In 2020-21 Czech Chance Liga season there are 18 teams playing this league. There should have been 51 games for each team in the regular season and then play-offs for the best 12 teams.
For this season, Rytíři Kladno were relegated from Tipsport Extraliga and SC Kolín , HC Stadion Vrchlabí and Draci Šumperk advanced from 2. Liga . Before the season, Piráti Chomutov were excluded due to financial problems. This season is unrelegatious due to COVID-19 pandemic .
On October 8, 2020, the government made some anti-pandemic restrictions including no cultural and sports events between October 12 - 25. This caused that rounds 11 - 15 had to be postponed. Later, this restriction was extended to November 1. Round 16 had to be postponed as well. On October 30, 2020, this restriction was once again extended until the November 20. This caused that the rounds 17 - 20 also had to be postponed. On November 13, the Czech Hockey decided to shorten the regular season to 34 games and the game schedule also had to be changed. On November 18, the Czech Hockey made new game schedule. On November 20, the Ministry of Health gave the Chance Liga an exception, so the Chance Liga could restart on November 21.
Participants
Team
In Chance Liga since
Previous standing
Arena and capacity
Head coach
Captain
Rytíři Kladno (KLA)
2020
Relegation from Tipsport Extraliga
ČEZ STADION KLADNO (5,200)
David Čermák
Tomáš Plekanec
HC Zubr Přerov (PRE)
2015
2nd
MEO Aréna Přerov (3,000)
Vladimír Kočara
Tomáš Doležal
VHK ROBE Vsetín (VSE)
2017
3rd
Zimní stadion Na Lapači (5,386)
Roman Stantien
Tomáš Kudělka
AZ Havířov (HAV)
2013
5th
Gascontrol Aréna (5,100)
Jiří Režnar
Jan Maruna
HC Stadion Litoměřice (LIT)
2010
6th
Kalich Arena (1,750)
David Bruk
Jan Výtisk
HC Slavia Praha (PRA)
2015
7th
Zimní stadion Eden (5,138)
Jiří Veber
Jan Novák
HC Poruba (POR)
2018
8th
RT TORAX ARENA (5,000)
František Výborný
Jakub Teper
HC Dukla Jihlava (JIH)
2018
9th
CZ LOKO ARÉNA (6,500)
Viktor Ujčík
Josef Skořepa
SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč (TRE)
1997
10th
Zimní stadion města Třebíče - KHNP ARENA (5,000)
Jaroslav Barvíř
Lukáš Nedvídek
HC Frýdek-Místek (FRM)
2016
11th
Hala Polárka (2,056)
Mojmír Trličík
Milan Mikulík
LHK Jestřábi Prostějov (PRO)
2014
12th
Zimní stadion Prostějov (5,125)
Jiří Šejba
Tomáš Kaut
HC Benátky nad Jizerou (BNJ)
2008
13th
Zimní stadion Benátky nad Jizerou (1,700)
Valdemar Jiruš
Petr Kolmann
HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem (UNL)
2008
14th
Zimní stadion Ústí nad Labem (6,500)
Miroslav Mach
Michal Trávníček
SK Kadaň (KAD)
1998
15th
Zimní stadion Kadaň (3,000)
Petr Rosol
Jakub Trefný
HC Baník Sokolov (SOK)
2019
16th
Zimní stadion v Sokolově (3,400)
Tomáš Hamara
Tomáš Rohan
HC Stadion Vrchlabí (VRC)
2020
Promotion from 2. Liga
DD Elektromont aréna (1,976)
Václav Baďouček
Tomáš Jirků
SC Kolín (KOL)
2020
Promotion from 2. Liga
Zimní stadion Kolín (4,500)
Petr Martínek
David Šafránek
Draci Šumperk (SUM)
2020
Promotion from 2. Liga
ŠKODA aréna (3,500)
Martin Sobotka
Petr Gewiese
League Format
In the regular season, every team should have played each other three times which should have made for 51 games. On November 13, the Czech Hockey decided to shorten the regular season to 34 games (teams play each other twice).
Teams on the 1st - 4th place after the regular season proceed straight to the quarterfinals. Teams on the 5th - 12th place go to the 1st round of the play-off (best-of-five; 5th vs. 12th, 6th vs. 11th and so on). Winners of the 1st rounds proceed into the quarterfinals (best-of-seven; 1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th and so on). Winners of the quarterfinals go to the semifinals (best-of-seven; 1st vs. 4th, 2nd vs. 3rd). Winners of the semifinals proceed into the finals (best-of-seven). Winner of the finals proceeds into the Tipsport Extraliga for the next season.
