues and compete for those leagues' automatic bids, with Ivy League members competing in ECAC Hockey and MAC members competing in the United Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Ivies and MAC both extrapolate their own conference champions from results of regular-season games between their own members.
The NCAA doesn't currently sponsor a national championship at Division II level for either sex. All members of the Northeast-10 conference with women's teams participate in the NEWHA.

NAIA hockey

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (United States)
- Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC)

Note: there are also independent teams outside of the WHAC.

U Sports (Canada)

U Sports (1998)
- Atlantic University Sport (AUS)
- Canada West Universities Athletic Association (Canada West)
- Ontario University Athletics (OUA)
- Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) (1999)

ACHA and AAU

American Collegiate Hockey Association (Canada, United States)
- Division 1
  - Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association (CCWHA Division I)
  - Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League (ECWHL)
  - Western Women's Collegiate Hockey League (WWCHL)
  - Women's Midwest College Hockey (WMCH)
- Division 2
  - Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association (CCWHA Division II)
  - College Hockey East (CHE)
  - Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference (DVCHC Women's)
  - Independent Women's Collegiate Hockey League (IWCHL)

Notes

There are also many independent teams in both ACHA divisions in addition to the many within the hockey conferences and leagues
The CCWHA includes both a Division 1 and a Division 2 conference, with separate groups of teams as members

Senior

Sanctioned by Hockey Canada or USA Hockey

Canada

Alberta
- Allan Cup Hockey West (Alberta Sr. AAA) formerly the Chinook Hockey League
- North Peace Hockey League (Alberta Sr. AAA)
British Columbia
- Central Interior Hockey League ^[1]
Ontario
- Allan Cup Hockey (Ontario Sr. AAA) (1953) formerly Major League Hockey
- WOAA Senior AA Hockey League (Ontario Sr. AA and A) (1948) formerly the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League
- Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League
- Western Ontario Super Hockey League ^[2]
Quebec
- Ligue Centrale de Hockey (Quebec Sr. AAA/semi-pro) (1990)
- Ligue de hockey senior AAA du Québec (Quebec Sr. AAA/semi-pro)
Saskatchewan
- Big 6 Hockey League (Saskatchewan Sr. AAA)
- Highway Hockey League (Saskatchewan Sr. AAA)
Newfoundland and Labrador
Manitoba
- Carillon Senior Hockey League
- South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League
New Brunswick
- Southern Senior Hockey League ^[3]
- Beausejour Senior Hockey League ^[4]

United States

Great Lakes Hockey League (1937)
Mountain West Hockey League (2012)
Michigan Independence Hockey League (Michigan, United States)
American Premier Hockey League (United States)

