World Hockey Association (2019)

The World Hockey Association is a professional ice hockey league in North America. The league was founded by Philip Brakstad, Armen Tavitian and Armen's son Eddie, the Tavitians own the league while Brakstad serves as co-president with Eddie. The league is headquartered in the suburb of  at WHA World Headquarters, a development adjacent to International Paper Park, the home of Major League Baseball's Memphis Captains, a team which Armen owns. Several teams bear the brands of teams from a previous incarnation of the that operated from 1972 to 1979.

At the time of founding, it was the third attempt to launch a league with the WHA branding, after the aforementioned league that existed between 1972 and 1979 and.

Early history (2016–2018)
The early framework for a new North American ice hockey league to rival the was revealed in 2016 with the announcement of the then-tentatively-titled North American Hockey Association.

The 2018 incarnation of the WHA was described as the ice hockey equivalent to other breakaway leagues in sports.