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===Estonian Championship years===
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*1934: [[Kalev Tallinn#Ice hockey|Tallinn Kalev]]
*1934: [[Kalev Tallinn#Ice hockey|Tallinn Kalev]]
*1935: ''not played''
*1935: ''not played''
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*1941–1945: ''not played''


===Estonian SSR Championship years===
===Estonian SSR Championship:===
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*1946: [[HC Dünamo Tallinn|Dünamo Tallinn]]
*1946: [[HC Dünamo Tallinn|Dünamo Tallinn]]
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===Meistriliiga years===
===Meistriliiga:===
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*[[1990–91 Meistriliiga (ice hockey) season|1991]]: [[Narva PSK|Narva Kreenholm II]]
*[[1990–91 Meistriliiga (ice hockey) season|1991]]: [[Narva PSK|Narva Kreenholm II]]
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*[[2020–21 EML season|2021]]: [[Tartu Kalev-Välk|Tartu Välk 494]]
*[[2020–21 EML season|2021]]: [[Tartu Kalev-Välk|Tartu Välk 494]]
*[[2021–22 EML season|2022]]: [[Tartu Kalev-Välk|Tartu Välk 494]]
*[[2021–22 EML season|2022]]: [[Tartu Kalev-Välk|Tartu Välk 494]]
*[[2022–23 EML season|2023]]: [[HK Kurbads]]^a
*[[2022–23 EML season|2023]]: [[HK Kurbads]]{{efn|Kurbads won the league, but [[HC Panter]] became the Estonian champions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 April 2023 |title=Eesti-Läti hokiliiga võitis HC Kurbads, Eesti meistriks tuli HC Panter |url=https://sport.err.ee/1608942473/eesti-lati-hokiliiga-voitis-hc-kurbads-eesti-meistriks-tuli-hc-panter |website=ERR}}</ref>}}
*[[2023–24 EML season|2024]]: [[Narva PSK]]
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Revision as of 11:29, 8 July 2024

This article is about the Estonian ice hockey league. For other uses, see Meistriliiga (disambiguation).
Meistriliiga
Most recent season or competition:
2023–24 UHL season
File:Meistriliiga (ice hockey) logo.png
SportIce hockey
Founded1934
No. of teams5
CountryEstonia
HeadquartersTallinn, Estonia
Most recent
champion(s)		Narva PSK (19th title)
Most titlesNarva PSK (19 titles)
TV partner(s)Eesti Hoki TV
Official websitewww.eestihoki.ee/liigad/unibet-hokiliiga

The Meistriliiga (EML), also known as the Unibet Hokiliiga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier ice hockey league in Estonia. The league consists of five teams from Estonia.[1]

History

The league was formed in the 1990–91 season. Since 1945–46, Estonian teams had participated in the Estonian SSR Championship. Prior to the country's annexation and incorporation into the Soviet Union, the Estonian Championship had been contested in interwar Estonia from 1934 to 1940. In the 2017–18 season, the league was known as the Nordic Power Hokiliiga. In the 2018–23 the name of the league was Coolbet Hokiliiga.

Narva PSK has dominated the league at the outset, winning the first six championships and eight of the first 11 seasons. Since winning their first title in 1997, Tartu Välk 494 has been the most consistently successful team in the Meistriliiga since the league started, having won a total of nine championships.

HK Stars claimed four titles in five years from 2005 to 2009. Then from 2007 to 2022, the greatest number of times the first place was won by Välk 494 - 7 times.

In the 2022-23 season, the tournament acquired international status, with 7 teams participating in the championship: 5 from Estonia (HC Panter, Välk 494, Narva PSK, HC Everest, Viru Sputnik) and 2 from Latvia (HK Kurbads, HS Riga). The team that won the championship that year was HK Kurbads.

In the 2023-24 season the name of the league was Unibet Hokiliiga, seven years later the Narva hockey players were able to win the Estonian championship and will represent the country in the 2024-25 IIHF Continental Cup in Group B, the games of which will be held in Narva.[2]

Teams

Current teams

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Locations of the 2022–23 Coolbet Hokiliiga teams
Team City Arena Capacity Founded
HC Panter Tallinn Haabersti Ice Hall 900 2001
HC Everest Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve Ice Hall 1,000 2012
Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve Ice Hall 1,000 2003
Narva PSK Narva Narva Ice Hall 1,500 1956
Tartu Välk 494 Tartu Astri Arena 600 1994

Former teams

Team City Arena Capacity Founded
HC Vipers Tallinn Tondiraba Ice Hall 7,700 2002
HC Tallinn Tallinn Haabersti Ice Hall 900 2016
Tallinna HK Stars Tallinn Linnahall 4,200 2002
Tallinna KK-GMP Tallinn Haabersti Ice Hall 900 2010

Title holders

Estonian Championship:

Estonian SSR Championship:

Meistriliiga:

Titles by team

Titles Team Season
19 Narva PSK[A] 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2016, 2017, 2024
13 Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik[B] 1956, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989
13 Tartu Kalev-Välk[C] 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
7 Tallinn Kalev 1934, 1937, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962
6 Dünamo Tallinn 1946, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954
4 HK Stars 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
3 Dünamo Tartu 1947, 1955, 1957
3 HC Viking[D] 2013, 2014, 2018
2 Tartu ASK 1936, 1939
2 Tallinn LTM 1950, 1951
2 Tallinn Ekskavaator 1963, 1966
2 Tallinn Tempo 1965, 1968
2 Tallinn Talleks 1978, 1981
1 Tallinn Sport 1940
1 Tallinn Taksopark 1964
1 Sillamäe Kalev 1982
1 HC Panter 2004
1 Kohtla-Järve Viru Sputnik 2010
1 HK Kurbads 2023
Notes
  1. ^
    Before 1999 as Narva Kreenholm, and 1999–2003 as Narva 2000.
  2. ^
    1952–1961 as Kohtla-Järve Kalev, 1961–1969 as Kohtla-Järve PK, 1969–1997 as Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik, 1997–2001 as Kohtla-Järve Central, and since 2004 as Kohtla-Järve HK Keemik.
  3. ^
    1994–2007 as Tartu Välk 494.
  4. ^
    2010–2014 as Viiking Sport.

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Unibet Hokiliiga". Eesti Jäähokiliit (in Estonian). Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  2. ^ "Narva PSK", Wikipedia, 2024-07-08, retrieved 2024-07-08
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