Extraliga (Czech Republic)

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Tipsport Extraliga ledního hokeje

Current season 2018/19
sport ice Hockey
Association Český svaz ledního hokeje
League foundation 1993/94
Teams 14th
Country countries Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Title holder HC Kometa Brno (1)
Record champions VHK Vsetín (6)
Website www.hokej.cz

The Extraliga ( officially Tipsport Extraliga ledního hokeje) is the top division in Czech ice hockey . The league is one of the ten best ice hockey leagues in the world.

history

Logo of the O 2 Extraliga

The Extraliga was introduced after the break-up of Czechoslovakia for the 1993/94 season. The league was operated from 2000 to 2012 by the Association of Professional Clubs ( Czech Asociace profesionálních klubů ledního hokeje, APK LH).

Since its inception, the league has mostly carried the title of sponsor in its name, so it was called Staropramen Extraliga from 1997 to 2000 , Český Telecom Extraliga from 2000 to 2003 , Tipsport Extraliga from 2003 to 2006 and O 2 Extraliga between 2006 and 2010 . In 2010 Tipsport took over the name sponsorship of the league again.

Participants and championships

Extraliga game in the O2 Arena

Initially only twelve teams took part, since 1995 there have been fourteen. In the founding season, HC Olomouc surprisingly won , it was the club's first and to date only championship title. From 1994 the HC Vsetín dominated the league. From 1995 to 1999 he won all five championships. In 2000 Vsetín was second behind Sparta Prague , in 2001 Vsetín secured his sixth and, for the time being, last championship title. In the following years the fight for the championship became much more evenly balanced, one after the other Sparta Prague (2002), Slavia Prague (2003), HC Hamé Zlín (2004), HC Moeller Pardubice (2005) and again Sparta Prague (2006 and 2007) the title of Czech ice hockey champion. Sparta's local rivals HC Slavia Prague secured the title in 2008 with a 4: 3 victory in the final series against HC Energie Karlovy Vary , while a year later the team from Karlovy Vary triumphed 4: 2 over Slavia and became Czech champions for the first time.

In the course of the 2012/13 season , the Extraliga agreed on a sponsorship contract with the Radegast brewery, which from 2013 received exclusive serving permits in all stadiums of the league. This contract collided with the current contract between the city of Budweis and the Budweiser Budvar Brewery regarding the naming and serving rights of the Budvar Aréna , which provided for high penalties for serving a different beer brand than Budweiser in the arena. After no agreement could be reached between the conflicting parties, the Extraliga license (including the current sponsorship, player and employee contracts) of HC České Budějovice was sold to a newly founded operating company, Mountfield HK as , from Hradec Králové . HC České Budějovice then took over the starting position of HC Hradec Králové in the first division , while the latter has been participating in the extra division as Mountfield HK since 2013 .

The presidential cup for the winner of the main round
The T.-G.-Masaryk-Pokal for the winner of the play-offs

After an unsuccessful season as bottom of the table after the main round , HC Slavia Prague had to accept relegation to the second division after 21 years in the top division in spring 2015 . Under the leadership of former NHL players Jaromír Jágr and Tomáš Plekanec , the Rytíři Kladno managed to return to the extra league in 2019 after five years in the second division. After only one year in the extra league, Kladno rose again to the second division.

Promotion and relegation regulations

The Czech extra league is also at war with antitrust law. At least since a change of mode was decided in 2006. The promotion / relegation games were abolished in this format after nine years. The league should be closed, whereby the champion of the second highest league would be allowed for a fee of 900,000 euros. The Czech Competition Commission condemned the mode as a cartel and awarded the future champions of the second highest division the right to promotion without such a payment. Because the promotion / relegation games were missing in the Extraliga mode, the future champions of the second-highest division, Ústí nad Labem, had to be included as the 15th team. Resistance to this newcomer was low after the judge's decision, instead the financially troubled club Vsetín, which was 29 points behind the table, was excluded. Because some license conditions were met too late, Vsetín was kicked out of the extra league by vote. The club was then not included in the game plan of the highest or the second highest league. Vsetín went before an association court, the decision of which, however, gave the league association right. Therefore, the HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi was accepted into the extra league without relegation and admission fee.

