1st Czech Republic Hockey League | |
2019-20 Czech Chance Liga season | |
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Sport | Ice hockey |
Founded | 1993 |
No. of teams | 16 |
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Most recent champion(s) | ČEZ Motor České Budějovice |
Official website | www.hokej.cz |
Related competitions | Czech Extraliga Czech 2.liga |
The Chance Liga is the second-highest level of professional ice hockey in the Czech Republic, after the Extraliga. It began in 1993 and is run and administered by Czech Ice Hockey Association.
Until 2015, the league was known as the 1st Czech National Hockey League. It was then known as the WSM Liga until 2018.
Format[]
In the first phase, every team plays each other four times—twice at home and twice away—which makes for a 52-game regular season.
After the 52-game regular season, the first six teams directly qualify for the quarter-finals, while teams which placed 7 to 10 play a round-robin to determine the final two participants in the quarter-finals.
The First League, unlike other leagues around the world, has two winners. The playoffs end with the semi-finals, with the two winning teams being declared co-champions. The two teams then go on to face the bottom two teams from the Extraliga in a round-robin. The two highest-placed teams at the end of the round robin are promoted to the Extraliga for the following season.
The last placed team at the end of the regular season is directly relegated to the Second League for the following season. They are replaced by the winner of a 3 team round-robin group between the winners of the East, the Central and the West divisions of the Second League.
Three points are awarded for a win in regulation time and two points for an overtime or shootout victory, while the defeated team in overtime or shootout gets one point.
The level of 1.národní hokejová liga is slightly lower than the Czech Extraliga, but there are a lot of players moving between those two leagues every season. Each team in this league is allowed to have five imports. The league has no salary cap, with an average salary of USD 2200 per month, but some of the best players reportedly sign contracts for more than USD 5000 per month, plus most of the teams cover accommodation expenses for their players during the season.
2019–2020 teams[]
Team | Location | Arena | Founded | Joined | Affiliate Team |
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HC Benátky nad Jizerou | Benátky nad Jizerou | Zimní stadion Benátky (cap.: 1 700) | 1934 | 2008 | Bílí Tygři Liberec (ELH), HC Sparta Praha (ELH), BK Mladá Boleslav (ELH) |
HC AZ Havířov 2010 | Havířov | K&K PNEU Aréna (cap.: 5 100) | 2010 | 2013 | independent |
ČEZ Motor České Budějovice | České Budějovice | Budvar Aréna (cap.: 6 421) | 2013 | 2013 | independent |
cs(HC Baník Sokolov) | Sokolov | Zimni stadion Sokolov (cap.: 5 000) | 1945 | 2019 | independent |
VHK Vsetín | Vsetín | Zimní stadion Na Lapači (cap.: 5 400) | 1905 | 2017 | independent |
HC Slavia Praha | Prague | Zimní stadion Eden (cap.: 4 000) | 1909 | 2015 | independent |
HC Stadion Litoměřice | Litoměřice | Kalich Arena (cap.: 1 750) | 1949 | 2010 | Mountfield HK (ELH) |
ZUBR Přerov | Přerov | Zimní stadion Přerov (cap.: 3 000) | 1928 | 2015 | independent |
HC Frýdek-Místek | Frýdek-Místek | Hala Polárka (cap. 2056) | 1976 | 2016 | HC Oceláři Třinec (ELH) |
HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi | Ústí nad Labem | Zimní stadion Ústí nad Labem (cap.: 6 500) | 1946 | 2008 | independent |
LHK Jestřábi Prostějov | Prostějov | Zimní hokejový stadion Prostějov (cap.: 5 125) | 1913 | 2014 | independent |
HC Dukla Jihlava | Jihlava | Horácký zimní stadion (cap.: 7 500) | 1956 | 2018 | independent |
SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč | Třebíč | Zimní stadion města Třebíče (cap.: 5 000) | 1928 | 1997 | HC Kometa Brno (ELH) |
SK Kadaň | Kadaň | Zimní stadion Kadaň (cap.: 3 000) | 1958 | 1998 | independent |
HC RT TORAX Poruba | Ostrava-Poruba | Zimní stadion Ostrava - Poruba (cap.: 5 000) | 1946 | 2018 | independent |
Piráti Chomutov | Chomutov | SD aréna (cap.: 5 250) | 1945 | 2019 | independent |
Champions[]
- 1993–94 Vsetínská hokejová and HC Slavia Praha
- 1994–95 HC Kometa Brno and TZ Třinec
- 1995–96 HC Přerov and HC Opava
- 1996–97 HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary and HC Kralupy nad Vltavou
- 1997–98 HC Znojemští Orli
- 1998–99 HC Znojemští Orli
- 1999–2000 HC Dukla Jihlava
- 2000–01 KLH Chomutov
- 2001–02 HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
- 2002–03 HC Vagnerplast Kladno
- 2003–04 HC Dukla Jihlava
- 2004–05 HC České Budějovice
- 2005–06 HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem
- 2006–07 HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem
- 2007–08 BK Mladá Boleslav
- 2008–09 HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi
- 2009–10 KLH Chomutov
- 2010–11 HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi
- 2011–12 Piráti Chomutov
- 2012–13 BK Mladá Boleslav and HC Olomouc
- 2013–14 BK Mladá Boleslav and HC Olomouc
- 2014–15 Piráti Chomutov and Motor České Budějovice
- 2015–16 HC Dukla Jihlava and HC Slavia Praha
- 2016–17 Motor České Budějovice and HC Dukla Jihlava
- 2017–18 Energie Karlovy Vary and Rytíři Kladno
- 2018–19 Motor České Budějovice and Rytíři Kladno
- 2019-20 Motor České Budějovice
External links[]
1st Czech Republic Hockey League | |
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Current teams | SK Trhači Kadaň - HC Slavia Praha - HC Frýdek-Místek - HC Stadion Litoměřice - HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi - SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč - VHK Vsetín - HC Baník Sokolov - HC Benátky nad Jizerou - HC ZUBR Přerov - Rytíři Kladno - HC Dukla Jihlava - HC AZ Havířov 2010 - LHK Jestřábi Prostějov - HC RT Torax Poruba - Piráti Chomutov |
Seasons | 1993–94 - 1994–95 - 1995–96 - 1996–97 - 1997–98 - 1998–99 - 1999–2000 - 2000–01 - 2001–02 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 |
* Related articles: Czech Extraliga - IIHF - IIHF Continental Cup - IIHF European Champions Cup |
Ice hockey in Czechia | |||||||
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Czech Ice Hockey Association | |||||||
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Active leagues | Extraliga - First League - Second League | ||||||
National cup | Tipsport Hockey Cup | ||||||
Related | Czechoslovakia men's team - Czechoslovakia women's team - Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League | ||||||
* List of teams - List of venues - List of players |
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