What does Swiss U21-Elit stand for?

Swiss U21-Elit stands for U21-Elit.

When was the Swiss U21-Elit founded?

The Swiss U21-Elit was founded in 1959.

How many teams play in the Swiss U21-Elit?

The Swiss U21-Elit currently consists of 13 teams.

Which country is the Swiss U21-Elit based in?

The Swiss U21-Elit is based in Switzerland.

Who won the most recent Swiss U21-Elit championship?

EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21 won the most recent Swiss U21-Elit championship in 2026.

U21-Elit Swiss U21-Elit 2025-2026

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League naming history:

2025 - 2027U21-Elit
2019 - 2025U20-Elit
1959 - 2019Elite Jr. A (Elite Juniors A)

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2025-2026

2025-2026 Season

EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21 finished first in the 2025-26 U21-Elit standings with 99 points. GCK Lions U21 (95 points) and SCL Young Tigers U21 (90 points) followed.

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2025-2026 U21-Elit Standings

2025-2026 U21-Elit — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	48	28	-	9	4	7	176	114	62	99	2.06	Champion
2.	GCK Lions U21	48	29	-	14	3	2	168	117	51	95	1.98	Final loss
3.	SCL Young Tigers U21	48	27	-	15	3	3	158	108	50	90	1.88	Quarterfinal loss
4.	HC Lugano U21	48	23	-	15	6	4	159	133	26	85	1.77	Semifinal loss
5.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	48	22	-	19	5	2	142	134	8	78	1.63	Quarterfinal loss
6.	Lausanne HC U21	48	18	-	18	7	5	137	125	12	73	1.52	Semifinal loss
7.	EV Zug U21	48	19	-	19	4	6	155	152	3	71	1.48	Quarterfinal loss
8.	HC Davos U21	48	20	-	21	4	3	151	174	-23	71	1.48	Quarterfinal loss
9.	SC Bern Future U21	48	15	-	22	5	6	140	146	-6	61	1.27	Saved in play-out
10.	EHC Kloten U21	48	17	-	25	3	3	142	178	-36	60	1.25	Saved in relegation
11.	HC Ambrì-Piotta U21	48	15	-	27	2	4	115	157	-42	53	1.10	Saved in relegation
12.	Genève Future Hockey U21	48	13	-	25	2	8	138	187	-49	51	1.06	Saved in relegation
13.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers U21	48	10	-	27	8	3	126	182	-56	49	1.02	Saved in relegation

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2025-2026 U21-Elit Player Stats

2025-2026 U21-Elit — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Livio Christen (F)	37	24	39	63	12
2.	Anton Besanidis (F)	47	26	26	52	30
3.	Tom Vidal (F)	44	22	28	50	12
4.	Niklas Aebli (F)	44	24	25	49	8
5.	Daniels Reidzans (F)	46	26	21	47	12

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2025-2026 U21-Elit Goalie Stats

2025-2026 U21-Elit — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Franck Demierre (G)	12	4.29	-
2.	Nikita Kohler (G)	11	4.17	-
3.	Robin Pfirter (G)	19	3.85	-
4.	Gian-Andri Steinmann (G)	24	3.81	-
5.	Pascal Kunz (G)	10	3.64	-

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2025-2026 U21-Elit Demographics

Swiss U21-Elit Games

Swiss U21-Elit — Games
date	home	visiting	score
10/28/2026 05:45 PM UTC	EHC Kloten U21	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	-
10/25/2026 05:15 PM UTC	HC Lugano U21	HC Ambrì-Piotta U21	1 - 3
10/25/2026 04:30 PM UTC	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	SCL Young Tigers U21	4 - 3
10/25/2026 04:30 PM UTC	Lausanne HC U21	HC Davos U21	1 - 0 (SO)
10/25/2026 04:00 PM UTC	EV Zug U21	SC Bern Future U21	7 - 0

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Swiss U21-Elit Transactions

Swiss U21-Elit — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/25/2026	Confirmed	Griffin Lind (D)	Genève Future Hockey U21	Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	Details
10/10/2026	Confirmed	Lenny Giger (F)	Nanaimo Clippers	EV Zug U21	Details
09/18/2026	Confirmed	Keanu Woodtli (F)	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers U21	EHC Seewen	Details
09/17/2026	Confirmed	Andrin Flütsch (D)	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers U21	EHC Basel	Details
09/17/2026	Confirmed	David Lekic (D)	EHC Kloten U21	GDT Bellinzona Snakes	Details

