2015–16 Czech 1. Liga season

The 2015-16 Czech 1. liga season was the 22nd season of the Czech 1. liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participated in the league.

HC Slavia Praha and HC Dukla Jihlava have won this season of the league, neither succeeded in the Extraliga qualification.

HC Sumperk was relegated to the Czech 2. liga after 5 years in the Czech 1. Liga. They have been replaced by HC Frýdek-Místek, who have been promoted from the 2. Liga.

Format

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14 teams compete in the league, with the top 6 teams at the end of the regular season play qualifying for the playoffs. The teams that finish 7th through 10th play a play-in series (best-of-five) to determine who will join the top six into the playoff quarter-finals (best-of-seven). No final is played. Instead, two teams which win the semifinals are declared co-champions and both advance to the qualifying group against two worst placed teams at the end of the Extraliga regular season.

The four lowest ranked teams (11–14) after the regular season play in a play-out group (12 games, all regular-season matches are counted into the ranking). The worst team after 12 rounds is relegated to the Czech 2. Liga.

Regular season

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Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. Rytíři Kladno 52 29 5 7 11 201:151 104
2. HC Dukla Jihlava 52 29 4 3 16 163:124 98
3. ČEZ Motor České Budějovice 52 28 6 1 17 185:142 97
4. HC Slavia Praha 52 24 8 6 14 172:135 94
5. LHK Jestřábi Prostějov 52 22 4 10 16 148:156 84
6. HC ZUBR Přerov 52 23 6 3 20 161:149 84
7. AZ Havířov 2010 52 24 2 3 23 157:154 79
8. HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 52 21 3 6 22 176:178 75
9. Sportovní Klub Kadaň 52 18 6 5 23 146:159 71
10. HC Stadion Litoměřice 52 15 10 6 21 149:177 71
11. SK Horacka Slavia Trebic 52 17 6 7 22 129:147 70
12. HC Benátky nad Jizerou 52 16 5 3 28 129:144 61
13. HC Most 52 13 4 5 30 133:184 52
14. Salith Šumperk 52 11 5 9 27 132:181 52

Playoffs

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Rytíři Kladno
 
 
 
 
 
Rytíři Kladno2
 
 
 
HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi4
 
SK Kadaň1
 
 
 
HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi3
 
HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi1
 
 
 
HC Dukla Jihlava4
 
HC Dukla Jihlava
 
 
 
 
 
HC Dukla Jihlava4
 
 
 
AZ Havířov 20101
 
HC Stadion Litoměřice0
 
 
 
AZ Havířov 20103
 
not played
 
 
 
 
 
HC Slavia Praha
 
 
 
 
 
HC Slavia Praha4
 
 
 
LHK Jestřábi Prostějov0
 
LHK Jestřábi Prostějov
 
 
 
 
 
HC Slavia Praha4
 
 
 
ČEZ Motor České Budějovice0 Third place
 
ČEZ Motor České Budějovice
 
  
 
 
 
ČEZ Motor České Budějovice4 not played
 
 
 
HC ZUBR Přerov1  
 
HC ZUBR Přerov
 
 
 
 

2016-17 Extraliga qualification

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Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. HC Litvinov 12 7 2 1 2 42:27 25
2. HC Karlovy Vary 12 6 1 0 5 42:34 20
3. HC Slavia Praha 12 3 3 2 4 34:36 17
3. HC Dukla Jihlava 12 2 1 2 7 25:23 10

HC Litvinov have qualified to the Extraliga for the 2016-17 season.

HC Karlovy Vary have qualified to the Extraliga for the 2016-17 season.

HC Slavia Praha failed to qualify for the 2016-17 Czech Extraliga season. They will resume playing in the Czech 1. Liga.

HC Dukla Jihlava failed to qualify for the 2016-17 Czech Extraliga season. They will resume playing in the Czech 1. Liga.

Play-out

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Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. SK Horacka Slavia Trebic 58 17 6 8 27 137:172 71
2. HC Benátky nad Jizerou 58 18 6 4 30 144:159 70
3. HC Most 58 17 4 6 31 151:195 65
4. Salith Šumperk 58 14 7 9 28 156:195 65

Salith Šumperk was relegated.