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2008 KB Extraliga Season
The 2008 KB Extraliga Competition was a Czech Republic, Czech domestic Rugby union, rugby club competition, operated by the Česká Rugbyová Unie (ČSRU). It began on August 16, 2008 with a match between Tatra Smíchov and Petrovice at the Stadion ragby Císařka in Prague, and ended with the final on November of that year with Tatra Smíchov beating RC Říčany, Říčany 17-9 played on Synot Tip Arena in Prague. Praga Rugby, Praga and RC Přelouč, Přelouč were added, increasing the number of teams to 10 from the 8 of the previous season. Unlike most other years, the league was played over the course of only one year. Table Schedule and results From the official ČSRU site. Within each weekend, matches are to be listed in the following order: # By date. # If matches are held on the same day, by kickoff time. # Otherwise, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KB Extraliga
The Extraliga rugby is a rugby club competition played in the Czech Republic and is the top level of rugby in the country. There is a promotion-relegation process between the Extraliga ragby and the Národní liga ragby. The league used to be known as KB Extraliga due to sponsorship by Komerční banka (KB) which lasted until the 2014/15 season. The season usually runs from September to May, although in the 2008 season, it was only from August through November 2008. Since 2008 the final has been played at the Synot Tip Arena in Prague. RC Sparta Prague are the current champions. History The league was first played in 1993, with Vyškov as the first champions. Prior to the foundation of the league, clubs competed in the Czechoslovak Championship. It became known under the KB Extraliga name in 2003, when KB started sponsoring the Czech Rugby Union, as well as the national teams and leagues. For the 2016/17 season the name changed to Extraliga ragby in line with the Czech rugby un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Tatra Smíchov
RC Tatra Smíchov is a Czech rugby club in Smíchov, Prague. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. History The club was founded in 1958. Honours * Czechoslovak Cup ** 1980, 1981, 1983 * Czech Cup ** 1995, 1997 * Extraliga ragby XV The Extraliga rugby XV is a rugby club competition played in the Czech Republic and is the top level of rugby in the country. There is a promotion-relegation process between the Extraliga ragby and the 1. Liga ragby XV. The league used to be know ... ** 1995, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2018 Historical names * 1958 - 1993 TJ Tatra Smíchov ČKD (Tělovýchovná jednota Tatra Smíchov Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk) * 1994 - RC Tatra Smíchov External links *RC Tatra Smíchov {{DEFAULTSORT:Tatra Smichov, RC Rugby union teams in the Czech Republic Sport in Prague Rugby clubs established in 1958 1958 establishments in Czechoslovakia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Vyškov
RC Vyškov (known as JIMI RC Vyškov for sponsorship reasons) is a Czech rugby club in Vyškov. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. History The club was founded in 1952. They undertook their first overseas tour to France in 1967. The club won their first championship in 1974, beating Říčany Říčany (; german: Ritschan) is a town in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. It is located 20 km south of the centre of Prague, and it takes about half an hour to ge ... 15-0 in the final. This turned out to be the start of a phenomenally successful era for the club, which saw them winning the next seven championship titles. The success of the senior team pretty much filtered through to the youth teams as well in those years. In 1995 the club experienced tragedy when they lost one of their own. Jan Navrátil, former international prop and their coach at the time, rescued two men rendered unconsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Sparta Prague
RC Sparta Prague is a Czech Republic, Czech Rugby union, rugby club based in Prague. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV and are the second oldest club in the Czech Republic after RC Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague. The club forms part of the Sparta Prague sports network. History Early years The club was officially founded on 28 August 1928, with the first coach being Frenchman Andrée Cannellas. Their first match was on 28 April 1929 against VŠ sport Brno. Later on in 1929 they took on fellow Prague side Slavia Prague, the latter prevailing 23–3. They did however manage to beat Slavia 8-0 not too long afterwards. In 1931 Sparta won their first of five Czechoslovak championship titles and supplied a number of players to the national team that took on Germany national rugby union team, Germany in Leipzig. The club prospered for a while, with many new members joining. But disaster struck in 1934 when the grandstand caught fire, destroying all the club's equipment. 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Havířov
RC Havířov is a Czech rugby club based in Havířov Havířov (; pl, ) is a city in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 69,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the region. Havířov lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. .... They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV. History The club was founded in 1966 by Eduard Vaníček and Karel Gaman, two ex-Lokomotiva Ostrava (now Sokol Mariánské Hory) players. Initially the club had only a youth team, but a senior side was added in 1972. The club changed its name to the present one in 1998. Honours * Extraliga ** 2005 3rd, 2012 2nd * První Liga winner ** 2001, 2003, 2010, 2017 * Czech Cup winner ** 2005, 2007, 2008 * Czech Sevens Championship winner ** 2004, 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Havirov, RC Sport in Havířov Rugby union teams in the Czech Republic Rugby clubs established in 1966 1966 establishments in Czechoslovakia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RK Petrovice