For season 2020-21, Chance Liga is unrelegatious due to COVID-19 pandemic just as the Tipsport Extraliga, so teams on 13th-18th place after the regular season end their season. No team is relegated into Chance Liga from Tipsport Extraliga for the next season. Into Chance Liga should have proceed the best team of the 2. Liga after the Group of Winners of the 2. Liga but due to the anti-pandemic restrictions, 2. Liga have not been finished and no team proceeded into the Chance Liga for the 2021-22 season.
In the regular season, three points are awarded for a win in regular time, and two points for an overtime victory, while the defeated team in overtime gets one point. If it is necessary, penalty shots are used to decide games after five-minute overtime 3 vs. 3. Twenty-minute overime 5 vs. 5 and, if necessary, penalty shots are used in the first 3 matches of the 1st rounds of the play-off and first 4 matches of the quaterfinals, semifinals and final. Continued overtime 5 vs. 5 is used in 4th and 5th matches of 1st rounds of the play-off and 5th, 6th and 7th matches of the quaterfinals, semifinals and final.
Teams have to play at least 50% of their games in the regular season to proceed into play-offs and at least 50% of all their games to advance into Tipsport Extraliga. If a team is placed into quarantine in the regular season, their games must be played within 40 days from the original date. If some match will not be played within 40 days from its original date, the match will be considered unplayed. If some team will not play all its matches, their average point gain will be counted into the final standings. If some team will not be able to play a play-off match, this match will be contumed in favor of the opponent without any reimbursement. If the play-offs will have to end prematurely, in the Tipsport Extraliga will advance the best team from the regular season which have not been knocked out from the play-offs yet.
Regular Season
Round 1
Date
Match
Score
September 12, 2020
KLA - KOL
7:1
September 12, 2020
VSE - SUM
6:0
September 12, 2020
HAV - SOK
1:2
September 12, 2020
POR - BNJ
3:1
September 12, 2020
JIH - PRO
3:2
September 14, 2020
PRA - UNL
1:3
October 5, 2020
PRE - VRC
0:5 WO
January 25, 2021
LIT - KAD
7:1
February 3, 2021
TRE - FRM
1:3
Round 2
Date
Match
Score
September 16, 2020
PRO - TRE
6:3
September 16, 2020
BNJ - JIH
4:1
September 16, 2020
UNL - POR
3:4 SO
September 16, 2020
SOK - LIT
12:5
September 16, 2020
SUM - HAV
2:3 OT
October 7, 2020
KLA - PRE
3:2
January 11, 2021
VRC - VSE
2:3
January 18, 2021
KOL - FRM
3:1
February 20, 2021
KAD - PRA
1:2
Round 3
Date
Match
Score
September 19, 2020
PRE - KOL
4:5 OT
September 19, 2020
VSE - KLA
4:3 OT
September 19, 2020
LIT - SUM
5:3
September 19, 2020
PRA - SOK
3:2 OT
September 19, 2020
POR - KAD
11:1
September 19, 2020
JIH - UNL
5:1
November 25, 2020
TRE - BNJ
3:6
December 3, 2020
HAV - VRC
3:1
December 3, 2020
FRM - PRO
2:3 OT
Round 4
Date
Match
Score
September 23, 2020
KOL - PRO
2:3 OT
September 23, 2020
BNJ - FRM
5:2
September 23, 2020
KAD - JIH
2:5
September 23, 2020
SOK - POR
2:3
September 23, 2020
SUM - PRA
0:4
September 23, 2020
