Belarusian Extraleague

Belarusian Extraleague

Sport	Ice Hockey
Founded	1992
Founder	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
No. of teams	12
Country	Belarus
Most recent champion(s)	Yunost Minsk
Most titles	Yunost Minsk (7)
TV partner(s)	Belarus 5
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 2015-2016 season was won by Yunost Minsk.

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	Chizhovka-Arena	9 614	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
7	Yunost Minsk	2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016
6	HK Neman Grodno	1998, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2014, 2017
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 2015–16 2016–17

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	South Africa
Americas	Brazil Mexico United States & Canada
Asia	Asia League Ice Hockey (international) China Hong Kong India Israel Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mongolia North Korea Qatar Singapore Taiwan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Europe (international)	Alps Hockey League BeNe League Erste Bank Eishockey Liga Champions Hockey League Kontinental Hockey League MOL Liga
Europe (national)	Armenia Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Norway Poland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Defunct leagues	Alpenliga Balkan League Baltic League Belgium Carpathian League Champions Hockey League (2008–09) Czechoslovakia East Germany Eastern European European Trophy Interliga Inter-National League Japan Netherlands North Sea Cup Panonian League Russia Serie A Slohokej League Soviet Union West Germany Yugoslavia

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