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KB Extraliga 2008
The 2008 KB Extraliga Competition was a Czech domestic rugby club competition, operated by the Česká Rugbyová Unie (ČSRU). It began on August 16, 2008 with a match between Tatra Smíchov and Petrovice at the Stadion ragby Císařka in Prague, and ended with the final on November of that year with Tatra Smíchov beating Říčany 17-9 played on Synot Tip Arena in Prague. Praga and Přelouč were added, increasing the number of teams to 10 from the 8 of the previous season. Unlike most other years, the league was played over the course of only one year. Table Schedule and results From the official ČSRU site. Within each weekend, matches are to be listed in the following order: # By date. # If matches are held on the same day, by kickoff time. # Otherwise, in alphabetic order of home club. Rounds 1 to 5 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KB Extraliga
The Extraliga rugby XV is a Rugby union, rugby club competition played in the Czech Republic and is the top level of rugby in the country. There is a promotion-relegation process between the Extraliga ragby and the 1. Liga ragby XV. The league used to be known as KB Extraliga due to sponsorship by Komerční banka (KB) which lasted until the 2014/15 season. The season usually runs from September to May, although in the 2008 season, it was only from August through November 2008. Since 2008 the final has been played at the Synot Tip Arena in Prague. RC Říčany, RC Mountfield Říčany are the current champions. History The league was first played in 1993, with RC Vyškov, Vyškov as the first champions. Prior to the foundation of the league, clubs competed in the Czechoslovak Championship. It became known under the KB Extraliga name in 2003, when KB started sponsoring the Czech Rugby Union, as well as the national teams and leagues. For the 2016/17 season the name changed to Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Tatra Smíchov
RC Tatra Smíchov is a Czech rugby club in Smíchov, Prague. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. The club was founded in 1958. Honours * Czechoslovak Cup ** 1980, 1981, 1983 * Czech Cup ** 1995, 1997 * Extraliga ragby XV The Extraliga rugby XV is a rugby club competition played in the Czech Republic and is the top level of rugby in the country. There is a promotion-relegation process between the Extraliga ragby and the 1. Liga ragby XV. The league used to be know ... ** 1995, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2018 Historical names * 1958 - 1993 TJ Tatra Smíchov ČKD (Tělovýchovná jednota Tatra Smíchov Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk) * 1994 - RC Tatra Smíchov External links *RC Tatra Smíchov {{DEFAULTSORT:Tatra Smichov, RC Rugby union teams in the Czech Republic Sport in Prague Rugby clubs established in 1958 1958 establishments in Czechoslovakia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Vyškov
RC Vyškov (known as JIMI RC Vyškov for sponsorship reasons) is a Czech rugby club in Vyškov. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. History The club was founded in 1952. They undertook their first overseas tour to France in 1967. The club won their first championship in 1974, beating Říčany Říčany (; ) is a town in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 17,000 inhabitants. According to the national Quality of Life Index, which has been comparing the standard of living in the citie ... 15-0 in the final. This turned out to be the start of a phenomenally successful era for the club, which saw them winning the next seven championship titles. The success of the senior team pretty much filtered through to the youth teams as well in those years. In 1995 the club experienced tragedy when they lost one of their own. Jan Navrátil, former international prop and their coach at the time, rescued two men rendered unconsci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Sparta Prague
RC Sparta Prague is a Czech rugby club based in Prague. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV and are the second oldest club in the Czech Republic after Slavia Prague. The club forms part of the Sparta Prague sports network. History Early years The club was officially founded on 28 August 1928, with the first coach being Frenchman Andrée Cannellas. Their first match was on 28 April 1929 against VŠ sport Brno. Later on in 1929 they took on fellow Prague side Slavia Prague, the latter prevailing 23–3. They did however manage to beat Slavia 8-0 not too long afterwards. In 1931 Sparta won their first of five Czechoslovak championship titles and supplied a number of players to the national team that took on Germany in Leipzig. The club prospered for a while, with many new members joining. But disaster struck in 1934 when the grandstand caught fire, destroying all the club's equipment. 1944 to the present Rugby activity in the then Czechoslovakia was only resumed in 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Havířov
