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

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League naming history:

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

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2026-2027 Season

EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21 lead the 2026-27 Swiss U21-Elit standings with 40 points. Lausanne HC U21 (31 points) and GCK Lions U21 (30 points) follow.

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2026-2027 Swiss U21-Elit Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	15	12	-	1	2	0	59	29	30	40	2.67	-
2.	Lausanne HC U21	15	9	-	4	2	0	51	35	16	31	2.07	-
3.	GCK Lions U21	14	8	-	3	3	0	51	31	20	30	2.14	-
4.	HC Davos U21	15	8	-	2	1	4	52	37	15	30	2.00	-
5.	EV Zug U21	15	8	-	2	1	4	54	40	14	30	2.00	-
6.	EHC Kloten U21	15	6	-	5	3	1	50	45	5	25	1.67	-
7.	HC Lugano U21	15	5	-	8	2	0	35	49	-14	19	1.27	-
8.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers U21	15	2	-	6	4	3	37	47	-10	17	1.13	-
9.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	14	4	-	7	0	3	38	40	-2	15	1.07	-
10.	Genève Future Hockey U21	15	4	-	10	1	0	42	60	-18	14	0.93	-
11.	SCL Young Tigers U21	14	3	-	8	1	2	31	45	-14	13	0.93	-
12.	SC Bern Future U21	15	2	-	9	2	2	37	51	-14	12	0.80	-
13.	HC Ambrì-Piotta U21	15	3	-	9	0	3	39	67	-28	12	0.80	-

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2026-2027 Swiss U21-Elit Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Naël Elijah Hunziker (F)	15	7	19	26	18
2.	Daniels Reidzans (F)	14	11	12	23	8
3.	Milan Hadorn (F)	14	10	12	22	12
4.	Jamie Villard (F)	14	6	12	18	6
5.	Sol Fueter (F)	15	3	15	18	12

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2026-2027 Swiss U21-Elit Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Matia Nico Birchler (G)	-	-	-
2.	Gian Walser (G)	-	-	-
3.	Nils Rutishauser (G)	-	-	-
4.	Jan Miguel Araujo Veras Ruch (G)	-	-	-
5.	Nils Pasche (G)	-	-	-

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2026-2027 Swiss U21-Elit Demographics

Swiss U21-Elit Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/16/2026 05:30 PM UTC	SCL Young Tigers U21	Genève Future Hockey U21	-
10/11/2026 04:15 PM UTC	HC Lugano U21	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	2 - 6
10/11/2026 04:00 PM UTC	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	GCK Lions U21	4 - 6
10/11/2026 04:00 PM UTC	HC Davos U21	Genève Future Hockey U21	5 - 3
10/11/2026 03:15 PM UTC	SC Bern Future U21	HC Ambrì-Piotta U21	2 - 1 (OT 62:27)

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Swiss U21-Elit Transactions

Swiss U21-Elit — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
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
09/15/2026	Confirmed	Santeen Golja (F)	HC Lugano U21	SC Lyss	Details

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)
Genève Future Hockey U21	Griffin Lind (D)

2027-2028 Swiss U21-Elit Free Agents

Team	Player
HC Davos U21	Naël Elijah Hunziker (F)
EHC Kloten U21	Gian-Andrea Badrutt (F)
EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	Emilien Jaberg (F)
GCK Lions U21	Niels Schläfli (F)
EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	Joel Binder (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Swiss U21-Elit Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	EHC Biel-Bienne Spirit U21	35	1 727	6'0"	174 lbs	18.51
2.	EHC Kloten U21	28	1 402	5'11"	172 lbs	18.25
3.	EV Zug U21	35	2 054	5'11"	172 lbs	17.97
4.	GCK Lions U21	32	1 468	6'0"	174 lbs	18.19
5.	Genève Future Hockey U21	31	1 405	5'11"	174 lbs	18.26
6.	HC Ambrì-Piotta U21	39	2 286	5'11"	174 lbs	19.00
7.	HC Davos U21	36	1 751	5'11"	170 lbs	18.44
8.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	35	2 124	5'11"	174 lbs	18.66
9.	HC Lugano U21	30	1 912	6'0"	170 lbs	18.40
10.	Lausanne HC U21	36	2 142	6'0"	176 lbs	18.61
11.	SC Bern Future U21	37	1 627	6'0"	174 lbs	18.59
12.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers U21	33	1 733	5'11"	172 lbs	18.55
13.	SCL Young Tigers U21	29	1 381	5'11"	170 lbs	18.34

Team Comparison History

Swiss U21-Elit Interesting Facts

Oldest
1.	Nadia Häner	22 yrs
2.	Gian Leipold	21 yrs
3.	Alain Graf	21 yrs
4.	Kelyan Barry	21 yrs
5.	Federico Gisonna	21 yrs

Tallest
1.	Jonathan Kucera	6'5"
2.	Matia Nico Birchler	6'5"
3.	Lou Bächler	6'4"
4.	Viktor Melnychenko	6'4"
5.	Laurin Solèr	6'4"

Heaviest
1.	Alain Graf	209 lbs
2.	Laurin Solèr	207 lbs
3.	Stefan Ilic	205 lbs
4.	Viktor Melnychenko	205 lbs
5.	Jonathan Moser	205 lbs

Youngest
1.	Lionel Dedial	15 yrs
2.	Livio Salzmann	15 yrs
3.	Sinan Camci	16 yrs
4.	Levon Trösch	16 yrs
5.	Matei-Eric Freciu	16 yrs

Shortest
1.	Nadia Häner	5'3"
2.	Jamie Villard	5'5"
3.	Jon Fleischli	5'6"
4.	Noel Blaha	5'7"
5.	Elia Livio Liniger	5'7"

Lightest
1.	Nadia Häner	119 lbs
2.	Nils Demont	134 lbs
3.	Lucas Loureiro Matos	134 lbs
4.	Livio Salzmann	134 lbs
5.	Nino Krieger	137 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Dario Kummer (F)	2026-2027	EHC Basel	SL	10	9	9	18	0
2.	Moritz Rüegsegger (F)	2026-2027	Enderby Icemen	WIJHL	7	6	12	18	4
3.	Jan Kneubühler (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF U20	U20 Nationell	12	9	6	15	10
4.	Florian Schenk (F)	2026-2027	Mora IK U20	U20 Nationell	11	8	7	15	8
5.	Leo Ulrich (F)	2026-2027	AIK U18	U18 Region	11	6	9	15	6
6.	Noé Tarchini (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie U21	Swiss U21-Top	6	5	9	14	6
7.	Denis Malgin (F)	2026-2027	ZSC Lions	NL	10	3	11	14	8
8.	Roméo Pralong (D)	2026-2027	RoKi U20	U20 SM-sarja	10	3	11	14	8
9.	Maxime Sauthier (F)	2026-2027	Val-d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL	9	11	2	13	10
10.	Killian Mottet (F)	2026-2027	HC Sierre	SL	8	5	8	13	4

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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