School and youth

High school

Defunct leagues

All-American Hockey League (1987–1988)
All American Hockey League (2008–2011)
America East Hockey League (2005–2008)
Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (1886–1898)
American Amateur Hockey League (1896–1917)
American Hockey Association (1926–1942)
Atlantic Coast Hockey League (1981–1987)
Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002–2003)
California Hockey League (1928–1933)
California Hockey League (1957–1963)
Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1899–1905)
Canadian–American Hockey League (1926–1936)
Canadian Elite Hockey League (2005–2006)
Canadian Hockey Association (1909–1910)
Canadian International Hockey League (2014) - played one season
Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League (2016-2022)
Canadian Women's Hockey League (2007–2019)
Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League (1970–2016) – became Orr Division of the PJHL
Canadian Professional Hockey League (1926–1930)
Central Hockey League (1963–1984)
Central Hockey League (1992–2014)
Central Ontario Hockey League (Unknown–1980)
Central Ontario Women's Hockey League (1992–1998)
Central West Junior Hockey League (relegated from Jr B in 2014 and became inactive)
College Hockey America men's division (NCAA Division I, 1999–2010; remains in operation as a women's only conference)
Colonial Hockey Conference (2015–2020; all programs in conference moved to Commonwealth Coast Conference)
Colored Hockey League (1895–1925)
Continental Elite Hockey League (2001–2004)
Continental Hockey League (1972–1987) – became All-American Hockey League
Eastern Amateur Hockey League (1933–1934, 1935–1948, 1949–1953)
Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (1905–1909)
Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League (1923–?)
Eastern Hockey League (1934–1935, 1954–1973, 1978–1981)
Eastern Junior Hockey League (1993–2013) – some teams split from the league to form the United States Premier Hockey League and the remaining teams joined the Eastern Hockey League
Eastern Junior B Hockey League (1951–1972)
Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League (2003–2008)
Eastern Professional Hockey League (2008–2009)
Eastern Professional Hockey League (1914–1915, 1959–1963)
Eastern States Hockey League (2003–2013) formerly the Continental Hockey Association 2003–2011
EJHL South (2006–2013; formerly the Southeastern Junior Hockey League) – affiliated with the Eastern Junior Hockey League from 2011–2013 before merging with the United States Premier Hockey League as the Elite Division
Empire Junior Hockey League (c. 1999–2013) – merged with the United States Premier Hockey League as the Empire Division
Empire B Junior C Hockey League (1989–2016) – became Tod Division of the PJHL
Federal Amateur Hockey League (1904–1909)
Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League (19??-2016) – became Carruthers Division of the PJHL
Global Hockey League (proposed league in 1990; did not play)
Great Lakes Junior Hockey League (2008–2012)
Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League (1968–2016) – became Bill Stobbs Division of the PJHL
Great West Hockey Conference (NCAA Division I, 1985–1988)
Gulf Coast Hockey League (2001–2002)
International-American Hockey League (1936–1941) - became American Hockey League
International Independent Hockey League (2003)
International Hockey League (1929–1936)
International Hockey League (1945–2001)
International Professional Hockey League (1904–1907)
Interprovincial Amateur Hockey Union (1908–1914)
Interprovincial Professional Hockey League (1910–1911)
Ligue Centrale de Hockey (1978–2008)
Ligue de Hockey Junior de Montréal (1976–
Major Intermediate A Hockey League (1978–1983)
Manitoba Hockey Association (1907–1909; formerly Manitoba Professional Hockey League and the Manitoba Hockey League)
Maritime Major Hockey League (1950–1954)
Maritime Professional Hockey League (1911–1914)
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (NCAA Division I, 1997–2003; conference remains in operation as an all-sports league without ice hockey)
Metro Junior A Hockey League (1991–1998) – merged with Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
Metropolitan Junior Hockey League (1966–2017) – played last season as the North American 3 Atlantic Hockey League (2016–17) and the remaining teams joined the Eastern Hockey League
Mid-Atlantic Hockey League (2007–2008)
Midwest Junior Hockey League (2012–2015) – merged with United States Premier Hockey League
Midwestern Junior C Hockey League (2013–2016) – became Pat Doherty Division of the PJHL
Minnesota Junior Hockey League (1974-2015) – merged with United States Premier Hockey League
National College Prospects Hockey League (2016–2017) – folded after one season and was AAU sanctioned
National Hockey Association (1909–1917)
National Women's Hockey League (1999-2007)
Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League (1974–2016) – became Bloomfield Division of the PJHL
North American 3 Eastern Hockey League (2012–2016; formerly the Northern States Hockey League, 2012–2014) - merged with North American 3 Hockey League
North American Hockey League (1973–1977)
Northeast Women's Hockey League (NCAA Division III, 2017–2023) – conference was absorbed by SUNYAC in 2023
North Eastern Hockey League (2003–2008)
North of Superior Junior B Hockey League (1996–2004)
North West Hockey League (1933–1936)
Northern Junior Hockey League (2008–2010; formerly United Junior Hockey League)
Northern Pacific Hockey League (2000–2016) – folded and remaining teams joined the United States Premier Hockey League
Northern States Junior Hockey League (2012–2014) - became the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League
Northwest Junior Hockey League (1992–2004)
Ontario Professional Hockey League (1907–1911, 1930–1931)
Original Stars Hockey League (2004)
Ottawa City Hockey League (1890–1957)
Pacific Coast Hockey Association (1911–1924)
Pacific Coast Hockey League (1928–1931, 1936–1941, 1945–1952)
Pacific Junior A Hockey League (1971–1979)
Pacific Hockey League (1977–1979)
Pacific Hockey League (1994–1995)
Prairie Hockey League (1926–1928)
Premier Hockey Federation (2015–2023; formerly National Women's Hockey League, 2015–2021)
Quebec Hockey League (1952–1959)
Quebec Senior Hockey League (1945–1952)
Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (1975-1999; also known as Peace Junior B Hockey League and Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League, 1975–1991)
Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (2015–2018)
South East Hockey League (2003–2004)
Southern Elite Hockey League (1998–2000)
Southern Hockey League (1973–1977)
Southern Hockey League (1995–1996)
Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League (1972–1976) – merged with Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League (1960–2016) – became Yeck Division of the PJHL
Southwest Hockey League (1975–1977)
Sunshine Hockey League (1992–1995)
Tri-State Hockey League (1932–1933)
Tri-State League (NCAA Division I, 1950–1972)
Tropical Hockey League (1938–1939)
United Hockey League (1991–2010; formerly Colonial Hockey League, 1991–1997, and International Hockey League, 2007–2010)
United States Hockey League (1945–1951)
USA Central Hockey League (2018)
Western Canada Hockey League (professional) (1921–1925)
Western Canada Hockey League (minor pro) (1932–1933)
Western Canada Senior Hockey League (1945–1951)
Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League (1966-2016; formerly Western Junior C Hockey League, 1966–1970; Central Junior C Hockey League, 1970–1980; and the Grey-Bruce Junior C Hockey League, 1980–1988) – became Pollock Division of the PJHL
West Coast Hockey League (1995–2003)
Western Canada Hockey League (1921–1926; known as Western Hockey League, 1925–1926)
Western Hockey League (1952–1974)
Western International Hockey League (1946–1962, 1963–1988)
Western Professional Hockey League (1996–2001)
Western States Hockey League (1994-2022)
Western Women's Hockey League (2004–2011)
World Hockey Association (1972–1979)
World Hockey Association 2 (2003–2004)
World United Hockey League (2014–2015)
WHA Junior Hockey League (2006–2008)

