First division (ice hockey)
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| Current season | 2019/20 |
| sport | ice Hockey |
| Association | Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség |
| League foundation | 2008 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Country countries |
 Hungary 7 teams Romania 3 teams
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| Title holder |
Ferencvárosi TC and HSC Csíkszereda
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| Record champions |
Miskolci / DVTK Jegesmedvék
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| Website | www.ersteliga.hu |
The First League ( MOL League until 2017 ) is a Southeast European ice hockey competition founded in 2008 for teams from Hungary and Romania . In the past there were also individual participants from Slovakia , Serbia and Austria . The former name of the league came from the main sponsor of the competition at the time, the Hungarian mineral oil and gas company MOL . Since 2017 until at least 2020 bears the league after the new main sponsor Erste Bank the name First League .
history
The MOL League emerged from the highest Hungarian league, the Borsodi Jégkorong League . Before the 2007/08 season, two clubs from Transylvania , Romania , were included in this league: HC Csíkszereda and SC Miercurea Ciuc . At the same time, the Hungarian series champion Alba Volán Székesfehérvár left the Hungarian league and joined the Austrian Ice Hockey League (EBEL).
A year later there was a further increase in the number of participants when three new teams were added to the league: the capital club Budapest Stars , the Romanian record champions Steaua Bucharest and their compatriots from CS Progym Gheorgheni . Together with the two teams from Miercurea-Ciuc, the number of Romanian teams grew to four and thus almost half of the total of ten teams. Therefore, the league was separated from the national Hungarian championship, which will continue to be played in parallel and only Hungarian teams take part. The purely Hungarian games of the MOL league represent the regular season of the Hungarian league.
From 2012 to 2015, the Ice Tigers Nové Zámky , a Slovak club that also took part in the championship, won the league in 2014. In 2016/17 HK Belgrade took part in the league, whose squad largely corresponded to the Serbian national team .
In 2017, the Austrian Erste Bank took over the main sponsorship of the league, the name was changed to Erste Liga . At that time the first bank was also the title sponsor of the Austrian Ice Hockey League ( Erste Bank Ice Hockey League ). From 2017 to 2019 the Austrian club Vienna Capitals also provided a farm team in the league.
In 2018, MAC Budapest and DVTK Jegesmedvék, two of the best Hungarian teams in the league, moved to the Slovak extra league .
All Romanian teams take part in the Romanian ice hockey league at the same time as the MOL league .
Attendees
Teams 2019/20
The following teams will take part in the First League in the 2019/20 season:
| team | place | Playing times | Hall | capacity |
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| ASC Corona 2010 Brașov |
Brașov
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since 2009 | Patinoarul Olimpic Brașov | 2,000 |
| Dab.Docler |
Dunaújváros
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since 2008 | Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok | 4,000 |
| Fehérvár AV19 II / Fehérvári Titánok 1 |
Székesfehérvár
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2008/2009, 2010–2012, since 2015 | Székesfehérvár ice rink | 3,500 |
| Ferencváros-ESMTK |
Budapest
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since 2008 | Pesterzsébeti Jégcsarnok | 1,800 |
| HSC Csíkszereda |
Miercurea Ciuc
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since 2008 | Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya | 4,000 |
| Újpesti TE |
Budapest
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since 2008 | Újpesti Jégcsarnok | 1,500 |
| Gyergyói HK |
Gheorgheni
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2008/09, since 2018 | Mujegpalya Arena | 1,000 |
| Budapest Stars / HC Vasas 2 |
Budapest
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2008–2011, since 2018 | Budapesti Koriközpont | 2,000 |
| DEAC hockey |
Debrecen
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since 2018 | 700 | |
| KMH Budapest |
Budapest
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since 2018 | Tüskecsarnok | 2,540 |
Former participants
| team | place | time |
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| HC Csíkszereda |
Miercurea Ciuc
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2008-2009 |
| Steaua Bucharest |
Bucharest
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2008-2009; 2010–2012 |
| HC Nové Zámky |
 Nové Zámky
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2012-2015 |
| Debreceni HK |
Debrecen
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2014-2017 |
| HK Belgrade |
 Belgrade
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2016/17 |
| CSM Dunărea Galați |
Galați
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2016/17 |
| MAC Budapest |
Budapest
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2015-2018 |
| DVTK Jegesmedvék |
Miskolc
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2008-2018 |
| Vienna Capitals II |
 Vienna
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2017-2019 |
Participants per season
| season | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
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Hungary
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6th | 5 | 6th | 5 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 7th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 7th |
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Romania
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4th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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Slovakia
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- | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Serbia
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
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Austria
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| total | 10 | 7th | 9 | 8th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
master
Overview
| country | Club | master | finalist | Semi-finalist |
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Miskolci / DVTK Jegesmedvék | 3 | 2 | 3 |
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HSC Csíkszereda | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Ferencvárosi TC | 2 | - | - |
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MAC Budapest | 1 | 2 | - |
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Ice Tigers Nové Zámky | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Budapest stars | 1 | - | 2 |
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HC Csíkszereda | 1 | - | - |
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Újpesti TE | - | 1 | 4th |
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ASC Corona 2010 Brașov | - | 1 | 3 |
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SC Miercurea Ciuc | - | 1 | 1 |
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Debreceni HK | - | - | 2 |
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Alba Volán Székesfehérvár II | - | - | 1 |
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DEAC hockey | - | - | 1 |
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Gyergyói HK | - | - | 1 |
See also
Web links
- Official website (Hungarian)
- Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
National leagues:
BHHL BHL Metal Ligaen DEL Meistriliiga Liiga Ligue Magnus EIHL Israeli League Meistaraflokks IHL Serie A Hrvatska League Virslīgas GET ligaen PHL National Hockey League SHL NL HLS Extraliga Državno prvenstvo Super League Extraliga Super League Tschempionat Extraliga AIHL EHL QIIHL NZIHL Hockey League
Supranational leagues:
NHL KHL ALIH AlpsHL BeNe League First League IceHL IHL
