IJshockey Nieuw-Batavië

Ice Hockey New Batavia IJshockey Nieuw-Batavië IJNB
Sport	Ice Hockey
Jurisdiction	New Batavia
Founded	2020
Affiliation	MHL
Headquarters	Lucerne
President	Frans

Ice Hockey New Batavia (IJskockey Nieuw-Batavië or IJNB) organizes competitions and tournaments of Ice hockey in New Batavia. The IJNB is a member of the MHL since 2020.

Competitions

The IJNB organizes of these competitions:

Dutch	English	Men	Women
IJNB Profliga	IJNB Pro League
IJNB Amateurs Eerste Divisie	IJNB Amateurs First Division
IJNB Amateurs Tweede Divisie	IJNB Amateurs Second Division
IJNB Beker van Nieuw-Batavië	IJNB Cup of New Batavia

League system

8 professional teams play in the Pro League, playing every team in the league home-and-away. The top 4 teams advance to the play offs. The last team relegates to the amateur league, only in case there is a team ready to advance to the Pro League. The winner of the Amateurs First Division can advance to the Pro League if they get a license from the IJNB.

The Amateur First and Second Divisions each have 10 teams, playing every team in the league home-and-away. The top 4 teams advance to the play offs. The winner of the play off advances to the next division. The last team in the league automatically relegates to the lower division.

Level	Division
Pro	IJNB Pro League (men) and IJNB Pro League (women) 8 professional clubs
1	IJNB Amateurs First Division (men) and IJNB Amateurs First Division (women) 10 amateur clubs
2	IJNB Amateurs Second Division (men) and IJNB Amateurs Second Division (women) 10 amateur clubs

Teams

Town	Team	Division men	Division women
Broekszaal	Broekszaal Bevers	Pro	Pro
Lucerne	Lucerne Spoken	Pro	Pro
Lucerne	Lucerne Robben	Pro	Pro
Nedersticht	Olympia Nedersticht	Pro	Pro
Ochterburg	IJSC Ochterburg	Pro	Pro
Patriottenbaai	Patriottenbaai Haven IJSC	Pro	Pro
Vrijplaats	Vrijplaats Boven	Pro	Pro
Wittensteen	Wittensteen Pinguïns	Pro	Pro