Mountfield Hokejovy Klub (full name: Mountfield Hradec Králové, a.s.) is a

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ice hockey club based in

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

, active in the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga () is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia midway through the 1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season (which all Slovak and ...

since the 2013–14 season. The club colors are white, red, black and yellow. Partner clubs are and . It plays its home matches in the winter stadium Hradec Králové (ČPP arena) under the White Tower with a capacity of 6,890 spectators.

History

Mountfield HK aligns itself with the history of

Královští Lvi Královští Lvi Hradec Králové is a junior ice hockey team from Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. The organization used to have a senior men's team which played in the Czech 1.liga, the second level of Czech ice hockey. The men's team dissolve ...

, a club formed in Hradec Králové in 1926 that operated a men's team until 2013. In the meantime, , a Czech-based home and garden retailer, owned and operated a hockey club in České Budějovice from 2006 to 2013. Following the 2012–13 season, the

reached a sponsorship deal with Radegast to sell its beer in all Extraliga arenas. This agreement conflicted with the

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deal

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

already had with

Budweiser Budvar Brewery Budweiser Budvar ( ) is a brewery in the Czech Republic, Czech city of České Budějovice (), best known for its original Budweiser or Budweiser Budvar pale lager brewed using Artesian aquifer, artesian water, Moravian barley and Saaz hops. Bud ...

for their

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. Under the agreement, the club and the city would face stiff penalties for selling any beer other than Budvar products. Unable to resolve the dispute, the club decided on 18 June 2013 that no agreement could be reached between the parties involved and voted to immediately relocate to

for the 2013–14 season. At that point, Královští Lvi became Mountfield HK's youth program, while Motor České Budějovice inherited Hradec Králové's spot in the Czech 1.liga.

Honours

Domestic

* Runners-up (1):

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* 3rd place (1): 2016–17 Czech 1. Liga * 3rd place (1): 2006–07

1st. Czech National Hockey League The 1st. Czech National Hockey League was, along with the 1st. Slovak National Hockey League, the second level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1993. The league was made up teams from the area of the modern Czech Republic. Champions ;1 ...

* Winners (1): 1992–93 * Runners-up (1): 1982–83

2nd. Czechoslovak Hockey League The Czechoslovak 2. liga was the second level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence ...

* Winners (2): 1966–67, 1967–68

International

Champions Hockey League The Champions Hockey League is a European first-level ice hockey tournament. Launched in the 2014–15 season by 26 clubs, 6 leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the tournament features top teams across Europe. Backgrou ...

* Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Players

Current roster

As of 21 August 2024

Champions Hockey League, CHL

Mountfield Hradec Králové (professional ice hockey team) lost the Final of the Champions Hockey League, CHL year 2020 against Frölunda, Sweden.

References

External links

Official website
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