Anyang Halla
| Anyang Halla | |
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| City |  Anyang, Republic of Korea |
| League | Asia League Ice Hockey |
| Founded | 12 December 1994 |
| Home arena | Anyang Ice Arena |
| Colors |
Blue, gold, white |
| Owner(s) | Halla Group |
| General manager | Jung Ki-hoon |
| Head coach | Jiri Veber |
| Captain | Kim Won-jung |
| Media | OBS, SBS ESPN |
| Website | www.anyanghalla.com |
| Franchise history | |
| 1994–1997 | Mando Winia |
| 1998–2004 | Halla Winia |
| 2004–2005 | Anyang Halla Winia |
| 2005–present | Anyang Halla |
| Championships | |
| Asia League regular season | 5 (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
| Asia League championship | 4 (2010, 2011, 2016, 2017) |
Blue, gold, white
Anyang Halla (Hangul: 안양 한라; Hanja: 安養 漢拏) is a professional ice hockey team based in Anyang in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is one of the founding and current members of the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH). Formed in 1994, it is the oldest professional ice hockey team, and one of only three professional teams, in South Korea. The Halla Group contributes three billion won annually to run the club.
At its inception the team was based out of Mok-dong, Seoul and named the Mando Winia. In 1998 the team took the name of Mando's parent company, Halla. After the collapse of the Korean Ice Hockey League in 2003 they were the only team to survive. They joined four Japanese teams to create the new Asia League Ice Hockey. In 2005 the team relocated and took the name of their new hometown as their own, playing all current home games out of the Anyang Sports Complex Arena. After two years of finishing in 5th place, they became the first non-Japanese team to finish first in the regular season in 2008–09. However, they failed to defeat the Nippon Paper Cranes in the semi-finals. In the following season Halla again finished in first and managed to win the semi-final and final series giving them their first play-off series win and first Asia League Championship. The club captured their second AL title after the league cancelled the championship final due to the earthquake in Japan. Asia League announced Halla and Tohoku Free Blades as the co-champions.
The team was founded in 1994 by the Halla Group to help promote hockey in Korea. The Halla Group also felt that by creating an ice hockey team, it would help them to fulfill their role as a responsible corporation by providing something to the community. The team was originally named "Mando Winia". It was so named because Mando is a subsidiary company of Halla and Winia is a brand of air conditioner sold by the company. In 1997 the team was disbanded for a short time during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. However, the chairman of Halla Group, Chung Mong-won, fought to keep the team.
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