Austrian Hockey League

Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1923
No. of teams	10
Country(ies)	Austria (6 teams)  Croatia (1 team)  Hungary (1 team)  Slovenia (2 teams)

The Austrian Hockey League (German: Österreichische Eishockey-Liga), called the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Austria. The league was founded in 1923, and has recently added teams in Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary, they however can only win the "EBEL Champion" title not the "Austrian Champion" title^{[citation needed]}. The league has had different sponsors, and the current naming rights have been held by "Sparkasse Bank" and its Erste Bank brand since the 2003-04 season.

[edit] Teams

Team	City/Area	Arena	Capacity	Founded
Current Teams
Graz 99ers	Graz	Eisstadion Graz Liebenau	4,050	1999
EC KAC	Klagenfurt	Stadthalle Klagenfurt	5,500	1909
EHC Black Wings Linz	Linz	Keine Sorgen Eisarena Linz	3,800	1992
EC Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	Eisarena Salzburg	3,600	1977
Vienna Capitals	Vienna	Albert Schultz Eishalle	4,500	2000
EC Villacher SV	Villach	Villacher Stadthalle	4,800	1923
HK Jesenice	Jesenice	Dvorana Podmežakla	4,000	1948
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Dvorana Tivoli	4,500	1929
SAPA Fehérvár AV 19	Székesfehérvár	Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall	3,600	1960
KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Zagreb	Dom Sportova	6,000	1961
Notable Former Teams
HC TWK Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Olympiahalle Innsbruck	7,212	1994
VEU Feldkirch	Feldkirch	Vorarlberghalle	5,200	1945

Graz 99ers

KAC Klagenfurt

VSV Villach

Red Bull Salzburg

Vienna Capitals

Black Wings Linz

Acroni Jesenice

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana

Alba Volán Székesfehérvár

KHL Medveščak Zagreb

Teams currently participating in the Erste Bank Eishockey League

[edit] 2008-09 season

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] 2007-08 season

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Austrian Champions

[edit] See also

• Austrian champions (ice hockey)
• Players in the Austrian Hockey League

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL)
• Austrian Hockey Association (ÖEHV)
• Multilanguage forum on Austrian Hockey
• Summary table in Hungarian at icehockey.hu
• Information about Ice-hockey in Austria (German)

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