Eastern European Hockey League

Eastern European Hockey League
Countries  Belarus
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Poland
 Russia
 Ukraine
Founded 1995
Folded 2004
No. of teams 9
Championship EEHL Championship
Recent Champions Keramin Minsk (2003-2004)
Most successful club Sokol Kyiv(2), Keramin Minsk (2)

Eastern European Hockey League (EEHL) was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2004.

The league was formed in 1995 by Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those countries. In some years, the league also included teams from Poland and Russia. Besides the main tournament for professional ice hockey teams, the league also had junior championships in several age groups.

By its end, the league was increasingly dominated by Belarusian teams. In 2004, it was dissolved. Instead, two teams from Latvia (Metalurgs Liepāja and Rīga 2000) and one team from Ukraine (Sokil Kyiv) joined the Belarusian Extraliga. There was temporarily a period where the Belarusian Extraliga was closed to foreign teams, but that has since changed as Metalurgs Liepāja, Dinamo/Juniors Rīga, and Sokil Kyiv are now members of the league.

Teams of the last season (2003–04)

Division A
Division B

EEHL champions

EEHL Cup winners

External links

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