Královští Lvi Hradec Králové is a
junior ice hockey
Junior ice hockey is amateur-level ice hockey for 16 to 20 year-old players. National Junior teams compete annually for the IIHF World Junior Championship. The United States men's national junior ice hockey team are the defending champions from ...
team from
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 ...
,
Czech Republic
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. 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 dissolved in 2013 after
HC České Budějovice
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sold the
Extraliga license to the city of Hradec Králové. It was replaced by
Mountfield HK
Mountfield Hokejovy Klub (full name: Mountfield Hradec Králové, a.s.) is a Czech ice hockey club based in Hradec Králové, active in the Czech Extraliga since the 2013–14 season. The club colors are white, red, black and yellow. Partner clu ...
. Královští Lvi still exists as a youth team of Mountfield HK, but it doesn't have a men's team.
History
The club was founded as BK Hradec Králové in 1926. They have changed their name eight times in history:
* 1948 : Sokol Škoda Hradec Králové
* 1952 : Spartak Hradec Králové ZVÚ
* 1976 : TJ Stadion Hradec Králové
* 1992 : HC Stadion Hradec Králové
* 1994 : HC LEV Hradec Králové
* 2000 : HC Hradec Králové
* 2002 : HC VCES Hradec Králové
* 2012 : Královští Lvi Hradec Králové
Achievements
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Czech 2.liga champion: 1978.
External links
*http://www.hchk.cz/ Official site
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Ice hockey teams in the Czech Republic
Ice hockey clubs established in 1926
Sport in Hradec Králové
1926 establishments in Czechoslovakia