List of ice hockey leagues


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

Minor professional

Semi-professional

Junior

Major junior
Hockey Canada junior A leagues
Tier 2
;Tier I
;Tier II
;Tier III
;Independent junior leagues
*
Hockey Canada junior B leagues
'' Quebec Junior "AA" is roughly equal to Ontario Junior "B"''
Junior C
Hockey Canada junior C leagues
'' Quebec Junior "A" is roughly equal to Ontario Junior "C"''
Junior D
'' Quebec Junior "B" is roughly equal to Ontario Junior "D"''

Collegiate

U Sports hockey (Canada)
;Notes
''Note: there are also independent teams outside of the WHAC.''
ACHA and AAU College Hockey hockey (United States and Canada)

Women

Professional

Junior and youth

Collegiate

NCAA (United States)
;NotesTwo all-sports conferences, the Ivy League and Middle Atlantic Conference, 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.
''Note: there are also independent teams outside of the WHAC.''
U Sports (Canada)
;NotesThere 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

School and youth

High school

Defunct leagues

South America

Africa

  • South Africa
  • *Gauteng Premier Hockey League
  • *Western Province Ice Hockey League

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

  • European Women's Hockey League – 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 - 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 – multinational league with teams from Austria, Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia
  • Baltic Hockey League – multinational professional league with teams from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
  • BeNe League – multinational professional league with teams from Belgium and the Netherlands
  • Champions Hockey League – multinational tournament featuring top teams from first-tier leagues across Europe, organized by the IIHF
  • Erste Liga – multinational league with teams from Hungary and Romania; teams from Serbia and Slovakia have previously participated
  • European Women's Hockey League – 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 – multinational league with teams from Germany and the Netherlands
  • ICE Hockey League – multinational league with teams from Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Slovenia
  • International Hockey League – multinational league with teams from Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia
  • Kontinental Hockey League – 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 – multinational league with teams from Austria, Italy and Slovenia
  • Balkan League – multinational league with teams from Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro
  • Baltic League – single-season multinational league with teams from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
  • Carpathian League – single-season multinational league with teams from Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, and Slovakia
  • Champions Hockey League – 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 – multinational league with teams from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine
  • Interliga – 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 – multinational league with teams from Austria, Italy, and Slovenia
  • North Sea Cup – multinational professional league with teams from Belgium and the Netherlands; temporary successor of the Eredivisie
  • Panonian League – multinational league with teams from Croatia, Hungary, Romania, and Serbia
  • Slohokej League – multinational league with teams from Austria, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia

Austria

Men

Women

Defunct

Belarus

Belgium

Men

  • BeNe League – multinational professional league with teams from the Netherlands and Belgium

Defunct

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Men

Women

Croatia

Czech Republic

Men

Women

Denmark

Men

Women

Estonia

Finland

Men

;Defunct

Women

France

Men

Women

Georgia

Germany

Men

Professional

Women

Defunct

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Men

Women

Ireland

Defunct

Italy

Men

Semi-pro

Women

Latvia

Men

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Defunct

The Netherlands

Men

Professional

Defunct

Norway

Poland

Romania

Russia

Men

Major professional

Women

Defunct

Serbia

Slovakia

Men

Women

  • Slovak Women's Extraliga

Slovenia

Spain

Men

Women

Sweden

Men

Major professional

Women

Switzerland

Men

Professional

Women

Turkey

''Note: Leagues involve teams from both Asia and Europe''

Men

Women

Ukraine

Defunct

United Kingdom

Men

Professional

Women

  • WNIHL Elite Division
  • WNIHL 1
  • WNIHL 2
  • *North
  • *South
  • WNIHL U16

University

Defunct leagues

Former nations

Czechoslovakia

East Germany

Soviet Union

West Germany

Yugoslavia

Oceania

Australia

Men

Professional

Women

New Zealand

Men

Women

Disabled hockey leagues

Leagues for disabled hockey players: