KHL Western Conference

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The KHL Western Conference is one of the two main conferences of the Kontinental Hockey League, grouping together professional ice hockey teams from the western regions of the league’s geographic footprint.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
KHL Tarasov Division 1
KHL West 1
Western Conference (KHL) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ice hockey conference
sports conference
competitionFormat playoff seeding basis
regular season conference grouping
competitionGender men
confersQualificationFor Gagarin Cup
surface form: Gagarin Cup playoffs
confersTitle Western Conference champion
countryAssociation Belarus
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
Latvia
Russia
Slovakia
foundedBy Kontinental Hockey League
genderCategory men's
geographicScope western regions of KHL footprint
governingBody Kontinental Hockey League
hasAbbreviation KHL Western Conference self-linksurface differs
surface form: KHL West
hasDivision Bobrov Division
Tarasov Division
hasMemberType KHL club
inception 2008
isProfessional true
languageOfOrganization Russian
leagueLevel top-tier professional
levelOnPyramid 1
mediaCoverage online streaming
print and digital press
television
numberOfDivisions 2
organizer KHL Board of Directors
surface form: KHL central office
parallelConference KHL Eastern Conference
partOf Kontinental Hockey League
playoffTrophyContested Gagarin Cup
rankingCriterion points in regular season
regionOrientation Europe
European Russia
surface form: Western Russia
seasonalCycle annual
seasonStructureRole determines playoff matchups
determines playoff qualification
sport ice hockey
teamType professional ice hockey club
tieBreakingCriteria standard KHL tiebreak rules
usesPointSystem win–loss–overtime structure

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dynamo Moscow competesIn KHL Western Conference
Dynamo Moscow competesIn KHL Western Conference
this entity surface form: KHL Tarasov Division
Jokerit formerLeague KHL Western Conference
KHL Western Conference hasAbbreviation KHL Western Conference self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: KHL West
Eastern Conference opposedBy KHL Western Conference
subject surface form: Eastern Conference (KHL)
this entity surface form: Western Conference (KHL)