The Swiss League, also known as the Sky Swiss League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the National League. The winners of the league each season play a best-of-seven series against the bottom team of the NL, and if they win, they are promoted, while the National League team is relegated to the Swiss League.
In 2024, the Swiss League changed its name to Sky Swiss League as a partnership with broadcaster Sky Switzerland. Prior to the 2017–18 season, the league was formerly called National League B. The league attendance in 2018–19 was about 2,700 spectators.
Current teams TeamLocationArenaCapacityFoundedJoined league City Canton EHC Arosa Arosa Sport- und Kongresszentrum Arosa 2,200 1924 2025 EHC Basel Basel St. Jakob Arena 6,700 1932 2022 EHC Chur Chur Thomas Domenig Stadion 6,500 1933 2024 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Patinoire des Mélèzes 7,200 1919 2001 GCK Lions Küsnacht Eishalle Küsnacht 2,200 1932 2000 GDT Bellinzona Snakes Bellinzona Centro Sportivo 2,100 1980 2016 EHC Olten Olten Kleinholz Stadion 6,500 1934 1994 HC Sierre Sierre Patinoire de Graben 4,500 1933 2019 HC Thurgau Weinfelden Güttingersreuti 3,200 1989 2006 EHC Visp Visp Lonza Arena 5,150 1941 1999 EHC Winterthur Winterthur Zielbau Arena 3,000 1929 2015
Former Teams Forward-Morges HC - withdrawal at the end of the 2005–06 season EHC Biel - promoted to National League A after the 2007–08 season Lausanne HC - promoted to National League A after the 2012–13 season SCL Tigers - promoted to National League A after the 2014–15 season HC Red Ice - bankruptcy after the 2016–17 season HCB Ticino Rockets - relocated to Bellinzona at the end of the 2022–23 season SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers - promoted to National League after the 2017–18 season HC Ajoie - promoted to the National League following the 2020–21 season EHC Kloten - promoted to the National League at the end of the 2021–22 season SC Langenthal - withdrawal from professional hockey at the end of the 2022–23 season HCV Martigny - withdrawal from professional hockey at the end of the 2023–24 season
See also National League Swiss 1. Liga
References
External links Swiss Ice Hockey, official site - in French and German Results of Swiss Ice Hockey - in , French, German and *