2016–17 Czech 1. Liga season

The 2016-17 Czech 1. liga season was the 23rd season of the Czech 1. liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participated in the league.
Motor České Budějovice and HC Dukla Jihlava have won this season of the league, HC Dukla Jihlava succeeded in the Extraliga qualification.
HC Most was relegated to the Czech 2. liga after 6 years in the Czech 1. Liga. They have been replaced by HC Karlovy Vary, who have been demoted from the Czech Extraliga.
== Format ==
14 teams compete in the league, with the top 6 teams at the end of the regular season play qualifying for the playoffs. The teams that finish 7th through 10th play a play-in series (best-of-five) to determine who will join the top six into the playoff quarter-finals (best-of-seven). No final is played. Instead, two teams which win the semifinals advance to the qualifying group against two worst placed teams at the end of the Extraliga regular season. The better of these two teams after the regular season is the champion of this league for that season.
The four lowest ranked teams (11–14) after the regular season play in a play-out group (12 games, all regular-season matches are counted into the ranking). The worst team after 12 rounds is relegated to the Czech 2. Liga.
== Regular season ==
Pl.	 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	Motor České Budějovice 	52	34	2 	5 	11	171:101	111
2. 	HC Dukla Jihlava 	52	26	14 	1 	11	155:101	107
3. 	HC Kladno 	52	27	8 	4 	13	156:112	101
4. 	HC Slavia Praha 	52	21	11 	3 	17	128:134	88
5. 	SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč	52	19	6 	12 	15	135:144	81
6. 	HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 	52	17	9 	8 	18	147:162	77
7. 	LHK Jestřábi Prostějov 	52	19	6 	8 	19	162:155	77
8. 	HC Benátky nad Jizerou 	52	18	5 	9 	20	124:138	73
9. 	HC Frýdek-Místek 	52	17	7 	7 	21	146:153	72
10.	HC ZUBR Přerov 	52	17	5 	9 	21	136:143	70
11.	HC Stadion Litoměřice 	52	16	6 	8 	22	131:133	68
12.	AZ Havířov 	52	17	4 	5 	26	127:131	64
13.	Sportovní Klub Kadaň 	52	16	2 	6 	28	124:160	58
14.	HC Most 	52	11	4 	4 	33	111:186	45
==Playoffs==
== 2017–18 Extraliga qualification ==
Pl.	 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	HC Dynamo Pardubice 	12	5	1 	3 	3	36:31	20
2. 	HC Dukla Jihlava 	12	3	5 	1 	3	32:29	20
3. 	HC Karlovy Vary 	12	4	2 	3 	3	30:29	19
4. 	Motor České Budějovice	12	3	1 	2 	6	20:29	13
HC Dynamo Pardubice have qualified to the Extraliga for the 2017–18 season.
HC Dukla Jihlava have qualified to the Extraliga for the 2017–18 season.
HC Karlovy Vary failed to qualify for the 2017–18 Czech Extraliga season. They will play in the Czech 1. Liga.
Motor České Budějovice failed to qualify for the 2017–18 Czech Extraliga season. They will resume playing in the Czech 1. Liga.
== Play-out ==
Pl.	 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	HC Stadion Litoměřice	58	19	8 	8 	24	149:149	78
2. 	AZ Havířov 	58	18	5 	5 	30	138:148	69
3. 	Sportovní Klub Kadaň 	58	18	3 	8 	29	143:176	68
4. 	HC Most 	58	14	4 	6 	34	134:208	56
HC Most was relegated.
==References==
http://www.eliteprospects.com/standings.php?league=CZECH2&startdate=2016
Category:2016–17 in Czech ice hockey leagues
Category:Czech 1. Liga seasons
Category:2016–17 in European second tier ice hockey leagues