Extraliga (Belarus)

Belarusian extra league

Current season	2018/19
sport	ice Hockey
abbreviation	BXL
Association	Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation
League foundation	1993
Teams	12
Country countries	12 teams
Title holder	HK Junost Minsk
Record champions	HK Junost Minsk (8)
Website	hockey.by/rb/extraliga/
↓ Vysschaya League

The Belarusian Extraliga ( Russian Белорусская экстралига ) is the top ice hockey league in Belarus , the current champion of which is HK Nyoman Hrodna . The record champions are HK Junost Minsk with eight championships, followed by HK Njoman Hrodna with seven championships. The eternal table of the Extraliga led after the 2008/09 season of HK Keramin Minsk ahead of city rivals HK Junost Minsk.

In 2004 the league was opened to foreign teams, but closed again in 2007. As part of the founding of the Continental Hockey League , the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association opened the Extraliga, the second division Vysschaja Liga and the junior leagues again for foreign teams from the 2008/09 season. Most of the foreign participants came from Latvia or the Ukraine. B. the HK Sokol Kiev . Since the 2013/14 season only Belarusian teams have participated.

The Belarusian U20 national team has also been taking part in the competition since the 2016/17 season . She plays in the Tschyschouka Arena in Minsk .

Participants 2017/18

• U20 Belarus
• HK Dinamo Maladseschna
• HK Brest
• HK Homel
• HK Lida
• Metallurgist Schlobin
• HK Mahiljou
• HK Nyoman Hrodna
• Chimik-SKA Navapolatsk
• HK Shakhtsor Salihorsk
• HK Vitebsk
• HK Junost Minsk

Title holder

• 2019 HK Junost Minsk
• 2018 HK Njoman Hrodna
• 2017 HK Njoman Hrodna
• 2016 HK Junost Minsk
• 2015 HK Shakhtsor Salihorsk
• 2014 HK Njoman Hrodna
• 2013 HK Nyoman Hrodna
• 2012 Metallurg Schlobin
• 2011 HK Junost Minsk
• 2010 HK Junost Minsk
• 2009 HK Junost Minsk
• 2008 HK Keramin Minsk
• 2007 HK Dinamo Minsk
• 2006 HK Junost Minsk
• 2005 HK Junost Minsk
• 2004 HK Junost Minsk
• 2003 HK Homel
• 2002 HK Keramin Minsk
• 2001 HK Nyoman Hrodna
• 2000 Tiwali Minsk
• 1999 HK Nyoman Hrodna
• 1998 HK Nyoman Hrodna
• 1997 Polimir Navapolatsk
• 1996 Polimir Navapolatsk
• 1995 Tiwali Minsk
• 1994 Tiwali Minsk
• 1993 Tiwali Minsk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.hockeyus.info/ch_belarus-el.htm

Web links

• Official website of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation