IHC Leuven, also known as IHC Leuven Chiefs, is an ice hockey team in Leuven

Leuven

Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...

, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

. Leuven participates in the Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League

The Belgian Hockey League was the highest level of competition sanctioned by the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation until 2011 . The league winner was the Belgian Champion. It is played since 1912...

, the top level amateur league in Belgium. It has announced that it will participate in the North Sea Cup

North Sea Cup

The North Sea Cup is the only professional ice hockey league in the Netherlands and Belgium and the highest level of competition organized by the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond and sanctioned by the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation...

, the professional level ice hockey competition in Belgium and the Netherlands, for the 2011–2012 season.

History

IHC Leuven was founded in 1993, and won their first Belgian Championship in 2005. In the next season, they won their first and only Belgian Cup

Belgian Cup (ice hockey)

The Belgian Cup is the national ice hockey cup in Belgium. It has been competed for since 1986. It is currently competed for by the three Belgian teams of the North Sea Cup hockey league, in a separate tournament that runs prior to the North Sea Cup season....

. In 2010, Leuven won their second Belgian Championship. In 1998 and 1999, they participated in the IIHF Continental Cup. In 1998, they were paired with Frisk Tigers

Frisk Tigers

The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norwegian sports club whose members also participate in football. Officially, the hockey section is registered as IF Frisk Asker - Ishockey, but the club usually refers to itself as the Frisk Tigers or simply Frisk. They are based in...

, Esbjerg IK

Esbjerg IK

Esbjerg IK is an ice hockey team in Esbjerg, Denmark. They play in the AL-Bank Ligaen, the top level of ice hockey in Denmark. They have played their home games at Esbjerg Skøjtehal since 1976.-History:...

, and Lyon Hockey Club

Lyon Hockey Club

Lyon Hockey Club is the ice hockey team of Lyon, France. The team currently competes in the France's Division 2 ice hockey championship...

, they lost to Frisk 26–1, and their best results was a 15–1 loss to Lyon. They fared marginally better in 1999, in a group with Sokol Kiev, ASG Angers, and CHH Txuri Urdin

CHH Txuri Urdin

The Club Hockey Hielo Txuri Urdin is a Spanish ice hockey team that plays in the country's national league, the Superliga Española de Hockey Hielo...

. They were hammered by Angers 26–0, but only lost 4–3 to Txuri Urdin.

External Links

• Club profile on hockeyarenas.net