KLA - HAV
5:1
September 23, 2020
PRE - VSE
3:1
December 1, 2020
UNL - TRE
0:4
December 12, 2020
VRC - LIT
5:2
Round 5
Date
Match
Score
September 26, 2020
LIT - KLA
3:2 OT
September 26, 2020
PRA - VRC
4:3 SO
September 26, 2020
POR - SUM
4:1
September 26, 2020
JIH - SOK
2:3 OT
September 26, 2020
FRM - UNL
6:0
September 26, 2020
PRO - BNJ
6:5 OT
December 9, 2020
TRE - KAD
6:4
December 16, 2020
HAV - PRE
4:2
January 20, 2021
VSE - KOL
2:1
Round 6
Date
Match
Score
September 16, 2020
KLA - PRA
2:4
September 28, 2020
UNL - PRO
4:1
September 28, 2020
KAD - FRM
2:3
September 28, 2020
SUM - JIH
2:3
September 28, 2020
VRC - POR
3:2
September 28, 2020
VSE - HAV
4:2
October 7, 2020
BNJ - KOL
5:4
November 21, 2020
SOK - TRE
1:3
December 3, 2020
PRE - LIT
5:3
Round 7
Date
Match
Score
September 29, 2020
SOK - FRM
1:5
September 30, 2020
LIT - VSE
3:4
September 30, 2020
PRA - PRE
3:2
September 30, 2020
POR - KLA
4:3 SO
September 30, 2020
JIH - VRC
5:3
September 30, 2020
PRO - KAD
8:1
September 30, 2020
BNJ - UNL
3:2 OT
December 1, 2020
HAV - KOL
3:2
February 20, 2021
TRE - SUM
5:1
Round 8
Date
Match
Score
October 3, 2020
KAD - BNJ
4:3 SO
October 3, 2020
SOK - PRO
5:2
October 3, 2020
SUM - FRM
5:0
October 3, 2020
PRE - POR
3:0
November 28, 2020
HAV - LIT
6:3
December 12, 2020
KOL - UNL
4:2
December 16, 2020
KLA - JIH
7:5
January 4, 2021
VRC - TRE
4:2
January 27, 2021
VSE - PRA
3:2
Round 9
Date
Match
Score
October 6, 2020
FRM - VRC
3:5
October 7, 2020
PRO - SUM
3:4
November 25, 2020
POR - VSE
2:1
December 12, 2020
TRE - KLA
3:2
January 4, 2021
UNL - KAD
8:3
January 11, 2021
LIT - KOL
5:1
January 25, 2021
PRA - HAV
4:2
January 27, 2021
JIH - PRE
2:4
February 3, 2021
BNJ - SOK
6:4
Round 10
Date
Match
Score
October 10, 2020
KOL - KAD
2:3
October 10, 2020
SUM - BNJ
2:3
October 10, 2020
VRC - PRO
2:5
October 10, 2020
KLA - FRM
3:5
December 3, 2020
SOK - UNL
3:1
December 9, 2020
VSE - JIH
1:7
December 19, 2020
PRE - TRE
4:0
February 20, 2021
HAV - POR
2:1 OT
February 24, 2021
LIT - PRA
7:4
Round 11
Date
Match
Score
November 21, 2020
BNJ - VRC
2:1
November 21, 2020
FRM - PRE
2:3
November 21, 2020
JIH - HAV
2:1 OT
November 28, 2020
TRE - VSE
3:0
November 29, 2020
POR - LIT
2:5
December 1, 2020
PRO - KLA
4:5 OT
December 16, 2020
PRA - KOL
3:5
January 11, 2020
KAD - SOK
4:6
January 11, 2020
UNL - SUM
4:1
Round 12
Date
Match
Score
November 25, 2020
LIT - JIH
0:4
November 25, 2020
VRC - UNL
6:0
December 1, 2020
VSE - FRM
5:2
December 16, 2020
SUM - KAD
3:7
January 11, 2021
HAV - TRE
1:2
January 11, 2021
PRE - PRO
4:2
January 11, 2021
KLA - BNJ
2:1
January 12, 2021
PRA - POR
0:4
February 1, 2021
KOL - SOK
4:5
Round 13
Date
Match
Score
November 25, 2020
FRM - HAV
6:4
November 28, 2020
POR - KOL
4:3
December 1, 2020
BNJ - PRE
1:4
December 1, 2020
JIH - PRA
3:4 OT
December 1, 2020
SOK - SUM
8:1
December 1, 2020
KAD - VRC
1:5
December 16, 2020
TRE - LIT
3:4 OT
December 16, 2020
PRO - VSE
1:2 OT
February 7, 2021
UNL - KLA
2:1
Round 14
Date
Match
Score
September 19, 2020
HAV - PRO
4:1
November 28, 2020
PRE - UNL
4:0
December 3, 2020
POR - JIH
2:3 OT
December 3, 2020
VSE - BNJ
4:1
December 3, 2020
PRA - TRE
7:1
December 3, 2020
