| IHC Leuven Chiefs | |
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| City | Leuven |
| League | Belgian Hockey League |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Home arena | IJsbaan Leuven |
| Colors | Red, white, black |
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Website http://www.ihcl.be |
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| Franchise history | |
| 1993–present | IHC Leuven |
IHC Leuven, also known as IHC Leuven Chiefs, is an ice hockey team in Leuven, Belgium. Leuven participates in the Belgian Hockey League, the top level amateur league in Belgium. It has announced that it will participate in the North Sea Cup, the professional level ice hockey competition in Belgium and the Netherlands, for the 2011–2012 season.
IHC Leuven was founded in 1993, and won their first Belgian Championship in 2005. In the next season, they won their first and only Belgian Cup. In 2010, Leuven won their second Belgian Championship. In 1998 and 1999, they participated in the IIHF Continental Cup. In 1998, they were paired with Frisk Tigers, 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 Sokol Kiev, ASG Angers, and CHH Txuri Urdin. They were hammered by Angers 26–0, but only lost 4–3 to Txuri Urdin.
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