Alpenliga
Encyclopedia
The Alpenliga was an international professional ice hockey
league
which existed between 1991 and 1999. It was contested by club teams from Austria
, Italy
and Slovenia
.
In 1994-95 and 1995-96, the Alpenliga was part of a larger competition called the Six Nations Tournament
(sometimes called Europäischer Ligacup or Coupe des Ligues Européennes), which pitted its top teams against members of the Atlantic League, another crossborder loop composed of French, Dutch and Danish clubs.
After 1999, the Alpenliga was replaced with the International Ice Hockey League (often shortened to Interliga), first contested 1999-2000. Eight clubs from Austria, Hungary and Slovenia including, HC Alba Volan, HK Acroni Jesenice, Dunaferr SE, Erste VEU Feldkirch, EC Klagenfurter, HK Olimpija, VSV Villach and WEV Wiener played the first season. The league winners were Villacher SV, and playoff champions were Klagenfurter EC.
After just one season, Austrian teams quit the International Ice Hockey League, and were replaced with Croatian clubs.
Yugoslavian, Slovak and Polish organizations also made appearances over the years.
The Interliga ceased operations following the 2006-07 season.
¹ Six Nations Tournament
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
league
Sports league
League is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...
which existed between 1991 and 1999. It was contested by club teams from Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Italy
Italy
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and Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
.
In 1994-95 and 1995-96, the Alpenliga was part of a larger competition called the Six Nations Tournament
Six Nations Tournament (ice hockey)
The Six Nations Tournament was an international ice hockey club competition that took place during the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons.The event was sometimes called Cup of the European Leagues .-History:...
(sometimes called Europäischer Ligacup or Coupe des Ligues Européennes), which pitted its top teams against members of the Atlantic League, another crossborder loop composed of French, Dutch and Danish clubs.
After 1999, the Alpenliga was replaced with the International Ice Hockey League (often shortened to Interliga), first contested 1999-2000. Eight clubs from Austria, Hungary and Slovenia including, HC Alba Volan, HK Acroni Jesenice, Dunaferr SE, Erste VEU Feldkirch, EC Klagenfurter, HK Olimpija, VSV Villach and WEV Wiener played the first season. The league winners were Villacher SV, and playoff champions were Klagenfurter EC.
After just one season, Austrian teams quit the International Ice Hockey League, and were replaced with Croatian clubs.
Yugoslavian, Slovak and Polish organizations also made appearances over the years.
The Interliga ceased operations following the 2006-07 season.
Alpenliga champions
- 1991-921991–92 Alpenliga seasonThis was the 1991-92 Alpenliga season, the first season of the multi-national ice hockey league.- Group A :- Group B :- Semifinals :* HC Milan - HC Bozen : 3:4...
HC Devils Milano - 1992-931992–93 Alpenliga seasonThis was the 1992-93 Alpenliga season, the second season of the multi-national ice hockey league.-Regular season:- Semifinals:* HC Devils Mailand - HC Alleghe : 3:8...
HC Alleghe - 1993-941993–94 Alpenliga seasonThis was the 1993-94 Alpenliga season, the third season of the multi-national ice hockey league.-Regular season:- Semifinals :* AC Mailand - HC Alleghe : 7:4...
Bolzano-Bozen Foxes - 1994–95 HC Bolzano ¹
- 1995-961995–96 Alpenliga seasonThis was the 1995-96 Alpenliga season, the fifth season of the multi-national ice hockey league.- West Group :- Central Group :- East Group :- Play-in :* HC Varèse - CE Wien : 3:6...
VEU FeldkirchVEU FeldkirchVEU Feldkirch is a professional ice hockey team from Feldkirch, Austria at Vorarlberghalle. The team currently plays in the Austrian National League . VEU Feldkirch were nine-time Austrian ice hockey champions when they played in the higher level Austrian Hockey League, before being relegated.... - 1996-971996–97 Alpenliga seasonThis was the 1996-97 Alpenliga season, the sixth season of the multi-national ice hockey league.-Regular season:- Group phase :- Final:* HDD Olimpija Ljubljana - VEU Feldkirch: 4:4...
VEU Feldkirch - 1997-981997–98 Alpenliga seasonThis was the 1997-98 Alpenliga season, the seventh season of the multi-national ice hockey league.-Regular season:- Group phase :- Final :* Game 1 , EC KAC - VEU Feldkirch: 3:5...
VEU Feldkirch - 1998-991998–99 Alpenliga seasonThis was the 1998-99 Alpenliga season, the eight and final season of the multi-national ice hockey league. The Alpenliga was replaced by the Interliga for the 1999-00 season.-Regular season:- Group phase :- Final :...
VEU Feldkirch
¹ Six Nations Tournament
Six Nations Tournament (ice hockey)
The Six Nations Tournament was an international ice hockey club competition that took place during the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons.The event was sometimes called Cup of the European Leagues .-History:...