During the season, an agreement was reached whereby four of the WHA's teams, the Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Winnipeg Jets and New England Whalers would be admitted to the National Hockey League (NHL) as expansion teams for the 1979–80 NHL season, and the WHA would cease operations.
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1 1979 Edmonton Oilers LogoEdmonton 4830298
2 1979 Quebec Nordiques LogoQuebec 4134587
3 1979 Winnipeg Jets LogoWinnipeg   3935684
4 1979 New England Whalers LogoNew England 3734983
5 1979 Cincinnati Stingers LogoCincinnati 3341672
1979 Birmingham Bulls LogoBirmingham 3242670
1979 Indianapolis Racers LogoIndianapolis  518212
1979 Soviet All-Stars LogoSoviet 4119
1979 Czechoslovakia All-Stars LogoCzechoslovakia 1413
1979 Finland All-Stars LogoFinland 0100