Women's Extraliga
Extraliga žen

Formerly	1. liga ženského hokeje, 1989–2017
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1984 (1984)
Owner(s)	Czech Ice Hockey Association
President	Tereza Sadilová[1]
No. of teams	6
Country	Czech Republic
Most recent champion(s)	HC Příbram (2022–23)
Most titles	HC Slavia Praha
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	1. liga žen
International cup(s)	European Women's Champions Cup

The Czech Women's Ice Hockey Extraliga (Czech: Česká extraliga ženského ledního hokeje) or Women's Extraliga (Extraliga žen) is the premier league for women's ice hockey in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1985, it was known as the 1. liga ženského hokeje from 1989 until 2017, at which time the league came under the oversight of the Czech Ice Hockey Association and the current name was adopted. The victorious team of the Women's Extraliga is named Champion of the Czech Republic (Czech: Mistr České republiky, MČR).

History

The Czech Women's Extraliga traces its origins to the Turnaj v Klatovech (lit. 'Tournament in Klatovy'), in which teams from across Czechoslovakia gathered in Klatovy to play a traditional tournament. First contested in 1985, the inaugural champion of the Turnaj v Klatovech was TJ Kovo Praha from Prague. TJ Sparta ČKD Praha, the representative women's team of HC Sparta Praha, won the tournament in 1986.

In 1986–87, a season format was adopted with games played on weekends. The top-ranked team from the regular season was named league champion. In 1987 and 1988, the league champions were awarded the Pohár ÚV SSM (Czech: Pohár Ústředního výboru Socialistického svazu mládeže, lit. 'Cup of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth Union'). TJ Lokomotiva Beroun from Beroun won the Pohár ÚV SSM in both the 1986–87 and 1987–88 seasons.

During the 1988–89 season, teams competed for the Pohár ČSSS (Pohár Československé státní statky, 'Cup of the Czechoslovak State Estates'). TJ Škoda Plzeň won the Pohár ČSSS in 1989.

Ahead of the 1989–90 season, the league was named the 1. liga ženského hokeje (lit. 'First Women's Hockey League'), shortened to 1. liga žen or 1. liga. TJ Lokomotiva Beroun were the first champions of the 1. liga in 1990.

A second division was established in 1992 and a system of promotion and relegation was implemented whereby the top ranked team from the second division was promoted and the bottom ranked team from the top division was relegated at the end of each season.

Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the 1. liga became the highest level of women's ice hockey in the Czech Republic.

The two-division system was reconfigured in 1996, moving from skill-based divisions to geographic conferences. The two conferences, called Čechy (lit. 'Bohemia') and Morava (lit. 'Moravia'), used the traditional boundaries between the Czech lands of the same names to organize teams. Each conference played a closed series and the top teams from each would then move on to the finals.

During the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, the number of teams in the Čechy conference led it to be further subdivided into skupina A (sk. A; 'Group A') and skupina B (sk. B; 'Group B'). Skupina A was for the most skilled teams and engaged in a system of promotion and relegation with skupina B. The Morava conference did not experience the boom in teams seen in the west and no subdivisions were implemented.^[2][3]

A new division system was implemented in 2012 that introduced a national elite level, called the 1. liga - TOP divize. The TOP divize represented a new division above the previous conferences and divisions, which were renamed and continued as the lower levels of the 1. liga. The previous skupina A and skupina B of the Čechy conference were designated skupina A1 and skupina A2, respectively, and the Morava conference was designated skupina B. Together the new 1. liga - sk. A1 and 1. liga - sk. B comprised the skill tier below the 1. liga - TOP divize, while 1. liga - sk. A2 represented the lowest tier of skill. Promotion and relegation between the TOP divize and skupina A1/B was possible via a best of three series played by the lowest ranked TOP divize team and the winner of the qualification series between the top teams from skupina A1 and skupina B. Likewise, promotion and relegation between skupina A1 and skupina A2 was also possible.^[4]

The 1. liga was organized and operated by the Association of Women's Hockey League Clubs (Asociace Ligových Klubů Ženského Hokej, ALKŽH) during the 2010s until the league came under the oversight of the Czech Ice Hockey Association in 2017. At that time, the 1. liga was divided into three separate leagues: the elite Women's Extraliga, the second-tier 1. liga žen, and the third-tier 2. liga žen.

Teams

2023–24 season

Kladno

Příbram

Beroun

Valašské Meziříčí

Karviná

Kadaň

Location of teams in the Czech Women's Extraliga.

