Team	City	Arena	Head coach(es)	Captain
Bílí Tygři Liberec HC Bílí Tygri Liberec HC Bílí Tygři Liberec , sometimes called the "Tigers", is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. Their home arena is Tipsport Arena in Liberec...	Liberec Liberec Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....	Tipsport Arena Tipsport Arena The Tipsport Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Liberec, Czech Republic, sponsored by gambling firm Tipsport. The capacity of the arena is 7,500 people and was built in 2005. It is currently home to the HC Bílí Tygři Liberec ice hockey team. It hosted matches from Group B and the...
		Budvar Arena Budvar Arena Budvar Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. The capacity of the arena is 6,421 people and was built in 2002. It is currently home to the HC Mountfield ice hockey team....
Karlovy Vary HC Energie Karlovy Vary HC Energie Karlovy Vary is a professional ice hockey team based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech Extraliga.-KHL Expansion:The club planned to create an independent expansion team for the 2009-10 KHL season...	Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary is a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately west of Prague . It is named after King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded the city in 1370...	KV Arena KV Arena KV Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The capacity of the arena is 6,000 people and was built in 2009. It is currently home to the HC Energie Karlovy Vary ice hockey team.- External links :*...
Kladno HC Kladno Rytíři Kladno is a Czech professional ice hockey team based in the city of Kladno. They are currently a member of the Czech Extraliga, the top flight level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic....	Kladno Kladno Kladno is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located 25 km northwest of Prague. Kladno is the largest city of the region and holds a population together with its adjacent suburban areas of more than 110,000 people...	Zimní stadion
Kometa Brno	Brno Brno Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...	Hala Rondo Hala Rondo Hala Rondo, formerly known as the Starobrno Rondo Aréna is an indoor arena in Brno, Czech Republic. The capacity of the arena is 7,200 people and was built in 1982. It is currently home to the HC Kometa Brno ice hockey team....
Litvínov	Litvínov Litvínov Litvínov is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. The largest oil refinery in the Czech Republic is located there. Models Eva Herzigová and Iva Frühlingová come from Litvínov. The HC Litvínov ice hockey club is based in the town....	Ivan Hlinka Stadion Ivan Hlinka Stadion Ivan Hlinka Stadion is an indoor sporting arena located in Litvínov, Czech Republic, named after Czech ice hockey player and coach Ivan Hlinka. The capacity of the arena is 7,000 people and was built in 1965. It is currently home to the HC Litvínov ice hockey team....
Mladá Boleslav BK Mladá Boleslav BK Mladá Boleslav is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. They play their home games at Ško-Energo Aréna.-History:...	Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, on the left bank of the Jizera river about 50 km northeast of Prague.Founded in the second half of the 10th century by King Boleslav II as a royal castle...	Metrostav Aréna Metrostav Aréna Ško-Energo Aréna is an indoor sporting arena located in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic.It is the home of BK Mladá Boleslav ice hockey club of the Czech Extraliga.-External links:**...
Oceláři Třinec HC Ocelári Trinec HC Oceláři Třinec is an ice hockey team who play in the Czech Extraliga, the top tier of Czech ice hockey. Their home arena is Werk Arena in Třinec...	Třinec Trinec Třinec is a town in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the Olza River, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The town has 37,405 inhabitants as of 2009, in 2001 17.7% of the population were Poles...	Werk Arena
Pardubice HC Pardubice HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice is a professional ice hockey club that plays in the Czech Extraliga. It is located in Pardubice, home venue is ČEZ Arena. The club previously was named HC Eaton Pardubice, but since the 2011–12 season the club is named HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice.-History:Ice hockey is...	Pardubice Pardubice Pardubice is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the river Elbe, 65 miles east of Prague. Pardubice has an antique centre square and old town, with many restaurants that stay open until late in the evening. There is an old Tower and a recently renovated Castle...
Plzeň 1929	Plzeň
Slavia Prague HC Slavia Prague HC Slavia Praha is a Czech ice hockey team located in Prague playing the Czech Extraliga. It plays home games in the O2 Arena in Prague...	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	O2 Arena
Sparta Prague	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...	Tesla Arena
Vítkovice Steel	Ostrava Ostrava Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava was candidate for the...
Zlín	Zlín Zlín Zlín , from 1949 to 1989 Gottwaldov , is a city in the Zlín Region, southeastern Moravia, Czech Republic, on the Dřevnice River. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company...	Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky

