2020–21 Czech Extraliga season
| 2020–21 Czech Extraliga season | |
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| League | Czech Extraliga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 2020 – April 2021 |
| Number of games | 52 |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Regular Season | |
| Presidential Cup | Sparta Praha |
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| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
| Champions | HC Oceláři Třinec |
| Runners-up | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec |
The 2020–21 Czech Extraliga season was the 28th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]Each team played 52 games, playing each of the other thirteen teams four times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sparta Praha | 52 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 194 | 116 | +78 | 108 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Třinec | 52 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 187 | 130 | +57 | 106 | |
| 3 | Mladá Boleslav | 52 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 167 | 126 | +41 | 97 | |
| 4 | Liberec | 52 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 152 | 118 | +34 | 93 | |
| 5 | Plzeň | 52 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 170 | 128 | +42 | 91 | Qualification to Wild card round |
| 6 | Mountfield HK | 52 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 144 | 127 | +17 | 89 | |
| 7 | Pardubice | 52 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 141 | 146 | −5 | 81 | |
| 8 | Vítkovice | 52 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 130 | 142 | −12 | 74 | |
| 9 | Kometa Brno | 52 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 144 | 152 | −8 | 73 | |
| 10 | Karlovy Vary | 52 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 145 | 176 | −31 | 73 | |
| 11 | Litvínov | 52 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 133 | 146 | −13 | 72 | |
| 12 | Olomouc | 52 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 105 | 156 | −51 | 59 | |
| 13 | Zlín | 52 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 108 | 178 | −70 | 43 | |
| 14 | České Budějovice | 52 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 128 | 207 | −79 | 33 |
Source: Tipsport Extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Playoffs
[edit]Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs: the top four teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked fifth to twelfth meet each other (5 versus 12, 6 versus 11, 7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.
Bracket
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| 2 | Třinec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Vítkovice | 2 | 9 | Kometa Brno | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Kometa Brno | 3 | 2 | Třinec | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mladá Boleslav | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Pardubice | 3 | 7 | Pardubice | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Karlovy Vary | 1 | 2 | Třinec | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Liberec | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Sparta Praha | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Plzeň | 0 | 12 | Olomouc | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Olomouc | 3 | 1 | Sparta Praha | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Liberec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Liberec | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mountfield HK | 3 | 6 | Mountfield HK | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Litvínov | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Wild card round
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Finals
[edit]| 18 April 2021 18:00 | Třinec | 6–2 (3–0, 3–2, 0–0) score in the series: 1–0 | Liberec | Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 477 |
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| 19 April 2021 17:00 | Třinec | 3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1) score in the series: 2–0 | Liberec | Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 424 |
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| 22 April 2021 18:30 | Liberec | 3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0) score in the series: 1–2 | Třinec | Home Credit Arena, Liberec Attendance: 300 |
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| 23 April 2021 17:00 | Liberec | 0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1) score in the series: 1–3 | Třinec | Home Credit Arena, Liberec Attendance: 300 |
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| 26 April 2021 17:00 | Třinec | 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) score in the series: 4–1 | Liberec | Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 879 |
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Třinec wins the finals 4–1.
Final rankings
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Třinec |
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Liberec |
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Sparta Praha |
| 4 | Mladá Boleslav |
| 5 | Mountfield HK |
| 6 | Pardubice |
| 7 | Kometa Brno |
| 8 | Olomouc |
| 9 | Plzeň |
| 10 | Vítkovice |
| 11 | Karlovy Vary |
| 12 | Litvínov |
| 13 | Zlín |
| 14 | České Budějovice |
References
[edit]- ^ "TELH je konečně tady. Nejistá sezona bude bez sestupu a s nutnými omezeními". hokej.cz (in Czech).