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The North Sea Cup is the only professional ice hockey league in the Netherlands and Belgium and the highest level of competition sanctioned by the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond (NIJB; English: "Dutch Ice Hockey Federation") and the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation. Operating as the Dutch "Eredivisie" (English: "Premier Division"; literally Honours Division) from 1946, the league renamed itself as the "North Sea Cup" and became international in 2011 when two Belgian teams, HYC Herentals and White Caps Turnhout, joined the 28-game regular season.
Teams
List of teams for 2011-12 season.
| Team | City | Arena |
|---|---|---|
| Eindhoven Kemphanen | Eindhoven | IJssportcentrum Eindhoven (cap. 1,700) |
| HYS The Hague | The Hague | de Uithof (cap. 2,610) |
| Geleen Eaters | Sittard-Geleen | Glanerbrook (cap. 1,200) |
| Heerenveen Flyers | Heerenveen | Thialf (cap. 3,500) |
| Tilburg Trappers | Tilburg | Stappegoor (cap. 2,500) |
| HYC Herentals | Herentals | Bloso Ijsbaan (cap. 1,200) |
| White Caps Turnhout | Turnhout | Kempisch Ijsstadion (cap. 1,200) |
| Amsterdam Capitals | Amsterdam | Jaap Eden Hal (cap. 1,300) |
| Leuven Chiefs | Leuven | Ijs Baan Leuven |
History
The Eredivisie was formed after World War II, with teams in Amsterdam, The Hague and Tilburg. It suspended operations from 1950 to 1964, but has organized a season of competition annually ever since. Over the years the number of teams competing has fluctuated between 3 and 10 (currently 8), and the number of games played in the regular season between 4 and 36 (currently 28).
In earlier years, the winner of the regular season was crowned the Eredivisie National Championships, but for most of its history the regular season determined playoff seeding, and a playoffs were then held to determine the National Champion. In 2010-2011, the Eredivisie season was reformatted into the "North Sea Cup", inviting two Belgian teams, Turnhout and Herentals, to participate. The top team at the end of the regular season won the North Sea Cup. The Dutch and Belgian teams played in separate Dutch and Belgian playoffs for their respective national championships at the end of the regular season.
For the 2008-2009 season, the Utrecht Dragons and Eindhoven Kemphanen joined the league. In 2009-2010, Utrecht returned to the Eerste Divisie. Prior to the 2010-2011 season, Amstel Tijgers, one of the oldest teams in the league, dropped out, as did Groningen Grizzliesafter three seasons, due to poor results on the ice and low revenues. In 2010 the Zoetermeer Panthers were set to join the Eredivisie; it competed in, and won, the National Cup but dropped out of the Eredivisie due to financial problems.
The league became international in 2011 when two Belgian teams, HYC Herentals and White Caps Turnhout joined the 28-game regular season of the Eredivisie in 2011, which rebranded under the name "North Sea Cup".
The Belgian and Dutch teams continue to play in separate, pre-season national cup tournaments, and they continue to have separate national championships. With the demise of the Belgian elite series in 2011, the Belgian North Sea Cup teams (Herentals, Turnhout and Leuven) are the only three teams competing for the Belgian championship.
For the second season of the North Sea Cup (2011-2012), One new Dutch team (Amsterdam Capitals) and one new Belgian team (Leuven Chiefs) will take part in the league. In August 2011, the Nijmegen Devils announced that they would not be participating in the North Sea Cup for the 2011-12 season and will be back for the 2012 season. [1]
Other Dutch and Belgian Leagues
Below the Eredivisie in the Netherlands is the Eerste Divisie (First Division), an amateur league. There is no automatic relegation or promotion between Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie, but teams have sometimes moved from one division to the other for financial reasons. Some cities (such as Tilburg, The Hague and Amsterdam) have a professional team in the Eredivisie and an amateur team in the Eerste Divisie.
In Belgium, below the North Sea Cup is the Belgian National League, made of amateur teams. There is no automatic relegation or promotion. Leuven will become the first team to move from the Belgian National League to the North Sea Cup in 2011-2012.
The respective Belgian and Dutch national champions each year qualify for the Continental Cup.
2012 Round 1, Group A Continental Cup[2]. Hosted in Ankara, Turkey. September 30-October 2, 2011
| Team | Country | W | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Caps Turnhout |  Belgium |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Başkent Yıldızları |  Turkey |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tartu Kalev-Välk |  Estonia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HC Metulla* |  Israel |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- HC Metulla withdrew from tournament in July, 2011
2012 Round 2, Group B Continental Cup[3]. Hosted in Dunaujvaros, Hungary. October 21-October 23, 2011
| Team | Country | W | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYS The Hague |  Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DAB-Docler |  Hungary |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CH Jaca |  Spain |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winner RD1, Group A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Champions
References
- ^ "EuroHockeyNews". eurohockey.com. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ "2012 Preliminary". Iihf.com. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ "2012 Preliminary". Iihf.com. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
External links
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