🏒Europe

European ice hockey competitions: the Champions Hockey League, the KHL, the ICE Hockey League, the Spengler Cup, the Euro Hockey Tour, the IIHF Continental Cup and the women's EWHL.

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Alps Hockey League
An international competition of thirteen clubs from Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia.
alps.hockey
Beijer Hockey Games
The Swedish leg of the Euro Hockey Tour, sponsored as the Beijer Hockey Games; the 2027 edition runs 11-14 February at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm.
swehockey.se
CEHL – Central European Hockey League
A cross-border league of Belgian and Dutch clubs, known until 2024 as the BeNe League and later joined by German teams. Germany's EHC Die Baren Neuwied won the last edition in 2025-26, beating Hijs Hokij in the final, and no 2026-27 schedule has been published; the same organisation still runs the CEHL Cup, the Belgian Cup and a series of friendlies for clubs from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Luxembourg.
cehl.eu
Champions Hockey League
Europe's top club competition. In the 2026-27 season it features 24 clubs from eleven leagues.
chl.hockey
Czech Hockey Games
The Czech leg of the Euro Hockey Tour, sponsored as the Fortuna Hockey Games; played at the turn of April and May as a dress rehearsal for the World Championship.
hokej.cz
Erste Liga – Hungary and Romania
An international competition of ten clubs, six Hungarian and four Romanian. Founded in 2008 as the MOL Liga, it was won in 2025-26 by Gyergyoi HK.
ersteliga.hu
EWHL Euro Cup
A secondary women's competition alongside the EWHL, open to clubs from outside the main league — the 2026-27 field includes Hockey Team Petrzalka and Turkey's TED Kocaeli Koleji.
ewhl.hockey
EWHL – European Women's Hockey League
An international women's competition with eight clubs from Austria, Hungary and Italy; the Sabres St. Polten won the 2025-26 title.
ewhl.hockey
Hlinka Gretzky Cup
An international under-18 tournament played since 1991 and run jointly by the Canadian, Czech and Slovak ice hockey federations; Canada won it in 2026 after an 8-1 win over the USA in the final.
hlinkagretzkycup.ca
ICE Hockey League
An international league with 14 clubs from four countries — Austria, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia. Its sponsor name is the win2day ICE Hockey League.
ice.hockey
IIHF Continental Cup
Europe's second-tier club competition. The 2027 edition opens with the first round on 16-18 October 2026 in Elektrenai, Lithuania and Kohtla-Jarve, Estonia, with the final tournament on 14-17 January 2027.
iihf.com
IIHF European Cup of Nations
A new IIHF programme giving European national teams organised tournaments during international breaks instead of stand-alone friendlies; the 2027 edition was played by women's teams on 20-22 August 2026 in Fussen, Germany and in Bardejov, Slovakia.
iihf.com
Karjala Tournament
The Finnish leg of the Euro Hockey Tour, played in November; alongside the host Lions it features Czechia, Sweden and Switzerland.
leijonat.com
KHL – Kontinental Hockey League
The strongest league in Eastern Europe and Asia. Founded in 2008, it has 22 clubs from four countries, and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl retained the Gagarin Cup in 2025-26.
en.khl.ru
MHL – Junior Hockey League
A cross-border junior league for players up to 21, founded in 2009; in the 2025-26 season it had 39 clubs from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan competing for the Kharlamov Cup.
mhl.khl.ru
Optibet Hokeja liga – Baltics
The Baltic championship with nine clubs — five from Latvia, two from Lithuania and one each from Estonia and Ukraine; run by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation.
lhf.lv
Spengler Cup
The oldest club tournament in the world. Played in Davos since 1923, always between 26 and 31 December; the U.S. Collegiate Selects won it in 2025.
spenglercup.ch
Swiss Ice Hockey Games
The Swiss leg of the Euro Hockey Tour, which replaced the Channel One Cup after Russia's exclusion; played in December.
sihf.ch