Standings

Regular season standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	P	Notes
Plzeň 1929  (Q)	52	29	6	7	10	162	128	106	Qualified to first round of playoffs
Zlín  (Q)	52	25	9	3	15	154	129	96
Pardubice HC Pardubice HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice is a professional ice hockey club that plays in the Czech Extraliga. It is located in Pardubice, home venue is ČEZ Arena. The club previously was named HC Eaton Pardubice, but since the 2011–12 season the club is named HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice.-History:Ice hockey is...   (Q)	52	27	4	7	14	179	131	96
Vítkovice Steel  (Q)	52	21	9	7	15	161	136	88
Sparta Prague  (Q)	52	21	9	6	16	157	132	87
Oceláři Třinec HC Ocelári Trinec HC Oceláři Třinec is an ice hockey team who play in the Czech Extraliga, the top tier of Czech ice hockey. Their home arena is Werk Arena in Třinec...   (Q)	52	20	8	7	17	153	148	83
Slavia Prague HC Slavia Prague HC Slavia Praha is a Czech ice hockey team located in Prague playing the Czech Extraliga. It plays home games in the O2 Arena in Prague...   (Q)	52	20	6	2	24	142	151	74	Qualified to preliminary round of playoffs
Bílí Tygři Liberec HC Bílí Tygri Liberec HC Bílí Tygři Liberec , sometimes called the "Tigers", is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. Their home arena is Tipsport Arena in Liberec...   (Q)	52	21	2	5	24	141	151	72
align=left| (Q)	52	15	7	12	18	130	151	71
Litvínov  (Q)	52	19	4	5	24	152	193	70
Karlovy Vary HC Energie Karlovy Vary HC Energie Karlovy Vary is a professional ice hockey team based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech Extraliga.-KHL Expansion:The club planned to create an independent expansion team for the 2009-10 KHL season...   (RP) (O)	52	17	3	9	23	135	152	66	Entered into relegation round
Kometa Brno  (RP) (O)	52	16	5	5	26	123	150	63
Mladá Boleslav BK Mladá Boleslav BK Mladá Boleslav is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. They play their home games at Ško-Energo Aréna.-History:...   (RP) (R)	52	12	10	6	24	135	148	62
Kladno HC Kladno Rytíři Kladno is a Czech professional ice hockey team based in the city of Kladno. They are currently a member of the Czech Extraliga, the top flight level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic....   (RP) (O)	52	15	4	5	28	133	157	58

Key
(C) = Playoff champions; (Q) = Qualified to playoffs; (RP) = Relegation playoff; (O) = Relegation playoff winner; (R) = Relegated.

Season summary

The regular season consisted of 52 games for each team. Every team plays each of the other 13 teams four times, twice at home and twice on the road. Each game is worth three points in the standings. A game won in regulation nets the victor three points and the loser none. A game the ends in a tie at the end of regulation goes into overtime and, if necessary, a shootout. In an overtime or shootout game, the winner earns two points while the loser is awarded one point.

Bracket

The playoff bracket is not a fixed bracket. Like the intraconference bracket in the NHL

National Hockey League

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, the matchups are adjusted in each successive round in order to place the top-ranked team against the bottom-ranked team.

Playoff summary

At the end of the regular season, the seventh through tenth-placed teams played in a best-of-five, preliminary playoff round. In the preliminary round Bílí Tygři Liberec

HC Bílí Tygri Liberec

HC Bílí Tygři Liberec , sometimes called the "Tigers", is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. Their home arena is Tipsport Arena in Liberec...

 defeated České Budějovice

HC Ceské Budejovice

HC Mountfield České Budějovice are a professional men's ice hockey club, based in České Budějovice in the Czech Republic. The club plays home games at Budvar Arena, and are members of the Czech Extraliga...

 and Slavia Prague

HC Slavia Prague

HC Slavia Praha is a Czech ice hockey team located in Prague playing the Czech Extraliga. It plays home games in the O2 Arena in Prague...

 defeated Litvínov, both series going the 5-game distance. Liberec was then paired against Plzeň, and Slavia were paired against Zlín. Other first round matchups included Vítkovice–Sparta and Pardubice

HC Pardubice

HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice is a professional ice hockey club that plays in the Czech Extraliga. It is located in Pardubice, home venue is ČEZ Arena. The club previously was named HC Eaton Pardubice, but since the 2011–12 season the club is named HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice.-History:Ice hockey is...

–Třinec

HC Ocelári Trinec

HC Oceláři Třinec is an ice hockey team who play in the Czech Extraliga, the top tier of Czech ice hockey. Their home arena is Werk Arena in Třinec...

