[3] The 2012 Trans-Tasman Champions League was held at the Medibank Icehouse in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the 7 and 8 July 2012.

The tournament included the Australian teams of the Melbourne Ice and Newcastle North Stars who finished the 2011 AIHL season as champions and runners-up respectively, and the New Zealand champions Botany Swarm and runners-up Southern Stampede.

[6] The tournament takes place annually in the weekend of the first week of July, halfway through the regular season of both leagues.

They either have the best record of the four teams, or in the case of a tie, the best goal difference in their two match ups.

[3] The first edition of the Trans-Tasman Champions League was in 2012, and was hosted at the Medibank Icehouse in Melbourne.