Serie A

Serie A
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1924
No. of teams	8
Country(ies)	Italy
Most recent champion(s)	Ritten Sport
Official website	http://www.lihg.it/

Serie A (full name: la Serie A di hockey su ghiaccio, or A Series of ice hockey) is the name of the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1924. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG). As in the others Italian Serie A leagues, the winners of the ice hockey Serie A will wear the Scudetto the following season. The league's cup is known as the Rbk Hockey Cup to reflect Reebok's sponsorship of the league.

The league was known as the Elite.A during the 2013-14 season.

Serie A champions

1925 - HC Milano 1926 - HC Milano 1927 - HC Milano 1928 - No championship 1929 - No championship 1930 - HC Milano 1931 - HC Milano 1932 - SG Cortina 1933 - HC Milano 1934 - HC Milano 1935 - HC Diavoli Rossoneri Milano 1936 - HC Diavoli Rossoneri Milano 1937 - ADG Milano 1938 - AC Milanese DG ¹ 1939 - No championship - see 1938-39 Coppa del Federale 1940 - No championship 1941 - AC Milanese DG ¹ 1942 - No championship 1943 - No championship 1944 - No championship 1945 - No championship 1946 - No championship 1947 - HC Milano 1948 - HC Milano 1949 - HC Diavoli Rossoneri Milano 1950 - HC Milano 1951 - HC Milano Inter 1952 - HC Milano Inter 1953 - HC Diavoli Rossoneri Milano

1954 - HC Milano Inter 1955 - HC Milano Inter 1956 - No championship 1957 - SG Cortina 1958 - Milan-Inter HC ¹ 1959 - SG Cortina 1960 - Diavoli HC Milano ¹ 1961 - SG Cortina 1962 - SG Cortina 1963 - HC Bolzano 1964 - SG Cortina 1965 - SG Cortina 1966 - SG Cortina 1967 - SG Cortina 1968 - SG Cortina 1969 - HC Gherdëina 1970 - SG Cortina 1971 - SG Cortina 1972 - SG Cortina 1973 - HC Bolzano 1974 - SG Cortina 1975 - SG Cortina 1976 - HC Gherdëina 1977 - HC Bolzano 1978 - HC Bolzano 1979 - HC Bolzano 1980 - HC Gherdëina 1981 - HC Gherdëina 1982 - HC Bolzano

1983 - HC Bolzano 1984 - HC Bolzano 1985 - HC Bolzano 1986 - HC Merano 1987 - AS Mastini Varese Hockey 1988 - HC Bolzano 1989 - AS Mastini Varese Hockey 1990 - HC Bolzano 1991 - HC Milano Saima 1992 - HC Devils Milano 1993 - HC Devils Milano 1994 - AC Milan Hockey ² 1995 - HC Bolzano 1996 - HC Bolzano 1997 - HC Bolzano 1998 - HC Bolzano 1999 - HC Merano 2000 - HC Bolzano 2001 - Asiago Hockey AS 2002 - HC Milano Vipers 2003 - HC Milano Vipers 2004 - HC Milano Vipers 2005 - HC Milano Vipers 2006 - HC Milano Vipers 2007 - SG Cortina 2008 - HC Bolzano 2009 - HC Bolzano 2010 - Asiago Hockey AS 2011 - Asiago Hockey AS 2012 - HC Bolzano 2013 - Asiago Hockey AS 2014 - Ritten Sport 2015 - Asiago Hockey AS 2016 - Ritten Sport

¹ AC Milanese DG, Milan-Inter HC and Diavoli HC Milano are teams which were born from the disbanding of HC Milano & HC Diavoli Rossoneri Milano.
² HC Devils Milano adopted the name 'AC Milan Hockey' for the 1993-94 season.

External links

• Official website of the Italian Ice Hockey League (in Italian and German)
• Official website of the Italian Ice Sports Federation - Ice Hockey section (in Italian)
• Tuttohockey - News and statistics from around the league (in Italian)
• HockeyTime - News and interviews from around the league (in Italian)
• Südtirol on Ice - News, tables and discussions from around Italian hockey with a focus on South Tyrol-based teams (in German)

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