1st Czech Republic Hockey League
Sport | Ice hockey |
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Founded | 1993 |
No. of teams | 14 |
Country |
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Most recent champion(s) | ČEZ Motor České Budějovice and Piráti Chomutov |
Official website | http://www.hokej.cz/cz/1-liga/ |
The WSM Liga (until 2015 known as the 1st Czech National Hockey League) is the second-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic under the Extraliga. It began in 1993 and is run and administered by Czech Ice Hockey Association.
Format
In the first phase, every team plays each other four times—twice at home and twice away—which makes for a 52-game regular season.
After the 52-game regular season, the first six teams directly qualify for the quarter-finals, while teams which placed 7 to 10 play a round-robin to determine the final two participants in the quarter-finals.
The First League, unlike other leagues around the world, has two winners. The playoffs end with the semi-finals, with the two winning teams being declared co-champions. The two teams then go on to face the bottom two teams from the Extraliga in a round-robin. The two highest-placed teams at the end of the round robin are promoted to the Extraliga for the following season.
The last team at the end of the regular season is directly relegated to the Second League for the following season. They are replaced by winner of a best-of-seven series between the winners of the East and the West division of the Second League.
Three points are awarded for a win in regulation time and two points for an overtime or shootout victory, while the defeated team in overtime or shootout gets one point.
The level of 1.národnà hokejová liga is slightly lower than the Czech Extraliga but there is a lot of players moving between those two leagues every season. Each team in this league is allowed to have five imports. The league has no salary cap, with an average salary of USD 2200 per month, but some of the best players reportedly sign contracts for more than USD 5000 per month, plus most of the teams cover accommodation expenses for their players during the season.
2015-2016 teams
Team | Location | Arena | Founded | Joined | Affiliate Team |
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HC Benátky nad Jizerou | Benátky nad Jizerou | Zimnà stadion Benátky (cap.: 1 700) | 1934 | 2008 | BÃlà TygÅ™i Liberec (ELH), HC Sparta Praha (ELH) |
HC AZ HavÃÅ™ov 2010 | HavÃÅ™ov | K&K PNEU Aréna (cap.: 5 100) | 2010 | 2013 | independent |
ČEZ Motor České Budějovice | České Budějovice | Budvar Aréna (cap.: 6 421) | 2013 | 2013 | independent |
HC Dukla Jihlava | Jihlava | Horácký zimnà stadion (cap.: 7 500) | 1956 | 2005 | independent |
HC Most | Most | Zimnà stadion Most (cap.: 2 464) | 1946 | 2011 | HC Verva LitvÃnov (ELH) |
HC Slavia Praha | Prague | Zimnà stadion Eden (cap.: 4 000) | 1909 | 2015 | independent |
HC Stadion Litoměřice | Litoměřice | Kalich Arena (cap.: 1 750) | 1949 | 2010 | Mountfield HK (ELH) |
HC ZUBR Přerov | Přerov | Zimnà stadion Přerov (cap.: 3 000) | 1928 | 2015 | independent |
Hokej Šumperk 2003 | Šumperk | Zimnà stadion Šumperk (cap. 3 500) | 2003 | 2011 | HC Dynamo Pardubice (ELH) |
HC Slovan Ústà nad Labem | Ústà nad Labem | Zimnà stadion Ústà nad Labem (cap.: 6 500) | 1946 | 2008 | BK Mladá Boleslav (ELH) |
LHK Jestřábi Prostějov | Prostějov | Zimnà hokejový stadion Prostějov (cap.: 5 125) | 1913 | 2014 | independent |
RytÃÅ™i Kladno | Kladno | ÄŒEZ Stadion (cap.: 5 200) | 1924 | 2014 | independent |
SK Horácká Slavia TÅ™ebÃÄ | TÅ™ebÃÄ | Zimnà stadion mÄ›sta TÅ™ebÃÄe (cap.: 5 000) | 1928 | 1997 | HC Kometa Brno (ELH) |
SK Kadaň | Kadaň | Zimnà stadion Kadaň (cap.: 3 000) | 1958 | 1998 | Piráti Chomutov (ELH) |
Champions
- 1993-94 VsetÃnská hokejová and HC Slavia Praha
- 1994-95 HC Kometa Brno and TZ Třinec
- 1995-96 HC Přerov and HC Opava
- 1996-97 HC Karlovy Vary and HC Kralupy nad Vltavou
- 1997-98 HC Znojemštà Orli
- 1998-99 HC Znojemštà Orli
- 1999-2000 HC Dukla Jihlava
- 2000-01 KLH Chomutov
- 2001-02 HC BÃlà TygÅ™i Liberec
- 2002-03 HC Vagnerplast Kladno
- 2003-04 HC Dukla Jihlava
- 2004-05 HC České Budějovice
- 2005-06 HC Slovan Ústà nad Labem
- 2006-07 HC Slovan Ústà nad Labem
- 2007-08 BK Mladá Boleslav
- 2008-09 HC Slovan ÚsteÄtà Lvi
- 2009-10 KLH Chomutov
- 2010-11 HC Slovan ÚsteÄtà Lvi
- 2011-12 Piráti Chomutov
- 2012-13 BK Mladá Boleslav
- 2013–14 BK Mladá Boleslav
- 2014-15 Piráti Chomutov
- 2015-16 HC Dukla Jihlava
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