Balkan Amateur Hockey League

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Balkan Amateur Hockey League

Current season, competition or edition:
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2007
CEO
No. of teams	10
Country	Bulgaria (8 teams)  Greece (1 team)  North Macedonia (1 team)
Most recent champion(s)
Most titles	NSA Sofia (2)
Official website	[1]

The Balkan Hockey League (Bulgarian: Балканска Хокейна Лига), called the BaHL (Bulgarian: БаХЛ), is the second highest-level ice hockey league in Bulgaria.

History[]

The idea for the league was caused by , famous Bulgarian professional ice hockey player and future president of BaHL. In the beginning only a few teams participated but over the time more and more teams joined, making 10 teams nowadays.

The league exists in today's form since the 2006-07 season.

During the years teams from Serbia, Greece, Macedonia have joined and have left the league. This season there are only two foreign teams: Metalurg Skopje (Macedonia) and Allstars (Greece).

Teams[]

Team	City/Area	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Joined BaHL
Current Teams (Group A)
	Sofia		1,874	2007	2007–08
	Sofia		1,874	2007	2007–08
	Sofia		1,874	2012	2012–13
Red Star	Sofia	Sofia Winter Sports Palace	3,200	2002	2013–14 (rejoined)
	Thessaloniki		1,874	2013	2013–14
	Skopje		2,000	2013	2013–14
Current Teams (Group B)
	Sofia		1,874	2007	2011–12
Torpedo	Sofia		1,874	2007	2007–08
	Sofia		1,874	2013	2013–14
	Sofia		1,874	2013	2013–14

Sofia Winter Sports Palace

Stadiums for the teams currently participating in the Balkan Amateur Hockey League

BaHL Playoffs[]

There are playoffs after the regular seasons. Almost all BaHL have been won by Bulgarian teams. The only cases in which the championship was won by other teams, they were from Greece.

BaHL Champions[]

, chairman of the league, since its creation.

bold - seasons in which league had teams outside Bulgaria.

See also[]

• Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team
• Bulgarian Hockey League, (Bulgarian: Българска Хокейна Лига) 1st league in Bulgaria
• Ice hockey in Bulgaria

References[]

External links[]

• BaHL Official Facebook Page