The Ukrainian Hockey Championship ( ua, Чемпіонат України з Хокею, '' tr: Chempionat Ukrayiny z Khokeyu'') is an annual

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award and

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, bestowed to the ice hockey organization judged to have the best performing team in

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, founded in 1992. Prior to the 2015–16 season, the league playing for the title took the name

Ukrainian Hockey Extra League The Ukrainian Hockey Extra League was the name of the highest ice hockey league in Ukraine during the 2015–16 season, playing for the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. After only one season, the league was disbanded. Seasons * 2015–16 (winner: ...

. In 2016, the new

Ukrainian Hockey League The Ukrainian Hockey League is the name of the highest ice hockey league in Ukraine since the 2016–17 season, playing for the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. The league was created in June 2016 and folded in 2021. Seasons * 2016–17 (winner: ...

was created instead.

History

First Ukrainian hockey competitions were conducting since February 1949. Prior to the formation of the

Professional Hockey League The Professional Hockey League (PHL) ( uk, Професіональна хокейна ліга (ПХЛ), '' tr: Profesional'na khokeina liha'') was an ice hockey league in Ukraine, founded in 2011; ceased in 2013. The country's national title, ...

(PHL), the

Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine The Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (, ''Federatsiya khokeyu Ukrayiny'' (FHU) is the official governing body for ice hockey in Ukraine. It became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) on May 6, 1992. Presidents * 1992-1997 : ...

(FHU) administered and handed out the award, allowing both amateur and professional teams to compete in an annual

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, then

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for the title. On July 25, 2011, the FHU transferred the rights of the event to the PHL. In 2011–12, the championship was awarded in the PHL following a 4-team playoff at the end of the 41-game regular season. The finals were determined though a

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. Teams that miss the finals participate in a

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to determine final positioning. In addition to the title, the winning team was given a cash prize by the league, US$1,000,000, shared by all of the players. National finalists receive silver and bronze medals.

Teams

Former teams

* ATEK Kyiv * Berkut * Berkut-Kyiv * Dniprovski Volky Dnipropetrovsk * Dnipro Kherson * Donbass-2 *

Druzhba-78 Druzbha-78 ( uk, Дружба-78; en, Friendship-78) was an U-18 ice hockey team based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Sexual abuse allegations and suicide In January 2012, the coach and owner of the team, Ivan Pravilov was accused of fondling a 14-year- ...

Ekspres Lviv Hockey Club Express ( uk, Експрес, ''Ekspres'') are an ice hockey team based in Lviv, Ukraine. They are currently playing in the Western Ukrainian Amateur Hockey League. References Ice hockey teams in Ukraine Sport in Lv ...

* Generals Kyiv * Halytsky Levy *

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* Kryzynka Kyiv * Kryzhynka-Kompanion * Legion Simferopol *

Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Luts ...

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Olimpiya Kalush Olimpiya Kalush is an ice hockey team in Kalush, Ukraine, Kalush, Ukraine. They were founded in 2002 Kalush participated in Division C (the Western group) of the Ukrainian Hockey League during the 2009-10 UkHL season, 2009-10 season. They finished ...

* OUFK Kharkiv *

Patriot Vinnytsia Patriot Vinnytsia is an ice hockey team in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. They played in the Ukrainian Hockey League during the 2008-09 UkHL season, 2008-09 season, finishing third in the West Division with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, with 72 goals for a ...

Politekhnik Kyiv Politekhinik Kyiv ( uk, Політехнік Київ) was an ice hockey team in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a hockey team of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI). They participated in the Ukrainian Hockey Championship The Ukrainian Hockey Championshi ...

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* Salamandra Kharkiv *

SDYuShOR Sokil-89 Kyiv SDYuShOR Sokil-89 Kyiv ( uk, СДЮШОР Сокіл-89 Київ) was an ice hockey team in Kyiv, Ukraine. They participated in the Ukrainian Hockey Championship during the 2005-06 season. The team was made up solely of players born in 1989 or lat ...

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* SDYuSShOR-Misto Kharkiv *

ShVSM Kyiv ShVSM Kyiv ( uk, ШВСМ Київ) was an ice hockey team in Kyiv, Ukraine. The abbreviation stands for the School of Higher Sports Mastery ( uk, Школа Вищої Спортивної Майстерності). ShVSM is a network of sports sch ...