KOL - SUM
7:4
December 3, 2020
KLA - KAD
7:4
January 27, 2021
LIT - FRM
4:1
January 27, 2021
VRC - SOK
5:2
Round 15
Date
Match
Score
December 5, 2020
UNL - VSE
3:2 OT
December 5, 2020
FRM - PRA
4:2
December 5, 2020
SOK - KLA
3:4 SO
December 5, 2020
KAD - PRE
3:2 SO
December 5, 2020
BNJ - HAV
1:0
December 5, 2020
PRO - LIT
4:3
December 5, 2020
TRE - POR
4:1
December 5, 2020
JIH - KOL
6:0
December 5, 2020
SUM - VRC
1:6
Round 16
Date
Match
Score
September 26, 2020
VSE - KAD
4:2
December 9, 2020
LIT - BNJ
3:1
December 9, 2020
HAV - UNL
1:2
December 9, 2020
KOL - VRC
3:2
December 9, 2020
PRA - PRO
2:3
December 9, 2020
PRE - SOK
4:0
December 9, 2020
KLA - SUM
4:2
January 4, 2021
POR - FRM
5:0
February 24, 2021
JIH - TRE
4:3 SO
Round 17
Date
Match
Score
September 23, 2020
UNL - LIT
5:4 OT
December 12, 2020
SOK - VSE
4:3 OT
December 12, 2020
KAD - HAV
2:9
December 12, 2020
FRM - JIH
0:1
December 12, 2020
BNJ - PRA
3:4
December 12, 2020
SUM - PRE
2:3 SO
December 30, 2020
PRO - POR
1:3
January 25, 2021
TRE - KOL
5:0
February 3, 2021
VRC - KLA
4:2
Round 18
Date
Match
Score
January 6, 2021
BNJ - POR
1:4
January 6, 2021
FRM - TRE
2:3
January 6, 2021
PRO - JIH
3:5
January 6, 2021
UNL - PRA
3:2 OT
January 6, 2021
KAD - LIT
1:4
January 6, 2021
SOK - HAV
4:3
January 6, 2021
SUM - VSE
6:2
January 6, 2021
VRC - PRE
5:2
January 6, 2021
KOL - KLA
1:2
Round 19
Date
Match
Score
January 9, 2021
PRA - KAD
7:1
January 9, 2021
POR - UNL
4:3
January 9, 2021
PRE - KLA
4:3 SO
January 9, 2021
VSE - VRC
2:4
January 9, 2021
HAV - SUM
2:3 OT
January 9, 2021
FRM - KOL
6:3
January 9, 2021
JIH - BNJ
3:4 SO
January 9, 2021
TRE - PRO
0:2
January 18, 2021
LIT - SOK
4:3
Round 20
Date
Match
Score
January 13, 2021
BNJ - TRE
3:4 OT
January 13, 2021
PRO - FRM
5:4
January 13, 2021
UNL - JIH
2:3 SO
January 13, 2021
KAD - POR
1:7
January 13, 2021
SOK - PRA
7:0
January 13, 2021
SUM - LIT
2:3 SO
January 13, 2021
VRC - HAV
5:3
January 13, 2021
KLA - VSE
5:3
January 13, 2021
KOL - PRE
3:2
Round 21
Date
Match
Score
January 16, 2021
PRA - SUM
9:5
January 16, 2021
POR - SOK
4:5 OT
January 16, 2021
VSE - PRE
2:3
January 16, 2021
HAV - KLA
1:0
January 16, 2021
LIT - VRC
3:4 SO
January 16, 2021
FRM - BNJ
5:0
January 16, 2021
PRO - KOL
11:3
January 16, 2021
JIH - KAD
6:3
January 16, 2021
TRE - UNL
2:1
Round 22
Date
Match
Score
September 16, 2020
KOL - VSE
3:0
January 20, 2021
BNJ - PRO
3:2
January 20, 2021
UNL - FRM
4:2
January 20, 2021
KAD - TRE
1:3
January 20, 2021
SOK - JIH
2:6
January 20, 2021
SUM - POR
1:3
January 20, 2021
VRC - PRA
2:1 OT
January 20, 2021
KLA - LIT
3:2
January 20, 2021
PRE - HAV
3:2 SO
Round 23
Date
Match
Score
January 23, 2021
PRA - KLA
0:3
January 23, 2021
POR - VRC
2:5
January 23, 2021
HAV - VSE
2:3 OT
January 23, 2021
LIT - PRE
4:5 OT
January 23, 2021
FRM - KAD
2:5
January 23, 2021
PRO - UNL
2:1
January 23, 2021
KOL - BNJ
5:4
January 23, 2021
JIH - SUM
5:0
January 23, 2021
TRE - SOK
5:0 WO
Round 24
Date
Match
Score
October 10, 2020
PRE - PRA
4:2
November 21, 2020
VSE - LIT
5:4
November 28, 2020
VRC - JIH
4:2
January 27, 2021
UNL - BNJ
5:4 OT
January 27, 2021
KAD - PRO
2:9
January 27, 2021
SUM - TRE
2:8
January 27, 2021
