National League B or Nationalliga B (German) or Ligue Nationale B (French) is the second tier of the main professional 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...

 league in Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, behind National League A. The winners of this league each season play a best-of-seven series against the bottom team of National League A and, if they win, are promoted, while the National League A team is relegated to National League B.

The attendance in 2010/11 was about 3,000 spectators.

Season 2011/12

• HC Ajoie
  HC Ajoie
  HC Ajoie is a Swiss professional ice hockey team....
  
  
• EHC Basel
  EHC Basel
  EHC Basel, also known as Eishockey Club Basel are a professional Swiss ice hockey team. They are based out of the St. Jakob Arena in Basel, Switzerland. EHC Basel was founded on October 14, 1932. Were promoted to the Nationalliga A for 2005–06 after winning the Nationalliga B the previous season...
  
  
• HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
  HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
  HC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.-External links:*...
  
  
• SC Langenthal
  SC Langenthal
  SC Langenthal is a Swiss professional ice hockey team. They compete in the National League B, the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the National League A.-External links:*...
  
  
• HC Lausanne
  HC Lausanne
  HC Lausanne is an ice hockey team, based in the city of Lausanne, in the French speaking part of Switzerland. In 2004, during the NHL lock-out, the HC Lausanne signed NHL players like Martin St. Louis and Andy Roach.-History:...
  
  
• GCK Lions
  GCK Lions
  GCK Lions is a Swiss professional ice hockey team founded in 1932. They are currently in the National League B, Switzerland's second tier ice hockey division. The home arena is Eishalle Küsnacht . The team has won one Swiss Championships, in 1966, as well as two championships in the Swiss second...
  
  
• EHC Olten
  EHC Olten
  EHC Olten is a Swiss professional ice hockey team based in Olten, Switzerland.-External links:*...
  
  
• HC Sierre
• EHC Visp
  EHC Visp
  EHC Visp is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.*...
  
  
• HC Thurgau
  HC Thurgau
  HC Thurgau is a Swiss professional ice hockey club based in Weinfelden, Switzerland. The club was founded in 1989 and plays at Güttingersreuti, with a capacity of 3,200...
  
  

in former times

• EHC Biel
  EHC Biel
  The EHC Biel or HC Bienne is a professional ice hockey Club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League A....
  
   - promoted to NLA in 2007/08
• EHC Chur
  EHC Chur
  Eishockey Club Chur is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.-Not to be Forgotten:* Ken Baumgartner* Renato Tosio* Fausto Mazzoleni* Dino Kessler* Thomas Vrabec* Harijs Vitolinsh-External links:*...
  
   - withdrawal end of season 2007/08
• HC Forward-Morges - withdrawal end of season 2005/06
• HC Martigny
  HC Martigny
  HC Martigny is a Swiss professional ice hockey team, and plays in the Swiss National League B....
  
  - withdrawal end of season 2007/08

External links

• Swiss Ice Hockey, official site - in French and German
• Puck.ch Results of Swiss Ice Hockey - in English, French, German and Italian*