1. Česká národní hokejová liga

The first Česká národní hokejová league, often short ČNHL 1 ( German first Czech National Hockey League ) was formed in 1969 to 1993 and the first Slovenská Národná hokejová the second highest league hockey league in Czechoslovakia, where the first ČNHL consisted entirely of teams from the Czech part of the country. Between the second game of the first class and a rise League Relegation was played to determine and losers at the end of the season.

History

Starting in 1963, the second division of Czechoslovakia was played in four regional groups, where the group D was discharged as a purely Slovak group. The four group winners played in the promotion relegation of two intermediates.

In 1969, the leagues game operation was reformed and established two separate divisions for the Czech and Slovak part of Czechoslovakia. These were called first ČNHL ( 1 Česká národní hokejová league ) and 1 denotes SNHL ( 1 Slovenská Národná hokejová league ), the latter emerged from Group D of the former second league. For the promotion round, the champion of the first SNHL, the two first of the season and the first ČNHL point best runner of the two squadrons qualified.