Slavutich Smolensk

Belarus Extraliga expands to 14 teams

The Executive committee of the Belarusian Hockey Federation approved the composition of Extra League participants for the 2024/25 season

In the new season, 14 teams will take part in the tournament: Aviator (Baranovichi); Brest; Vitebsk; Gomel; Dinamo-Molodechno; Lida; Lokomotiv (Orsha); Mogilev; Metallurg (Zhlobin); Neman (Grodno); Khimik (Novopolotsk); Shakhtyor (Soligorsk); Yunost (Minsk) and Slavutich from Russian city of Smolensk

Aviator has joined the league. For three years, the Baranovichi club may not have a farm club in the top league.

Slavutich will not participate in the Belarus Extraliga

Slavutich Smolensk won't play in Belarus Extraliga in 2014-15 season. The club, acting in Russian 3rd league, applied to join Belarus Extraliga and the Belarusian Federation accepted the proposal, but, despite a verbal agreement wih Russian Hockey Federation, the bureaucratic procedure was not successful because only the Executive Committee of the Federation has the right to allow the move, but the date of his nearest Convocation is no earlier than September 25th, after the begin of Extraliga

Slavutich can join Belarus League

Russian team Slavutich Smolensk can join Belarus League in the next season according to Belarussian tribuna.com. Slavutich won Russian Hockey League - Russian third division -  last season.