During the 2011/12 season there were renewed attempts by the APK to turn the extra league into a closed league without promotion and relegation due to the difficult economic situation of the clubs. A salary cap should also be introduced. In December 2011 the APK terminated the contract for the implementation of the Extraliga with the Czech association in order to achieve a better starting position in the negotiations for a new contract and the desired closure of the league. Therefore, the contract between the association and APK expired in May 2012, so that since then the Czech association has operated and regulated the Extraliga alone. As a result, a new relegation round was introduced from the 2012/13 season, which includes the two losers of the Extraliga playouts and the two playoff finalists of the 1st division. This means that from 2013 there will be a maximum of two promoted and relegated teams between the first and second division. For the 2019/20 season, the play-outs and the league delegation were abolished, instead the last of the Extraliga main round will be relegated directly and the play-off winner of the 1st division directly promoted.

mode

14 professional teams play for the Czech championship. In 52 games, all teams play against each other four times, each team has 26 home and 26 away games throughout the season. The teams in places 1 to 8 qualified directly for the play-offs by 2006, which were played in the best-of-seven mode. The bottom of the table in the main round played until 2006 in the relegation in best-of-seven mode against the top of the table in the first division to remain in the extra league .

In 2006 the three-point system was introduced in the Extraliga, i.e. H. the winner after regular playing time receives three points, the loser no points. In the event of a tie, both parties receive one point each, an additional point is awarded in overtime or in the penalty shootout . Between 2006 and 2008, the player statistics of the Extraliga only included one submission provider, not two preparers, as is customary internationally, in order to emphasize the value of the goal and the decisive pass in the statistics.

Since the 2006/07 season, the teams in places 1st to 6th have qualified directly for the play-offs, the teams in places 7th to 10th play the other two places in pre-play-offs (best of-three). In the 2006/07 season, no relegation round was planned in the game mode, instead new teams should be promoted by buying licenses. This regulation was overturned by a sports court, so that from 2007 play-outs of the teams in places 11th to 14th with subsequent league relegation (14th place against champions of the 1st division) were introduced.

From the 2012/13 season, an extended relegation round was introduced, which includes the two losers in the Extraliga playouts and the two playoff finalists of the 1st division. Since 2013, there have been a maximum of two promoted and relegated teams between the first and second division.

The winner of the play-offs has received the Pohár TG Masaryka (T.-G.-Masaryk-Pokal) as the Czech champions since the 2013/14 season .

Participants 2019/20

club Location Stadion capacity
HC Sparta Prague Prague O2 arena 000000000017360.000000000017,360
HC Dynamo Pardubice Pardubice Tipsport arena 000000000010194.000000000010.194
HC Vítkovice Ridera Ostrava Ostravar Arena 000000000010109.000000000010,109
HC Škoda Plzeň Pilsen Logspeed CZ Aréna 000000000008236.00000000008,236
Mountfield HK Hradec Králové Fortuna arena 000000000006890.00000000006,890
HC Kometa Brno Brno DRFG Arena 000000000007700.00000000007,700
Bílí Tygři Liberec Liberec Home Credit Arena 000000000007500.00000000007,500
HC Oceláři Třinec Třinec Arena plant 000000000007500.00000000007,500
PSG Berani Zlín Zlín Zimní stadium Ludka Cajky 000000000007000.00000000007,000
HC Verva Litvínov Litvínov Zimní stadium Ivana Hlinky 000000000006011.00000000006.011
HC Energie Karlovy Vary Carlsbad KV Arena 000000000006000.00000000006,000
HC Olomouc Olomouc Zimní stadium Olomouc 000000000005500.00000000005,500
BK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav ŠKO-Energo Aréna 000000000004200.00000000004,200
Rytíři Kladno Kladno ČEZ Kladno Stadium 000000000008600.00000000008,600

Clubs and their affiliation to the extra league

A total of 24 teams have participated in the Extraliga so far (as of 2019). For a better understanding, the frequently changing sponsor names have been omitted from the club names. Litvínov, Pardubice, Plzeň, Sparta Prague, Vítkovice and Zlín have been constantly represented in the Extraliga since the 1993/94 premiere season.

