ATSE Graz is an ice hockey team in Graz,

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. They play in the Eliteliga, the third level of ice hockey in

History

The club was founded in 1947, and won the Austrian Hockey League in 1975 and 1978. The club was merged with UEC Graz into

EC Graz EC Graz was an Austrian ice hockey team from Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Hockey League and Alpenliga in the 1990s. History The EC Graz (also called "the elephants") emerged in 1990 when the UEC Graz and ATSE Graz were merged. ATSE Graz ...

in 1990. In 2008, they were revived, and began playing in the

Austrian Oberliga The Austrian Oberliga is the third level of ice hockey in Austria. The league lies below the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, and the Austrian National League The Austrian National League (german: Österreichische Eishockey-Nationalliga) was a forme ...

. ATSE won the Oberliga in 2009, and were promoted to the Nationalliga for 2010. After failing to win in the Play-Off, ATSE retreated from the Nationalliga, starting to play in the Styrian Eliteliga. Hans Dobida played with ATSE Graz for five seasons as a young adult, then later served as head of section at ATSE Graz for almost 40 years.

Achievements

*Austrian champion: 1975, 1978. *Austrian National League champion: 1963, 1966, 1981. *Austrian Oberliga champion: 2009. *Styrian Eliteliga champion: 2016

References

External links

Official site
Ice hockey teams in Austria Sport in Graz Ice hockey clubs established in 1947 1947 establishments in Austria Austrian National League teams {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub