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 American

Major professional

Minor professional

Semi-pro
  • 3ICE (2022; 3-on-3 summer ice hockey league) (United States)
  • Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (1996 as Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League) (Canada)
  • Liga Mexicana Élite (1989 as Mexican National Championship) (Mexico)
  • Michigan Independence Hockey League (Michigan, United States)

Junior
Main article: Junior ice hockey

Major junior
Note: that the major junior level is considered professional by some authorities, including the NCAA, as its players earn a small stipend.
Hockey Canada junior A leagues
USA Hockey junior leagues
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Independent junior leagues
Hockey Canada junior B leagues

(*) Quebec Junior "AA" is roughly equal to Ontario Junior "B"

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"

College
Main article: College ice hockey

U Sports hockey (Canada)
Main articles: U Sports men's ice hockey and U Sports women's ice hockey

NCAA hockey (United States)
Notes
  • Two all-sports conferences, the Division I Ivy League and Division III Middle Atlantic Conference, officially sponsor ice hockey for both men and women, but neither hold conference tournaments nor compete for their own automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. All of the 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.
  • The Northeast-10 sponsors a championship for its members that play men's ice hockey, but the NCAA doesn't currently sponsor a national championship at Division II level for either sex. All members of that conference with women's teams participate in the NEWHA.

NAIA hockey (United States)

Note: there are also independent teams outside of the WHAC.

ACHA hockey (United States and Canada)

Note: there are also many independent teams in all three ACHA divisions in addition to the many within the hockey conferences and leagues.

Women's
Canada
United States

School and youth

High school

Defunct leagues

South America

Africa

Asia

China

Taiwan

Hong Kong

India

Israel

Japan
Defunct

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Malaysia

Mongolia

North Korea

Philippines

Qatar

Singapore

Thailand

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

Eurasia

Europe

Multinational
Active
Defunct

Armenia

Men

Women

Belarus

Belgium
Defunct

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Men

Women

Croatia

Czechoslovakia

Czech Republic

Denmark

East Germany

Estonia

Men
Defunct

Women

Men

Women

Georgia

Men

Women

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Semi-pro

Amateur
  • Italian Hockey League - Division I (former Serie C)

Women

Latvia

Amateur

Lithuania

Luxembourg

The Netherlands
Defunct

Norway

Poland

Romania

Major professional

Minor professional

Semi-pro

Junior

Youth

Women

Defunct

Serbia

Slovakia
  • Tipsport liga (1993–present after dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (1931–1993))
  • Slovak 1. Liga (12 teams, first 8 participate in play-offs and the winner plays with the worst team from Extraliga, last four teams participate in a play-out and 4th team after play-out plays a relegation game with the best team in 2.Liga)
  • Slovak 2. Liga

Slovenia

Soviet Union

Men

Women

Men
  • Swedish Hockey League (New name for the top league in 2013. The national championship has been played since 1922 in other forms. 14 teams.)
  • HockeyAllsvenskan (The Swedish second league. The teams compete for a spot in the next season of SHL. 14 teams.)
  • Hockeyettan, Division 1 (Divided into 4 regions: North, East, West, and South. The five best teams in each region make 2 new series called Allettan at the conclusion of the regions. The two Allettan winners, and the two teams that survive a three-round playoff, compete with the last two teams in HockeyAllsvenskan for their spots in the higher league. 40 teams at present. This is the lowest tier organised nationally.)
  • Hockeytvåan (Divided into 9 regions.)
  • Hockeytrean (Divided into 14 regions.)
  • Hockeyfyran (Divided into 7 regions. The league does not cover all of Sweden.)
  • Division 5 (Divided into 2 regions, both in Stockholm.)

Junior and youth
  • J20 SuperElit (Under 20, junior league.)
  • J20 Elit (Under 20, junior second league. Divided into 4 regions: North, East, West, and South.)
  • J18 Elit (Under 18, divided into 4 regions.)

Women

Men

Amateur

Women

Turkey

(Leagues involve teams from both Europe and Asia)

Ukraine

Junior

Defunct

United Kingdom

Defunct leagues

English Ice Hockey Association Women's Leagues

West Germany

Yugoslavia

Oceania

Men

Junior

Women

New Zealand

Disabled hockey leagues

Leagues for disabled hockey players:

References
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