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Royal Belgian
Ice Hockey Federation
Royal Belgian Ice Hockey FederationSport Ice Hockey Inaugural season 1912 Country(ies) Belgium Most recent champion(s) HYC Herentals Most titles Brussels Royal IHSC (23) Official website kbijf.be The Belgian Hockey League was the highest level of competition sanctioned by the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation until 2011 (when the top Belgian teams began to play in the North Sea Cup with the top Dutch teams). The league winner was the Belgian Champion. It is played since 1912. The Brussels Royal IHSC the most decorated team with 23 titles.
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History
The Belgian Hockey League played first in 1912. The play was interrupted several times in its history. The first game suspension happened 1914-1920 due to World War I. The next break was from 1929-1934 due to the world economic crisis. The 3rd and last break was in the 1994/95 season.
Belgian Championship
In 2009, there were 5 clubs competing in an Elite league for the Belgian Championship, all from the Flemish Community part of the country (listed below). In 2010, HYC Herentals and Turnhout White Caps joined with six Dutch teams to play in a new league called the North Sea Cup. The other three teams dropped out of the Belgian elite league, leaving only Herentals and Turnhout to decide the Belgian Championship.[1] Leuven Chiefs have announced that they will be leaving the Belgian National League and playing in the North Sea Cup for the 2011-2012 season, which will make them eligible to compete for the Belgian Championship.
Team City/Area Current Teams HYC Herentals Herentals White Caps Turnhout Turnhout Leuven Chiefs Leuven Team City/Area Before 2010 HYC Herentals Herentals Phantoms Deurne Deurne IHC Louvain Leuven White Caps Turnhout Turnhout Olympia Heist op den Berg Heist-op-den-Berg Belgian National League
Team City/Area Current Teams Liege Bulldogs Eeklo Yeti Bears Charleroi Red Roosters Haskey Hasselt Atomic Moose Olympia I.h.c. Vzw Leuven Ihc Herentals Hyc Eindhoven Vikings Turnhout White Caps Gullegem Jets Antwerp Pahntoms Liederkerke Lions Belgian Hockey League Champions
- 1912: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1913: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1914: Cercle des Patineurs Bruxelles
- 1915-1919: Not Played
- 1920: Cercle des Patineurs Bruxelles
- 1921: Cercle des Patineurs Bruxelles
- 1922: Saint Sauveur IHC
- 1923: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1924: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
- 1925: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
- 1926: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
- 1927: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
- 1928: Le Puck d'Anvers Antwerp
- 1929: Cercle des Patineurs Anversoises
- 1930-1933: Not Played
- 1934: Cercle des Patineurs Anversoises
- 1935: Cercle des Patineurs Anversoises
- 1936: Cercle des Patineurs Anversoises
- 1937: Cercle des Sports d'Hiver Bruxelles
- 1938: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1939: Cercle des Sports d'Hiver Bruxelles
- 1940: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1941: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1942: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1943: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1944: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1945: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1946: Cercle des Patineurs Unis
- 1947: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1948: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1949: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1950: Brabo IHC
- 1951: Entente Saint-Sauveur Bruxelles
- 1952: Brabo IHC
- 1953: Brabo IHC
- 1954: Brabo IHC
- 1955: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1956: Antwerp IHC
- 1957: Antwerp IHC
- 1958: Antwerp IHC
- 1959: Antwerp IHC
- 1960: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1961: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1962: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1963: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1964: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1965: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1966: Olympia IHC
- 1967: Olympia IHC
- 1968: Brussels IHSC Poseidon
- 1969: Olympia IHC
- 1970: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1971: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1972: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1973: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1974: Cercle des Patineurs Liègois
- 1975: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1976: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1977: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1978: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1979: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 1980: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1981: Herentals IJC
- 1982: Brussels Royal IHSC
- 1983: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 1984: Herentals IJC
- 1985: Herentals IJC
- 1986: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 1987: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 1988: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 1989: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 1990: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 1991: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 1992: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 1993: Herentals IJC
- 1994: Herentals IJC
- 1995: Not played
- 1996: Griffoens Geel
- 1997: HYC Herentals
- 1998: HYC Herentals
- 1999: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 2000: Phantoms Deurne
- 2001: Phantoms Deurne
- 2002: HYC Herentals
- 2003: Phantoms Deurne
- 2004: Olympia Heist op den Berg
- 2005: Chiefs Leuven
- 2006: White Caps Turnhout
- 2007: White Caps Turnhout
- 2008: White Caps Turnhout
- 2009: HYC Herentals
- 2010: HYC Herentals
- 2011: White Caps Turnhout}
Titles by team
Titles Team Year 23 Brussels Royal IHSC
1911–1948 Brussels IHSC
1948–1954 Enente St`Sauveur
1954–1966 Brussels IHSC
1966–1970 Brussels IHSC Poseidon1912, 1913, 1923, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1962, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982 11 Olympia Heist op den Berg 1979, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2004 10 Cercle des Patineurs Liègois 1949, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974 5 Herentals IJC 1981, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994 5 Le Puck d’Anvers 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 4 HYC Herentals 1998, 1997, 2002, 2009 4 Antwerp Ice Hockey Club 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 4 Brabo IHC 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 4 Cercle des Patineurs Anversoises 1929, 1934, 1935, 1936 4 White Caps Turnhout 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 3 Cercle des Patineurs de Bruxelles 1914, 1920, 1921 3 Olympia IHC 1966, 1967, 1969 3 Phantoms Deurne 2000, 2001, 2003 2 Cercle des Sports d’Hiver de Bruxelles 1937, 1939 2 Chiefs Leuven 2005, 2010 1 Cercle des Patineurs Unis 1946 1 Griffoens Geel 1996 References
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