Release from 24.07.2025

Schedule for the 2025/26 win2day ICE Hockey League season

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The schedule for the Regular Season of the 2025/26 win2day ICE Hockey League season has been finalized. The 13 teams participating in the multinational championship will kick off the new season on Friday, September 12. This will be played as a double round robin with 48 matches per team. The last match day of the Regular Season is March 1, 2026.

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The new season of the win2day ICE Hockey League kicks off on Friday, September 12, 2025. With the exception of the Moser Medical Graz99ers, all twelve remaining teams will be in action on the opening day. The highlight of the first matchday is the rematch of the semi-final between HCB Südtirol Alperia and EC Red Bull Salzburg. Just two days later, the first final rematch will take place between defending champions EC Red Bull Salzburg and EC-KAC.

The first Carinthian derby between EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV and EC-KAC is scheduled for November 14. The first Hungarian derby in league history will also take place on the same day, when Hydro Fehérvár AV19 meets league newcomers FTC-Telekom Budapest. The first South Tyrolean derby of the new season between HC Falkensteiner Pustertal and HCB Südtirol Alperia will be played on October 10. The Pioneers Vorarlberg and HC TIWAG Innsbruck will face each other in the first West derby of the season on the second matchday.

All games on Sportdeutschland.TV
From the 2025/26 season, all games will be shown on the new streaming partner Sportdeutschland.TV. The established platform with over ten years of experience in streaming live sport will take the ICE experience to the next level for fans. The cooperation includes structured measures to support the clubs in the areas of streaming and signal production as well as the production of all match highlights and additional editorial content, in particular content for social media.

Mode remains unchanged
The mode remains unchanged: The Regular Season comprises a double round robin with a total of 48 matches per team. This means that a total of 312 games are on the program, in which each team meets every other team four times. The teams in first to sixth place qualify directly for the quarter-finals. The teams in seventh to tenth place will contest the pre-play-offs in a best-of-three format. The two winners complete the quarter-final field. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played in best of 7 mode as usual. The win2day ICE Hockey League champion will be determined by Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at the latest.

The first two rounds:
Round 1 | Fri, 12.09.2025:
18:30: FTC-Telekom Budapest – EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV
19:15: EC-KAC – Hydro Fehérvár AV19
19:15: Steinbach Black Wings Linz – Pioneers Vorarlberg
19:15: HC TIWAG Innsbruck – HC Pustertal
19:15: Olimpija Ljubljana – Vienna Capitals
19:45: HCB Südtirol Alperia – EC Red Bull Salzburg

Round 2 | Sun, 14.09. 2025:
16:00: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 – Steinbach Black Wings Linz
16:00: Pioneers Vorarlberg – HC TIWAG Innsbruck
16:30: EC Red Bull Salzburg – EC-KAC (LIVE auf ORF 1)
17:00: HC Pustertal – Moser Medical Graz99ers
17:30: Vienna Capitals – FTC-Telekom Budapest
18:00: Olimpija Ljubljana – EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV

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