The Yugoslav Ice Hockey League was the top ice hockey league in the old Yugoslavia.

In 1939, Yugoslavia became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. That year also, the country held its first national championship, with Ilirija emerging as champion. For many years, teams from Slovenia dominated even if Serbian and Croatian teams were also successful for a while during the late-1980s and early-1990s, right before the breakup of Yugoslavia.

The league folded in 1991, when the country split. Since then, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have had their own national leagues.

Yugoslav League champions

1936–37 : Ilirija* 1937–38 : Ilirija* 1938–39 : Ilirija 1939–40 : Ilirija 1940–41 : Ilirija 1941–46 : Not played 1946–47 : Mladost 1947–48 : Partizan 1948–49 : Mladost 1949–50 : Not played 1950–51 : Partizan 1951–52 : Partizan 1952–53 : Partizan 1953–54 : Partizan 1954–55 : Partizan 1955–56 : SD Zagreb 1956–57 : Jesenice 1957–58 : Jesenice 1958–59 : Jesenice 1959–60 : Jesenice 1960–61 : Jesenice 1961–62 : Jesenice 1962–63 : Jesenice 1963–64 : Jesenice 1964–65 : Jesenice 1965–66 : Jesenice 1966–67 : Jesenice 1967–68 : Jesenice 1968–69 : Jesenice 1969–70 : Jesenice 1970–71 : Jesenice 1971–72 : Olimpija 1972–73 : Jesenice 1973–74 : Olimpija 1974–75 : Olimpija 1975–76 : Olimpija 1976–77 : Jesenice 1977–78 : Jesenice 1978–79 : Olimpija 1979–80 : Olimpija 1980–81 : Jesenice 1981–82 : Jesenice 1982–83 : Olimpija 1983–84 : Olimpija 1984–85 : Jesenice 1985–86 : Partizan 1986–87 : Jesenice 1987–88 : Jesenice 1988–89 : Medveščak 1989–90 : Medveščak 1990–91 : Medveščak

* – by default as the only club in the competition.

Club Winners Winning years Jesenice 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988 Ilirija / Olimpija 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984 Partizan 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1986 Medveščak 1989, 1990, 1991 Mladost 1947, 1949 SD Zagreb 1956

Yugoslav Cup winners

1966 : Partizan 1967 : Jesenice 1968 : Jesenice 1969 : Olimpija 1970 : Jesenice 1971 : Jesenice 1972 : Olimpija 1973 : Jesenice 1974 : Jesenice 1975 : Olimpija 1976 : Jesenice 1977 : Jesenice 1978 – 1979 : Not played 1980 : Crvena zvezdaCrvena zvezda on czbg.net 1981 – 1985 : Not played 1986 : Partizan 1987 : Olimpija 1988 : Medveščak 1989 : Medveščak 1990 : Medveščak 1991 : MedveščakYugoslavia on hockeyarchives.info (frz.)Medveščak on hockeyarchives.info (frz.)

Club Titles Years won Jesenice 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977 Olimpija 1969, 1972, 1975, 1987 Medveščak 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Partizan 1966, 1986 Crvena zvezda 1980

Teams Below is a list of teams that had participated. A number of these participated for only a few seasons, while others participated for many.

Jesenice Olimpija Bled Slavija Kranjska Gora Celje Maribor Tivoli Gorenje Velenje Prevalje Partizan Red Star Beograd Tašmajdan Vojvodina Spartak Subotica Medveščak SD Zagreb Mladost Sisak Varaždin Karlovac Bosna Makoteks Skopje Vardar Skopje

See also Slohokej League Slovenian Ice Hockey League Serbian Hockey League Croatian Ice Hockey League Bosnia and Herzegovina Hockey League Panonian League

References Book Total Hockey 2nd Edition (2000), Dan Diamond, Total Sports Publishing

External links AZ Hockey – Yugoslavia