.

The quarterfinal round saw two major upsets as the preliminary round winners knocked off the two highest-seeded teams from the regular season. Eighth-seeded Liberec knocked off top seed Plzeň in six games, 4–2, capped off by a 7–2 victory in game 6. The other first round upset saw Slavia knock off Zlín, also in six games and in front of their home crowd. Third-seeded Pardubice, after dropping the first game at home, ran off four straight victories to defeat Třinec 4–1. The only first round series to go the seven-game distance saw Vitkovice win at home to hold off Sparta.

In the semifinal round, Pardubice, the highest-remaining seed, were placed against Liberec, and Vitkovice were paired against Slavia.

Play-out round

The bottom four teams from the regular season – Karlovy Vary

HC Energie Karlovy Vary

HC Energie Karlovy Vary is a professional ice hockey team based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech Extraliga.-KHL Expansion:The club planned to create an independent expansion team for the 2009-10 KHL season...

, Kometa Brno, Mladá Boleslav

BK Mladá Boleslav

BK Mladá Boleslav is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. They play their home games at Ško-Energo Aréna.-History:...

, Kladno

HC Kladno

Rytíři Kladno is a Czech professional ice hockey team based in the city of Kladno. They are currently a member of the Czech Extraliga, the top flight level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic....

 – were placed in a "play-out" relegation group. The group is structued like a mini-season in which each of the four teams played each of the other four times, twice at home and twice on the road, the same as the regular season format. The results from the regular season standings are retained, and the additional relegation round match results are added to the table in order to determine which team is relegated to the Czech First League. Mladá Boleslav

BK Mladá Boleslav

BK Mladá Boleslav is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. They play their home games at Ško-Energo Aréna.-History:...

 won only two of their twelve relegation round games, one in regulation and one in a shootout, and faced the 1. národní hokejová liga

1. národní hokejová liga

The 1. národní hokejová liga is the second-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic under the Extraliga. It began in 1993.-Format in 2008-09 season:...

 winner KLH Chomutov

KLH Chomutov

Piráti Chomutov is an ice hockey team in the First National Hockey League from Chomutov.The club was established in 1945, in the 1950/1951 season it was promoted to the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, where it played until 1963/1964 season. In 1967 the team was promoted to the highest league...

 in best-of-seven series.

Relegation round standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	P
Kometa Brno  (O)	64	22	8	6	28	159	178	88
Kladno HC Kladno Rytíři Kladno is a Czech professional ice hockey team based in the city of Kladno. They are currently a member of the Czech Extraliga, the top flight level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic....   (O)	64	22	5	7	30	169	186	83
Karlovy Vary HC Energie Karlovy Vary HC Energie Karlovy Vary is a professional ice hockey team based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech Extraliga.-KHL Expansion:The club planned to create an independent expansion team for the 2009-10 KHL season...   (O)	64	20	5	11	28	160	81	81
Mladá Boleslav BK Mladá Boleslav BK Mladá Boleslav is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga. They play their home games at Ško-Energo Aréna.-History:...   (RP)	64	13	11	8	32	158	184	69

Key
(C) = Playoff champions; (Q) = Qualified to playoffs; (RP) = Relegation playoff; (O) = Relegation playoff winner; (R) = Relegated.

Play-off round

Mladá Boleslav were paired against KLH Chomutov

KLH Chomutov

Piráti Chomutov is an ice hockey team in the First National Hockey League from Chomutov.The club was established in 1945, in the 1950/1951 season it was promoted to the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, where it played until 1963/1964 season. In 1967 the team was promoted to the highest league...

, playoff winners of the 2009-10 playoffs of the 1. národní hokejová liga

1. národní hokejová liga

The 1. národní hokejová liga is the second-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic under the Extraliga. It began in 1993.-Format in 2008-09 season:...

, with the winner of the best of seven series earning a place in the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season

2010–11 Czech Extraliga season

The 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season was the 18th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993. In the regular season, HC Oceláři Třinec finished atop the league....

. Mladá Boleslav won the series 4–1 and retained their position in the Extraliga.

Date	|Home	|Score	|Away
April 10	Mladá Boleslav	5 – 3	Chomutov
April 11	Mladá Boleslav	1 – 2	Chomutov
April 14	Chomutov	2 – 4	Mladá Boleslav
April 15	Chomutov	3 – 4	Mladá Boleslav
April 18	Mladá Boleslav	5 – 1	Chomutov

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