Alpenliga

The Alpenliga was a professional international league which existed from 1991 to 1999. Participating teams came from Austria, Italy and Slovenia. 
The Alpenliga existed for eight seasons before being replaced by the International Ice Hockey League in 1999. 
In 1994-95 and 1995-96, the Alpenliga was part of a larger competition called the Six Nations Tournament (sometimes called Europäischer Ligacup or Coupe des Ligues Européennes), which pitted its top teams against members of the Atlantic League, another crossborder loop composed of French, Dutch and Danish clubs.
After 1999, the Alpenliga was replaced with the International Ice Hockey League (often shortened to Interliga), first contested 1999-2000. Eight clubs from Austria, Hungary and Slovenia including, HC Alba Volan, HK Acroni Jesenice, Dunaferr SE, Erste VEU Feldkirch, EC Klagenfurter, HK Olimpija, VSV Villach and WEV Wiener played the first season. The league winners were Villacher SV, and playoff champions were Klagenfurter EC.
After just one season, Austrian teams quit the International Ice Hockey League, and were replaced with Croatian clubs. Yugoslavian, Slovak and Polish organizations also made appearances over the years. The Interliga ceased operations following the 2006-07 season.
==Participating teams==
All those teams took part in the Alpenliga activities at least one season:
* HC Alleghe
* Asiago Hockey
* HK Bled
* HC Bolzano
* SG Brunico
* HK Celje
* HC Courmaosta
* HC Fassa
* VEU Feldkirch
* HC Fiemme
* HC Gardena
* EC Graz
* Klagenfurter AC
* HC TWK Innsbruck
* HK Jesenice
* EHC Lustenau
* HC Merano
* HC Milano 24
* HC Milano Saima
* Milano Devils
* Olimpija Ljubljana
* AS Varese
* Wiener EV
* Villacher SV
* SSI Vipiteno
* EK Zell am See
* USG Zoldo
==Alpenliga champions== 
Alpenliga winners 	Alpenliga winners	Alpenliga winners	Alpenliga winners	Alpenliga winners	Alpenliga winners
1991-92 HC Devils Milano	 	 	 	 	
1992-93 HC Alleghe 	 	 	 	 	
1993-94 HC Bolzano 	 	 	 	 	
1994-95 HC Bolzano ¹ 	 	 	 	 	
1995-96 VEU Feldkirch 	 	 	 	 	
1996-97 VEU Feldkirch 	 	 	 	 	
1997-98 VEU Feldkirch 	 	 	 	 	
1998-99 VEU Feldkirch 	 	 	 	 	
¹ Was part of the Six Nations Tournament.
Category:Ice hockey in Austria
Category:Ice hockey in Italy
Category:Ice hockey in Slovenia
Category:Ice hockey leagues
Category:Alpenliga
Category:Established in 1991
Category:Disestablished in 1999