2026-2027 Swiss U21-Elit Free Agents

2026-2027 Swiss U21-Elit — Free Agents
Team	Player
SCL Young Tigers U21	Laurin Jakob (F)
HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	Mikael Slehofer (F)
HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	Julien Rod (F)
HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	Andrey Poluyanov (F)
SC Bern Future U21	Anic Matteo Wyss (F)

2027-2028 Swiss U21-Elit Free Agents

2027-2028 Swiss U21-Elit — Free Agents
Team	Player
HC Davos U21	Naël Elijah Hunziker (F)
EHC Kloten U21	Gian-Andrea Badrutt (F)
GCK Lions U21	Niels Schläfli (F)
EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	Emilien Jaberg (F)
HC Davos U21	Dustin Hendry (F)

Swiss U21-Elit Team Comparison (Averages)

2025-2026 U21-Elit — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	45	2 434	6'0"	176 lbs	19.04
2.	EHC Kloten U21	31	1 982	5'11"	172 lbs	18.84
3.	EV Zug U21	38	2 099	5'11"	176 lbs	18.37
4.	GCK Lions U21	52	3 112	6'0"	179 lbs	19.10
5.	Genève Future Hockey U21	35	2 023	6'0"	176 lbs	19.20
6.	HC Ambrì-Piotta U21	46	3 468	5'11"	174 lbs	19.74
7.	HC Davos U21	38	2 264	6'0"	172 lbs	19.03
8.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	41	2 905	6'0"	179 lbs	19.29
9.	HC Lugano U21	37	2 614	6'0"	176 lbs	19.30
10.	Lausanne HC U21	42	2 674	5'11"	176 lbs	19.00
11.	SC Bern Future U21	38	4 168	6'0"	176 lbs	19.08
12.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers U21	38	2 597	5'11"	174 lbs	19.34
13.	SCL Young Tigers U21	34	2 297	5'11"	172 lbs	19.15

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

Swiss U21-Elit — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Florian Schenk (F)	2026-2027	Mora IK U20	U20 Nationell	15	13	14	27	12
2.	Noé Tarchini (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie U21	Swiss U21-Top	11	10	17	27	10
3.	Moritz Rüegsegger (F)	2026-2027	Enderby Icemen	WIJHL	10	10	13	23	4
4.	Andri Kessler (F)	2026-2027	EHC Flims	SwissDiv3	5	5	17	22	0
5.	Denis Malgin (F)	2026-2027	ZSC Lions	NL	15	5	17	22	10
6.	Dario Kummer (F)	2026-2027	EHC Basel	SL	12	9	12	21	0
7.	Stanislav Horanský (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	11	8	13	21	2
8.	Marco Cavalleri (F)	2026-2027	Tilburg Trappers	Oberliga	12	7	11	18	16
9.	Leo Ulrich (F)	2026-2027	AIK U18	U18 Region	13	6	12	18	10
10.	Sven Andrighetto (F)	2026-2027	ZSC Lions	NL	15	4	14	18	2

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Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Points

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tobias Bucher (F)	135	65	137	202
2.	Renato Engler (F)	139	81	108	189
3.	Lars Neher (F)	132	74	108	182
4.	Dominic Lammer (F)	117	96	83	179
5.	Kevin Rohrbach (F)	154	77	92	169

Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Goals

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Dominic Lammer (F)	117	96	83	179
2.	Renato Engler (F)	139	81	108	189
3.	Marco Köppel (F)	114	81	49	130
4.	Michaël Loichat (F)	131	78	68	146
5.	Kevin Rohrbach (F)	154	77	92	169

Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Assists

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tobias Bucher (F)	135	65	137	202
2.	Renato Engler (F)	139	81	108	189
3.	Lars Neher (F)	132	74	108	182
4.	Bryan Abreu De Nobrega (F)	119	37	103	140
5.	Marc Marchon (F)	112	44	99	143

Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Penalty Min.

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Marc Ertürk (F)	129	34	60	543
2.	Yvann Bellido (F)	131	47	79	436
3.	Daniele Marghitola (D)	127	10	30	422
4.	Renato Engler (F)	139	81	189	413
5.	Davide Carrara (D)	107	4	19	389

Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Games Played

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Loic Fromaget (D)	215	5	25	30
2.	Kyle Demuth (F)	205	36	29	65
3.	Luca Schelldorfer (F)	203	58	83	141
4.	Grégory Bobicanec (D)	197	12	23	35
5.	Manuele Tallarico (F)	189	31	58	89

Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Points Per Game

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	René Stüssi (F)	1	5	5	5.00
2.	Patrice Brasey (D)	2	5	6	3.00
3.	Remo Horfer (F)	1	2	3	3.00
4.	Gilles Dubois (F)	2	2	5	2.50
5.	Philipp Bucher (F)	21	18	46	2.19

Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Points Per Season

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Ramon Knellwolf (F)	2017-2018	Elite Jr. A	41	30	54	84	2.05	34
2.	Bryan Abreu De Nobrega (F)	2017-2018	Elite Jr. A	42	24	60	84	2.00	32
3.	Rémy Rimann (F)	2008-2009	Elite Jr. A	35	35	47	82	2.34	43
4.	Timotée Schaller (F)	2020-2021	U20-Elit	47	42	34	76	1.62	26
5.	Thibaud Moret (F)	2020-2021	U20-Elit	54	22	54	76	1.41	24

Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Goals Per Season

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Timotée Schaller (F)	2020-2021	U20-Elit	47	42	34	76	1.62	26
2.	Tim Muggli (F)	2022-2023	U20-Elit	39	39	27	66	1.69	44
3.	Rémy Rimann (F)	2007-2008	Elite Jr. A	36	38	32	70	1.94	22
4.	Patrik Bärtschi (F)	2000-2001	Elite Jr. A	36	38	30	68	1.89	14
5.	Claudio Moggi (F)	2000-2001	Elite Jr. A	35	36	34	70	2.00	60

Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Assists Per Season

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Bryan Abreu De Nobrega (F)	2017-2018	Elite Jr. A	42	24	60	84	2.00	32
2.	Liekit Reichle (F)	2020-2021	U20-Elit	43	20	55	75	1.74	24
3.	Ramon Knellwolf (F)	2017-2018	Elite Jr. A	41	30	54	84	2.05	34
4.	Thibaud Moret (F)	2020-2021	U20-Elit	54	22	54	76	1.41	24
5.	Tobias Bucher (F)	2007-2008	Elite Jr. A	31	16	51	67	2.16	34

Swiss U21-Elit All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Swiss U21-Elit — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Grégory Veuthey (D)	2005-2006	Elite Jr. A	32	7	8	15	0.47	216
2.	Riccardo Werder (F)	2020-2021	U20-Elit	45	21	38	59	1.31	206
3.	Antoine Morandi (D)	2005-2006	Elite Jr. A	34	5	14	19	0.56	200
4.	Juraj Simek (F)	2005-2006	Elite Jr. A	42	21	42	63	1.50	196
5.	Marc Ertürk (F)	2000-2001	Elite Jr. A	30	3	3	6	0.20	195

List of Swiss U21-Elit Champions

Swiss U21-Elit — Champions
Year	Team
2026	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21
2025	GCK Lions U20
2024	EV Zug U20
2023	GCK Lions U20
2022	EV Zug U20
2021	EV Zug U20
2019	Genève Future Hockey U20
2018	Genève-Servette HC U20
2017	GCK Lions U20
2016	SC Bern Future U20
2015	GCK Lions U20
2014	SC Bern Future U20
2013	GCK Lions U20
2012	GCK Lions U20
2011	GCK Lions U20
2010	GCK Lions U20
2009	SC Bern U20
2008	GCK Lions U20
2007	GCK Lions U20
2006	Kloten Flyers U20
2005	SC Bern U20
2004	EV Zug U20
2003	EV Zug U20
2002	Kloten Flyers U20
2001	HC Davos U20
2000	HC Davos U20
1999	EHC Kloten U20
1998	HC Lugano U20
1997	HC Davos U20
1996	HC Ambrì-Piotta U20
1995	HC Davos U20
1994	EV Zug U20
1993	EHC Kloten U20
1992	EHC Kloten U20
1991	EHC Kloten U20
1990	EHC Chur U20
1989	SC Langnau U20
1988	SC Langnau U20
1987	EHC Kloten U20
1986	EHC Kloten U20
1985	SC Langnau U20
1984	SC Bern U20
1983	HC Davos U20
1982	EHC Kloten U20
1981	EHC Arosa U20
1980	EHC Kloten U20
1979	EHC Kloten U20
1978	EHC Kloten U20
1977	HC Davos U20
1976	EHC Kloten U20
1975	EHC Kloten U20
1974	EHC Kloten U20
1973	SC Langnau U20
1972	EHC Biel-Bienne U20
1971	EHC Kloten U20
1970	EHC Kloten U20
1969	EHC Chur U20
1968	SC Bern U20
1967	EHC Kloten U20
1966	SC Langnau U20
1965	HC Sierre U20
1964	EHC Kloten U20
1963	EHC Visp U20
1962	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds U20
1961	EHC Kloten U20
1960	Grasshoppers U20