KLA - POR
3:2
January 28, 2021
KOL - HAV
3:2
February 25, 2021
FRM - SOK
Round 25
Date
Match
Score
January 29, 2021
LIT - HAV
5:2
January 30, 2021
PRA - VSE
3:1
January 30, 2021
POR - PRE
5:3
January 30, 2021
UNL - KOL
3:4 SO
January 30, 2021
PRO - SOK
5:3
January 30, 2021
BNJ - KAD
4:1
January 30, 2021
FRM - SUM
6:3
January 30, 2021
JIH - KLA
4:3 SO
January 30, 2021
TRE - VRC
5:2
Round 26
Date
Match
Score
September 28, 2020
SOK - BNJ
5:1
January 25, 2021
VRC - FRM
9:0
February 1, 2021
KLA - TRE
3:2 SO
February 3, 2021
VSE - POR
4:1
February 3, 2021
HAV - PRA
5:1
February 3, 2021
KAD - UNL
1:5
February 3, 2021
SUM - PRO
3:6
February 3, 2021
PRE - JIH
4:3 SO
February 3, 2021
KOL - LIT
2:4
Round 27
Date
Match
Score
February 6, 2021
PRA - LIT
2:4
February 6, 2021
POR - HAV
6:5
February 6, 2021
UNL - SOK
6:4
February 6, 2021
KLA - FRM
5:1
February 6, 2021
BNJ - SUM
1:3
February 6, 2021
KAD - KOL
3:5
February 6, 2021
PRO - VRC
4:1
February 6, 2021
JIH - VSE
1:2
February 6, 2021
TRE - PRE
4:5 SO
Round 28
Date
Match
Score
February 17, 2021
VSE - TRE
3:0
February 17, 2021
HAV - JIH
3:2
February 17, 2021
LIT - POR
3:0
February 17, 2021
SOK - KAD
10:0
February 17, 2021
SUM - UNL
6:2
February 17, 2021
VRC - BNJ
2:1
February 17, 2021
KLA - PRO
4:2
February 17, 2021
PRE - FRM
3:0
February 17, 2021
KOL - PRA
2:5
Round 29
Date
Match
Score
October 7, 2020
POR - PRA
0:1
December 14, 2020
TRE - HAV
3:1
February 1, 2021
KAD - SUM
4:3
February 20, 2021
UNL - VRC
3:0
February 20, 2021
FRM - VSE
3:2
February 20, 2021
PRO - PRE
3:5
February 20, 2021
BNJ - KLA
3:6
February 20, 2021
SOK - KOL
4:1
February 20, 2021
JIH - LIT
6:0
Round 30
Date
Match
Score
September 13, 2020
LIT - TRE
4:3 OT
February 1, 2021
PRA - JIH
3:4 OT
February 24, 2021
VSE - PRO
5:1
February 24, 2021
HAV - FRM
1:4
February 24, 2021
SUM - SOK
0:5
February 24, 2021
VRC - KAD
7:4
February 24, 2021
KLA - UNL
9:2
February 24, 2021
PRE - BNJ
2:0
February 24, 2021
KOL - POR
5:4 SO
Round 31
Date
Match
Score
February 27, 2021
UNL - PRE
February 27, 2021
FRM - LIT
February 27, 2021
PRO - HAV
February 27, 2021
KAD - KLA
February 27, 2021
SOK - VRC
February 27, 2021
BNJ - VSE
February 27, 2021
JIH - POR
February 27, 2021
TRE - PRA
February 27, 2021
SUM - KOL
Round 32
Date
Match
Score
February 7, 2021
PRA - FRM
3:4 OT
March 3, 2021
VSE - UNL
March 3, 2021
HAV - BNJ
March 3, 2021
LIT - PRO
March 3, 2021
POR - TRE
March 3, 2021
VRC - SUM
March 3, 2021
KLA - SOK
March 3, 2021
PRE - KAD
March 3, 2021
KOL - JIH
Round 33
Date
Match
Score
March 6, 2021
UNL - HAV
March 6, 2021
FRM - POR
March 6, 2021
PRO - PRA
March 6, 2021
BNJ - LIT
March 6, 2021
KAD - VSE
March 6, 2021
SOK - PRE
March 6, 2021
TRE - JIH
March 6, 2021
VRC - KOL
March 6, 2021
SUM - KLA
Round 34
Date
Match
Score
February 15, 2021
PRE - SUM
5:4 OT
March 8, 2021
VSE - SOK
March 8, 2021
HAV - KAD
March 8, 2021
LIT - UNL
March 8, 2021
POR - PRO
March 8, 2021
JIH - FRM
March 8, 2021
KLA - VRC
March 8, 2021
PRA - BNJ
March 8, 2021
KOL - TRE
Round 35 - 51
canceled
Standings After The Regular Season
Position
Team
GP
W
WOT
LOT
L
GF:GA
PTS
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#13
#14
#15
#16
#17
#18