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. The league consists of 12 teams. It was first played in the 1983–84 season. The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup. The lower league is

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. The most successful team in the league, with 13 titles, the most recent in 2023, is SV Wiler-Ersigen. In the last 2024–25 season, the team Zug United won the championship for the second time.

History

Since its founding, the league was known as National League A (NLA). Between the 2007–08 and 2012–13 seasons, it was renamed Swiss Mobiliar League (SML) due to sponsorship, before reverting to ''NLA''. The league adopted its current name in the 2022–23 season following a new sponsorship agreement. Eventheimspiel 2017 in der Eulachhalle

The ''Superfinal'', a single match deciding the championship title, was introduced in 2015.

Competition format

In the regular season, taking place approximately from September to March, all teams play each other twice, resulting in a total of 22 rounds. Teams earn 3 points for a win, 2 points for an overtime win, and 1 point for an overtime loss. At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams advance to the playoff, which starts usually in March and culminates in April. The top three teams get to choose their opponents from the bottom four in the quarterfinals. Semifinal matchups are determined based on regular season standings. The quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-seven format. The final consists of a single match, held alongside the women's league final as part of the ''Superfinal'' event. The league champion qualifies for the Champions Cup. If the same team wins both the league and the ''Swiss Cup'', the league runner-up also qualifies. The finalists of both competitions face off in the ''Supercup''. The bottom four teams from the regular season compete in the relegation playoffs. Since 2025–26 season, the loser will be automatically relegated to National League B (NLB) and replaced with the NLB champion.

Current teams

Teams in 2024–25 season: * * * (

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Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zurich (GCZ), commonly referred to as Grasshopper Club or simply just GC, is a professional sports club, multisports club based in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. They are nicknamed the ''Grasshoppers'' or sometimes just ''Hopper ...

* * SV Wiler-Ersigen * ( Zäziwil) * * * ( Oberwil and

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) * WASA St. Gallen * Zug United

Past Champions

Champions in past seasons: * 1984 – UHC Urdorf * 1985 – UHT Zäziwil * 1986 – UHC Giants-Kloten * 1987 – UHT Zäziwil * 1988 – UHT Zäziwil * 1989 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 1990 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 1991 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 1992 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 1993 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 1994 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 1995 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 1996 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 1997 – UHC Alligator Malans * 1998 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 1999 – UHC Alligator Malans * 2000 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 2001 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 2002 – UHC Alligator Malans * 2003 – UHC Rot-Weiss Chur * 2004 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2005 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2006 – UHC Alligator Malans * 2007 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2008 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2009 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2010 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2011 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2012 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2013 – UHC Alligator Malans * 2014 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2015 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2016 – GC Zürich * 2017 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2018 – Floorball Köniz * 2019 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2020 – ''the season was cancelled'' * 2021 – Floorball Köniz * 2022 –

* 2023 – SV Wiler-Ersigen * 2024 – Zug United * 2025 – Zug United

References

External links

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