EUHL

European University Hockey League

Current season or competition: 2013–14 EUHL season
EUHL logo
Countries	Slovakia (5 teams) Czech Republic (3 teams) Austria (1 team) Poland (1 team)
Region(s)	Central Europe
League President	Jaroslav Straka
LeagueVice-President	Ľubomír Sekeráš
Founded	2013
First season	2014–15
No. of teams	10
Recent Champions	UK Praha (1st title)
Most successful club	UK Praha (2 titles)
Headquarters	Trenčín, Slovakia
Website	http://www.euhl.eu

The European University Hockey League (EUHL) is the first European university league in ice-hockey that was founded in 2013 and it is managed by the EUHA (the European University Hockey Association). 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 (Slovakia, Czech republic, Austria, Poland, Hungary), Western (Germany I, France, Belgium, The Netherlands), North (Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark) and South (Germany II, Austria II, Switzerland, Slovenia). 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.^[1]

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 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

In the second season the following teams participate:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Team name	Joined	Arena	Capacity	Titles	Website
Charles University in Prague	Prague	1347	Public	UK Praha	2013	Zimní stadion Slaný	3,200[4]	1
City University of Seattle (VŠM)	Trenčín	1999	Private	CityU Gladiators Trenčín		Zimný štadión Pavla Demitru	6,150	0
Czech Technical University	Prague	2001	Public	Technika Praha				0
Pan-European University	Bratislava	2004	Private	Paneuropa Kings		Zimný štadión Vladimíra Dzurillu	3,500	0
Slovak University of Technology	Bratislava	1937	Public	Slávia STU				0
University of International and Public Relations Prague in Bratislava	Bratislava		Private	Diplomats Pressburg	2014
University of West Bohemia	Pilsen	1991	Public	Akademici Plzeň
Matej Bel University	Banská Bystrica	1992	Public	UMB Banská Bystrica
The Podhale State College of Applied Sciences in Nowy Targ	Nowy Targ			'PPWSZ -PODHALE NOWY TARG'
University of Graz	Graz	1585	Public	UHT Dukes Graz	2014	Eisstadion Liebenau	4,050

References

1. http://www.euhl.eu/about-us/euha/trophy/
2. "Universities". EUHL. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
3. http://www.euhl.eu/new-university-team/
4. http://www.zimnistadiony.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2003010214

External links

• Official website