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Royal Belgian
Ice Hockey Federation
RBIHF
Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation
Sport Ice Hockey
Inaugural season 1912
Country(ies) Flag of Belgium Belgium
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
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[]

  • 1912: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1913: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1914: Cercle des Patineurs Bruxelles
  • 1915-1919: Not Played
  • 1920: Cercle des Patineurs Bruxelles
  • 1921: Cercle des Patineurs Bruxelles
  • 1922: Saint Sauveur IHC
  • 1923: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1924: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
  • 1925: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
  • 1926: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
  • 1927: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
  • 1928: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
  • 1929: Cercle des Patineurs Anversoises
  • 1930-1933: Not Played
  • 1934: Cercle des Patineurs Anversoises
  • 1935: Cercle des Patineurs Anversoises
  • 1936: Cercle des Patineurs Anversoises
  • 1937: Cercle des Sports d'Hiver Bruxelles
  • 1938: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1939: Cercle des Sports d'Hiver Bruxelles
  • 1940: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1941: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1942: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1943: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1944: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1945: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1946: Cercle des Patineurs Unis
  • 1947: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1948: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1949: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
  • 1950: Brabo IHC
  • 1951: Entente Saint-Sauveur Bruxelles
  • 1952: Brabo IHC
  • 1953: Brabo IHC
  • 1954: Brabo IHC
  • 1955: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
  • 1956: Antwerp IHC
  • 1957: Antwerp IHC
  • 1958: Antwerp IHC
  • 1959: Antwerp IHC
  • 1960: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
  • 1961: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
  • 1962: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1963: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
  • 1964: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
 
  • 1965: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
  • 1966: Olympia IHC
  • 1967: Olympia IHC
  • 1968: Brussels IHSC Poseidon
  • 1969: Olympia IHC
  • 1970: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1971: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1972: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
  • 1973: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
  • 1974: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
  • 1975: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1976: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1977: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1978: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1979: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 1980: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1981: Herentals IJC
  • 1982: Brussels Royal IHSC
  • 1983: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 1984: Herentals IJC
  • 1985: Herentals IJC
  • 1986: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 1987: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 1988: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 1989: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 1990: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 1991: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 1992: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 1993: Herentals IJC
  • 1994: Herentals IJC
  • 1995: Not played
  • 1996: Griffoens Geel
  • 1997: HYC Herentals
  • 1998: HYC Herentals
  • 1999: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 2000: Phantoms Deurne
  • 2001: Phantoms Deurne
  • 2002: HYC Herentals
  • 2003: Phantoms Deurne
  • 2004: Olympia Heist op den Berg
  • 2005: Chiefs Leuven
  • 2006: White Caps Turnhout
  • 2007: White Caps Turnhout
  • 2008: White Caps Turnhout
  • 2009: HYC Herentals
  • 2010: Chiefs Leuven
  • 2011: White Caps Turnhout
  • 2012: HYC Herentals
  • 2013: Chiefs Leuven
  • 2014: Bulldogs Liège
  • 2015: Antwerp Phantoms
  • 2016: HYC Herentals
  • 2017: HYC Herentals
  • 2018: HYC Herentals
  • 2019: HYC Herentals
  • 2020: HYC Herentals

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).


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