Ukrainian Supreme League

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name = Ukrainian Supreme League

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country = UKR
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founded = 1992
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champ = Ukrainian Championship
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champions = Sokil Kyiv
season = 2007-08
most successful club = Sokil Kyiv (10)
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The "Ukrainian Supreme League" ( _uk. Вища ліга, "Vyscha Liha") is the premier ice hockey league in Ukraine and top (now only) division of the Ukrainian Championship of Hockey.

Teams 2008-09

Starting for the 2008-09 season, it was decided to merge the First League ("Persha Liha") teams into the Supreme League, increasing the league size from 6 to 15 teams.

Western Division

* Patriot Vinnytsya
* Vatra Ivano-Frankivs'k
* HC Lviv
* HC Lutsk
* HC Rivne

Central Division

* Sokil Kyiv
* ATEK Kyiv
* White Leopard Brovary
* Companion Kyiv
* HC Kharkiv

Eastern Division

* HC Donbas Donetsk
* HC Prydniprovsk Dnipropetrovsk
* HC Morzhy Zaporizhzhya
* HC Vorony Sumy
* SYMSOR Kharkiv-2 Kharkiv It is the sport youth (children-youth) middle school of the Olympic Reserve. It used to be called "HCS Druzhba-78 Kharkiv".

Teams 2007-08

Final Standing
* HC Sokil Kyiv
* HC Bars Brovary
* HC Kompanion-UPB Kyiv
* HC Kharkiv
* HC ATEK Kyiv
* HC Dniprovski Vovky Dnipropetrovsk

Vovky did not earn a single point.

Play-offs

"1/2 final"
HC Kharkiv-HC Sokil Kyiv 2:4 0:7
HC Kompanion-UPB Kyiv-HC Bars Brovary 2:4 2:4

"3rd place"
HC Kharkiv-HC Kompanion-UPB Kyiv 1:4 7:2 1:0(ot)(Kyiv)
"Final"
HC Bars Brovary-HC Sokil Kyiv 0:9 2:6
This is Sokil's 10th national title. [ [http://www.iihf.com/nc/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/sokil-kyiv-champion.html Sokil Kyiv champion] , from iihf.com, 3 April, 2008]

Teams 2006-07

* HC ATEK Kyiv
* HC Berkut Kyiv
* HC Kompanion-UPB Kyiv
* HC Sokil Kyiv
* HC Dniprovski Vovky Dnipropetrovsk
* SYSOR Sokil Kyiv (the sport youth school of the Olympic Reserve)

Each team played other 6 times. The list of the teams is in the order of the final standing for the season.

Previous Champions

*2007/08: HC Sokil Kyiv
*2006/07: HC ATEK Kyiv
*2005/06: HC Sokil Kyiv
*2004/05: HC Sokil Kyiv
*2003/04: HC Sokil Kyiv
*2002/03: HC Sokil Kyiv
*2001/02: HC Berkut Kyiv
*2000/01: HC Berkut Kyiv
*1999/00: HC Berkut Kyiv
*1998/99: HC Sokil Kyiv
*1997/98: HC Sokil Kyiv
*1996/97: HC Sokil Kyiv
*1995/96: HC Sokil Kyiv
*1994/95: SSSM Kyiv
*1993/94: HC Sokil Kyiv

SSSM is the school of supreme sport masterity

Other Hockey clubs

* HC Gladiator Lviv (2001-05) (The club was based on the reformed HC Dnister Lviv)
* HC Berkut Kyiv (1998-2002) (Home grounds were "ATEK" 400-seats and the trade union's Ice Palace of Sport (IPS) "Avanhard" 700-seats.)
* HC Polytekhnic Kyiv
* HC Dnipro Kherson (2000-05) It is an amateur club. It plays its games at the ice complex "Dnipro-Hockey" 300-spectators. The club was founded in 2000.
* HC Vitiaz Kharkiv (2001-02) It is an amateur club. Its home ground is SYMSOR ice stadium in Kharkiv.
* HC Kyiv was a club of "SYSOR Sokil Kyiv".
* HC Yupiter Kharkiv

References

External links

* [http://www.fhu.com.ua/ Official Webpage (in Ukrainian)]
* [http://forums.internationalhockey.net/archive/index.php/t-5787.html English information and latest results]