ATSE Graz is an ice hockey team in

Graz Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. They play in the Eliteliga, the third level of ice hockey in

History

The club was founded in 1947, and won the

Austrian Hockey League The ICE Hockey League (International Central European Hockey League, ICEHL), known as the win2day ICE Hockey League for sponsorship reasons, is a Central European hockey league that also serves as the top-tier ice hockey league in Austria. It c ...

in 1975 and 1978. The club was merged with UEC Graz into EC Graz in 1990. In 2008, they were revived, and began playing in the

Austrian Oberliga The Austrian Oberliga was an ice hockey league in Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of whi ...

. ATSE won the Oberliga in 2009, and were promoted to the Nationalliga for 2010. After failing to win in the Play-Off, ATSE retreated from the Nationalliga, starting to play in the

Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...

n Eliteliga. Hans Dobida played with ATSE Graz for five seasons as a young adult, then later served as head of section at ATSE Graz for almost 40 years.

Achievements

*Austrian champion: 1975, 1978. *Austrian National League champion: 1963, 1966, 1981. *Austrian Oberliga champion: 2009. *Styrian Eliteliga champion: 2016

References

External links

Official site
(offline) Ice hockey teams in Austria Sport in Graz Ice hockey clubs established in 1947 1947 establishments in Austria Austrian National League teams {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub