HC Dukla Jihlava, founded in 1956, is an

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team in the

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. It won the

Czechoslovak Extraliga The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split. History ...

title 12 times: six consecutive championships beginning in 1967, then in 1974, four consecutive championships beginning in 1982, and again in 1991. As of 2019, HC Dukla Jihlava plays in the Czech 1. liga after being relegated from the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The leag ...

in 2017–18. Some of its prominent players have included

Jaroslav Holík Jaroslav Holík (; August 3, 1942 – April 17, 2015) was a Czech professional ice hockey coach and former player. Career Holík played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for Dukla Jihlava. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sap ...

Jiří Holík Jiří Holík (born July 9, 1944) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player and coach. Holík played for Dukla Jihlava in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and was a member of the Czechoslovakian national ice hockey team. Holík was a member of ...

, Jan Klapáč,

Jan Suchý Jan Suchý (10 October 1944 – 24 August 2021) was a Czech ice hockey player. He played for the Czechoslovakia men's national team at the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games, and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame ...

Ladislav Šmíd Ladislav Šmíd (, born February 1, 1986) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who formerly played for HC Bílí Tygři Liberec of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Before he moved to the ELH, he played in the National Hockey League (N ...

senior, Miloš Podhorský, Jan Hrbatý, Josef Augusta,

Milan Chalupa Milan Chalupa (born 4 July 1953) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 14 games for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League. Career Chalupa began his career with HC Dukla Jihlava. He was drafted 49th overal ...

, Jaroslav Benák, Petr Vlk,

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Igor Liba Igor Liba (born November 4, 1960, in Prešov, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player, who played on the 1992 Bronze Medal-winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia, and lives in Košice, Slovakia. Igor Liba was ...

, Oldřich Válek,

Dominik Hašek Dominik Hašek (, ; born January 29, 1965) is a Czech former ice hockey goaltender who mostly played for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Widely regarded as one of the best goaltenders of all time, Hašek also played for t ...

, Jiří Crha and

Bedřich Ščerban Bedřich Ščerban (born 31 May 1964, in Jihlava) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He competed at three Winter Olympics. Ščerban began his career with HC Dukla Jihlava of the Czech Extraliga in 1986. In 1991, he moved ...

Honours

Domestic

Czech 1. Liga The Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Seasons typically ru ...

* Winners (4): 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2021–22 * Runners-up (3): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2016–17 * 3rd place (4): 2000–01,

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, 2013–14, 2018–19

* Winners (12): 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1990–91 * Runners-up (7): 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87 * 3rd place (5): 1961–62, 1963–64, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1987–88

International

IIHF European Cup The IIHF European Cup, also known as the Europa Cup, was a European ice hockey club competition for champions of national leagues which was contested between 1965 and 1997, governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). History The co ...

* Runners-up (5): 1967–68, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1983–84 * 3rd place (1): 1984–85 Spengler Cup * Winners (5): 1965, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1982 * Runners-up (5): 1970, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1984

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jihlava Ice hockey teams in the Czech Republic Ice hockey teams in Czechoslovakia Military sports clubs Sport in Jihlava Ice hockey clubs established in 1956 1956 establishments in Czechoslovakia