The Alpenliga was an international professional
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which existed between 1991 and 1999. It was contested by club teams from
Austria
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and
Slovenia
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.
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
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(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 Ljubljana, 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
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1991–92 HC Devils Milano,
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1992–93
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HC Alleghe
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The team was the surprise winners of the 1992-93 Alpenliga. They were formerly c ...
, Italy
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1993–94 HC Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
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1994–95 HC Bolzano-Bozen, Italy ¹
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1995–96 VEU Feldkirch
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Austria
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1996–97 VEU Feldkirch, Austria
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1997–98 VEU Feldkirch, Austria
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1998–99 VEU Feldkirch, Austria
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Six Nations Tournament
See also
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Interliga
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References
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Defunct multi-national ice hockey leagues in Europe
Ice hockey leagues in Austria
Ice hockey leagues in Italy
Ice hockey leagues in Slovenia
Sports leagues established in 1991
1991 establishments in Europe
Sports leagues disestablished in 1999
1999 disestablishments in Europe