Belarusian Extraleague

Belarusian Extraleague

Sport	Ice Hockey
Founded	1992
No. of teams	10
Country	Belarus
Most recent champion(s)	HK Neman Grodno
Most titles	Yunost Minsk (6)
TV partner(s)	Belarus 5
Founder	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
Official website	hockey.by

The Belarusian Extraleague (abbreviated BXL, also known as the Belarusian Open Championship), officially formed in 2006, is the top ice hockey league in Belarus. In its past it has switched several times between being and not being an open league (in reference to allowing foreign teams), but for the 2008-2009 season, the Belarus Ice Hockey Federation has decided to open the Extraleague, the Belarusian Vysshaya Liga, and the Belarusian junior leagues.

The Extraleague championship for the 2012-2013 season was won by HK Neman Grodno.

Teams

Team	City/Area	Arena	Capacity	Affiliate Team
Dinamo-Molodechno	Maladzyechna	Molodechno Ice Palace	2,000	HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL)
HK Brest	Brest	Brest Ice Sports Palace	2,000
HK Gomel	Gomel	Gomel Ice Palace of Sports	2,760	HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL)
HK Lida	Lida	Ledovy Dvorets Lida	1,000
Metallurg Zhlobin	Zhlobin	Ice Palace Metalurg	2,018	HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL)
HK Mogilev	Mogilev	Sports Palace Mogilev	3,048
HK Neman Grodno	Grodno	Ice Sports Palace Grodno	2,550	HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL)
Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	Navapolatsk	Palace of Sports and Culture	1,200
HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Soligorsk	Ice Sports Palace Soligorsk	1,759	HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL)
HK Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Vitebsk Ice Sports Palace	1,900
Yunost Minsk	Minsk	Yunost Minsk Indoor Ice Rink	767	MHC Yunost (MHL) Yunior Minsk (Belarus2)

Former teams

Team	City/Area	Arena	Capacity
Keramin Minsk	Minsk	Minsk Ice Palace	1,823
Shinnik Bobruisk	Bobruisk	Bobruisk Arena	7,191
Sokil Kyiv	Kiev	Ice Arena TEC Terminal (Brovary)	1,500
HK Liepājas Metalurgs	Liepāja	Ice Arena Liepājas Metalurgs	1,700

Belarusian League Champions

Titles by team

Titles	Club	Years
6	Yunost Minsk	2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
5	HK Neman Grodno	1998, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2014
4	Tivali Minsk	1993, 1994, 1995, 2000
2	Polimir Novopolock	1996, 1997
2	Keramin Minsk	2002, 2008
1	HC Dynamo Minsk	2007
1	HK Gomel	2003
1	Metallurg Zhlobin	2012
1	HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2015

External links

References

Belarusian Extraleague

Teams	HK Brest HK Gomel Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk Khimvolokno Mogilev HK Lida HK Liepājas Metalurgs Metallurg Zhlobin HK Neman Grodno HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk HK Vitebsk Yunost Minsk

Former teams	Keramin Minsk Shinnik Bobruisk Sokil Kyiv Tivali Minsk

Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Ice hockey in Belarus

Leagues	Belarusian Extraleague Vysshaya Liga

National teams	Men's Men's under-20 Men's under-18

Other competitions	National Cup Eastern European Hockey League KHL

Country-related articles	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation

Related articles: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

Top-level ice hockey leagues

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) IIHF Continental Cup Junior Club World Cup List of KHL vs NHL games Memorial Cup Spengler Cup Stanley Cup

Africa, Middle East, Oceania	Australia New Zealand Israel South Africa United Arab Emirates Qatar

Americas	Brazil Mexico United States & Canada

Asia	Asia League Ice Hockey (international) China Hong Kong India Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mongolia North Korea Singapore Turkmenistan Thailand Taiwan

Europe (International)	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga Champions Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League Inter-National League Hockey Europe MOL Liga

Europe (National)	Armenia Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Greece Georgia Germany Hungary Iceland Italy Ireland Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

Defunct leagues	Soviet Union Russia Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia West Germany East Germany Japan Alpenliga Interliga North Sea Cup Panonian League Eastern European Balkan League Baltic League Carpathian League Slohokej League Champions Hockey League (2008–09) European Trophy

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