International Hockey League (Manala)

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International Hockey League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022–23 IHL season
IHL logo.png
SportIce hockey
FoundedFebruary 25, 1928 (96 years ago) (1928-02-25),
TBD, TBD
Inaugural season1935-36
No. of teams10
Countries
List
HeadquartersTBD
TBD
Most recent
champion(s)
 Antarctic Circle States (Formal Season)
Gagium Gagium (Championship)
Most titlesTBD

The International Hockey League (IHL; Gagian: Ligue internationale de hockey) is an international ice hockey league organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In its current season, teams representing 10 countries play in the IHL. The IHL has one of the highest costs per game out of any other sports league due to high travel costs required for participating teams. At the conclusion of the IHL, the top 8 teams play in the International Hockey Championship, with the winner being awarded the TBD Cup.

The IHL was formed in 1935 in TBD, TBD, and 6 teams played in its inaugural season of 1935-36 during a period of 14 weeks. The IHL was suspended between 1939-1946 for the Second Great War, and indefinitely suspended in a controversial decision in 1975 as a result of the Third Great War. The IHL resumed in 2003 and has operated for every consecutive season since. In TBD, the IHL had the most teams in its history with a total of TBD teams playing.