IHC Leuven (''French: IHC Louvain''), is an ice hockey team in
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...
,
Belgium. Leuven plays in the
BeNe League
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(a.k.a. Belgian Elite League), where it competes as the Leuven Chiefs. The team are the current Belgian national ice hockey champions, having won the league playoffs in 2013. It also competes annually for the
Belgian Cup.
The Club also organizes affiliated recreational junior and senior hockey teams.
History
IHC Leuven was founded in 1993, and won their first Belgian Championship in 2005. In 1998 and 1999, they participated in the
IIHF Continental Cup. In 1998, they were paired with
Frisk Tigers
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,
Esbjerg IK, and
Lyon Hockey Club, they lost to Frisk 26–1, and their best results was a 15–1 loss to Lyon. They fared marginally better in 1999, in a group with
Sokil Kyiv,
Ducs d'Angers
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, and
CHH Txuri Urdin
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. They were hammered by Angers 26–0, but only lost 4–3 to Txuri Urdin.
In 1999-2000, they won their first and only
Belgian Cup. In 2005 and 2010, Leuven won their first and second Belgian Championship. In 2011, it joined the higher level
North Sea Cup, a mixed Dutch-Belgian league, although it struggled against the bigger-budget Dutch teams and lost the Belgian championship to
HYC Herentals. For 2012-2013, it withdrew from the Dutch league and returned to the Belgian Elite League, winning the Belgian national championship against
White Caps Turnhout.
Roster
Updated February 25, 2019.
Achievements
*Belgian champion (3): 2005, 2010, 2013
*Belgian Cup champion (1): 2006
Season Results
''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points''
References
External links
Official SiteClub profile
on hockeyarenas.net
BeNe League (ice hockey) teams
Ice hockey teams in Belgium
Ice hockey clubs established in 1993
1993 establishments in Belgium
Sport in Leuven
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