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{{Short description|Swiss professional hockey team}}
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| team = EHC Basel
| current =  
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| logo = EHC Basel Logo.svg
| logosize = 215px
| city = [[Basel]], Switzerland
| league = [[Swiss League]]
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| founded = 1932
| arena = [[St. Jakob Arena]]
| colors = {{Color box|#FF3835}} {{Color box|#000000}} {{Color box|#FFFFFF}}
| owner = 
| coach = [[Eric Himelfarb]]
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| website = {{URL|https://www.ehcbasel.ch}}
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| name1 = EHC Basel
| dates1 = 1932–present
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'''EHC Basel''' are a professional [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. The team currently plays in the [[Swiss League]], the second tier of ice hockey in [[Switzerland]]. The team plays their home games at [[St. Jakob Arena|St Jakob Arena]]. EHC Basel was founded on 14 October 1932. Were promoted to the [[National League A|Nationalliga A]] for 2005–06 after winning the previous season. They made the playoffs and were drawn against defending champions [[HC Davos]] in the first round, losing the series 4-1. Basel finished in last place in 2006–07, but managed to avoid relegation by beating [[SCL Tigers]] in the playouts. EHC Basel has won five championships of the Nationalliga B in 1935, 1941, 1956, 2003, and 2005. Again in 2007-08 they finished bottom and were relegated to National League B (after losing in the playouts).
The club has hosted a preseason tournament called [[Basel Summer Ice Hockey]] since 2009.

On 7 July 2014, the club filed a bankruptcy case for its [[National League B]] team, the EHC Basel Sharks.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaufmann |first=Moritz |date=24 June 2014 |title=EHC Basel ist Geschichte, nun hat ein Millionen-Stadion keinen Club mehr |url=https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/basel/basel-stadt/ehc-basel-ist-geschichte-nun-hat-ein-millionen-stadion-keinen-club-mehr-ld.1845626 |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=[[Luzerner Zeitung]] |language=de}}</ref>

==Notable players==
*[[Hnat Domenichelli]]
*[[David Legwand]]
*[[Mike Maneluk]]
*[[Rob Zamuner]]
*[[Fabienne Peter (ice hockey)|Fabienne Peter]], Switzerland's first transgender hockey player

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|EHC Basel}}
*[http://www.ehcbasel.ch/ EHC Basel official website]
*[http://www.ehcforum.ch/ EHC Basel Fan Forum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411023510/http://www.ehcforum.ch/ |date=2005-04-11 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070905204127/http://www.ehc-fans.ch/ EHC Basel Fanpage]

{{Nationalliga A}}
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[[Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1932]]
[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Sport in Basel]]


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