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Slovak Extraliga

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For the basketball league, seeSlovak Extraliga (basketball).

TheSlovak Extraliga,known as theTipos Extraligasince the2020–21 seasonfor sponsorship reasons, is the highest-levelice hockeyleague inSlovakia.From2018–19to 2020–21, the league included one or two teams from Hungary.[1]

Tipos Extraliga
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season
FormerlyCzechoslovak First Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Founded1993
No. of teams12
CountrySlovakia
Most recent
champion(s)		HK Nitra
(2nd title)
Most titlesHC Košice
HC Slovan Bratislava
(9 titles each)
TV partner(s)TV JOJ(Slovakia)
Sport1(Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia)
RelegationtoSlovak 1. Liga
Related
competitions		Slovak 1. Liga
Slovak 2. Liga
Official websitehockeyslovakia.sk

Teams from the Extraliga can participate in theIIHF's annualChampions Hockey League(CHL). Participation is based on the strength of the various leagues in Europe (excluding theKHL). In the2022–23 CHL season,the Extraliga wasranked the No. 10 leaguein Europe, so the champion of the previous season competed in the CHL.

The 1993–94 season was the first of the Slovak Extraliga following thepeaceful dissolutionofCzechoslovakiamidway through the1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season– which allSlovakandCzechteams played to completion.

Game

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Every regular season game is composed of three 20-minute periods, with an intermission of a maximum of 18 minutes between periods.[2]If the game is tied following the 60-minute regulation time, a five-minute three-on-threesudden deathovertimeperiod is played. If a game is still tied after the overtime, ashootoutdecides the winner of the game. In a shootout, the team that scores the mostpenalty shotsout of five attempts wins the game. If a game is still tied after five penalty-shot rounds, the shootout continues round by round, until one team scores while the other team fails to score.

Teams

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Teams competing in Tipos Extraliga in the 2024–25 season.

2024–25 season

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Team Name City Venue Capacity
HC Košice Košice Steel Aréna 8,378
HC Nové Zámky Nové Zámky Zimný štadión Nové Zámky 4,500
HC Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tipos Aréna 10,055
HC '05 Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica Zimný štadión Banská Bystrica 3,016
Vlci Žilina Žilina Niké Aréna 6,200
HK Dukla Trenčín Trenčín Zimný štadión Pavla Demitru 6,150
HK Nitra Nitra Nitra aréna 3,600
HK Poprad Poprad Zimný štadión Poprad 4,233
HKM Zvolen Zvolen Zimný štadión Zvolen 5,675
MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš Liptovský Mikuláš Titan Aréna 3,680
HK Dukla Michalovce Michalovce Zimný štadión Michalovce 4,000
HK Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves Spiš Aréna 5,503

Season structure

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The Tipos Extraliga season is divided into aregular seasonfrom late September through the beginning of March, when teams play against each other in a pre-defined schedule, andplayoffsfrom March to April, which is an elimination tournament at which two teams play against each other to win thebest-of-seven seriesin order to advance to the next round. The winner of playoffs is crowned theSlovak champion,(Slovenský majsterin Slovak) and receives the Vladimir Dzurilla Trophy.

Regular season

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The regular season is around-robin,where each team plays 50 games. Three points are awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or a shootout, one point for losing in overtime or a shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points is crowned the league champion. The six highest-ranked teams by points qualify directly for the playoffs. The four teams ranked 7–10 play abest-of-five seriesand battle for the two remaining playoffs spots. The lowest ranked team after the regular season plays in a relegation series called Play-Out against the best team from the second-tier leagueSlovak 1. Liga.The two teams battle to win abest-of-seven seriesof Play-Out to qualify for the next Tipos Extraliga season. Before the2018–19 season,the eight highest-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.[3]

If two or more teams end up tied in points, the seeds are determined by the followingtiebreaker format:

  1. Head-to-head points

Play-in

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Starting in the2018–19 season,the four teams ranked 7–10 in the regular season play abest-of-five series,known as play-in, and battle for the two remaining playoff spots. The seventh-ranked team faces the tenth-ranked team, and the eighth-ranked team faces the ninth-ranked team. The seventh-ranked team and the eighth-ranked team receivehome-ice advantageand play three of the five games at their home venue if it is necessary to determine a winner of the series. The winners of the two best-of-five series take the two remaining playoffs spots.[3]

Playoffs

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The Tipos Extraligaplayoffsis an elimination tournament, at which two teams battle to win abest-of-seven seriesin order to advance to the next round. In the first round of the playoffs (quarterfinals), the top seed faces the lowest-ranked winner of the two best-of-three series (eighth seed, ninth seed or tenth seed); the second-ranked seed faces the other winner of the two best-of-five series; the third-ranked seed faces the sixth-ranked seed; and the fourth-ranked seed faces the fifth-ranked team. In the second round (semifinals), the teams are re-seeded, with the top remaining seed playing against the lowest remaining seed, and the other two remaining teams pairing up. In the third round (finals), the two remaining teams face each other.

In each series, the higher-ranked team of the two hashome-ice advantage.Four of the seven games are played at this team's home venue – the first and second, and, when necessary, the fifth and seventh games and all the other games are played at the lower-ranked team's home venue.

Names and sponsorship

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The name of the league is leased to sponsors and changes frequently. From 1993–94 to 1997–98, it was calledExtraliga,then the name changed toWest Extraligauntil the end of the2000–01 season.In2001–02,its name wasBoss Extraliga.From2002–03to2004–05,the name wasST Extraligaand in2005–06the name wasT-Com Extraliga(same corporate sponsor, rebranded themselves). After starting the2006–07 seasonwithout a sponsorship, reverting to straightforward Extraliga, the name changed midway through the season toSlovnaft Extraliga,when a general sponsorship agreement withSlovnaftwas signed on 16 January 2007; this name continued through the end of the2010–11 season.From2011–12to2014–15,it carried the two part name Tipsport Extraliga and Slovnaft Play-off, reflecting a specific sponsorship arrangement for the playoffs; this name was slightly adjusted, starting with the2015–16 season,to Tipsport Liga and Slovnaft Play-off. The current name, starting 2020–21, is Tipos Extraliga.

Period Name Sponsor
1993–1997 Extraliga none
1997–2001 West Extraliga West
2001–2002 BOSS Extraliga BOSS
2002–2005 ST Extraliga Slovak Telekom
2005–2006 T-Com Extraliga T-Com
2006–2007
(half-season) 		Extraliga none
2007–2011 Slovnaft Extraliga Slovnaft
2011–2015 Tipsport Extraliga Tipsport
2015–2020 Tipsport Liga Tipsport
2020– Tipos Extraliga Tipos

Previous winners

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Previous Slovak Extraliga regular season winners

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Previous Slovak Extraliga playoffs winners (Slovak Champions)

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See also:List of Slovak ice hockey champions

Video games

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Teams from the league are playable in the video gamesEA Sports'NHL seriesonly inNHL 09.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"VIDEO: Potvrdené, dva kluby z Maďarska rozšíria slovenskú Tipsport ligu".14 June 2018.Retrieved14 June2018.
  2. ^"PRAVIDLÁ ĽADOVÉHO HOKEJA"(PDF)(in Slovak). Slovak Ice Hockey Federation.Retrieved7 March2018.
  3. ^ab"Nová sezóna premiérovo s maďarskými účastníkmi, adepti na titul si v lete udržali kľúčových hráčov"(in Slovak). 3 September 2018.Retrieved3 September2018.
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