The Ukrainian Hockey Championship (Ukrainian: Чемпіонат України з хокею, romanized:Chempionat Ukrayiny z khokeiu) is an annual ice hockey award and national title, bestowed to the ice hockey organization judged to have the best performing team in Ukraine, founded in 1992. Prior to the 2015–16 season, the league playing for the title took the name Ukrainian Hockey Extra League. In 2016, the new Ukrainian Hockey League was created instead, which folded in 2021.

History

First Ukrainian hockey competitions were conducting since February 1949.

Prior to the formation of the Professional Hockey League (PHL), the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU) administered and handed out the award, allowing both amateur and professional teams to compete in an annual regular season, then playoff for the title. On July 25, 2011, the FHU transferred the rights of the event to the PHL.

In 2011–12, the championship was awarded in the PHL following a 4-team playoff at the end of the 41-game regular season. The finals were determined though a best-of-seven playoff. Teams that miss the finals participate in a best-of-five playoff to determine final positioning. In addition to the title, the winning team was given a cash prize by the league, US$1,000,000, shared by all of the players. National finalists receive silver and bronze medals.

Teams

Ukrainian Hockey Championship is located in Ukraine
Location of teams in 2020–21 Ukrainian Hockey League

Teams in 2024-25

TeamHome cityFoundedArenaCapacity
Dnipro KhersonKherson1999Favorit Arena400
HC KremenchukKremenchuk2010Aisberg Arena900
HC Kryzhynka KyivKyiv1994Kryzhynka Ice Stadium500
HC Storm OdesaOdesa2024Palace of Sports, Odesa5000
Kyiv CapitalsKyiv2023Palace of Sports, Kyiv7000
Sokil KyivKyiv1963 (reestablished in 2020)Palace of Sports, Kyiv7000

Former teams

Winners by season

Statistics by club

ClubWinnersWinning years
Sokil Kyiv141993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023, 2024
HC Donbass / HC Donbass-282011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Berkut-Kyiv32000, 2001, 2002
HC Kremenchuk22020, 2025
ATEK Kyiv22007, 2015
HC Kompanion-Naftogaz12014
ShVSM Kyiv11994

Winners by season (Soviet period)

Soviet emblem
  • 1941: Spartak Lviv
  • 1948: DO Kyiv
  • 1949: Locomotive Kharkiv
  • 1950: Locomotive Kharkiv
  • 1951: Locomotive Kharkiv
  • 1952: Locomotive Kharkiv
  • 1953: Dynamo Kyiv
  • 1954: Zenit Kyiv
  • 1955: ODO Kyiv
  • 1956: ODO Kyiv
  • 1957: no championship due to weather
  • 1958: Torpedo-KhTZ Kharkiv
  • 1959: Dynamo Kyiv
  • 1960: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1961: Avangard Kyiv
  • 1962: Avangard Kyiv
  • 1963: ?
  • 1964: Avangard Kyiv
  • 1965: Dynamo Kyiv
  • 1966: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1967: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1968: Dynamo Kyiv
  • 1969: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
  • 1970: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1971: Dynamo Kyiv
  • 1972: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1973: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1974: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1975: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1976: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1977: ?
  • 1978: Krasny Excavator Kyiv
  • 1979: ?
  • 1980: ?
  • 1981: Kyiv City
  • 1982: ?
  • 1983: ?
  • 1984: ?
  • 1985: ?
  • 1986: ?
  • 1987: ?
  • 1988: ?
  • 1989: ?
  • 1990: ?
  • 1991: ?

Awards

Kostiantyn Kasianchuk

Ukraine Player of the Year

See also

External links

  • (in Ukrainian)
  • Tribuna. 22 July 2013