National League B

National League B or Nationalliga B (German) or Ligue Nationale B (French) is the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind National League A. The winners of this league each season play a best-of-seven series against the bottom team of National League A and, if they win, are promoted, while the National League A team is relegated to National League B.

The attendance in 2012–13 was about 3,500 spectators.

Former Teams

 * HC Forward-Morges - withdrawal at the end of the 2005–06 season
 * EHC Biel - promoted to National League A after the 2007–08 season
 * EHC Chur - withdrawal at the end of the 2007–08 season
 * Lausanne HC - promoted to National League A after the 2012-13 season
 * HC Sierre-Anniviers - bankruptcy at the end of the 2012-13 season