The Ukrainian Hockey Championship () 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.Hockey championships of UkrSSR in 1949 and 1950 (Чемпіонати УРСР з хокею. 1949, 1950 роки.) Tribune. 22 July 2013
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
Teams in 2024-25 Team Home city Founded Arena Capacity Dnipro Kherson Kherson 1999 Favorit Arena 400 HC Kremenchuk Kremenchuk 2010 Aisberg Arena 900 HC Kryzhynka Kyiv Kyiv 1994 Kryzhynka Ice Stadium 500 HC Storm Odesa Odesa 2024 Palace of Sports, Odesa 5000 Kyiv Capitals Kyiv 2023 Palace of Sports, Kyiv 7000 Sokil Kyiv Kyiv 1963 (reestablished in 2020) Palace of Sports, Kyiv 7000
Former teams
ATEK Kyiv Berkut Berkut-Kyiv Dniprovski Vovky Dnipro Dnipro Kherson Donbass-2 Druzhba-78 Ekspres Lviv Generals Kyiv Halytsky Levy Jupiter Kharkiv Kharkivski Akuly Kryvbas Kryzynka Kyiv Kryzhynka-Kompanion Legion Simferopol Lutsk NORD Odesa Olimpiya Kalush OUFK Kharkiv Patriot Vinnytsia Politekhnik Kyiv Rapid Salamandra Kharkiv SDYuShOR Sokil-89 Kyiv SDYuShOR Sokil-90 Kyiv SDYuSShOR-Misto Kharkiv ShVSM Kyiv Sokil Kyiv Vatra Ivano-Frankivsk VIM-Berkut Vinnytski Haidamaky Vityaz Kharkiv Vorony Sumy Yavir Yavoriv Yunist Kharkiv
Winners by season
1992–93: Sokil Kyiv 1993–94: ShVSM Kyiv 1994–95: Sokil Kyiv 1995–96: not contested 1996–97: Sokil Kyiv 1997–98: Sokil Kyiv 1998–99: Sokil Kyiv 1999–2000: HC Berkut-Kyiv 2000–01: HC Berkut-Kyiv 2001–02: HC Berkut-Kyiv 2002–03: Sokil Kyiv 2003–04: Sokil Kyiv 2004–05: Sokil Kyiv 2005–06: Sokil Kyiv 2006–07: ATEK Kyiv 2007–08: Sokil Kyiv 2008–09: Sokil Kyiv 2009–10: Sokil Kyiv 2010–11: HC Donbass 2011–12: HC Donbass-2 2012–13: HC Donbass-2 2013–14: HC Kompanion-Naftogaz 2014–15: ATEK Kyiv 2015–16: HC Donbass 2016–17: HC Donbass 2017–18: HC Donbass 2018–19: HC Donbass 2019–20: HC Kremenchuk 2020–21: HC Donbass 2021–22: no winner 2022–23: Sokil Kyiv 2023–24: Sokil Kyiv 2024–25: HC Kremenchuk 2025–26: Sokil Kyiv
Statistics by club Club Winners Winning years Sokil Kyiv 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023, 2024, 2026 HC Donbass / HC Donbass-2 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Berkut-Kyiv 2000, 2001, 2002 HC Kremenchuk 2020, 2025 ATEK Kyiv 2007, 2015 HC Kompanion-Naftogaz 2014 ShVSM Kyiv 1994
Winners by season (Soviet period)
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
Ukraine Player of the Year 2002: Vasyl Bobrovnikov 2003: Borys Protsenko 2004: Ruslan Fedotenko 2005: Kostiantyn SimchukUkrainian Player of the Year eliteprospects.com 2006: Serhiy Klymentiev 2007: Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk 2009: Ruslan Fedotenko 2010: Kostiantyn Kasianchuk 2011: Oleksandr Materukhin 2012: Ruslan Fedotenko 2013: Kostiantyn Kasianchuk
See also Professional Hockey League Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine 2012 Professional Hockey League All-Star Game
References
External links Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine Hockey Championships of UkrSSR in 1949 and 1950 (Чемпіонати УРСР з хокею. 1949, 1950 роки.) Tribuna. 22 July 2013