Norwegian Hockey League (WFAC)

The Norwegian Hockey League (or NOHL, Norwegian: Norges Hockeyliga) is the highest division in the Norwegian ice hockey system, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. The league currently consists of 12 teams. The league works on the premise of promotion and relegation, so the two teams who placed last must play the top two teams from First Division (the league ranked immediately below NOHL) for the rights to play in next NOHL season.

The league was founded in 1935, and the Norwegian ice hockey champions have been crowned through various formats since 1935 with the King's Cup. From 1946 to 1990 the league was known as ''1. divisjon (in English: First Division), until it was renamed to Eliteserien (in English: Norwegian Elite League or NEL'') for the 1990–91 season. The leag–ue was renamed the NOHL in 2014.

As of 2015–16, the NOHL was the seventh most well attended ice hockey league in Europe, averaging 4,103 spectators per game.