The Uralican Ice Hockey League (Finn. Uralikan Jääkiekkoliiga, Russ. Ураликская Хоккей-Лига), often called the UIHL (Finn. UJKL, Russ. УХЛ) for short, has 24 teams. It is officially Uralica's oldest professional sports tournament of any sort. The first tournament officially began 25 April 2008 and ended 28 July 2008, with HK Syktyvkar being declared the winner, however in the second season it adopted a structure more similar to that of typical professional hockey leagues. Still, starting in December 2008 and ending in June 2009, HK Syktyvkar won yet again.