RK Petrovice is a Czech rugby club in Petrovice, Prague. They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV in the Czech Republic. History The club was founded in 1944. After having played in Troja, Stodůlky, Lhotka and Nebušice Nebušice is a district of Prague 6 Prague 6, formally the municipal district Prague 6 (''Městská část Praha 6''), is the largest Prague district. It is located in the north-west of Prague. It covers 41.54 km² and has 100,600 inhabitan ..., they started playing in Petrovice in 1980, which came about after club member Otto Kodera discovered a disused football field. Historical names * Radostně vpřed a HC Blesk (1944) * I. ČLTK (1945–49) * Sokol Praha 1 (1950) * TJ Motorlet Praha (1950–91) * RK Petrovice (1992-) External links RK Petrovice80 years of Czech Rugby {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrovice, RK Rugby union teams in the Czech Republic Sport in Prague Rugby clubs established in 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Dragon Brno
RC Dragon Brno is a Czech rugby club in Brno. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. They have also been involved in the Central & Eastern European Rugby Cup since its inception in 2008. History The club started out as Sokol Brno I, with the name changing to Sokol Zbrojovka Brno in 1951. Following the nationwide restructuring of Physical Education and Sport in 1953, which affected rugby among others, the Sokol Zbrojovka Brno club split in two, Spartak Zbrojovka Brno and Slavia VŠ Brno (now RC Bystrc RC Bystrc is a Czech rugby club in Brno. As the name implies, they are based in the Bystrc district of the city. They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV, having won the 1. Liga ragby XV in 2008. History Rugby in the then Czechoslovakia was ...). Honours * Czechoslovak Championships ** 1950, 1965 * Czech Cup ** 2000 * Extraliga ragby XV ** 2000 Historical names * 1946 - 1950 Sokol Brno I * 1951 - 1952 Sokol Zbrojovka Brno * 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Slavia Prague
RC Slavia Prague is a Czech rugby club based in Prague. They currently play in the KB Extraliga and are the oldest existing club in the Czech Republic. The club forms part of the Slavia Prague sports network. History The club was founded on 13 April 1927. On 7 May of that year, the first rugby match in Prague took place at Slavia, with Slavia Bratislava squaring off against Slavia Brno. Slavia were the first winners of the Czechoslovak Championships, back in 1929. It turned out to be the start of a very successful period for them, winning five out of the first six championships. The club has supplied a number of internationals over the years, among others Jan Macháček, one of arguably the two most well-known Czech rugby players (the other being Martin Jágr). Historical names * 1927 - SK Slavia Praha (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) * 1951 – Dynamo Praha * 1964 – TJ Slavia Praha IPS (Tělovýchovná jednota Slavia Praha Inženýrské průmyslové stavby) * 1988 – SK Slavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Přelouč
RC Přelouč is a Czech rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ... club based in Přelouč. They currently play in the 1. Liga ragby XV. History The club was founded on 16 June 1974 by Leopold Blachut, Jiří Mít and Jiří Franta out of the former Dukla Přelouč military team. They played their first match on 14 September 1974 against Slavia Prague B in Prague, eventually losing 35-41 after trailing 9-11 at half-time. In 1987 the club undertook its first overseas tour, to France. They qualified for the first ever KB extraliga back in 1993, after beating Bystrc, (then known as Lokomotiva-Ingstav Brno), and Olomouc in qualifying matches. In 1998 the club withdrew from the 1998/99 season after three rounds due to lack of players and financial difficulties. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the whole Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. The Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White Mountain, the Habsburgs consolidated their rule. With the dissolution of the Holy Empire in 1806, the Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praga Rugby
Praga Rugby is a Czech rugby club based in Prague. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV The Extraliga rugby XV is a rugby club competition played in the Czech Republic and is the top level of rugby in the country. There is a promotion-relegation process between the Extraliga ragby and the 1. Liga ragby XV. The league used to be know ... and are considered to be one of the strongest teams in the Czech Republic. History The club was founded in 1944. Honours * Czechoslovak Championships ** 1948, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2002, 2014, 2015 * Extraliga ragby XV ** 2002 ** 2010 ( sevens) ** 2011 ( sevens) Former names * 1944-45 Radostně Vpřed * 1945-48 LTC Praha * 1949-50 TJ Textilia Praha (Tělovýchovná jednota Textilia Praha) * 1951–52 TJ Sokol Autopraga (Tělovýchovná jednota Sokol Autopraga) * 1953–67 TJ Spartak AZKG Praha * 1968–2006 TJ Praga Praha (Tělovýchovná jednota Praga Praha) * 2007– RC Praga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