South America

Brazilian Ice Hockey Championship (2008–2010)

Africa

South Africa
- Gauteng Premier Hockey League (c. 2005)^[5]
- Western Province Ice Hockey League (c. 2002)

Asia

Multinational

Armenian Hockey League (2008–2009, c. 2016) – multinational league with teams from Armenia and Georgia
Asia League Ice Hockey (AL) (2003) – multinational professional league with teams from Japan and South Korea; teams from China and Russia have previously participated
European Women's Hockey League (EWHL) (2004) – multinational semi-pro league with teams from Austria, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, and Slovakia; teams from Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Slovenia have previously participated
Kuwait Ice Hockey League (KIHL) (c. 2016) – multinational league with teams from Bahrain and Kuwait

Armenia

Armenian Hockey League (2008–2009, c. 2016) – multinational league with teams from Armenia and Georgia

China

Men

Chinese Ice Hockey Championship (1953)

Women

Chinese Women's Ice Hockey League (WCIHL) (2023)

Taiwan

Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League

Hong Kong

China Ice Hockey League Hong Kong (CIHL HK) (2011)^[6]
Hong Kong Ice Hockey League (c. 1997)

India

Indian Ice Hockey Championship (c. 2005)

Israel

Israel Elite Hockey League (IEHL) (2020)
Israeli League (1990)

Japan

Men

All-Japan Championship (1930) – amateur cup tournament

Women

All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship (1982) – amateur cup tournament
Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) (2012)

Defunct

Japan Ice Hockey League (1966–2004) – replaced by Asia League

Kuwait

Kuwait Ice Hockey League (KIHL) (c. 2016) – multinational league with teams from Bahrain and Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan Championship

Malaysia

Malaysia Ice Hockey League

Mongolia

Mongolia Hockey League

North Korea

North Korean Championship

Philippines

Qatar

Qatar International Ice Hockey League

Singapore

Singapore National Ice Hockey League

Thailand

Thai World Hockey League

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Championship (2013)

United Arab Emirates

Emirates Ice Hockey League

Eurasia

European Women's Hockey League (EWHL) (2004) – multinational semi-pro league with teams from Austria, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, and Slovakia; teams from Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Slovenia have previously participated
Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) (2008) - multinational professional league with teams from Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, and Russia; teams from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, Slovakia, and Ukraine have previously participated
Supreme Hockey League – multinational league with teams from China, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan

