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The 'Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH)' is an ice hockey league that has teams from Japan, China, and South Korea. As of 2006-07, eight teams play a 34-game schedule, with the top 6 teams advancing to the playoffs which are played in a best-of-5 format.

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Teams

Active Teams

Defunct Teams

History

2006-2007 Standings

2005-2006 Standings

2004-2005 Standings

2003-2004 Standings

External links

Teams

Active Teams

(Home City, Year Joined League)

★ Chinese Teams

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★ Changchun Fuao (Changchun, 2006) - formerly Qiqihar Ice Hockey Team (2004-06)

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★ Hosa (Beijing, 2006) - formerly Harbin Ice Hockey Team (2004-06)

★ Japanese Teams

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★ Seibu Prince Rabbits (Nishi-Tokyo, 2006) - formerly Kokudo Ice Hockey Team (2003-06)

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★ Nikkō Kobe IceBucks (Nikkō, 2003) - formerly HC Nikko IceBucks(2003-2005)

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★ Nippon Paper Cranes (Kushiro, 2003)

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★ Oji Paper (Tomakomai, 2003)

★ South Korean Teams

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★ Anyang Halla (Anyang, 2003)

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★ Kangwon Land (Chuncheon, 2005)

Defunct Teams

(Years in League)

★ Golden Amur (Khabarovsk, 2004-2005)

★ Nordic Vikings (Beijing, 2005-06)

History

The Asia League Ice Hockey was formed out an expansion of the Japan Ice Hockey League in 2003-2004, with the remaining four members of the Japan Ice Hockey League playing half a season (16 games) with the Anyang Halla Winia. The addition of non-Japanese teams was deemed such a success that the JIHL was disbanded, and three teams, two Chinese teams and the Golden Amur who played in Khabarovsk, Russia joined for the next season. Though they finished third in the league, financial troubles caused the Golden Amur to withdraw from the league after only a single season.
Two teams joined for the 2005-06 season, Kangwon Land from Gangwon Province in South Korea and the Nordic Vikings of Beijing, China. This brought the number of teams in the league to nine. The Nordic Vikings team consisted of young Scandinavian players as well as six players from Qiqihar and Harbin, in an effort to raise the skill levels of those teams.
For the 2006-07 season, the Qiqihar and Harbin franchises moved to Changchun and Beijing, respectively. The Nordic Vikings franchise left the league due to mounting financial losses and proposed sponsorship deals falling through. Also, the Kokudo team was renamed Seibu.

2006-2007 Standings

	GP	W	OW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Nippon Paper Cranes (1)	34	27	1	1	2	3	198	79	86
Seibu Prince Rabbits (2)	34	21	3	5	1	4	173	71	75
Oji Paper (3)	34	20	0	4	1	9	151	80	65
Kangwon Land (4)	34	18	3	1	1	11	153	110	62
Anyang Halla (5)	34	16	0	2	1	15	146	117	51
Nikkō Kobe IceBucks (6)	34	12	0	1	0	21	90	158	37
Hosa (7)	34	6	0	0	1	27	86	188	19
Changchun Fuao (8)	34	2	0	0	0	32	41	235	6

Playoffs (bold advance):

★ Quarter-finals:

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★ 'Icebucks' 3-1 Oji Paper

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★ 'Kangwon Land' 3-0 Anyang Halla

★ Semi-finals:

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★ 'Nippon Paper Cranes' 3-0 Kangwon Land

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★ 'Seibu Prince Rabbits' 3-0 Icebucks

★ Finals:

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★ Seibu Prince Rabbits 1-3 'Nippon Paper Cranes'

2005-2006 Standings

	GP	W	OW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Nippon Paper Cranes (1)	38	30	2	1	0	5	240	66	95
Anyang Halla (2)	38	25	0	0	3	10	164	100	78
Kokudo (3)	38	25	0	4	1	9	156	78	77
Oji (4)	38	22	0	4	2	10	159	87	72
Nordic Vikings (5)	38	20	2	1	0	15	129	108	65
Nikkō Kobe IceBucks (6)	38	16	2	2	1	17	103	118	55
Kangwon Land (7)	38	7	2	2	1	26	96	143	28
Harbin (8)	38	7	1	1	0	29	68	198	24
Qiqihar (9)	38	3	0	1	1	33	61	278	11

Playoffs (bold advance):

★ Quarter-finals:

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★ 'Oji' 3-1 Nordic Vikings

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★ 'Kokudo' 3-0 Icebucks

★ Semi-finals:

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★ 'Nippon Paper Cranes' 3-0 Oji

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★ 'Kokudo' 3-1 Anyang Halla

★ Finals:

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★ Nippon Paper Cranes 2-3 'Kokudo'

2004-2005 Standings

	GP	W	OW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Nippon Paper Cranes (1)	42	31	0	5	0	6	206	85	98
Kokudo (2)	42	31	0	4	1	6	208	90	98
Golden Amur (3)	42	26	1	3	1	11	204	90	84
Oji (4)	42	24	2	2	1	13	181	124	79
Anyang Halla Winia (5)	42	17	1	5	1	18	152	140	59
HC Nikkō IceBucks (6)	42	13	1	2	2	24	110	125	45
Harbin (7)	42	7	2	1	0	32	91	225	26
Qiqihar (8)	42	1	0	0	1	40	53	326	4

Playoffs (bold advance):

★ Semi-finals:

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★ 'Nippon Paper Cranes' 3-1 Oji Ice Hockey Team (2-3, 3-2, 2-1, 5-4)

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★ 'Kokudo Ice Hockey Team' 3-0 Golden Amur (3-0, 4-3, 2-1)

★ Finals:

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★ Nippon Paper Cranes 1-3 'Kokudo Ice Hockey Team' (2-0, 4-6, 1-2, 2-5)

2003-2004 Standings

	GP	W	OW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Nippon Paper Cranes (1)	16	13	0	0	0	3	80	49	39
Kokudo (2)	16	12	0	0	0	4	78	36	37
Halla Winia (3)	16	5	1	0	0	10	45	86	17
Oji (4)	16	5	0	2	0	9	55	58	17
HC Nikkō IceBucks (5)	16	2	0	2	0	12	38	67	8

No Playoffs

External links

★ Meltzer, Bill "Asia Hockey League: Pioneering Hockey's Great Frontier" at NHL.com. Retrieved 06-15-2006.

★ Asia League Ice Hockey - Official site