The Balkan Hockey League ( bg, Балканска Хокейна Лига), called the BaHL ( bg, БаХЛ), is the second highest-level ice hockey league in
Bulgaria
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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
Serbia
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,
Greece
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, and
Macedonia.
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
Greece
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.
BaHL Champions
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* 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
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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 ...
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, 2008
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PAOK
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Bold denotes seasons in which the BaHL had teams outside Bulgaria.
See also
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Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team
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Bulgarian Hockey League, ( bg, Българска Хокейна Лига) 1st league in Bulgaria
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Ice hockey in Bulgaria
References
External links
BaHL Official Facebook Page
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Balkan
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