Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League

{{short description|Sports league}}

{{Infobox Sports league

| title = Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League

| logo =

| country = {{CSK}}

| sport = Ice hockey

| founded = 1936

| teams = 8–24

| champion = HC Sparta Praha
(1992–93)

| most_champs = HC Dukla Jihlava (12 titles)

| folded = 1993 (reorganized as
Czech Extraliga and
Slovak 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.{{cite web|url=https://otik.zcu.cz/bitstream/11025/22850/1/BP%20Simunkova.pdf |title=Analysis of Ice Hockey League in the Czech Republic |last=Šimůnková |first=Karolína |date=2015 |website=otik.zcu.cz |format=PDF |access-date=2019-05-16}} The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split.

History

The most successful team in the number of titles was HC Dukla Jihlava with 12 titles. HC Sparta Praha won the last season 1992–93, when they defeated HC Vítkovice 4–0 in the final for matches.{{Cite web|url=http://historie.hcsparta.cz/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512024712/http://historie.hcsparta.cz/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 12, 2017|title=History of HC Sparta Praha|language=Czech|work=historie.hcsparta.cz}}

Champions

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Notable officials

Paul Loicq Award recipient Juraj Okoličány worked 15 seasons in the league, and made his officiating debut at age 19.{{cite book|last=Holko|first=Ján|title=Príbeh hokejového rodu Okoličány|publisher=Slovak Olympic Museum|date=2013|language=Slovak|url=http://www.muzeum.olympic.sk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okolicany_WEB.pdf|isbn=978-80-970816-4-5|page=33}}

See also

References

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