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The Champions Hockey League AG (CHL) was established in 2013 in Switzerland and holds all rights to the Champions Hockey League and organises the competition. The CHL is an AG (Aktiengesellschaft = Ltd.) registered in Zug under Swiss Law. As such, the CHL is owned by shareholders and governed by a Board that is elected by the CHL General Meeting, the league’s legislative body.

The shareholding structure of the company is as follows:

26 Shareholder Clubs: 63%
6 Shareholder Leagues: 25%
IIHF: 12%

The shareholders of the CHL have, through the General Meeting, appointed the following Board and respective shareholder representatives. The Board is the CHL’s executive body.


CHL Shareholders

The group of shareholders can be summarized as set out below.


Shareholder Clubs (A-License)
These are clubs that have: an established record of sportive excellence; contributed to the development of ice hockey in their country; solid financial status and organisation; developed infrastructure, and can thus be considered as worthy representatives of their country and league in the CHL. These clubs are mainly, but not limited to, those who have been instrumental in developing the European Trophy competition and who have over a period of time invested effort and funds into that competition. For the first three years of the CHL competition, shareholder clubs had guaranteed playing rights. Since the 2017/18 season, shareholder clubs have earned their CHL places via qualification on sporting merits in their domestic leagues alone.

Shareholder Leagues (B-License)
These are clubs that are not "A" licensed clubs but that are national champions or regular season winners from a Shareholder League from the previous season or as per appointment according to a performance-related formula where finishing among the top teams in the regular season of their domestic league. A B-License is awarded to clubs for one season only.

IIHF (C-License)
These are also called Wild Card Clubs; these may be clubs that are previous winners of the Champions Hockey League, champions from leagues outside of the Shareholder Leagues or other deserving clubs, and are appointed as per the CHL's Board decision. It is the CHL’s objective via the Wild Card system, to contribute to the development of European club ice hockey by having an internationally diverse participation field.

Jörgen Lindgren
SWE, President of the CHL
Timo Everi
FIN, Vice President of the CHL and Chairman of IFK Helsinki
Henrik Bach Nielsen
DEN, Vice President of the CHL and IIHF Regional Vice-President Europe & Africa
Rupert Zamorsky
AUT, Head of Marketing for Red Bull Salzburg
Gernot Tripcke
GER, GM of Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL)
Christian Feichtinger
AUT, CEO of the ICE Hockey League
Petr Syrovatko Jr.
CZE, Vice-President of Bílí Tygři Liberec
Kaarel Lehiste
SWE, Representative of the Swedish shareholder clubs
Patrick Lengwiler
(SUI), CEO of EV Zug

CHL Board

The Champions Hockey League Board is composed of nine members and reflects the shareholder structure of the company. Board members represent proportionally the clubs, the leagues and the IIHF and are elected at the annual General Meeting of the league on 3-year terms.

President

Jörgen Lindgren (SWE), President of Champions Hockey League

Clubs

Rupert Zamorsky (AUT), Head of Marketing for Red Bull Salzburg
Petr Syrovatko Jr. (CZE), Vice-President of Bílí Tygři Liberec
Gernot Tripcke (GER), GM of Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL)
Timo Everi (FIN), CHL Vice President, Chairman of IFK Helsinki
Patrick Lengwiler (SUI), CEO of EV Zug
Kaarel Lehiste (SWE), Representative of the Swedish shareholder clubs

Leagues

Christian Feichtinger (AUT), CEO of the ICE Hockey League

IIHF

Henrik Bach Nielsen (DEN), CHL Vice President, IIHF Regional Vice-President Europe & Africa


Martin Baumann
CEO
Monika Reinhard
Communication & Digital Media Director
Philip Schuler
Marketing & Events Director
Fadri Holinger
Sport Manager
Jelle van Waardenburg
Marketing & Events Coordinator

CHL Office

The CHL Office is based in Zug, Switzerland:

Champions Hockey League (CHL) AG
Gubelstrasse 24
6300 Zug
Switzerland
office@championshockeyleague.com

CHL Staff

Martin Baumann, CEO
Monika Reinhard, Communication & Digital Media Director
Philip Schuler, Marketing & Events Director
Fadri Holinger, Sport Manager
Fiona Zoebeli, Communication & Digital Media Coordinator
Jelle van Waardenburg, Marketing & Events Coordinator
Remo Elsinger, Sport Coordinator

 

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