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Upcoming season or competition: 2024–25 Czech 1. Liga season | |
Sport | Ice hockey |
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Founded | 1993 |
No. of teams | 14 |
Country | Czech Republic |
Most recent champion(s) | VHK Vsetín (2nd title) |
Promotion to | Czech Extraliga |
Relegation to | Czech 2.liga |
Related competitions | Czech Extraliga Czech 2.liga |
Official website | hokej.cz/maxa-liga |
The Maxa liga[1] is the second-highest level of professional ice hockey in the Czech Republic, after the Extraliga. It began in 1993 and is run and administered by Czech Ice Hockey Association.
Until 2015, the league was known as the 1st Czech National Hockey League. It was then known as the WSM Liga until 2018,[2] and the Chance Liga until 2024.[3]