Club Hockey Gèu Vielha-Val d'Aran is an ice hockey

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...

 club in Vielha e Mijaran

Vielha e Mijaran

Vielha e Mijaran is a municipality in the comarca of the Val d'Aran in Catalonia, Spain. It was created in 1970 by the merger of the municipalities of Arròs e Vila, Betlan, Escunhau, Gausac, Vielha and Vilac: the former municipalities retain some privileges as "decentralised municipal entities" , as...

, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

. This Occitan

Occitania

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 team was playing in the Spanish League

Superliga Española de Hockey Hielo

The National Ice Hockey League is the Spanish league of ice hockey.Two years ago the league was composed of eight teams, but due to financial problems in almost all clubs, the league has been reduced the number of participants year after year until only five today...

until 2007-08 season. Their home arena was the Palai de Gèu de Vielha.

History

The club was founded in 2005, playing in the Spanish league in the 2005-06 season. Their best performances were two fifth places (2006 and 2007), and a semi-final in the 2007 Cup. In the 2007-08 season, the club withdrew from the competition.

External links

• Official website (currently not active)