HC Dukla Jihlava, founded in 1956, is an
ice hockey
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team in the
Czech Republic
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. It won the
Czechoslovak Extraliga
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 ...
title 12 times: six consecutive championships beginning in 1967, then in 1974, four consecutive championships beginning in 1982, and again in 1991. As of 2019, HC Dukla Jihlava plays in the
Czech 1. liga after being relegated from the
Czech Extraliga
The Czech Extraliga () is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia midway through the 1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season (which all Slovak and ...
in 2017–18.
Some of its prominent players have included
Jaroslav Holík,
Jiří Holík
Jiří Holík (born 9 July 1944) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player and coach. Holík played for Dukla Jihlava in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and was a member of the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team. Holík was a mem ...
,
Jan Klapáč,
Jan Suchý,
Ladislav Šmíd senior,
Miloš Podhorský,
Jan Hrbatý,
Josef Augusta,
Milan Chalupa,
Jaroslav Benák,
Petr Vlk,
Libor Dolana,
Igor Liba,
Oldřich Válek,
Dominik Hašek
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,
Jiří Crha and
Bedřich Ščerban
Bedřich Ščerban (born 31 May 1964) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He competed at three Winter Olympics.
Career
Ščerban began his career with HC Dukla Jihlava of the Czech Extraliga in 1986. In 1991, he moved to Fi ...
.
Honours
Domestic
Czech 1. Liga
* Winners (4):
1999–2000,
2003–04,
2015–16,
2021–22,
024–25
* Runners-up (3):
2001–02,
2002–03,
2016–17
* 3rd place (4):
2000–01,
2010–11
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,
2013–14,
2018–19
Czechoslovak Extraliga
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 ...
* Winners (12):
1966–67,
1967–68,
1968–69,
1969–70,
1970–71,
1971–72,
1973–74,
1981–82,
1982–83,
1983–84,
1984–85,
1990–91
* Runners-up (7):
1965–66,
1972–73,
1976–77,
1978–79,
1979–80,
1985–86,
1986–87
* 3rd place (5):
1961–62,
1963–64,
1974–75,
1975–76,
1987–88
International
IIHF European Cup
The IIHF European Cup, also known as the Europa Cup, was a European ice hockey club competition for champions of national leagues which was contested between 1965 and 1997, governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
History
The ...
* Runners-up (5):
1967–68,
1970–71,
1974–75,
1982–83,
1983–84
* 3rd place (1):
1984–85
Spengler Cup
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* Winners (5): 1965, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1982
* Runners-up (5): 1970, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1984
External links
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Ice hockey teams in the Czech Republic
Ice hockey teams in Czechoslovakia
Military sports clubs and teams
Sport in Jihlava
Ice hockey clubs established in 1956
1956 establishments in Czechoslovakia