Polska Hokej Liga

Polska Hokej Liga

Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Polska Hokej Liga season
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2013
Founder	Polish Ice Hockey Federation
First season	2013–14
CEO	Janusz Wierzbowski
No. of teams	10
Country	Poland
Most recent champion(s)	Cracovia (1nd title)
TV partner(s)	TVP Sport
Related competitions	Polish 1. Liga
Official website	http://hokejfan.pl/phl (Polish)

The Polska Hokej Liga is the premier ice hockey league in Poland. Previously, it was known as the I Liga or Ekstraklasa from 1927–1999, and the Polska Liga Hokejowa from 1999–2013. In 2013, it was reorganized as a limited liability company and renamed the Polska Hokej Liga.

History

The championship started in 1927. At first it was a non-league system composed of regional tournaments. The tournaments had two stages. The best teams qualified to the final tournament, of which the winner was declared champion. In 1938, the Polish Ice Hockey Federation decided to reorganise the championship, by creating a league system. Those plans were abandoned due to outbreak of World War II.

The current structure of the league began in 1955.

Current Teams (2016–2017)

Cracovia

Tychy

Nowy Targ

Jastrzębie

Oświęcim

Bytom

Opole

Toruń

Gdańsk

Katowice

Sosnowiec

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Teams currently in the Polska Hokej Liga.

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
ComArch Cracovia	Kraków	Lodowisko im. Adama "Rocha" Kowalskiego	2,514
GKS Tychy	Tychy	Stadion Zimowy w Tychach	2,535
TatrySki Podhale Nowy Targ	Nowy Targ	Miejska Hala Lodowa w Nowym Targu	5,000
JKH GKS Jastrzębie	Jastrzębie-Zdrój	Jastor	1,986
Unia Oświęcim	Oświęcim	Hala Lodowa MOSiR Oświęcim	5,000
Polonia Bytom	Bytom	OSiR w Bytomiu	3,000
Orlik Opole	Opole	Toropol	3,000
Nesta Mires Toruń	Toruń	Lodowisko Tor-Tor	4,000
MH Automatyka Stoczniowiec 2014	Gdańsk	Hala Olivia w Gdańsku	5,500
KH GKS Katowice	Katowice	Lodowisko Spodek	1,500
SMS U20 Sosnowiec	Sosnowiec	Stadion Zimowy w Sosnowcu	3,500

Medalists

(Warning! list isn't synonymous with a list of Polish Champions)

Year	Winner	2nd place	3rd place	Regular season
2014	KH Sanok	GKS Tychy	GKS Jastrzębie	GKS Tychy
2015	GKS Tychy	GKS Jastrzębie	Podhale Nowy Targ	GKS Jastrzębie
2016	Cracovia	GKS Tychy	Podhale Nowy Targ	Cracovia

External links

• Hokej.Net
• The Polish Ice Hockey Federation's website
• PLH Statistics