1st league (Czech Republic)

1. národní hokejová league

Current season	2018/19
sport	ice Hockey
Association	Český svaz ledního hokeje
League foundation	1993/94
Teams	14/16
Country countries	Czech Republic
Title holder	HC Energie Karlovy Vary
Record champions	HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi , Piráti Chomutov (4 × each)
Website	www.hokej.cz
↑ Extraliga ↓ 2nd division

The Chance liga ( officially 1. česká hokejová liga) is the second highest division in Czech ice hockey . The league, which was formed in 1993 when the Czech Republic separated from Slovakia, is run by the Czech Ice Hockey Federation . The winner of the play-offs of the 1st division is entitled to participate in the extraliga delegation.

history

The league was founded in 1993 after Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia . Above the 1st division, the Extraliga, the highest Czech division, was created, while the third division, the 2nd division, was set up in two regional groups as the substructure of the 1st division.

Game scene 2006/07: HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi - HC Sareza Ostrava

In the first years of its existence, the league consisted of 14 teams that played 38 games in the regular season and played two teams in the playoffs that were allowed to participate in the relegation for the extra league. Before the start of the playoffs, a qualifying round was inserted, in which the teams in positions five to twelve played off the quarter-final opponents for the four first-placed teams. The last two teams, however, played a relegation for promotion or relegation against the champions of the third division. As early as 1994, the number of games was increased to 40 and the relegation mode changed: the four best teams in the 2nd division took part in a relegation round with the two last places in the 1st division, as the extra division was increased by two teams. A year later, only two places in the first division were played in the relegation.

From the 1996/97 season, the number of games during the regular season was increased to 52 (26 home and away games per team). In return, the playoffs were abolished, and the two best-placed teams qualified directly for the Extraliga relegation. From 1997 only one team qualified for relegation, as the Extraliga teams strived for greater continuity in their league membership. Before the 1999/2000 season, the mode was changed again, they returned to 40 season games and the playoff mode, but only the eight best teams from the preliminary round were allowed to participate. The remaining six teams played in another double round (5 home and 5 away games each) from the two participants in the 1st league relegation. As of 2001, only the last four teams participated in this playdown series, and three years later the playdowns were again abolished. the number of preliminary round matches was increased to 52 again.

In the 2006/07 season no relegation was carried out in the 1st division, as the league should be increased to 16 teams. From 2007/08 they played in two regional groups, first a double round with all participants and then another double round in the regional groups, so that a total of 44 season games were completed. This was followed by pre-playoffs, in which the teams in positions three to six had to qualify for the quarter-finals. In the playdowns of the teams placed last, the two direct relegated teams were played off in the second division.

Participants 2017/18

club	Stadion	capacity
HC Benátky nad Jizerou	Zimní stadium Benátky nad Jizerou	1,500
HC České Budějovice	Budvar Aréna	6,421
HC Frýdek-Místek	Hala Polarka	2,060
AZ Havířov	K&K PNEU Aréna	5,100
SK Kadaň	Města Kadaň stadium	3,000
HC Energie Karlovy Vary	KV Arena	6,000
Rytíři Kladno	ČEZ Kladno Stadium	5,200
HC Litoměřice Stadium	Kalich aréna	1,750
HC Slavia Prague	Eden Stadium	5,138
HC Přerov	Zimní stadium Přerov	3,000
LHK Jestřábi Prostějov	Zimní Stadium Prostějov	5,500
SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč	Zimní stadion města Třebíče	5,000
HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem	Zlatopramen Arena	6,500
VHK Vsetín	Zimní stadium Na Lapači	5,400

Moved up and down

The following table shows the promoted and relegated teams in and out of the extra league as well as the promoted and relegated teams in the second division. Teams that were promoted to the extra league in relegation are marked in bold .

