Slovenian Ice Hockey League

The Slovenian Hockey League (Slovene: Slovenska hokejska liga) or the National Championship (Slovene: Državno prvenstvo Slovenije)^[1] is the highest level ice hockey league in Slovenia. The championship phase is contested after the regular season to determine the national champion.

Slovenian Championship

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1991
Founder	Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia
No. of teams	6
Country	Slovenia
Most recent champion(s)	HK Olimpija (19th title)
Most titles	HK Olimpija (19 titles)[a]
Official website	hokej.si

History

Olimpija vs Slavija at Tivoli Hall in the 2012–13 Slovenian Hockey League season

The Slovenian Hockey League was firstly contested in the 1991–92 season, with the championship being held at the end as the play-offs. Over time, some Slovenian teams entered the Austrian Hockey League, and joined only for the play-offs. In the 2007–08 season there was an issue, as the Croatian team Medveščak qualified for the play-offs. As the Slovenian Champion could only be a team from Slovenia, they did not take part in the play-offs. The Slohokej League was established and played its first season in 2009–10, but was cancelled after the 2011–12 season.

Teams

Team	City	Arena	Founded
2024–25 teams
Celje	Celje	Celje Ice Hall	1998
HDD Jesenice	Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	2014
HK Olimpija	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	2004
Maribor	Maribor	Tabor Ice Hall	1993
Slavija Junior	Ljubljana	Zalog Ice Hall	2008
Triglav Kranj	Kranj	Zlato Polje Ice Hall	1968
Former teams
Alfa	Ljubljana	Zalog Ice Hall	2005
HDD Bled	Bled	Bled Ice Hall	2010
HDD Olimpija	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	1928
Hidria Jesenice	Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	1999
HKMK Bled	Bled	Bled Ice Hall	1999
HK Jesenice	Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	1948
Kranjska Gora	Kranjska Gora	Podmežakla Hall	1961
Slavija	Ljubljana	Zalog Ice Hall	1964
Team Jesenice	Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	2013
Tivoli	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	N/A
Medveščak Zagreb	Zagreb	Dom Sportova	1961
Medveščak Zagreb II	Zagreb	Dvorana Velesajam	2003
Mladost	Zagreb	Dvorana Velesajam	1946
Zagreb	Zagreb	Dvorana Velesajam	1982
Crvena zvezda	Belgrade	Pionir Ice Hall	1946

Winners

until 1991 – Yugoslav Hockey League 1991–92 – HK Acroni Jesenice 1992–93 – HK Acroni Jesenice 1993–94 – HK Acroni Jesenice 1994–95 – HK Olimpija Hertz 1995–96 – HK Olimpija Hertz 1996–97 – HK Olimpija Hertz 1997–98 – HK Olimpija Hertz 1998–99 – HK Olimpija

1999–2000 – HK Olimpija 2000–01 – HK Olimpija 2001–02 – HDD Olimpija 2002–03 – HDD ZM Olimpija 2003–04 – HDD ZM Olimpija 2004–05 – HK Acroni Jesenice 2005–06 – HK Acroni Jesenice 2006–07 – HDD ZM Olimpija 2007–08 – HK Acroni Jesenice

2008–09 – HK Acroni Jesenice 2009–10 – HK Acroni Jesenice 2010–11 – HK Acroni Jesenice 2011–12 – HDD Tilia Olimpija 2012–13 – HDD Telemach Olimpija 2013–14 – HDD Telemach Olimpija 2014–15 – HDD Jesenice 2015–16 – HDD Telemach Olimpija 2016–17 – HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice

2017–18 – HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice 2018–19 – HK SŽ Olimpija 2019–20 – No winners (COVID-19 pandemic)[2] 2020–21 – HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice 2021–22 – HK SŽ Olimpija 2022–23 – HK SŽ Olimpija 2023–24 – HK SŽ Olimpija

Club	Titles	Years won
HDD Olimpija / HK Olimpija[b]	19	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
HK Jesenice / HDD Jesenice[b]	13	1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021

Notes

1. Including phoenix club HDD Olimpija Ljubljana.
2. The two clubs are separate legal entities; however, all sources, including the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia, recognize the titles of the defunct clubs.

See also

• Slohokej League
• Slovenian Ice Hockey Cup
• Yugoslav Ice Hockey League

References

1. "Državno prvenstvo". Hokejska zveza Slovenije (in Slovenian). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
2. R. K. (16 April 2020). "Sezona končana brez državnega prvaka" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

External links

• Hokejska zveza Slovenije (in Slovene)