Polska Hokej Liga

The Polska Hokej Liga is the premier ice hockey league in Poland. Previously, it was known as the I Liga or Ekstraklasa from 1926 to 1999, and the Polska Liga Hokejowa from 1999 to 2013. In 2013, it was reorganized as a limited liability company and renamed the Polska Hokej Liga. It follows a system of relegation to and promotion to/from the Polish 1. Liga.
== History ==
The championship started in 1925-26. At first, it was a non-league system composed of regional tournaments. The tournaments had two stages. The best teams qualified to the final tournament, of which the winner was declared champion. In 1938, the Polish Ice Hockey Federation decided to reorganize the championship, by creating a league system. Those plans were abandoned due to the outbreak of World War II.
The current structure of the league began in 1955.
== Current Teams (2021–2022) ==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity	Founded
Comarch Cracovia 	Kraków 	Lodowisko im. Adama "Rocha" Kowalskiego	2,514 	1923
Energa Toruń 	Toruń 	Tor-Tor 	4,500 	1922 (Original) 2010 (Current)
GKS Katowice 	Katowice 	Lodowisko Spodek Satelita 	1,500 	1964
GKS Tychy 	Tychy 	Stadion Zimowy w Tychach 	2,535 	1971
JKH GKS Jastrzębie	Jastrzębie-Zdrój	Jastor 	1,986 	1963
Podhale Nowy Targ 	Nowy Targ 	Miejska Hala Lodowa 	3,500 	1932 (Original) 2015 (Current)
STS Sanok 	Sanok 	Arena Sanok 	3,000 	1958 (Original) 2020 (Current)
Unia Oświęcim 	Oświęcim 	Hala Lodowa MOSiR 	2,686 	1958
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Sosnowiec 	Stadion Zimowy 	2,125 	1933 (Original) 1998 (Current)
== Medalists ==
Season 	Winner 	2nd place 	3rd place 	Regular season
2013–14	KH Sanok 	GKS Tychy 	GKS Jastrzębie 	GKS Tychy
2014–15	GKS Tychy 	GKS Jastrzębie	Podhale Nowy Targ	GKS Jastrzębie
2015–16	Cracovia 	GKS Tychy 	Podhale Nowy Targ	Cracovia
2016–17	Cracovia 	GKS Tychy 	Polonia Bytom 	GKS Tychy
2017–18	GKS Tychy 	GKS Katowice 	Podhale Nowy Targ	GKS Tychy
2018–19	GKS Tychy 	Cracovia 	GKS Katowice 	GKS Katowice
2019–20	GKS Tychy 	Unia Oświęcim 	GKS Jastrzębie 	GKS Tychy
2020–21	GKS Jastrzębie	Cracovia 	GKS Tychy 	GKS Tychy
2021–22	GKS Katowice 	Unia Oświęcim 	GKS Jastrzębie 	GKS Katowice
== References ==
== External links ==
* The Polish Ice Hockey League website
* Polish Ice Hockey website
* hokej.net
* planetofhockey.com
 
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