Europe

Multinational

Alps Hockey League (2016) – multinational league with teams from Austria, Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia
Baltic Hockey League (2018) – multinational professional league with teams from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
BeNe League (2015) – multinational professional league with teams from Belgium and the Netherlands
Champions Hockey League (2013) – multinational tournament featuring top teams from first-tier leagues across Europe, organized by the IIHF
Erste Liga (2008; formerly MOL Liga) – multinational league with teams from Hungary and Romania; teams from Serbia and Slovakia have previously participated
European Women's Hockey League (EWHL) (2004) – multinational semi-pro league with teams from Austria, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, and Slovakia; teams from Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Slovenia have previously participated
German Women's Ice Hockey League (DFEL) (1988) – multinational league with teams from Germany and the Netherlands
ICE Hockey League (2005) – multinational league with teams from Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Slovenia
International Hockey League (IntHL) (2020) – multinational league with teams from Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia
Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) (2008) – multinational professional league with teams from Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, and Russia; teams from the Czech Republic, Croatia, Finland, Latvia, Slovakia, and Ukraine have previously participated

Defunct

Alpenliga (1991–1999) – multinational league with teams from Austria, Italy and Slovenia
Balkan League (1994–1997) – multinational league with teams from Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro
Baltic League (2000–01) – single-season multinational league with teams from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Carpathian League (1997–98) – single-season multinational league with teams from Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, and Slovakia
Champions Hockey League (2008–09) – single-instance, multinational tournament featuring top teams from the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland, organized by the IIHF
Eastern European Hockey League (1995–2005) – multinational league with teams from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine
Interliga (1999–2007) – multinational professional league with teams from Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia; also known as the International Ice Hockey League
Inter-National League (2012–2016) – multinational league with teams from Austria, Italy, and Slovenia
North Sea Cup (2010–2012) – multinational professional league with teams from Belgium and the Netherlands; temporary successor of the Eredivisie
Panonian League (2002–2004, 2007–2009) – multinational league with teams from Croatia, Hungary, Romania, and Serbia
Slohokej League (2009–2012) – multinational league with teams from Austria, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia

Austria

Men

ICE Hockey League (1923; formerly Austrian Hockey League) – only Austrian teams participated prior to 2005; multinational league since 2005
Austrian Oberliga (1968)

Women

Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga (DEBL) (1998)

Defunct

Austrian National League (1959–2012)

Belarus

Belarusian Extraleague (1993)

Belgium

Men

BeNe League (2015) – multinational professional league with teams from the Netherlands and Belgium

Defunct

Belgian Hockey League (1912–2015) – merged with Eredivisie to form the BeNe League

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina Hockey League (BHHL) (2002)

Bulgaria

Men

Bulgarian Hockey League (1952)

Women

Bulgarian Women's Hockey League

Croatia

Croatian Ice Hockey League (1991)

Czech Republic

Men

Czech Extraliga (1993; Czech successor of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (1931–1993))
Chance Liga (1993; formerly Czech 1.liga)
Czech 2.liga (1993)

Women

Czech Women's Extraliga (1989; formerly 1. liga ženského hokeje, 1989–2017)

Denmark

Men

Metal Ligaen (1954; also known as Superisligaen)

Women

KvindeLigaen (1989; also known as DM i ishockey for kvinder)

Estonia

Meistriliiga (EML) (1934; also known as Coolbet Hokiliiga)

Finland

Men

Liiga (1975; formerly SM-liiga, 1975–2013)
Mestis (2000)
Suomi-sarja
2. Divisioona

Defunct

SM-sarja (1928–1975)
I-Divisioona (1974–2000)

Women

Naisten Liiga (NSML) (1982; previously called Naisten SM-sarja (NSMs), 1982–2017)
Naisten Mestis (2006; formerly Naisten I-divisoona, 2006–2012)
Naisten Suomi-sarja

France

Men

Women

FFHG Féminin Élite (1986)

Georgia

Georgian Ice Hockey League (2007)

Germany

Men

Professional

Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) (1994; also known as German Ice Hockey League)

Minor professional

DEL2 (2013)

Semi-pro

Oberliga (1948)

Amateur

Bavarian ice hockey leagues (1976)
Regionalliga (1961)

Women

German Women's Ice Hockey League (DFEL) (1988)

Defunct

Eishockey-Bundesliga (1958–1994) – replaced by DEL
2nd Bundesliga (1973–2013) – replaced by DEL2

Greece

Greek Ice Hockey Championship (1989)

Hungary

OB I Bajnokság (1937)