League table

Chronologically

year master Runner-up 3rd place
1994 HC Olomouc HC Pardubice Poldi SONP Kladno
1995 HC Dadák Vsetín AC ZPS Zlín HC České Budějovice
1996 HC Petra Vsetín HC Chemopetrol Litvínov HC Sparta Prague
1997 HC Petra Vsetín HC Vítkovice Steel HC Sparta Prague
1998 HC Slovnaft Vsetín HC Železárny Třinec HC Vítkovice Steel
1999 HC Slovnaft Vsetín HC ZPS Barum Zlín HC Železárny Třinec
2000 HC Sparta Prague HC Slovnaft Vsetín HC Keramika Plzeň
2001 VHK Vsetín HC Sparta Prague HC Vítkovice Steel
2002 HC Sparta Prague HC Vítkovice Steel HC Hamé Zlín
2003 HC Slavia Prague HC Pardubice HC Sparta Prague
2004 HC Hamé Zlín HC Slavia Prague HC Sparta Prague
2005 HC Moeller Pardubice HC Hamé Zlín Bílí Tygři Liberec
2006 HC Sparta Prague HC Slavia Prague HC Znojmo
2007 HC Sparta Prague HC Moeller Pardubice Bílí Tygři Liberec
2008 HC Slavia Prague HC Energie Karlovy Vary HC Mountfield České Budějovice
2009 HC Energie Karlovy Vary HC Slavia Prague HC Sparta Prague
2010 HC Eaton Pardubice HC Vítkovice Steel HC Slavia Prague
2011 HC Oceláři Třinec HC Vítkovice Steel HC Eaton Pardubice
2012 HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice HC Kometa Brno HC Škoda Plzeň
2013 HC Škoda Plzeň PSG Zlín HC Slavia Prague
2014 PSG Zlín HC Kometa Brno HC Sparta Prague
2015 HC Verva Litvínov HC Oceláři Třinec HC Kometa Brno
2016 Bílí Tygři Liberec HC Sparta Prague HC Škoda Plzeň
2017 HC Kometa Brno Bílí Tygři Liberec Mountfield HK
2018 HC Kometa Brno HC Oceláři Třinec HC Škoda Plzeň
2019 HC Oceláři Třinec Bílí Tygři Liberec HC Škoda Plzeň
2020

total

club master Runner-up 3rd place Championship years
VHK Vsetín 6th 1 0 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
HC Sparta Prague 4th 2 6th 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007
HC Pardubice 3 3 1 2005, 2010, 2012
HC Slavia Prague 2 3 2 2003, 2008
HC Zlín 2 4th 1 2004, 2014
HC Kometa Brno 2 2 1 2017, 2018
HC Oceláři Třinec 2 2 1 2011, 2019
HC Energie Karlovy Vary 1 1 0 2009
HC Verva Litvínov 1 1 0 2015
Bílí Tygři Liberec 1 2 2 2016
HC Olomouc 1 0 0 1994
HC Škoda Plzeň 1 0 5 2013
HC Vítkovice Steel 0 4th 2 -
HC Kladno 0 0 1 -
HC České Budějovice 0 0 1 -
HC Znojmo 0 0 1 -
Mountfield HK 0 0 1

Eternal table of the extra league

Status after the 2018/19 season ; As of 2008 Legend to the season statistics: GP or SP = total games; W or S = victories; L or N = defeats; T or U = tie; OTS = wins after extra time ( overtime ); OTN or OL = overtime defeats; SOS = shootout wins; SOL or SON = Shootout Losses; P = points; Pct% = wins in%; GF or T = goals; GA or GT = goals conceded

