Erste Liga (ice hockey)
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025–26 Erste Liga season | |
| Formerly | MOL Liga, 2008–2017 |
|---|---|
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 2008 |
| First season | 2008–09 |
| No. of teams | 9 |
| Countries | Hungary (6 teams) Romania (3 teams) |
| Most recent champion | Gyergyói HK (2024–25) |
| Most titles | HSC Csíkszereda (4 titles) |
| Related competitions | Magyar Kupa OB I Bajnokság Cupa României Liga Națională ICE Hockey League |
| Official website | ersteliga.hu |
The Erste Liga is an international ice hockey league organized for clubs based in Hungary and Romania. It was founded in 2008 as the MOL Liga and was so known until being renamed Erste Liga in 2017 due to a sponsorship agreement with Erste Bank Hungary.
Games played between Hungarian teams count towards the Hungarian national championship league, the OB I Bajnokság, and games played between Romanian teams count towards the Romanian national championship league, the Liga Națională.
The last 6* seasons have been won by Romanian teams: HSC Csíkszereda three times, Gyergyói HK twice and CSM Corona Brașov once.
* The season 2019–20 (Covid) recognized both Ferencvárosi TC and HSC Csíkszereda as winners.