Netherlands Ice Hockey League

Netherlands has been a member of the international ice hockey federation since 1935.

Netherlands ice hockey league. The main individuals behind the federation was jonkheer boogaert haarlem and j a c. As a two part series thw will examine the state of ice hockey in the netherlands. Holland joined the iihf on january 20 1935. Netherlands men s national team made their international debut in 1935 while the women and junior teams made their debuts in 1987 1979.

The eredivisie was during its existence the only professional ice hockey league in the netherlands and the highest level of competition organized by the nederlandse ijshockey bond. Get the full fixture schedule for netherlands including all of the netherlands hockey fixtures for the current season of every hockey league cup friendly match that netherlands are involved in including the int nal tournaments inter. In this first instalment we ll take a look at hockey s early history dutch leagues and the national. Watch live action from the fih hockey pro league and beyond on bt sport.

The league was founded in 2015 following a merger between the belgian hockey league and the dutch eredivisie and thus became the top tier of the sport in both nations. The winner of the eredivisie was crowned the dutch national champion and represented the netherlands. The league featured a mix of dutch european and overseas players. Enthusiasts from haarlem the hague and amsterdam were the driving force behind the foundation of the netherlands ice hockey association on september 6 1934.

This league began play in 1934. Watch bt sport s unbeatable line up of world class live sport for just 25 per month. Netherlands over 100 other hockey leagues and cups live. Netherlands world olympic games.

September on bt sport an unmissable month. In 1937 38 the hague won the championship for the first time repeating in 1938 39 and winning the western europe cup. The team was founded on april 16 1933 as part of a three team league together with tilburg and amsterdam called the nederlandse ijshockey bond. The netherlands was a european non elite hockey league that operated from 1970 to 2017.

Get bt sport today contract free. Formed in 1945 and playing continuously since 1964 the league mainly featured dutch teams although in some seasons certain belgian teams competed. Very fast real time live scores as well as partial and final livescore results. Our livescore service with hockey scores is real time you don t need to refresh it.

In terms of league structure the bene league is made up of 11 teams 6 from the netherlands and a further 5 from belgium and they all play in a single group. The bene league dutch. League tables goal sound alerts customizable leagues goal strikers and more live ice hockey info.