team Participate Sp S. OTS SOS U SON OTN N T GT Points
1. HC Sparta Praha logo.svg HC Sparta Prague 26th 1324 637 55 41 87 43 53 408 4289 3381 2106
2. Logo PSG Zlin.svg HC Zlín 26th 1324 569 48 58 91 36 55 467 3834 3647 1949
3. HC Plzenlogo.gif HC Škoda Plzeň 26th 1324 560 48 47 110 41 47 471 3869 3630 1908
4th HC Vítkovice Steel 26th 1324 545 47 44 111 33 47 497 3778 3571 1869
5. Logo HC Pardubice.svg HC Pardubice 26th 1324 559 31 26th 84 44 62 518 3861 3718 1844
6th HC Oceláři Třinec 24 1236 544 50 36 64 57 35 450 3804 3509 1841
7th HC Litvinov logo.gif HC Verva Litvínov 26th 1324 492 45 58 101 33 47 548 3662 3821 1724
8th. Hc Slavia Prague logo.gifHC Slavia Prague 21st 1072 439 50 36 89 31 28 399 3112 2934 1527
9. Bílí Tygři Liberec 17th 884 387 53 38 20th 39 46 301 2502 2287 1448
10. HC Karlovy Vary logo.svg HC Energie Karlovy Vary 21st 1092 337 39 34 64 50 53 515 2732 3240 1287
11. HC Mountfield Logo.svg HC České Budějovice 19th 960 391 29 26th 98 22nd 31 363 2732 2590 1283
12. HC Kladno 20th 1012 329 38 27 89 28 31 470 2683 3148 1139
13. Logo vsetin.gif VHK Vsetín 13 656 286 19th 2 84 1 11 253 1868 1726 823
14th HC Kometa Brno logo.svg HC Kometa Brno 11 560 219 23 29 5 33 23 228 1505 1557 814
15th HC Znojemští Orli 10 520 200 29 11 43 11 23 203 1376 1410 744
16. Logo BK Mlada Boleslav.svg BK Mladá Boleslav 9 468 159 14th 27 - 29 24 215 1195 1321 590
17th HK Hradec Králové 7th 356 158 21st 14th 11 21st 16 115 989 893 579
18th HC Olomouc logo.gif HC Olomouc 9 440 158 18th 16 36 17th 19th 176 1102 1192 545
19th Piráti Chomutov 6th 312 82 20th 17th - 20th 20th 153 745 996 360
20th Hc dukla jihlava.gif HC Dukla Jihlava 8th 388 99 6th 2 54 2 10 215 924 1299 294
21st HC Havířov 4th 208 51 8th - 18th - 7th 124 513 781 180
22nd HC Opava logo.gif HC Slezan Opava 3 156 32 - - 23 - - 101 323 572 87
23. HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem 1 52 6th 3 4th - 2 6th 31 107 196 40
24. KLH Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec 1 44 9 1 - 6th - 1 27 107 193 26th

spectator

The average attendance in the 2004/05 season was 4,999 spectators per game in the preliminary round and 7,743 in the play-offs.

season total Number of games average
1993/94 1,226,223 301 4073
1994/95 1,123,598 304 3696
1995/96 1,338,434 328 4081
1996/97 1,700,008 364 4670
1997/98 1,820,782 364 5002
1998/99 1,767,502 364 4856
1999/00 1,732,164 364 4759
2000/01 1,594,059 364 4379
2001/02 1,449,142 364 3981
2002/03 1,592,872 362 4400
2003/04 1,532,020 364 4209
2004/05 1,819,605 364 4999
2005/06 1,576,933 364 4332
2006/07 1,599,483 364 4394
2007/08 1,741,484 364 4784
2008/09 1,784,338 364 4902
2009/10 1,907,449 364 5240
2010/11 1,796,672 364 4936
2011/12 1,756,101 364 4824
2012/13 1,881,508 364 5169
2013/14 1,801,071 364 4948
2014/15 1,861,115 364 5113
2015/16 1,967,712 364 5406
2016/17 1,884,960 364 5178
2017/18 1,985,460 364 5455
2018/19 1,965,881 364 5401
  1. ↑ a b c values ​​including the play-offs.

Record player

Status: August 2019; Active players of the 2019/20 season in bold

player Current club Lots Gates Assists Points Number of clubs
Pavel Patera Career ended 872 272 493 765 3
Richard Král Career ended 801 315 485 800 5
Viktor Huebl HC Verva Litvínov 1163 361 443 804 3
Petr Leška Career ended 1156 281 628 909 3
Viktor Ujčík Career ended 884 381 365 746 6th
Jiří Dopita Career ended 774 292 395 687 5
Jan Peterek Career ended 966 237 420 657 3
Jiří Burger Career ended 1129 334 467 801 3
Radek Bělohlav Career ended 911 233 280 513 4th
Petr tone Career ended 912 384 383 767 3
Tomáš Vlasák Career ended 826 303 405 708 3
Martin Procházka Career ended 620 266 248 514 3
Josef Beránek Career ended 627 190 322 512 2
Ondřej Kratěna Career ended 1163 340 440 780 4th
David Výborný Career ended 702 214 422 636 2
Jaroslav Balaštík Career ended 870 325 253 578 3
David Hruška HC Baník Sokolov (2nd division) 912 316 229 545 7th
Petr Kadlec Career ended 1250 104 488 592 2
Martin Hamrlík Career ended 903 139 363 502 1

Individual evidence

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