Unihockey Prime League Women (also known as Lidl Unihockey Prime League Women due to sponsorship, abbreviated as L-UPL Women) is the top women's floorball league in Switzerland. The league consists of 10 teams. It was first played in the 1986–87 season.
The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup. The lower league is National League B.
The most successful team in the league is , with 18 titles, the latest of which came in the 2010–11 season. In the most recent 2025–26 season, claimed their first title.
History
Since its founding, the league was known as National League A (NLA). Between the 2007–08 and 2012–13 seasons, it was renamed Swiss Mobiliar League (SML) due to sponsorship, before reverting to NLA. The league adopted its current name in the 2022–23 season following a new sponsorship agreement.
Between 2007 and 2017, the league featured only eight teams. The Superfinal, a single match deciding the championship title, was introduced in 2015.
Competition format
In the regular season, which takes place approximately from September to March, all teams play each other twice, resulting in a total of 18 rounds. Teams earn 3 points for a win, 2 points for an overtime win, and 1 point for an overtime loss.
At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams advance to the playoff, which usually begin in March and culminate in April. The top three teams get to choose their opponents from the bottom four for the quarterfinals. Semifinal matchups are determined based on regular season standings. The quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-seven format. The final consists of a single match, held alongside the men's league final as part of the Superfinal event. The league champion qualifies for the Champions Cup. If the same team wins both the league and the Swiss Cup, the league runner-up also qualifies. The finalists of both competitions face off in the Supercup.
The bottom two teams from the regular season play a best-of-seven relegation series, with the winner remaining in the league. The loser competes in a promotion/relegation playoff against the National League B (NLB) champion, played in a best-of-five format.
Current teams
Teams in 2026–27 season: (Dürnten, Bubikon and Rüti) Floorball Chur United (Altdorf and Seedorf) Kloten-Dietlikon Jets (Winterthur) (Emmental) (Laupen) (Höfen) (Bern, Burgdorf) Zug United
Past Champions Finalists in past seasons:
Season Champions Runner-up 1987 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1988 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1989 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1990 BTV Chur 1991 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1992 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1993 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1994 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1995 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1996 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1997 HC Rychenberg Winterthur 1998 HC Rychenberg Winterthur Piranha Chur 1999 HC Rychenberg Winterthur UHC Giants Kloten 2000 HC Rychenberg Winterthur Jona-Uznach Flames 2001 Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur UHC Dietlikon 2002 Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur UHC Dietlikon 2003 UHC Dietlikon Piranha Chur 2004 Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur UHC Dietlikon 2005 Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur UHC Dietlikon 2006 UHC Dietlikon Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur 2007 UHC Dietlikon Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur 2008 UHC Dietlikon Piranha Chur 2009 UHC Dietlikon Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur 2010 Piranha Chur Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur 2011 Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur Piranha Chur 2012 Piranha Chur UHC Dietlikon 2013 Piranha Chur UHC Dietlikon 2014 Piranha Chur UHC Dietlikon 2015 Piranha Chur UHC Dietlikon 2016 Piranha Chur UHC Dietlikon 2017 UHC Dietlikon Piranha Chur 2018 Piranha Chur UHC Dietlikon 2019 Kloten-Dietlikon Jets Piranha Chur 2020 The season was cancelled 2021 Kloten-Dietlikon Jets Skorpion Emmental Zollbrück 2022 Kloten-Dietlikon Jets Piranha Chur 2023 Kloten-Dietlikon Jets Skorpion Emmental Zollbrück 2024 Kloten-Dietlikon Jets Zug United 2025 Kloten-Dietlikon Jets Zug United 2026 Wizards Bern Burgdorf Kloten-Dietlikon Jets
List of champions
Team Titles Last Red Ants Winterthur 18 2010–11 Kloten-Dietlikon Jets 12 2024–25 Piranha Chur 8 2017–18 1 2025–26
References
External links Leagues on unihockey.swiss Prime League Women on flashscore.com