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Slovak Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1993
No. of teams	13
Country(ies)	Slovakia
Most recent champion(s)	HC Košice
Official website	Slovak Ice Hockey Federation

Slovak Extraliga is the name of the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the fifth strongest league in Europe^[1]. The name of the league is leased to sponsor and changes frequently. From 1993/94 to 1997/98 season it was called Extraliga, then the name changed to West Extraliga until the end of 2000/01 season. In 2001/02 its name was Boss Extraliga. Since 2002/03 season to 2004/05 the name changed to ST Extraliga and in 2005/06 to T-Com Extraliga. From January 16, 2007 the name changed to Slovnaft Extraliga when a general sponsor agreement with Slovnaft was signed.

The Slovak Extraliga is rooted in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. The 1993/94 was the first season of Slovak Extraliga as Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on January 1, 1993.

[edit] Organization

The league is played by 13 ice hockey teams. First 8 teams play the final play-offs.

[edit] 2009–10 season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
HC 05 Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	Zimný štadión Banská Bystrica	3,500
HC Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Štadión Ondreja Nepelu	10,000
HK Spišská Nová Ves	Spišská Nová Ves	Spiš Aréna	6,500
HC Košice	Košice	Steel Aréna	8,378
MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš	Liptovský Mikuláš	Litovsky Mikulaš Zimny Arena	3,680
MHC Martin	Martin	Martin Zimny Štadión	4,000
HK Ardo Nitra	Nitra	Nitra Zimny Arena	5,300
HK Aquacity ŠKP Poprad	Poprad	Tatravagónka Arena	5,500
HK 36 Skalica	Skalica	MAX Arena Skalica	4,095
HC Dukla Trenčín	Trenčín	B.O.F. Arena	6,150
HKm Zvolen	Zvolen	Zvolen Zimny Arena	7,038
MsHK Žilina	Žilina	Garmin Arena	6,200
Slovakia U20	Púchov	Púchov Zimny Arena	1,500

[edit] Champions

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ "Russian league tops first CHL ranking". http://www.iihf.com/en/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/3/article/russian-league-tops-first-chl-ranking-1.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03.

[edit] External links

SZĽH - Slovak Ice-Hockey Federation (Slovak)
A brief history of Slovak hockey (in English)

[IIHFRank-0] "Russian league tops first CHL ranking". http://www.iihf.com/en/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/3/article/russian-league-tops-first-chl-ranking-1.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03.

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