HC Ajoie is a

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professional

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team that competes in the

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(NL), the highest league in Switzerland. The team was founded in 1973 and plays in the Raiffeisen Arena in

Porrentruy Porrentruy (, fc, Poérreintru , german: Pruntrut) is a Swiss municipality and seat of the district of the same name located in the canton of Jura. Porrentruy is home to National League team, HC Ajoie. History The first trace of human pre ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. HC Ajoie has won three

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(SL) Championships – in 1992, 2016 and 2021.

History

On February 2, 2020, the team won the 2020

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, beating

(NL) team

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7–3. On April 28, 2021, HC Ajoie defeated

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in game 6 of the

(SL) final and won the series 4–2 to be crowned SL champion. As a result, the team gained automatic promotion to the National League for the 2021/22 season. On July 28, 2021, the team revealed its new logo featuring three stars to honor their three SL titles.

References

External links

HC Ajoie official website
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