World Hockey Association

defunct ice hockey major league from 1972 to 1979
Organization sports_league Q527513
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World Hockey Association

Summary

World Hockey Association is a sports league[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of sports_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,798 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • World Hockey Association is in the country of Canada[3].
  • World Hockey Association is in the country of United States[4].
  • World Hockey Association's instance of is recorded as sports league[5].
  • World Hockey Association's ISNI is recorded as 0000000105534907[6].
  • World Hockey Association's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158194258[7].
  • World Hockey Association's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50067731[8].
  • World Hockey Association's Commons category is recorded as World Hockey Association[9].
  • World Hockey Association's has part is recorded as 1972–73 WHA season[10].
  • World Hockey Association's has part is recorded as 1973–74 WHA season[11].
  • World Hockey Association's has part is recorded as 1974–75 WHA season[12].
  • World Hockey Association's has part is recorded as 1975–76 WHA season[13].
  • World Hockey Association's has part is recorded as 1976–77 WHA season[14].
  • World Hockey Association's has part is recorded as 1977–78 WHA season[15].
  • World Hockey Association's has part is recorded as 1978–79 WHA season[16].
  • +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of World Hockey Association[17].
  • World Hockey Association was dissolved in +1979-06-22T00:00:00Z[18].
  • World Hockey Association's sport is recorded as ice hockey[19].
  • World Hockey Association's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jv5v[20].
  • World Hockey Association's topic's main category is recorded as Category:World Hockey Association[21].
  • World Hockey Association's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/World-Hockey-Association[22].
  • World Hockey Association's topic has template is recorded as Template:World Hockey Association navbox[23].
  • World Hockey Association's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'AMH'}[24].
  • World Hockey Association's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WHA'}[25].
  • World Hockey Association's different from is recorded as World Hockey Association[26].
  • World Hockey Association's different from is recorded as World Hockey Association 2[27].

Body

Founding

+1972-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of World Hockey Association[17].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'AMH'}[24] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WHA'}[25].

Dissolution

World Hockey Association was dissolved in +1979-06-22T00:00:00Z[18].

Why It Matters

World Hockey Association ranks in the top 1% of sports_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,798 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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