Team	Location	Home venue
HC 2001 Kladno	Kladno	ČEZ Stadion
HC Baník Příbram	Příbram	Zimní stadion Příbram
HC Berounské Lvice	Beroun	Zimní stadion Beroun
HC Bobři Valašské Meziříčí	Valašské Meziříčí	Zimní stadion Valašské Meziříčí
HC Falcons Sokol Karviná	Karviná	Zimní stadion Karviná
SK Kadaň	Kadaň	Zimní stadion Kadaň

Team name history

• HC 2001 Kladno

• 1986–1991: TJ Poldi SONP Kladno (Tělovýchovná jednota Poldi Spojené ocelárny, národní podnik Kladno)
• 1991–1998: HC Kladno 1988
• 1998–2001: HC Velvana Rebels Kladno
• since 2001: HC 2001 Kladno

• HC Berounské Lvice

• 1985–1992: TJ Lokomotiva Beroun
• 1992–1993: HC Amazonky Lokomotiva Beroun
• 1993–1996: HC H+S Beroun
• since 1996: HC Berounské Lvice

Champions

Champions by season

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third Place
Turnaj v Klatovech
1985	TJ Kovo Praha
1986	TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
Pohár ÚV SSM
1986–87	TJ Lokomotiva Beroun	TJ Škoda Plzeň	TJ Poldi SONP Kladno
1987–88	TJ Lokomotiva Beroun		TJ Poldi SONP Kladno
Pohár ČSSS
1988–89	TJ Škoda Plzeň	TJ Locomotive Beroun	TJ Poldi SONP Kladno
1. liga žen
1989–90	TJ Lokomotiva Beroun	TJ Poldi SONP Kladno	TJ Škoda Plzeň
1990–91	TJ Lokomotiva Beroun	TJ Škoda Plzeň	TJ BKV Havlíčkův Brod
1991–92	TJ Lokomotiva Beroun	TJ BKV Havlíčkův Brod	TJ Škoda Plzeň
1992–93	TJ Lokomotiva VČS Beroun	TJ BKV Havlíčkův Brod	TJ Škoda Plzeň
1993–94	HC Škoda Plzeň	Pardubice	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov
1994–95	HC Interconex Plzeň	Pardubice	HC Litvínov
1995–96	HC Litvínov	TJ Lokomotiva Beroun	Pardubice
1996–97	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	Hokej Brno	HC Kladno 1988
1997–98	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	TJ Škoda Plzeň	HC Slezan Opava
1998–99	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	TJ Lokomotiva Beroun	HC Velvana Rebels Kladno
1999-2000	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	Pardubice	HC Slezan Opava
2000–01	HC Slezan Opava	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	HC Berounské Lvice
2001–02	HC Slezan Opava	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	HC Berounské Lvice
2002–03	HC Slezan Opava	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	HC 2001 Kladno
2003–04	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	HC Slezan Opava	HC Berounské Lvice
2004–05	HC Slezan Opava	HC Berounské Lvice	SK Karviná
2005–06	HC Slezan Opava	HC Slavia Praha	HLC Bulldogs Brno
2006–07	HC Slavia Praha	HC 2001 Kladno	HF Slezan Opava
2007–08	HC Slavia Praha	HC 2001 Kladno	HLC Bulldogs Brno
2008–09	HC Slavia Praha	HC 2001 Kladno
2009–10	HC Slavia Praha	HC 2001 Kladno	SK Karviná
2010–11	HC Slavia Praha	SK Karviná
2011–12	HC Slavia Praha	SK Karviná	HC 2001 Kladno
2012–13	SK Karviná	HC Slavia Praha	HC 2001 Kladno
2013–14	SK Karviná	HC Slavia Praha	HC 2001 Kladno
2014–15	HC Slavia Praha	SK Karviná	HC Verva Litvínov
2015–16	HC Slavia Praha	SK Karviná	HC Verva Litvínov
2016–17	HC Slavia Praha	SK Karviná	HC Verva Litvínov
Extraliga žen
2017–18	HC Slavia Praha	HC Býci Karviná	HC 2001 Kladno
2018–19	HC Příbram	HC Býci Karviná	HC 2001 Kladno
2019–20	HC Příbram	HC Býci Karviná	HC 2001 Kladno
2020–21	Season not completed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–22	HC Příbram	HC Falcons Sokol Karviná	HC 2001 Kladno
2022–23	HC Příbram	HC Falcons Sokol Karviná	HC 2001 Kladno

Sources: ^{[5][9][10][6][11][12][13]}

League records

All-time regular season records of the Women's Extraliga since the league came under the oversight of the Czech Ice Hockey Association in 2017. Statistics are valid through the 2022–23 season.

All-time scoring leaders

The top-ten regular season point-scorers in Women's Extraliga history, from the 2017–18 season through the 2022–23 season.^[15]

Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; S = Seasons played; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty in minutes

Points

Nat	Player	Pos	S	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	Alexandra Halounová	F	5	58	51	68	119	34
	Sandra Halounová	F	5	57	57	54	111	20
	Barbora Patočková	F	5	46	39	59	98	30
	Karolína Kosinová	D	6	59	18	76	94	32
	Klárka Chmelová	F	5	61	52	30	82	22
	Michaela Jančová	F	6	65	41	32	73	30
	Patricie Škorpíková	F	5	68	46	24	70	64
	Tereza Mazancová	F	5	35	35	34	69	10
	Lucie Manhartová	F	5	50	35	32	67	42
	Dominika Vopravilová	F	6	55	32	30	62	30

References

External links

• Official website (in Czech)
• League information and statistics from EliteProspects.com, and EuroHockey.com, and HockeyArchives.info (in French)