The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite

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league in

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from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the

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and

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. The

Slovak Extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth st ...

and

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formed from the split.

History

The most successful team in the number of titles was

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with 12 titles.

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won the last season

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, when they defeated HC Vítkovice 4–0 in the final for matches.

Champions

– HC Sparta Praha * 1991–92 –

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

* 1967–68 – HC Dukla Jihlava * 1966–67 –

* 1965–66 – ZKL Brno * 1964–65 – ZKL Brno * 1963–64 – ZKL Brno * 1962–63 – ZKL Brno * 1961–62 – ZKL Brno * 1960–61 – Rudá hvězda Brno * 1959–60 – Rudá hvězda Brno * 1958–59 – Sokol Kladno * 1957–58 – Rudá hvězda Brno * 1956–57 – Rudá hvězda Brno * 1955–56 – Rudá hvězda Brno * 1954–55 –

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* 1953–54 – Spartak Praha Sokolovo * 1952–53 – Spartak Praha Sokolovo * 1951–52 – Baník Vítkovice * 1950–51 –

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* 1949–50 – HC ATK Praha * 1948–49 – LTC Praha * 1947–48 – LTC Praha * 1946–47 – LTC Praha * 1945–46 – LTC Praha * 1937–38 – LTC Praha * 1936–37 – LTC Praha

Notable officials

Paul Loicq Award The Paul Loicq Award is presented annually by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to honour a person who has made "outstanding contributions to the IIHF and international ice hockey". Named after Paul Loicq Paul Loicq (11 August 1 ...

recipient

Juraj Okoličány Juraj Okoličány (28 March 1943 – 10 September 2008) was a Slovak ice hockey referee and ice hockey administrator. He officiated from 1962 to 1986, including games in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, IIHF World U20 Championships, an ...

worked 15 seasons in the league, and made his officiating debut at age 19.

References

External links

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History of Czech and Czechoslovak Hockey
{{Czechoslovak 2nd League seasons 1 Sports leagues established in 1930 1930 establishments in Czechoslovakia 1993 disestablishments in the Czech Republic 1993 disestablishments in Slovakia

History

Champions

Notable officials

See also

References

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