Two teams, Dornbirner EC and TWK Innsbruck, were accepted into the Austrian Hockey League.

The remaining teams either folded or chose to play in lower local leagues.

However, due to financial problems the team informed the league that they would be folding effective August 31, 2012 (two weeks before the start of the season.

The league also welcomed Italian sides SV Caldaro/Kaltern, Eppan Pirates, Merano Junior, Neumarkt-Egna Wildgoose and Gherdëina.

For the 2014–15 season, Maribor and the five Italian teams left the league, whereas Kitzbühel and Steelers Kapfenberg joined the competition.