EUHL


The European University Hockey League is the first European university league in ice-hockey that was founded in 2013 and it is managed by the EUHA. The idea to establish a university hockey league in Europe was invented by Jaroslav Straka, who thanks to Lubomir Sekeras, Frantisek Sadecky and Peter Spankovic turned a dream into reality. Everything started with the initial thought of pan-European expansion through the creation of four divisions to save money and time– Eastern, Western, North and South. Presently the EUHL consists of 10 teams from 4 countries, but it is already assured that next year this number will be higher. The new applicants come from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Hungary etc., accompanied by American Universities and associations from the USA.

Trophy

The winner of the league is awarded with Sekeráš Championship Trophy, which is named after former Slovak NHL player Ľubomír Sekeráš, who is the co-founder of the league.

Divisions

Four divisions are planned – Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western. Northern division should contain teams from the universities in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark; Eastern division should contain teams from Slovakia, Czech republic, Austria, Poland and Hungary; Southern division should contain teams from Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia and Austria and Western division should contain teams from France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
However, for the first season, 2013–14, only six teams were involved which formed only one division.

Teams

In the beginning of the first season only five teams have been confirmed – three from Slovakia and two from Czech republic – even though more universities are interested in joining the league. However, on 13 November 2013 a new participant, VŠEMvs Managers from Bratislava joined the league, thus increasing the number of participants to six.
In the second season the following teams participate:
InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationTeam nameJoinedArenaCapacityTitlesWebsite-
Charles University in Prague Prague1347PublicUK Praha2013Zimní stadion Slaný3,2001-
City University of Seattle Trenčín1999PrivateCityU Gladiators Trenčín2013Zimný štadión Pavla Demitru6,1500-
Czech Technical University Prague2001PublicTechnika Praha20130-
Pan-European University Bratislava2004PrivatePaneuropa Kings2013Zimný štadión Vladimíra Dzurillu3,5000-
Slovak University of Technology Bratislava1937PublicSlávia STU2013Zimný štadión Vladimíra Dzurillu3,5000-
University of International and Public Relations Prague in Bratislava BratislavaPrivateDiplomats Pressburg2014 -
University of West Bohemia Pilsen1991PublicAkademici Plzeň2014
Matej Bel University Banská Bystrica1992PublicUMB Banská Bystrica2014

Nowy Targ
'PPWSZ -PODHALE NOWY TARG'2015-

Krynica
1928PublicAcademy 1928 KTH Krynica2016-
University of Graz Graz1585PublicUHT Dukes Graz2015Eisstadion Liebenau4,050-
University of Presov
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