Founded 1995 No. of teams 9 | Folded 2004 Championship EEHL Championship | |
Countries Belarus
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Russia
Ukraine Most successful club Sokol Kyiv (2), Berkut Kyiv (2), Keramin Minsk (2) | ||
Eastern European Hockey League (EEHL) was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2004.
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History
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 became members of the league.