Yugoslav Ice Hockey League

Yugoslav Ice Hockey League

Most recent season or competition: 1990–91 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1936
Ceased	1991
Replaced by	Bosnia and Herzegovina League Croatian League Serbian League Slovenian League
Most titles	Jesenice (23 titles)
Domestic cup(s)	Yugoslav Cup

The Yugoslav Ice Hockey League was the top ice hockey league in the old Yugoslavia.

In 1939, Yugoslavia became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. That year also, the country held its first national championship, with Ilirija emerging as champion. For many years, teams from Slovenia dominated even if Serbian and Croatian teams were also successful for a while during the late-1980s and early-1990s, right before the breakup of Yugoslavia.

The league folded in 1991, when the country split. Since then, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have had their own national leagues.

Yugoslav League champions

• 1936–37 : Ilirija*
• 1937–38 : Ilirija*
• 1938–39 : Ilirija
• 1939–40 : Ilirija
• 1940–41 : Ilirija
• 1941–42 – 1945–46 : Not played
• 1946–47 : Mladost
• 1947–48 : Partizan
• 1948–49 : Mladost
• 1949–50 : Not played
• 1950–51 : Partizan
• 1951–52 : Partizan
• 1952–53 : Partizan
• 1953–54 : Partizan
• 1954–55 : Partizan
• 1955–56 : SD Zagreb
• 1956–57 : Jesenice
• 1957–58 : Jesenice
• 1958–59 : Jesenice
• 1959–60 : Jesenice
• 1960–61 : Jesenice
• 1961–62 : Jesenice
• 1962–63 : Jesenice
• 1963–64 : Jesenice
• 1964–65 : Jesenice
• 1965–66 : Jesenice
• 1966–67 : Jesenice
• 1967–68 : Jesenice
• 1968–69 : Jesenice
• 1969–70 : Jesenice
• 1970–71 : Jesenice
• 1971–72 : Olimpija
• 1972–73 : Jesenice
• 1973–74 : Olimpija
• 1974–75 : Olimpija
• 1975–76 : Olimpija
• 1976–77 : Jesenice
• 1977–78 : Jesenice
• 1978–79 : Olimpija
• 1979–80 : Olimpija
• 1980–81 : Jesenice
• 1981–82 : Jesenice
• 1982–83 : Olimpija
• 1983–84 : Olimpija
• 1984–85 : Jesenice
• 1985–86 : Partizan
• 1986–87 : Jesenice
• 1987–88 : Jesenice
• 1988–89 : Medveščak
• 1989–90 : Medveščak
• 1990–91 : Medveščak

* – by default as the only club in the competition.

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Jesenice	23	1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988
Ilirija / Olimpija	13	1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984
Partizan	7	1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1986
Medveščak	3	1989, 1990, 1991
Mladost	2	1947, 1949
SD Zagreb [1]	1	1956

Yugoslav Cup winners

• 1966 : Partizan
• 1967 : Jesenice
• 1968 : Jesenice
• 1969 : Olimpija
• 1970 : Jesenice
• 1971 : Jesenice
• 1972 : Olimpija
• 1973 : Jesenice
• 1974 : Jesenice
• 1975 : Olimpija
• 1976 : Jesenice
• 1977 : Jesenice
• 1978 – 1985 : Not played
• 1986 : Partizan
• 1987 : Olimpija
• 1988 : Medveščak
• 1989 : Medveščak
• 1990 : Medveščak
• 1991 : Medveščak

Club	Titles	Years Won
Jesenice	8	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977
Medveščak	4	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
Olimpija	4	1969, 1972, 1975, 1987
Partizan	2	1966, 1986

Teams

Below is a list of teams that had participated. A number of these participated for only a few seasons, while others participated for many.

• Jesenice
• Olimpija
• Bled
• Slavija
• Kranjska Gora
• Celje
• Maribor
• Tivoli
• Gorenje Velenje
• Prevalje
• Partizan
• Red Star
• Beograd
• Tašmajdan
• Vojvodina
• Spartak Subotica
• Medveščak
• SD Zagreb
• Mladost
• Sisak
• Varaždin
• Karlovac
• Bosna
• Makoteks Skopje
• Vardar Skopje

See also

• Slohokej League
• Slovenian Ice Hockey League
• Serbian Hockey League
• Croatian Ice Hockey League
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Hockey League
• Panonian League

References

• Book Total Hockey 2nd Edition (2000), Dan Diamond, Total Sports Publishing

External links

• AZ Hockey – Yugoslavia (in English)