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Ice hockey in Australia is only a moderately popular sport, with low participation and spectator attendance figures when compared with many other sports played in the country. However, the establishment of the semi-professional Australian Ice Hockey League (abbreviated as AIHL) in 2000 (in place of the collapsed former state-based national competition)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&pageid=10074#history )〕 has seen an increase in popularity for the sport, a trend which continued in 2012 with the successful expansion of the league into Western Australia with the inclusion of Perth-based side Perth Thunder and the introduction of a two-conference competition. The AIHL is the top-level ice hockey league in Australia, and the largest league in the Southern Hemisphere.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&pageid=3440#about )〕 The Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) is the top-level women's competition and was formed in 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.awihl.com.au/the-awihl/ )〕 Ice hockey in Australia is governed nationally by the Australian Ice Hockey Federation (currently trading as ''Ice Hockey Australia''),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iha.org.au/view/iha/iha/about-ice-hockey-australia )〕 formed in 1923 as the Australian Ice Hockey Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iha.org.au/files/uploaded_documents/379/IHA_History_(04.03.12).pdf )〕 Australia is an active full-member of the International Ice Hockey Federation having been admitted to the federation in 1938.〔 As of 2012 there are approximately 3,200 registered ice hockey players in Australia.〔 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ice Hockey In Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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