Belarusian Extraliga

Belarusian Extraleague
Sport	Ice Hockey
Founded	1992
No. of teams	10
Country(ies)	Belarus
Most recent champion(s)	Yunost Minsk
Most championship(s)	Yunost Minsk (7)
TV partner(s)	LAD
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.

There was also a Belarusian Championship held in 1991-92.

Teams

Team	City/Area	Arena	Capacity	Affiliate Team
Dinamo-Molodechno	Molodechno	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

• 1992: Belstal Zhlobin
• 1993: Tivali Minsk
• 1994: Tivali Minsk
• 1995: Tivali Minsk
• 1996: Polimir Novopolotsk
• 1997: Polimir Novopolotsk
• 1998: HK Neman Grodno
• 1999: HK Neman Grodno
• 2000: Tivali Minsk
• 2001: HK Neman Grodno
• 2002: Keramin Minsk
• 2003: HK Gomel
• 2004: Yunost Minsk
• 2005: Yunost Minsk
• 2006: Yunost Minsk
• 2007: Dynamo Minsk
• 2008: Keramin Minsk
• 2009: Yunost Minsk
• 2010: Yunost Minsk
• 2011: Yunost Minsk
• 2012: Metallurg Zhlobin
• 2013: HK Neman Grodno
• 2014: HK Neman Grodno
• 2015: HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
• 2016: Yunost Minsk

Titles by team

Titles	Club	Years
7	Yunost Minsk	2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016
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

• Belarusian Extraleague website
• Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
• Belarus hockey website

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Belarusian Extraliga 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