Iceland

Men

Icelandic Men's Hockey League (1991)

Women

Icelandic Women's Hockey League (2000)

Ireland

Defunct

Irish Ice Hockey League (2007–2010)

Italy

Men

Semi-pro

Italian Hockey League - Serie A (1925; formerly Serie A, Elite.A, and Serie A1) – teams also compete in the Alps Hockey League
Italian Hockey League (1934; formerly Serie B, Seconda Divisione, and Serie A2)

Amateur

Italian Hockey League - Division I (2004; formerly Serie C)

Women

Italian Hockey League Women (IHLW) (1990; formerly Serie A)

Latvia

Men

Latvian Hockey Higher League (1931; also known as Optibet Hockey League)

Amateur

Independent Amateur Hockey League (1996)

Lithuania

Lithuania Hockey League (2010)

Luxembourg

Defunct

Luxembourg Championship (1993–2003)

The Netherlands

Men

Professional

BeNe League (2015) - multinational professional league with teams from the Netherlands and Belgium

Semi-pro

Eerste Divisie

Defunct

Eredivisie (1945–2015) – merged with Belgian Hockey League to form the BeNe League

Norway

Poland

Polska Hokej Liga (2013) – successor of Ekstraklasa (1926–1999) and Polska Liga Hokejowa (1999–2013)
Polish 1. Liga (1956)

Romania

Romanian Hockey League (1925)

Russia

Men

Major professional

Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) (2008) – multinational professional league with teams from Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, and Russia; teams from the Czech Republic, Croatia, Finland, Latvia, Slovakia, and Ukraine have previously participated

Minor professional

Supreme Hockey League (VHL) (2010)

Semi-pro

Supreme Hockey League B (VHL-B) (2011)

Junior

Junior Hockey League (MHL) (2009; sometimes translated as Minor Hockey League or Youth Hockey League)
National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) (2011; formerly Junior Hockey League Division B)

Youth

Moscow Region
Ural Region

Women

Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) (2015)

Defunct

Russian Superleague (RSL) (1996–2008) – replaced by Kontinental Hockey League
International Hockey League (1992–1996) – successor of the Soviet Championship League; replaced by Russian Superleague
Russian Major League (RUS-2) (1992–2010; also known as Vysshaya Liga) – replaced by Supreme Hockey League B
Russian Second League (1996–2009)

Serbia

Serbian Hockey League (2006)

Slovakia

Men

Slovak Extraliga (1993; also known as TIPOS Extraliga) – Slovak successor of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (1931–1993)
Slovenská hokejová liga (1993; formerly 1. hokejová liga SR (lit. 'Slovak Republic 1. Hockey League'), 1993–2016; Budiš 1. hokejová liga SR, 2016–17; and St. Nicolaus 1. hokejová liga SR, 2017–2019)
Slovak 2. Liga (1993)

Women

Slovak Women's Extraliga (1991)

Slovenia

Slovenian Ice Hockey League (1991)

Spain

Men

Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo (LNHH) (1972)

Women

Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo Femenino (LNHHF) (2007)

Sweden

Men

Major professional

Swedish Hockey League (SHL) (1975; formerly Elitserien, 1975–2013)

Minor professional

HockeyAllsvenskan (1999; formerly Allsvenskan, 1948–1975, and SuperAllsvenskan, 2000–2005)

Semi-pro

Hockeyettan (1944; formerly Division I)

Amateur

Hockeytvåan (1941)
Hockeytrean [ sv ] (1999)
Hockeyfyran [ sv ]
Division 5 [ sv ]
Division 6 [ sv ] (2015)

Junior and youth

J20 Nationell (1994; formerly J20 SuperElit, 1994–2020)
J20 Region (1980; formerly J20 Elit, 1980–2020)
J18 Nationell [ sv ] (1992; formerly J18 Allsvenskan, 1992–2020)
J18 Region (1979; formerly J18 Elit, 1979–2020)

Women

Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) (2007; formerly Riksserien, 2007–2016)
Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL) (2007; formerly Division I, 2007–2015, and Damettan, 2015–2021)

Switzerland

Men

Professional

National League (1908)
Swiss League (1947)

Amateur

Regio League (1999; formerly Swiss Ice Hockey Amateur League)
- MyHockey League (2017; formerly MySports League, 2017–2022)
- 1. Liga (1937)
- 2. Liga