RC Havířov is a Czech rugby club based in Havířov Havířov () is a city in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 69,000 inhabitants, making it the second largest city in the region. Havířov was founded in 1955 and is the youngest Czech city. It is .... They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV. History The club was founded in 1966 by Eduard Vaníček and Karel Gaman, two ex-Lokomotiva Ostrava (now Sokol Mariánské Hory) players. Initially the club had only a youth team, but a senior side was added in 1972. The club changed its name to the present one in 1998. The club was relegated from Extraliga ragby XV in 2007. They later returned to the Extraliga, finishing in second place in 2012. Honours * První Liga winner ** 2001, 2003, 2010, 2017 * Czech Cup winner ** 2005, 2007, 2008 * Czech Sevens Championship winner ** 2004, 2006 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Havirov, RC Sport in Havířov Rugby union teams in the Czec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RK Petrovice
RK Petrovice is a Czech rugby club in Petrovice, Prague. They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV in the Czech Republic. History The club was founded in 1944. After having played in Troja, Stodůlky, Lhotka and Nebušice Nebušice is a district of Prague 6 Prague 6, officially known as the Municipal District of Prague 6 (''Městská část Praha 6''), is the largest Districts of Prague, district in Prague. Located in the northwest, it covers 41.54 km2 and h ..., they started playing in Petrovice in 1980, which came about after club member Otto Kodera discovered a disused football field. Historical names * Radostně vpřed a HC Blesk (1944) * I. ČLTK (1945–49) * Sokol Praha 1 (1950) * TJ Motorlet Praha (1950–91) * RK Petrovice (1992-) External links RK Petrovice80 years of Czech Rugby {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrovice, RK Rugby union teams in the Czech Republic Sport in Prague Rugby clubs established in 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Dragon Brno
RC Dragon Brno is a Czech Republic, Czech Rugby union, rugby club in Brno. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. They have also been involved in the Central & Eastern European Rugby Cup since its inception in 2008. History The club started out as Sokol Brno I, with the name changing to Sokol Zbrojovka Brno in 1951. Following the nationwide restructuring of Physical Education and Sport in 1953, which affected rugby among others, the Sokol Zbrojovka Brno club split in two, Spartak Zbrojovka Brno and Slavia VŠ Brno (now RC Bystrc). Honours * Rugby Championship of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Championships ** 1950, 1965 * Czech Cup ** 2000 * Extraliga ragby XV ** 2000 Historical names * 1946 - 1950 Sokol Brno I * 1951 - 1952 Sokol Zbrojovka Brno * 1953 Spartak Zbrojovka Brno * 1954 - 1968 Spartak ZJŠ Brno * 1969 - 1990 TJ Zbrojovka Brno * 1991 - &nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Slavia Prague
RC Slavia Prague is a Czech rugby club based in Prague. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV and are the oldest existing club in the Czech Republic. The club forms part of the Slavia Prague sports network. History The club was founded on 13 April 1927. On 7 May of that year, the first rugby match in Prague took place at Slavia, with Slavia Bratislava squaring off against Slavia Brno. Slavia were the first winners of the Czechoslovak Championships, back in 1929. It turned out to be the start of a very successful period for them, winning five out of the first six championships. The club has supplied a number of internationals over the years, among others Jan Macháček, one of arguably the two most well-known Czech rugby players (the other being Martin Jágr). Historical names * 1927 - SK Slavia Praha (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) * 1951 – Dynamo Praha * 1964 – TJ Slavia Praha IPS (Tělovýchovná jednota Slavia Praha Inženýrské průmyslové stavby) * 1988 – S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Přelouč
RC Přelouč is a Czech rugby club based in Přelouč. They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV. History The club was founded on 16 June 1974 by Leopold Blachut, Jiří Mít and Jiří Franta out of the former Dukla Přelouč military team. They played their first match on 14 September 1974 against Slavia Prague B in Prague, eventually losing 35-41 after trailing 9-11 at half-time. In 1987 the club undertook its first overseas tour, to France. They qualified for the first ever KB extraliga back in 1993, after beating Bystrc, (then known as Lokomotiva-Ingstav Brno), and Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ... in qualifying matches. In 1998 the club withdrew from the 1998/99 season after three rounds due to lack of players and financial difficulties. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate Humid continental climate, continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, all of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. Nearly a hundred years later, the Protestantism, Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |