The Ukrainian Hockey Championship ( ua, Чемпіонат України з Хокею, '' tr: Chempionat Ukrayiny z Khokeyu'') is an annual

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award and national title, bestowed to the ice hockey organization judged to have the best performing team in

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, founded in 1992. Prior to the 2015–16 season, the league playing for the title took the name

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. In 2016, the new

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was created instead.

History

First Ukrainian hockey competitions were conducting since February 1949. Prior to the formation of the

Professional Hockey League The Professional Hockey League (PHL) ( uk, Професіональна хокейна ліга (ПХЛ), '' tr: Profesional'na khokeina liha'') was an ice hockey league in Ukraine, founded in 2011; ceased in 2013. The country's national title, ...

(PHL), the

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(FHU) administered and handed out the award, allowing both amateur and professional teams to compete in an annual

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, then

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for the title. On July 25, 2011, the FHU transferred the rights of the event to the PHL. In 2011–12, the championship was awarded in the PHL following a 4-team playoff at the end of the 41-game regular season. The finals were determined though a

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. Teams that miss the finals participate in a

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to determine final positioning. In addition to the title, the winning team was given a cash prize by the league, US$1,000,000, shared by all of the players. National finalists receive silver and bronze medals.

Teams

Former teams

* ATEK Kyiv * Berkut * Berkut-Kyiv * Dniprovski Volky Dnipropetrovsk * Dnipro Kherson * Donbass-2 * Druzhba-78 *

Ekspres Lviv Hockey Club Express ( uk, Експрес, ''Ekspres'') are an ice hockey team based in Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administ ...

* Generals Kyiv * Halytsky Levy *

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Kharkivski Akuly Hockey Club Dynamo Kharkiv ( uk, МХК «Динамо» Харків) is a Ukrainian ice hockey club based in Kharkiv. The team was founded in 1979 and ceased to exist in 1992. Kharkiv Sharks (founded in 2008) were a founding member of the Profes ...

* Kryvbas * Kryzynka Kyiv * Kryzhynka-Kompanion * Legion Simferopol *

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* Olimpiya Kalush * OUFK Kharkiv * Patriot Vinnytsia * Politekhnik Kyiv *

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* Salamandra Kharkiv * SDYuShOR Sokil-89 Kyiv * SDYuShOR Sokil-90 Kyiv * SDYuSShOR-Misto Kharkiv * ShVSM Kyiv *

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* Vatra Ivano-Frankivsk *

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* Vinnytski Haidamaky * Vityaz Kharkiv * Vorony Sumy * Yavir Yavoriv * Yunist Kharkiv

Winners by season

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* 1993–94: ShVSM Kyiv * 1994–95:

* 1995–96: ''not contested'' * 1996–97:

* 1997–98:

* 1998–99:

* 1999–2000:

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* 2000–01:

* 2001–02:

* 2002–03:

* 2003–04:

* 2004–05:

* 2005–06:

* 2006–07: ATEK Kyiv * 2007–08:

* 2008–09:

* 2009–10:

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HC Donbass Hockey Club Donbass ( uk, Хокейний Клуб Донбас; russian: link=no, Хоккейный Клуб Донбасс, '' tr. Hokeinyi Klub Donbas'') is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey team based in Druzhkivka, currently playing in th ...

* 2011–12: HC Donbass-2 * 2012–13: HC Donbass-2 * 2013–14: HC Kompanion-Naftogaz * 2014–15: ATEK Kyiv * 2015–16:

* 2016–17:

* 2017–18:

* 2018–19:

* 2019–20: HC Kremenchuk *

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* 2021–22: no winner *

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: TBD

Statistics by club

Awards

Ukraine Player of the Year

* 2002: Vasyl Bobrovnikov * 2003: Borys Protsenko * 2004:

Ruslan Fedotenko Ruslan Viktorovych Fedotenko ( uk, Руслан Вікторович Федотенко; born 18 January 1979) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey winger. A two-time Stanley Cup champion, in his National Hockey League (NHL) career he ...

* 2005: Kostiantyn Simchuk * 2006: Serhiy Klymentiev * 2007: Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk * 2009:

* 2010: Kostiantyn Kasianchuk * 2011: Oleksandr Materukhin * 2012:

* 2013: Kostiantyn Kasianchuk

References

External links

Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
*

Tribuna. 22 July 2013 {{Top sport leagues in Ukraine *

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1992 establishments in Ukraine Sports leagues established in 1992

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