The Iberian Ice Hockey League (Portuguese: Liga Ibérica de Hóquei no Gelo, Spanish: Liga Ibérica de Hockey Hielo) is the top men's ice hockey competition based in the Iberian Peninsula, featuring teams from Andorra, Portugal and Spain.
The foundations of a pan-Iberian competition began in October 2023 following a proposal made between the Portuguese Winter Sports Federation, Royal Spanish Winter Sports Federation and International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President Luc Tardif at the IIHFâÂÂs Semi-Annual Congress in Vilamoura. The agreement allowed HC Porto to become the first Portuguese team to join the Spanish Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo (LNHH), however LNHH regulations regarding each team icing a minimum number of Spanish players meant that the Portuguese team were ineligible to qualify for the post-season championship playoff, limiting the team to regular season games only.
Porto's inaugural season met with some successâÂÂfinishing in fourth place out of a total of seven teamsâÂÂand therefore, on 13 September 2024, the Portuguese and Spanish Winter Sport Federations jointly announced the creation of a new competition: the Iberian Ice Hockey League. The new competition would feature Porto alongside the six leading Spanish teams from the existing LNHH; Huarte, Jaca, Majadahonda, Milenio Logroño, Puigcerdàand Txuri Urdin, with the prospect of additional teams joining in the future.
The inaugural 2024âÂÂ2025 season featured 7 teams playing 63 games across 21 rounds, with 15-time Spanish champions Jaca being crowned as the first winners of the new tournament.
In August 2025, ahead of the second edition of the competition, the league announced an expansion to 9 teams with the addition of three teamsâÂÂFC Barcelona and Madrid along with its first team based in Andorra: Andorra Hoquei GelâÂÂwhilst simultaneously announcing the withdrawal of Huarte. In January 2026, mid-way through the 2025âÂÂ26 season, Milenio Logroño withdrew from the competition due to a visa renewal crisis that left the club without key foreign players.
For the inaugural 2024âÂÂ2025 season, the competition format consists of a 21-round regular season, after which the top-placed team in the standings is crowned Iberian League champions.
The league co-exists with the Spanish Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo (LNHH); following the end of the Iberian League season, the four highest placed Spanish-based teams advance to a post-season playoff to determine the Spanish national champions.