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==2009-10 Interim positions==
==2009-10 Interim positions==

Revision as of 21:06, 5 October 2009

Czech Extraliga
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2008-09 Czech Extraliga season
SportIce hockey
Founded1993
No. of teams14
Country Czech Republic
Most recent
champion(s)
HC Energie Karlovy Vary
Most titlesVsetínská hokejová (6)
TV partner(s)Česká televize
Official websitehttp://www.hokej.cz/

The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. The name of the league is leased a general sponsor and changes frequently. In 1999-00, it was known as the Staropramen Extraliga; for 2001-01 and 2001-02 seasons, it was called the Český Telecom Extraliga; from 2003-04 to 2005-06, it was known as the Tipsport Extraliga; for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons, it was known as the O2 Extraliga.

The Czech Extraliga is rooted in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League. The Czech Extraliga was spun off in 1993 following the administrative break-up of Czechoslovakia. A lot of Extraliga players leave every year on transfers to the North American NHL and Eurasian league, the KHL. There are currently 57 Czech ice hockey players based in the National Hockey League, making Czechs the third largest nationality represented in the league, after Canadians and Americans.

Format

14 teams compete in the league. The top 10 teams at the end of the regular season advance to the final play-offs. After the regular season (52 rounds), the teams that finished 7th to 10th will play a pre-quarter final playoff series (best-of-five) to determine who will join the top six into the quarter finals (best-of-seven).

Since the 2006-07 season, three points has been be awarded for a win in regular time, and two points for an overtime victory, while the defeated team in overtime gets one point. If necessary, penalty shots are used to decide games after overtime.

There was also only one assist credited for each goal instead of two since 2006-07, which affected the league statistics, so the rule was cancelled in the 2008-2009 season. Two assists are counted now.

The four lowest ranked teams (11 - 14) after the regular season play in a play out group (12 rounds, all regular-season matches are counted into the ranking). The last placed team after the play out group plays with a winner of 1. národní hokejová liga play off serie (best-of-seven). The winner of this serie will play in the Extraliga next season. The loser will play 1. národní hokejová liga.

2009-10 teams

Note: The names of most teams are leased to general sponsors and change frequently.

Team 2008-09
league
position
Liberec White Tigers 9th
HC Mountfield (České Budějovice) 11th
HC Energie Karlovy Vary 2nd
HC Eaton Pardubice 5th
HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 3rd
RI OKNA Zlín 8th
HC Benzina Litvínov 7th
HC GEUS Okna Kladno 13th
HC Slavia Praha 1st
HC Sparta Praha 4th
HC Oceláři Třinec 10th
HC Vítkovice Steel 6th
BK Mladá Boleslav 14th
HC Kometa Brno promoted from the Czech 1.liga by purchasing licence for Czech Extraliga From Orli Znojmo
12th (Orli Znojmo. Now Playing in the Czech 1.liga, because sold the licence for Czech Extraliga to HC Kometa Brno)

2009-10 Interim positions

monthly actualized

Pos. Team GP Pts
1st HC Vítkovice Steel 11 25
2nd HC Oceláři Třinec 12 24
3rd RI OKNA Zlín 12 23
4th HC Eaton Pardubice 11 21
5th HC Slavia Praha 12 21
6th HC Sparta Praha 12 20
7th HC Mountfield (České Budějovice) 11 20
8th Mladá Boleslav 12 19
9th HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 12 18
10th HC GEUS Okna Kladno 12 14
11th Liberec White Tigers 12 13
12th HC Energie Karlovy Vary 11 12
13th HC Benzina Litvínov 12 12
14th HC Kometa Brno 12 4

The playoffs

The top 10 teams at the end of the regular season play in the final play-offs.

Starting from the 2003-04 season, the play-offs has its own general sponsor, with the play-offs' official name being Česká pojišťovna play-off Tipsport extraligy. The play-offs determine the league championship.

Champions

See also