![]() Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation | |
Sport | Ice Hockey |
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Inaugural season | 1912 |
Country(ies) | ![]() |
Most recent champion(s) | HYC Herentals |
Most championships | Brussels Royal IHSC (23) |
Official website | kbijf.be |
Founder | Unknown |
The Belgian Hockey League is the highest level of competition sanctioned by the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation. The league winner is the Belgian Champion. It is played since 1912. The Brussels Royal IHSC the most decorated team with 23 titles.
History[]
The Belgian Hockey League played first in 1912. The play was interrupted several times in its history. The first game suspension happened 1914-1920 due to World War I. The next break happened 1929-1934 due to the world economic crisis. The 3rd and last break was in the 1994/95 season, which was cancelled after the regular season due to issues over playoff participation.
Recent history[]
In 2009, there were 5 clubs competing in the Elite league for the Belgian Championship.
During the 2010–2011 season, the two top Belgian teams competed in a joint tournament with the teams of the Dutch Eredivisie called the North Sea Cup. The other three teams dropped out of the Belgian elite league to join the Belgian National League, leaving only Herentals and Turnhout to decide the Belgian Championship.[1] Leuven Chiefs played in the North Sea Cup for the 2011–2012 season, but Turnhout dropped out of the league midway through the season and Leuven dropped out at the end of the season.
In 2012, the North Sea Cup was discontinued and HYC Herentals joined the Dutch Eredivisie. For the 2012–2013 season, the teams of the Belgian National League joined Leuven and Turnhout to form the Belgian Elite League, the winner of which becomes the Belgian national champion.
As of 2012–2013, the teams of the Belgian Elite League, plus HYC Herentals, compete for the Belgian Cup, which is played before and during the Elite League season.
Former teams[]
Team | City |
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Antwerp Phantoms | Deurne |
Leuven Chiefs | Leuven |
Bulldogs Liège | Liège |
Olympia Heist op den Berg | Heist-op-den-Berg |
Eeklo Yeti Bears | Eeklo |
Haskey Hasselt | Hasselt |
HYC Herentals 2 | Herentals |
White Caps Turnhout | Turnhout |
Charleroi Red Roosters | Charleroi |
Gullegem Jets | Gullegem |
HYC Herentals | Herentals |
Phantoms Deurne | Deurne |
IHC Louvain | Leuven |
White Caps Turnhout | Turnhout |
Olympia Heist op den Berg | Heist-op-den-Berg |
Liège Bulldogs | |
Eeklo Yeti Bears | |
Charleroi Red Roosters | |
Haskey Hasselt | |
Atomic Moose | |
Olympia I.h.c. Vzw | |
Leuven Ihc | |
Herentals Hyc | |
Eindhoven Vikings | |
Turnhout White Caps | |
Gullegem Jets | |
Antwerp Pahntoms | |
Liederkerke Lions |
Belgian Hockey League Champions[]
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See Also[]
List of Belgian Hockey League seasons
External links[]
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This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Belgian Hockey League. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA). |