National Ice Hockey League Division 2 South

The national ice hockey league nihl is a set of semi professional ice hockey leagues administered by the english ice hockey association it is currently the second tier of british ice hockey below the elite ice hockey league formerly called the english national ice hockey league enihl it was renamed in 2012 to recognise the inclusion of several teams from scotland and wales.

National ice hockey league division 2 south. Despite this it still plays a crucial role in british ice hockey as many rinks in the uk will have an nihl team but not an eihl team. South 2 wilkinson fixtures released english ice. National ice hockey league nihl no not the nhl. The national ice hockey league is considered the second tier of british ice hockey.

South hockey league premier status updated. Premier division 1. The ranking is used to determine seedings and qualification requirements for future iihf tournaments. The following 10 teams comprise the top division of the nihl the national.

The china national ice. Nihl south 1 britton english ice hockey association. Nihl english ice hockey association english ice. China has men s women s and junior national teams that compete against other national teams.

The iihf world ranking is a ranking of the performance of the national ice hockey teams of member countries of the international ice hockey federation iihf. Isle of wight uk well with the ice hockey season about to begin all over the country we take at look at english national league division 2 south. Premier division 2 west. With some 13 teams it s the biggest division of all the regional conferences.

It is based on a formula giving points for each team s placings at iihf sanctioned tournaments over the previous four years. The chinese ice hockey association acts as the governing body for the sport in the country.