Balkan Amateur Hockey League

The Balkan Hockey League (Bulgarian:Балканска Хокейна Лига), called the BaHL (Bulgarian:БаХЛ), is the second highest-level ice hockey league in Bulgaria.
==History==
The idea for the league was caused by Martin Milanov, famous Bulgarian professional ice hockey player and future president of BaHL. In the beginning only a few teams participated but over the time more and more teams joined, making 10 teams nowadays.
The league exists in today's form since the 2006-07 season.
During the years teams from Serbia, Greece, Macedonia have joined and have left the league. This season there are only two foreign teams: Metalurg Skopje (Macedonia) and Allstars (Greece).
==Teams==
Team 	City/Area 	Arena 	Capacity 	Founded 	Joined BaHL
Current Teams (Group A)	Current Teams (Group A)	Current Teams (Group A) 	Current Teams (Group A)	Current Teams (Group A)	Current Teams (Group A)
Ice Devils 	Sofia 	Slavia Ice Stadium 	1,874 	2007 	2007–08
Dynamo Sofia 	Sofia 	Slavia Ice Stadium 	1,874 	2007 	2007–08
Dnepr 	Sofia 	Slavia Ice Stadium 	1,874 	2012 	2012–13
Red Star 	Sofia 	Sofia Winter Sports Palace	3,200 	2002 	2013–14 (rejoined)
AllStars 	Thessaloniki 	Slavia Ice Stadium 	1,874 	2013 	2013–14
Metalurg Skopje 	Skopje 	Skopje Ice Rink 	2,000 	2013 	2013–14
Current Teams (Group B)	Current Teams (Group B)	Current Teams (Group B) 	Current Teams (Group B)	Current Teams (Group B)	Current Teams (Group B)
Ice Devils (B) 	Sofia 	Slavia Ice Stadium 	1,874 	2007 	2011–12
Torpedo 	Sofia 	Slavia Ice Stadium 	1,874 	2007 	2007–08
Admiral 	Sofia 	Slavia Ice Stadium 	1,874 	2013 	2013–14
Ice Sparks 	Sofia 	Slavia Ice Stadium 	1,874 	2013 	2013–14
==BaHL Playoffs==
There are playoffs after the regular seasons. Almost all BaHL have been won by Bulgarian teams. The only cases in which the championship was won by other teams, they were from Greece.
== BaHL Champions ==
* 2007 PAOK
* 2008 Slavia Sofia
* 2009 Aris Thessaloniki
* 2010 Etro (Veliko Tarnovo)
* 2011 NSA (Sofia)
* 2012 NSA (Sofia)
* 2013 Dynamo Sofia
* 2014 
Club 	Winners	Winning Years
NSA Sofia 	2 	2011,2012
Dynamo Sofia 	1 	2013
Etro 	1 	2010
Aris Thessaloniki	1 	2009
Slavia Sofia 	1 	2008
PAOK 	1 	2007
bold - seasons in which league had teams outside Bulgaria.
==See also==
* Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team
* Bulgarian Hockey League, (Bulgarian:Българска Хокейна Лига) 1st league in Bulgaria
* Ice hockey in Bulgaria
==References==
==External links==
*BaHL Official Facebook Page
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