season	Master climber in the extra league		comment	Relegated from the extra league	Promoted from the 2nd division	Relegated to the 2nd division
1993/94	HC Zbrojovka Vsetín	HC Slavia Prague	Both teams make it into the extra league in the relegation round.	HC Hradec Králové and HC Jindřichův Hradec	IHC Písek	HC Přerov
1994/95	HC Kometa Brno	TZ Třinec	Both teams will be included in the extra league as part of a league expansion.	no	HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary , HC Přerov and HC Liberec	VTJ Tábor
1995/96	HC Přerov	HC Slezan Opava	The team from Opava managed in relegation promotion to the extra league, while HC Přerov failed to rise.	HC Kometa Brno	SK Karviná	HC Hradec Králové
1996/97	HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary	HC Kralupy nad Vltavou	Both teams failed in relegation due to athletic promotion. Later the HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary acquired the Extraliga license of HC Olomouc and still rose.	HC Olomouc	HC Znojemští Orli and SK Slavia Třebíč	HC Banik Sokolov and SK Karviná
1997/98	HC Znojemští Orli		The team from Znojmo failed in the relegation at HC Slezan Opava	no	SK Kadaň	HC Přerov
1998/99	HC Znojemští Orli		The team from Znojmo managed to rise in the relegation against HC Dukla Jihlava .	HC Dukla Jihlava	HC Šumperk	HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod
1999/2000	HC Dukla Jihlava		Dukla Jihlava failed in the relegation at HC Vítkovice .	no	HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem	HC Jindřichův Hradec
2000/01	KLH Chomutov		KLH Chomutov lost the series against the last of the Extraliga, HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary , 2: 4.	no	no	no
2001/02	Bílí Tygři Liberec		The White Tigers from Liberec won the relegation against HC Rabat Kladno 4: 1 and were promoted to the extra league.	HC Rabat Kladno	BK Mladá Boleslav and HC Hradec Králové	HC Kometa Brno
2002/03	HC Vagnerplast Kladno		A year after relegation, the team from Kladno managed to rise again (4-2 against HC Havířov ).	HC Havířov	HC Olomouc	HC Hvězda Brno
2003/04	HC Dukla Jihlava		Dukla Jihlava rose to the Extraliga with a 4-0 sweep against HC České Budějovice .	HC České Budějovice	HC Sareza Ostrava	HC Prostějov
2004/05	HC České Budějovice		One year after relegation, the Budweiser achieved the promotion 4-1 against HC Dukla Jihlava.	HC Dukla Jihlava	HC Jindřichův Hradec and HK Jestřábi Prostějov	HC Slezan Opava and IHC Písek
2005/06	HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem		The HC Slovan failed in the relegation with 2: 4 to Vsetínská hokejová .	none	HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod	HC Jindřichův Hradec
2006/07	HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem		Since Vsetínská hokejová were excluded from the extra league, the HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem rose to the extra league without relegation games.	none	Hokej Šumperk 2003 , HC Most and HC Vrchlabí	none (increase)
2007/08	BK Mladá Boleslav		BK Mladá Boleslav made it 4-1 against HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi for the first time as promotion to the extra league.	HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi	HC Chrudim and HC Benátky nad Jizerou	Hokej Šumperk 2003 , HK Jestřábi Prostějov
2008/09	HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi HC Kometa Brno (acquisition of the license from HC Znojemští Orli )		HC Slovan failed in the relegation at last year's promoted team, BK Mladá Boleslav.	HC Znojemští Orli sale of the license	HC Tábor and Hokej Šumperk 2003	HC Most and HC VOKD Poruba
2009/10	KLH Chomutov		KLH Chomutov 1: 4 in the league relegation against BK Mladá Boleslav	none	HC Stadium Litoměřice , IHC KOMTERM Písek	HC Havířov Panthers , Salith Šumperk
2010/11	HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi		1: 4 in the league relegation against BK Mladá Boleslav	none	HC Most , Salith Šumperk	HC Chrudim HC Vrchlabí (sale of the license) Orli Znojmo (retreat)
2011/12	Piráti Chomutov		4: 3 in the league relegation against BK Mladá Boleslav	BK Mladá Boleslav	none	none
2012/13	BK Mladá Boleslav		BK Mladá Boleslav , HC Olomouc fail in the league relegation. The HC VCES Hradec Kralove acquires the Extraliga license of HC Ceske Budejovice and rises in the Extraliga	HC České Budějovice	HC AZ Havířov 2010	IHC KOMTERM Písek
2013/14	BK Mladá Boleslav		BK Mladá Boleslav (1st place in the relegation) and HC Olomouc (2nd place) are promoted to the Extraliga	Piráti Chomutov Rytíři Kladno	LHK Jestřábi Prostějov	Medvědi Beroun in 1933
2014/15	Piráti Chomutov		The Piráti Chomutov rise to the extra league	HC Slavia Prague	HC Zubr Přerov	HC Havlíčkův Brod
2015/16	HC Dukla Jihlava		Dukla Jihlava and HC Slavia Prague fail in the league relegation	none	HC Frýdek-Místek	Salith Šumperk
2016/17	ČEZ Motor České Budějovice		The HC Dukla Jihlava took second place in the relegation and rose	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	VHK Vsetín	HC must
2017/18	HC Energie Karlovy Vary		Karlovy Vary takes second place in the relegation and moves up	HC Dukla Jihlava	HC RT Torax Poruba	none
2018/19	ČEZ Motor České Budějovice		The Rytíři Kladno occupy second place in the relegation and rise	Piráti Chomutov	HC Baník Sokolov	none
2019/20

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Vsetínská hokejová team was withdrawn from the game
2. ↑ Championnat de République Tchèque 2007/08 at hockeyarchives.info (French)
3. ↑ Ice hockey: Kometa Brno buys license for Extraliga from Znojmo. In: radio.cz. April 2, 2009, accessed December 6, 2018 . 

Web links

• Czech ice hockey portal
• HokejPortal.cz