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The Professional Hockey League (PHL) (, ''tr: Profesional'na khokeina liga'') is an ice hockey league in Ukraine, founded in 2011. The country's national title, the Ukrainian Championship, was awarded annually to the league champion following an 4-team, 2-round playoff〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://isport.ua/hockey/ukraine/news/167761.html )〕 at the end of the 41-game regular season.〔 Runners-up received silver and bronze medals. This format ended after the 2012–13 season, whereupon the FHU reclaimed administration of the title.〔http://bighockey.ua/news/na-start-gotuyutsya-p-yat-komand.html〕 The winner of the Ukrainian/PHL Championship was also guaranteed qualification into the Champions Hockey League season. The PHL is shown on the First National TV channel and the Hockey channel〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bighockey.ua/about/info/ )〕 to broadcast regular season and playoff games. Many of the PHL's games are also broadcast online. The league was formed on 25 July 2011, in Kiev, Ukraine, to reflect its fully professional status,〔 apart from its predecessor organisation, the Major League ((ウクライナ語:Вища ліга), ''Vyscha Liha''), which was controlled and operated by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU) as part of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship, inaugurated in 1992. In obtaining the rights to the Championship, the FHU maintains a supervisory role,〔 and reserves the right to intervene in league matters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://fhu.com.ua/ua/news/top/ukraine_leage/2574/ )〕 Naturally, Ukrainians constitute a large majority of the players in the PHL. Expatriates account for 25% of the league's players, most of which come from Russia and Belarus, but also Lithuania, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United States.〔 ==History== Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Championship League, and Ukrainian independence, the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine established the country's first national league, the Ukrainian Hockey Championship, in 1992. The league was known as the Major League ((ウクライナ語:Вища ліга), ''Vyscha Liha'') until 2009–10, when it reverted to its original role as a division of the Ukrainian Championship. Following the 2010–11 season, the league dissolved. The top division, Division A (also known as the Central Division), became the PHL; Division B (the Western Division) became the Western Ukrainian Amateur Hockey League. Following the 2012–13 season, and financial turmoil, the FHU retook control of awarding the Ukrainian Hockey Championship.〔http://bighockey.ua/news/na-start-gotuyutsya-p-yat-komand.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Professional Hockey League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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