Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga (Kazakhstan Senior League) is a professional hockey league based in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

. It was established when the country gained independence in 1992 and it is the second highest league in the country, after the Kazakhstani Championship

Kazakhstani Championship

The Kazakhstani Championship is the name of the top tier of professional ice hockey in Kazakhstan.There are 2 Hockey teams in Kazakhstan competing outside of this championship: Barys Astana competing in the KHL and Kaztsink-Torpedo in the Russian Major League. Their farm/second teams compete in...

. It features 10 teams:

• Sary Arka Karaganda
  Sary Arka Karaganda
  Sary Arka Karaganda is a hockey team that plays in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga.They joined the league in 2006 and the team color's are blue and yellow. They play at the 2500 seat Ice Sports Palace Akzholtay Karaganda....
  
  
• Beybarys Atyrau
  Beybarys Atyrau
  The Beybarys Atyrau are an ice hockey team that plays in Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga. They joined the league in 2009 and the team colors are green and white. They play at the 800-seat Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace Atyrau....
  
  
• Ertis Pavlodar
  Ertis Pavlodar
  Ertis Pavlodar is a Kazakhstani ice hockey team that plays in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga. They joined the league in 2001 and the team color's are white and green. They play at the 3000 seat Ice Palace Astana Pavlodar....
  
  
• HK Astana
  Barys-2 Astana
  Barys-2 Astana are an ice hockey team that competes in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga. They joined the league in 2008 and the team color's are blue and white. They also serve as the farm team for the Barys Astana. They play at the 5332 seat Sports Palace Kazakhstan. For the 2010-11 season they were...
  
  
• Arystan Temirtau
  Arystan Temirtau
  Arystan Temirtau is an ice hockey team that plays in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga. Arystan joined the league in 2010 and the team colors are red and white. They play at the 2706 seat Muz Aydin Sport Palace Temirtau....
  
  
• Arlan Kokshetau
  Arlan Kokshetau
  Arlan Kokshetau is an ice hockey team that plays in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga. They joined the league in 2009 and the team color's are red and white. They play at the 1500 seat Sports Palace Burabai....
  
  
• Gornyak Rudny
  Gornyak Rudny
  Gornyak Rudny are an ice hockey team that plays in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga. They were founded in 1958, when Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union. Their team color's are black and white. They play at the 1500 seat Ice Sports Palace Rudny....
  
  
• Kazakhmys Satpaev
  Kazakhmys Satpaev
  Kazakhmys Satpaev are an ice hockey team that plays in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga.They were formed in 2002 and the team color's are white, light blue and yellow. They play at the Ice Palace Arena 2005, Satpaev which holds 2500 spectators....
  
  
• HK Almaty
  HK Almaty
  HK Almaty is a Kazakh ice hockey team that plays in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga. They were established in 2010 and the team colors are yellow and blue. They play at the Palace of Sports and Culture at Baluan Sholak....
  
  
• Kazzinc Torpedo-2 Ust Kamenogorsk
  Kazzinc Torpedo-2 Ust Kamenogorsk
  Kazzinc Torpedo-2 Ust Kamenogorsk are an ice hockey team that plays in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga and serve as the farm team for the Kazzinc-Torpedo. They were formed in 2008 and the team color's are blue, white and yellow. They play at the 4310 seat Sport Place Boris Aleksandrov Ust Kamenogorsk....
  
  

There are a number of nationalities in the country including from Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 (194), Russia

Russia

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 (186), Ukraine

Ukraine

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 (17), Belarus

Belarus

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 (7), Latvia

Latvia

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 (6), Slovakia

Slovakia

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 (3), Lithuania

Lithuania

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 (2), Finland

Finland

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 (1), Germany

Germany

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 (1) and Romania

Romania

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