SWITZERLAND: NLA

National League A (NLA) is a professional ice hockey league in Switzerland. It is the top tier of the Swiss league system and of the two-tier National League. Before the 2007-08 season, the league was officially called Nationalliga A (German, French: Ligue Nationale A (LNA), Italian: Lega Nazionale A)

The league currently consists of 12 teams. The top eight teams after the regular season qualify for the play-offs to determine the Swiss champion in best-of-seven series. The four last teams need to play in a relegation tournament, the so-called play-outs. The loser of the playout-final contends the winner of the National League B play-offs in a best-of-seven series for a spot in the successive NLA season.

CHAMPIONS:

* 2009 - HC Davos
* 2008 - ZSC Lions
* 2007 - HC Davos
* 2006 - HC Lugano
* 2005 - HC Davos
* 2004 - SC Bern
* 2003 - HC Lugano
* 2002 - HC Davos
* 2001 - ZSC Lions
* 2000 - ZSC Lions
* 1999 - HC Lugano
* 1998 - EV Zug
* 1997 - SC Bern
* 1996 - Kloten Flyers
* 1995 - Kloten Flyers
* 1994 - Kloten Flyers
* 1993 - Kloten Flyers
* 1992 - SC Bern
* 1991 - SC Bern
* 1990 - HC Lugano
* 1989 - SC Bern
* 1988 - HC Lugano
* 1987 - HC Lugano
* 1986 - HC Lugano
* 1985 - HC Davos
* 1984 - HC Davos
* 1983 - EHC Biel
* 1982 - EHC Arosa
* 1981 - EHC Biel
* 1980 - EHC Arosa
* 1979 - SC Bern
* 1978 - EHC Biel
* 1977 - SC Bern
* 1976 - SCL Tigers
* 1975 - SC Bern
* 1974 - SC Bern
* 1973 - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* 1972 - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* 1971 - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* 1970 - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* 1969 - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* 1968 - HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* 1967 - Kloten Flyers
* 1966 - Grasshopper-Club Zürich
* 1965 - SC Bern
* 1964 - HC Villars
* 1963 - HC Villars
* 1962 - EHC Visp
* 1961 - ZSC Lions
* 1960 - HC Davos
* 1959 - SC Bern
* 1958 - HC Davos
* 1957 - EHC Arosa
* 1956 - EHC Arosa
* 1955 - EHC Arosa
* 1954 - EHC Arosa
* 1953 - EHC Arosa
* 1952 - EHC Arosa
* 1951 - EHC Arosa
* 1950 - HC Davos
* 1949 - ZSC Lions
* 1948 - HC Davos
* 1947 - HC Davos
* 1946 - HC Davos
* 1945 - HC Davos
* 1944 - HC Davos
* 1943 - HC Davos
* 1942 - HC Davos
* 1941 - HC Davos
* 1940 - No winner
* 1939 - HC Davos
* 1938 - HC Davos
* 1937 - HC Davos
* 1936 - ZSC Lions
* 1935 - HC Davos
* 1934 - HC Davos
* 1933 - HC Davos
* 1932 - HC Davos
* 1931 - HC Davos
* 1930 - HC Davos
* 1929 - HC Davos
* 1928 - EHC St. Moritz
* 1927 - HC Davos
* 1926 - HC Davos
* 1925 - HC Rosey-Gstaad
* 1924 - HC Château d'Oex
* 1923 - EHC St. Moritz
* 1922 - EHC St. Moritz
* 1921 - HC Rosey-Gstaad
* 1920 - HC Vevey
* 1919 - HC Vevey
* 1918 - HC Bern
* 1917 - HC Bern
* 1916 - Akademischer SC Zürich