Sokil Kyiv Hockey Club Sokil Kyiv ( uk, ХК Сокіл Київ; en, Falcon Hockey Club), commonly known as Sokil Kyiv or HC Sokil, is a Ukrainian Professional Hockey League team based in Kyiv. While their home arena is located in the city, the team also ...

Vatra Ivano-Frankivsk Vatra Ivano-Frankivsk is an ice hockey team in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. The club was founded in 2007. They played in the Western Division (also known as Division C in 2009-10) of the Ukrainian Hockey League during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons ...

VIM-Berkut VIM-Berkut is an ice hockey team in Lviv, Ukraine. They played in Division C (the Western group) of the Ukrainian Hockey League during the 2009-10 season, finishing in sixth and last place after going winless with 5 goals for and 83 goals against.< ...

* Vinnytski Haidamaky * Vityaz Kharkiv * Vorony Sumy *

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* Yunist Kharkiv

Winners by season

* 1992–93:

* 1993–94:

* 1994–95:

* 1995–96: ''not contested'' * 1996–97:

* 1997–98:

* 1998–99:

* 1999–2000:

HC Berkut-Kyiv Hockey Club Berkut-Kyiv ( ua, ХК Беркут-Київ, en, HC Golden Eagle Kyiv) was an ice hockey team in Kyiv, Ukraine, that existed from 1997 to 2002. The team played in the Ukrainian Hockey League and the Eastern European Hockey League. B ...

* 2000–01:

* 2001–02:

* 2002–03:

* 2003–04:

* 2004–05:

* 2005–06:

* 2006–07: ATEK Kyiv * 2007–08:

* 2008–09:

* 2009–10:

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HC Donbass Hockey Club Donbass ( uk, Хокейний Клуб Донбас; russian: link=no, Хоккейный Клуб Донбасс, '' tr. Hokeinyi Klub Donbas'') is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey team based in Druzhkivka, currently playing in th ...

* 2011–12:

HC Donbass-2 Hockey Club Donbass-2 (russian: ХК Донбасс-2; uk, Хокейний Клуб Донбас-2, '' tr. Khokeinyi Klub Donbas-2''), was a Ukrainian Professional Hockey League club based in Donetsk. They were a founding member of the Professio ...

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* 2013–14:

HC Kompanion-Naftogaz Hockey Club Kryzhynka-Kompanion ''( uk, Хокейний клуб Крижинка-Компаньйон, russian: Хокейний клуб Льдинка-Компаньон)'' is an ice hockey team in Kyiv, Ukraine. They play in the Ukrainian Hock ...

* 2014–15: ATEK Kyiv * 2015–16:

* 2016–17:

* 2017–18:

* 2018–19:

* 2019–20: HC Kremenchuk *

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* 2021–22: no winner *

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: TBD

Statistics by club

Awards

Ukraine Player of the Year

* 2002: Vasyl Bobrovnikov * 2003: Borys Protsenko * 2004:

Ruslan Fedotenko Ruslan Viktorovych Fedotenko ( uk, Руслан Вікторович Федотенко; born 18 January 1979) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey winger. A two-time Stanley Cup champion, in his National Hockey League (NHL) career he ...

* 2005: Kostiantyn Simchuk * 2006:

Serhiy Klymentiev Serhiy Volodomyrovych Klymentiev ( ua, Сергій Володимирович Климентьєв; born April 5, 1975) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Career Klymentiev was named best defenceman at the C Pool of the 1 ...

* 2007: Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk * 2009:

* 2010:

Kostiantyn Kasianchuk Kostiantyn Viktorovich Kasianchuk ( ua, Костянтин Вікторович Касянчук; born 24 October 1979) is a Ukrainian retired professional ice hockey left wing who last played for HK Neman Grodno of the Belarusian Extraleague. In ...

* 2011:

Oleksandr Materukhin Oleksandr Ivanovych Materukhin ( uk, Олександр Іванович Матерухін; born 17 October 1981) is a Ukrainian-Belarusian professional former ice hockey right winger. He formerly played with Belarusian club, HC Dinamo Minsk of ...

* 2012:

* 2013:

References

External links

Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
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Tribuna. 22 July 2013 {{Top sport leagues in Ukraine *

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1992 establishments in Ukraine Sports leagues established in 1992

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