{{short description|Sports league}} {{Infobox Sports league | title = Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League | image = Federální pohár.JPG |image_size = 150px | country = {{CSK}} | sport = Ice hockey | founded = 1936 | teams = 8–24 | champion = HC Sparta Praha <br />(1992–93) | most_champs = HC Dukla Jihlava (12 titles) | folded = 1993 (reorganized as <br />Czech Extraliga and <br />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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Champions== <div style="float:left; width:48%;"> *1936–37 – LTC Praha *1937–38 – LTC Praha *1945–46 – LTC Praha *1946–47 – LTC Praha *1947–48 – LTC Praha *1948–49 – LTC Praha *1949–50 – HC ATK Praha *1950–51 – České Budějovice *1951–52 – Baník Vítkovice *1952–53 – Spartak Praha Sokolovo *1953–54 – Spartak Praha Sokolovo *1954–55 – Rudá hvězda Brno *1955–56 – Rudá hvězda Brno *1956–57 – Rudá hvězda Brno *1957–58 – Rudá hvězda Brno *1958–59 – Sokol Kladno *1959–60 – Rudá hvězda Brno *1960–61 – Rudá hvězda Brno *1961–62 – ZKL Brno *1962–63 – ZKL Brno *1963–64 – ZKL Brno *1964–65 – ZKL Brno *1965–66 – ZKL Brno *1966–67 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1967–68 – HC Dukla Jihlava </div><div style="float:right; width:48%;"> *1968–69 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1969–70 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1970–71 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1971–72 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1972–73 – Tesla Pardubice *1973–74 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1974–75 – Sokol Kladno *1975–76 – Sokol Kladno *1976–77 – Poldi SONP Kladno *1977–78 – Poldi SONP Kladno *1978–79 – Slovan Bratislava *1979–80 – Poldi SONP Kladno *1980–81 – TJ Vítkovice *1981–82 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1982–83 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1983–84 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1984–85 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1985–86 – TJ VSŽ Košice *1986–87 – Tesla Pardubice *1987–88 – TJ VSŽ Košice *1988–89 – Tesla Pardubice *1989–90 – HC Sparta Praha *1990–91 – HC Dukla Jihlava *1991–92 – Dukla Trenčín *1992–93 – HC Sparta Praha </div>{{Clear}}
==Notable officials== Paul Loicq Award recipient Juraj Okoličány worked 15 seasons in the league, and made his officiating debut at age 19.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==See also== * Czech Extraliga * Slovak Extraliga
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|cs}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060221210630/http://historie.hokej.cz/index.php?view=clanek&lng=CZ&id=242&menu_id=242&open_id=0 History of Czech and Czechoslovak Hockey]
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