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Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1936
Ceased	1993 (reorganized as Czech Extraliga and Slovak Extraliga)
No. of teams	8–24
Country	Czechoslovakia
Last champion(s)	HC Sparta Praha (1992–93)
Most titles	HC Dukla Jihlava (12 titles)

The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split.

History

The most successful team in the number of titles was HC Dukla Jihlava with 12 titles. HC Sparta Praha won the last season 1992–93, when they defeated HC Vítkovice 4–0 in the final for matches.

Champions

• 1936–37 – LTC Praha
• 1937–38 – LTC Praha
• 1945–46 – LTC Praha
• 1946–47 – LTC Praha
• 1947–48 – LTC Praha
• 1948–49 – LTC Praha
• 1949–50 – HC ATK Praha
• 1950–51 – České Budějovice
• 1951–52 – Baník Vítkovice
• 1952–53 – Spartak Praha Sokolovo
• 1953–54 – Spartak Praha Sokolovo
• 1954–55 – Rudá hvězda Brno
• 1955–56 – Rudá hvězda Brno
• 1956–57 – Rudá hvězda Brno
• 1957–58 – Rudá hvězda Brno
• 1958–59 – Sokol Kladno
• 1959–60 – Rudá hvězda Brno
• 1960–61 – Rudá hvězda Brno
• 1961–62 – ZKL Brno
• 1962–63 – ZKL Brno
• 1963–64 – ZKL Brno
• 1964–65 – ZKL Brno
• 1965–66 – ZKL Brno
• 1966–67 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1967–68 – HC Dukla Jihlava

• 1968–69 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1969–70 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1970–71 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1971–72 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1972–73 – Tesla Pardubice
• 1973–74 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1974–75 – Sokol Kladno
• 1975–76 – Sokol Kladno
• 1976–77 – Poldi SONP Kladno
• 1977–78 – Poldi SONP Kladno
• 1978–79 – Slovan Bratislava
• 1979–80 – Poldi SONP Kladno
• 1980–81 – TJ Vítkovice
• 1981–82 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1982–83 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1983–84 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1984–85 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1985–86 – TJ VSŽ Košice
• 1986–87 – Tesla Pardubice
• 1987–88 – TJ VSŽ Košice
• 1988–89 – Tesla Pardubice
• 1989–90 – HC Sparta Praha
• 1990–91 – HC Dukla Jihlava
• 1991–92 – Dukla Trenčín
• 1992–93 – HC Sparta Praha

Notable officials

Paul Loicq Award recipient Juraj Okoličány worked 15 seasons in the league, and made his officiating debut at age 19.

See also

• Czech Extraliga
• Slovak Extraliga

References

1. Šimůnková, Karolína (2015). "Analysis of Ice Hockey League in the Czech Republic" (PDF). otik.zcu.cz. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
2. "History of HC Sparta Praha". historie.hcsparta.cz (in Czech).
3. Holko, Ján (2013). Príbeh hokejového rodu Okoličány (PDF) (in Slovak). Slovak Olympic Museum. p. 33. ISBN 978-80-970816-4-5.

External links

• (in Czech) History of Czech and Czechoslovak Hockey

• Ice hockey leagues in Czechoslovakia
• Sports leagues established in 1930
• 1930 establishments in Czechoslovakia
• 1993 disestablishments in the Czech Republic
• 1993 disestablishments in Slovakia