Asia League Ice Hockey
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Current season | 2017/18 |
sport | ice Hockey |
abbreviation | ALIH |
League foundation | 2003 |
Teams | 8th |
Country countries |
Japan 4 teams South Korea 3 teams Russia 1 team
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Title holder | Anyang Halla |
Record champions | Anyang Halla (5) |
Website | Asia League Ice Hockey |
The Asia League Ice Hockey is a professional East Asian ice hockey league in which teams from Japan , South Korea and Russia as well as formerly China compete. The league, founded in 2003, is now considered to be the strongest ice hockey league in Asia.
history
The league initially consisted of the four remaining teams of the disbanded Japan Ice Hockey League and the Anyang Halla from South Korea, who continued to play under the Japan Ice Hockey League for half a season consisting of 16 games .
Due to the success , three more non-Japanese franchises were added to the league in the following season with the two Chinese teams Qiqihar Ice Hockey and Harbin Ice Hockey as well as Golden Amur , a team that played in Khabarovsk , Russia that the name was changed to Asia League Ice Hockey . Although Golden Amur was able to finish the 2004/05 season in third place, the team had to withdraw from the league after only one season due to financial problems.
Before the 2005/06 season, two new teams were added with Kangwon Land from South Korea and the Nordic Vikings from Beijing , so that the ALIH now consisted of nine teams. The Vikings consisted mostly of young Scandinavians who were supposed to gain experience in the new league.
For the 2006/07 season, the franchises from Qiqihar and Harbin moved to Changchun and Beijing, respectively, where they each competed under a new name. The Nordic Vikings left the league after only one year, the defending champion Kokudo Ice Hockey Team also changed his name to Seibu Prince Rabbits . On September 23, 2006, the league started its third official season as ALIH, the play-offs began on February 17, 2007. Play-off champions were the Nippon Paper Cranes for the first time , who played 3-1 in the final prevailed against the Prince Rabbits.
In the 2008/09 season, Anyang Halla was the first team outside of Japan to win the regular season. In the play-offs, however, they lost in the semifinals against the eventual champions Nippon Paper Cranes. In the following season, the South Koreans were able to win the regular season again and this time prevailed in the final against Nippon Paper Cranes and became the first South Korean champion of the ALIH. In the following season 2010/11 the team was able to reach the final. The final series against the Tōhoku Free Blades was canceled due to the destruction caused by the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011 in March 2011 and both teams were named joint champions. Since 2014, another Russian team, HK Sakhalin , has been participating in the league. Since China Dragon withdrew from the league in 2017, however, there has been no Chinese team left.
mode
In the 2020/21 season, eight franchises took part in the league.
Teams 2020/21
country | team | city | Playing times | former name |
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Anyang Halla | Anyang | since 2003 | ||
Daemyung Killer Whales | Incheon | since 2016 | ||
Yokohama grits | Yokohama | since 2020 | ||
Nikko IceBucks | Nikko | since 2003 | Nikkō Kobe IceBucks (2005-2007) | |
East Hokkaido Cranes | Kushiro-shi | since 2003 | Nippon Paper Cranes (until 2019) | |
Ōji Eagles | Tomakomai | since 2003 | ||
HK Sakhalin | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | since 2014 | ||
Tōhoku Free Blades | Hachinohe | since 2009 |
Former teams
country | team | city | Playing times |
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Golden Amur | Khabarovsk | 2004/05 | |
Nordic Vikings | Beijing | 2005/06 | |
Changchun Fuao | Changchun | 2006/07 | |
China Dragon | Shanghai | 2007-2017 | |
Daemyung Sangmu | Seoul | 2013-2016 | |
Hosa | Beijing | 2006/07 | |
Kokudo Ice Hockey Club / Seibu Prince Rabbits | Tokyo | 2003-2009 | |
Kangwon Land / High1 | Chuncheon | 2005-2019 |
Previous seasons
The record champion of the ALIH is Anyang Halla, who became champions six times.
season | master | Final opponent | Regular season |
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2003/04 | Nippon Paper Cranes 1 | Kokudo Ice Hockey Team 1 | - |
2004/05 | Kokudo Ice Hockey Club | Nippon Paper Cranes | Nippon Paper Cranes |
2005/06 | Kokudo Ice Hockey Club | Nippon Paper Cranes | Nippon Paper Cranes |
2006/07 | Nippon Paper Cranes | Seibu Prince Rabbits | Nippon Paper Cranes |
2007/08 | Ōji Eagles | Nippon Paper Cranes | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
2008/09 | Nippon Paper Cranes | Seibu Prince Rabbits | Anyang Halla |
2009/10 | Anyang Halla | Nippon Paper Cranes | Anyang Halla |
2010/11 2 |
Anyang Halla Tōhoku Free Blades |
Ōji Eagles | |
2011/12 | Ōji Eagles | Nikko Ice Bucks | Ōji Eagles |
2012/13 | Tōhoku Free Blades | Ōji Eagles | Ōji Eagles |
2013/14 | Nippon Paper Cranes | Ōji Eagles | Ōji Eagles |
2014/15 | Tōhoku Free Blades | Anyang Halla | Anyang Halla |
2015/16 | Anyang Halla | HK Sakhalin | Anyang Halla |
2016/17 | Anyang Halla | HK Sakhalin | Anyang Halla |
2017/18 | Anyang Halla | Ōji Eagles | HK Sakhalin |
2018/19 | HK Sakhalin | Nippon Paper Cranes | Daemyung Killer Whales |
2019/20 3 |
HK Sakhalin Anyang Halla
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HK Sakhalin |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ IIHF - Yokohama gets gritty. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .