Czechoslovak Women's Handball Championship

The Czechoslovak women's handball championship was the premier championship for women's handball teams in Czechoslovakia. It was created in 1950.

In its early stages the championship was dominated by Czech teams, mostly Sparta Prague in the 1950s and Bohemians Prague in the 1960s. The tables were turned after Odeva Hlohovec became the first Slovak champion in 1969, with Slovak teams winning all remaining seasons except for two titles for TJ Gottwaldov in the 1970s and another one for Slavia Prague in 1991.

The championship was highly disputed from then on, and no team managed to win three titles in a row after Bohemians. Odeva and Plastika Nitra, which were the leading teams in the early 1970s with three and two championships respectively, were followed by Inter Bratislava with three titles in the second half of the 1970s, Štart Bratislava which also won three until 1983, Iskra Partizánske and ZVL Prešov with four each in the 1980s, and lastly Slovan Dusľo Šaľa, which emerged in the early 1990s.^[1]

The championship was discontinued in 1993 after the Czechoslovak communist system collapsed and the country was dissolved, with the Czech Republic and Slovakia creating their own championships. In 2002 the WHIL, a supranational championship with the top Czech and Slovak teams, was created.

Champions

1950000 Sparta Prague 1951000 not disputed 1952000 not disputed 1953000 Sparta Prague 1954000 Sparta Prague 1955000 Sparta Prague 1956000 Lokomotiva Bratislava 1957–58 Sparta Prague 1958–59 Sparta Prague 1959–60 Slavia Prague 1960–61 Sparta Prague 1961–62 Sparta Prague 1962–63 Bohemians Prague 1963–64 Bohemians Prague 1964–65 Bohemians Prague

1965–66 Bohemians Prague 1966–67 Zora Olomouc 1967–68 Bohemians Prague 1968–69 Odeva Hlohovec 1969–70 Odeva Hlohovec 1970–71 Plastika Nitra 1971–72 Plastika Nitra 1972–73 Odeva Hlohovec 1973–74 TJ Gottwaldov 1974–75 Inter Bratislava 1975–76 Štart Bratislava 1976–77 TJ Gottwaldov 1977–78 Inter Bratislava 1978–79 Inter Bratislava 1979–80 Iskra Partizánske

1980–81 Iskra Partizánske 1981–82 Štart Bratislava 1982–83 Štart Bratislava 1983–84 ZVL Prešov 1984–85 Iskra Partizánske 1985–86 ZVL Prešov 1986–87 ZVL Prešov 1987–88 Iskra Partizánske 1988–89 ZVL Prešov 1989–90 Slovan Dusľo Šaľa 1990–91 Slavia Prague 1991–92 Slovan Dusľo Šaľa 1992–93 Slovan Dusľo Šaľa

References

1. List of champions in the Czech Handball Association's website