The Balkan Hockey League ( bg, Балканска Хокейна Лига), called the BaHL ( bg, БаХЛ), is the second highest-level ice hockey league in

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History

The league was founded by Bulgarian ice hockey player , who would become its president. In addition to Bulgarian teams, the BaHL has teams had from

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Teams

BaHL playoffs

There are playoffs after the regular seasons. Almost all BaHL have been won by Bulgarian teams. The only cases in which the championship was won by other teams, they were from

BaHL Champions

* 2007 PAOK * 2008

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

* 2009 Aris Thessaloniki * 2010 Etro (Veliko Tarnovo) * 2011 NSA (Sofia) * 2012 NSA (Sofia) * 2013 Dynamo Sofia * 2014 {, class="wikitable" , - ! style="width:10em", Club ! Winners ! Winning Years , - , NSA Sofia , , 2011, 2012 , - , Dynamo Sofia , , 2013 , - , Etro , , 2010 , - , Aris Thessaloniki , , 2009 , - ,

, , 2008 , - , PAOK , {{center, 1 , 2007 Bold denotes seasons in which the BaHL had teams outside Bulgaria.

References

External links

BaHL Official Facebook Page
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Balkan The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...