The VHL expanded during the 2019 off-season, with 6 new teams joining the league. On 31 May 2019 it was announced that Humo Tashkent, Dynamo Tver, Torpedo-Gorky Nizhny Novgorod and Kazakhstan's Nomad Nur-Sultan would be joining the league. Two months later on 22 July 2019, it was announced that HC Rostov would also be joining the league, along with China's ORG Beijing.
