Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga

Saryarka wins regular season in Kazakhstan

The regular season of Kazakhstan League finished today with reigning champion Saryarka Karaganda at the top of the standing.

Playoff pairs are:

Saryarka (1) - Kulager (8)
Humo (2) - Gornyak (7)
Beybarys (3) - Aktobe (6)
Nomad (4) - Arlan (5)

Legendary Hc Torpedo Ust Kamenogorsk missed the post season

(08 Feb 2023)

Humo Tashkent back in Kazakhstan League

A team from Uzbekistan will compete (again) in Kazakhstan League in the upcoming season: Humo Tashkent is back after two-seasons hiatus. In 2019-20 season Humo played in Russian VHL and in Kazakhstan League with a farm team

(12 Jul 2022)

Saryarka Karaganda win Kazakhstan League

After the victory of national cup, Saryarka Karaganda completed the domestic en-plein securing also the Kazakhstan League after a thrilling final series against Arlan Kokshetau, decided in game six, with an away 2-0 victory, after Arlan lead 2-0 in the series.
Due the Covid-19 restrictions, this season the Kazakh teams competing in Russian VHL - Hc Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, Saryarka and Nomad Nur-Sultan, and the Snow Leopards, Barys' junior team playing in MHL, partecipated in the domestic league

After the last game, Kazakh Federation announced seasonal awards:

Best goalkeeper: Ilya Rumyantsev (Arlan).

Best defender: Edgars Siksna (Saryarka).

Best forward: Vadim Berdnikov (Arlan).

Best young player: Ivan Zinchenko (Aktobe/Beybarys).

Season MVP: Dmitri Mikhailov (Saryarka).

(27 Apr 2021)

Andrei Spiridonov set a milestone in Kazakh league

For the first time in the history of the championship of Kazakhstan, which has been played since 1957, a player has surpassed the mark of 200 goals. It happened on January 6, 2021 in the game between HK Almaty and Gornyak Rudny

Forward and captain of the HK Almaty Andrei Spiridonov opened the score and reached the milestone of 200 goals.

In the following game, on January 7, Spiridonov also reached 600 games in the national championship

Spiridonov scored his first goalon October 23, 2002 when he played for defunct Enbek against another ceased team, Esil Petropavlovsk.

(11 Jan 2021)

Kazakhstan and Bulgaria set new dates for leagues

Kazakhstan Federation set the begininng of the season for October 19, playing in six different cities without spectators.
Bulgaria postponed the start of League, originally scheduled for October 15, to October 29

(12 Oct 2020)

Kazakhstan League start postponed indefinitely

Due to the outbreak of coronavirus among the players of Barys Nur-Sultan the start of the championship of Kazakhstan has been postponed indefinitely. All clubs have been ordered to cancel all their trips.

This decision was made by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
After the announcement of the new start date, an updated championship calendar will be presented.

(17 Sep 2020)

Arlan was saved and will compete in next Kazakhstan League

A couple of weeks ago, the club announced the dismantle of the team due to financial difficulties, but some days after the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of Akmola region made an official statement on the situation around Arlan.

"On September 4, a competition for the provision of services for the participation of a hockey team in republican and international competitions on behalf of the Akmola region ended. The winner of the competition was the ChU" Sports and Hockey Club "Astana-Baiterek". As a result of the competition, there was a saving of money.
At the same time, we would like to inform you that the hockey team will take part in the championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the name "Arlan". This condition is spelled out in the technical documentation of the competition."

(14 Sep 2020)

HK Astana withdrew from Kazakh League

"Thanks to our fans, players, management. We hope to see you again" In a short official statement HK Astana announced the club won't partecipate in the next Kazakh League. Estabilished in 2011, in the past five years, the capital's team has been played mainly by young hockey players, many of whom are pupils of the local school.

(16 Aug 2020)

Newly created Sherdor Samarkand replaces Binokor in Kazakhstan League

A turn of events about the partecipation of Uzbek team in the Kazakhstan League: originally, following the enter of Humo Tashkent into VHL, another Uzbek team - Binokor Tashkent, should have entered the Kazakhstan League as Humo farm team. Binokor already announced 47-year-old Russian Alexander Ageev as head coach. But apparently the club management did not provide official confirmation of their intentions. So today the Kazakh Federation announced the newly created Hockey Club Sherdor from Samarkand will take part in the championship of Kazakhstan in the next season. Team is already training in Glazov, Russia, with same Ageev as coach and should debut in the new Samarkand Arena,  started building in 2017 and about to be completed in September according to Uzbek Federation

(17 Jul 2019)

HK Aktobe added to Kazakhstan League

HK Aktobe officially confirms the partecipation in next Kazakhstan League, creating a senior team after the victory on Kazakhstan U20 league. Former national team player Sergei Miroshnichenko has been appointed as head coach, Rinat Omarbekov will serve as assistant.
Uzbek team Binokor Tashkent should be the other additional team

(02 Jul 2019)