Women

Women's League (SWHL A) (1986; formerly Leistungsklasse A (LKA), 1986–2014, and Swiss Women's Hockey League A, 2014–2019)

Turkey

Note: Leagues involve teams from both Asia and Europe

Men

Turkish Ice Hockey Super League (1993)
Turkish Ice Hockey First League (2005)

Women

Turkish Women's Ice Hockey League (2007)

Ukraine

Ukrainian Hockey Championship (1992), reformed from the Ukrainian SSR republican competition within the Soviet Union (1941/1948 – 1991)

Defunct

Ukrainian Hockey League (2016–2021)
Major League (1992–2011)
Professional Hockey League (2011–2013)
Ukrainian Hockey Extra League (2015–2016)

United Kingdom

Men

Professional

Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL; 2003)

Semi-pro and amateur

National Ice Hockey League (1996)
Scottish National League (1930)

Women

WNIHL Elite Division (2015)
WNIHL 1 (1989)
WNIHL 2 (1992)
- North
- South

WNIHL U16 (2007)

Source: EIHA ^[7]

University

British Universities Ice Hockey Association (BUIHA) (2003)

Defunct leagues

British National League (1954–1960)
British National League (1996–2005)
Ice Hockey Superleague (1996–2003)
British Hockey League (1982–1996)
English Premier Ice Hockey League (1997–2017)

Former nations

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (1936–1993)

East Germany

DDR-Oberliga (1949–1990)

Soviet Union

Soviet Championship League (1946–1992; final season played as the CIS Championship, 1991–92)

West Germany

Eishockey-Bundesliga (1958–1994; called Oberliga, 1948–1958)

Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Ice Hockey League (1936–1991)

Oceania

Australia

Men

Professional

National Hockey Super League (defunct)(2021)

Minor professional

East Coast Super League (2002)

Semi-pro and amateur

Australian Ice Hockey League (2000)

Junior

Australian Junior Ice Hockey League (2012)

Women

Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) (2005)

New Zealand

Men

New Zealand Ice Hockey League (2005)

Women

New Zealand Women's Ice Hockey League (NZWIHL) (2014)

Disabled hockey leagues

Leagues for disabled hockey players:

Bibliography

"Hockey League Pages". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
Biller, Philippe. "Archives - Hockey sur glace". HockeyArchives.info (in French). Retrieved 5 December 2023.

References

↑ https://www.eliteprospects.com/league/cihl
↑ https://www.woshl.com/ ^{[ bare URL ]}
↑ https://southernseniorhockeyleague.ca/ ^{[ bare URL ]}
↑ https://www.beausejourseniorhockeyleague.ca/ ^{[ bare URL ]}
↑ Potts, Andy (19 March 2022). "South Africa emerges". International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved 6 December 2023.
↑ "About the China Ice Hockey League". CIHL.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
↑ "Women's National Ice Hockey League (WNIHL)". English Ice Hockey Association . Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

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[5] Potts, Andy (19 March 2022). "South Africa emerges". International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved 6 December 2023.

[6] "About the China Ice Hockey League". CIHL.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

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List of ice hockey leagues

Contents

North America

Men

Major professional

Minor professional

Semi-professional

Junior

Major junior

Junior A

Hockey Canada junior A leagues

USA Hockey junior leagues

Junior B

Hockey Canada junior B leagues

Junior C

Hockey Canada junior C leagues

Junior D

Collegiate

U Sports hockey (Canada)

NCAA hockey (United States)

NAIA hockey (United States)

ACHA and AAU College Hockey hockey (United States and Canada)

Women

Professional

Amateur

Junior and youth

Collegiate

NCAA (United States)

NAIA hockey

U Sports (Canada)

ACHA and AAU

Senior

Sanctioned by Hockey Canada or USA Hockey

Canada

United States

School and youth

High school

Defunct leagues

South America

Africa

Asia

Multinational

Armenia

China

Men

Women

Taiwan

Hong Kong

India

Israel

Japan

Men

Women

Defunct

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Malaysia

Mongolia

North Korea

Philippines

Qatar

Singapore

Thailand

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

Eurasia

Europe

Multinational

Defunct

Austria

Men

Women

Defunct

Belarus

Belgium

Men

Defunct

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Men