| HC Banes Motor České Budějovice | |
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| Nickname | Motor |
| City | České Budějovice,Czech Republic |
| League | Czech 1.liga 2004-05, 2013–2020 Czech Extraliga 1993-2004, 2005–2013, 2020– |
| Founded | 1928 (1928) |
| Home arena | Budvar Arena (capacity: 6421) |
| Colours | Red, blue, |
| President | Roman Turek |
| General manager | Stanislav Bednařík |
| Head coach | Ladislav Čihák |
| Asst. coach | Jiří Hanzlík |
| Captain | Milan Gulaš |
| Website | hcmotor.cz |
| Franchise history | |
| 1928–1948 | AC Stadion České Budějovice |
| 1949–1950 | ZSJ Obchodní domy České Budějovice |
| 1950–1952 | SKP České Budějovice |
| 1965–1992 | Motor České Budějovice |
| 1992–2006 | HC České Budějovice |
| 2006–2013 | HC Mountfield |
| 2013–2020 | ČEZ Motor České Budějovice |
| 2021–2023 | HC Motor České Budějovice |
| 2023–present | HC Banes Motor Česke Budějovice |
Hockey Club Banes Motor České Budějovice is a professional men'sice hockey club based inČeské Budějovice,Czech Republic.
The long history started in 1911, when group of younggymnasium students devised a plan to start abandy team. Their first hockey rinks were situated exactly where theMalše river andVltava river merge. Dr. Zdeněk Černý was the first coach, manager, as well as a player of the team. The bandy club lasted untilWorld War I. Some of the first victims of the war were players from České Budějovice such as Áda Schrabal, Karel Selinka, Jan Vrkoč, and Leo Feigl.
On 3 December 1921SK České Budějovice played its first amateur ice hockey match inStrakonice.
On 10 January 1928 a club known asAC Stadion České Budějovice was founded by the merging two clubs in České Budějovice - Viktoria and Slovan. The club joinedCzechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, the nation's top ice hockey league, in 1936. In their first season, they finished third behindLTC Praha andAC Sparta Praha.
In the 1950–51 season, the club, now calledSKP České Budějovice, won its first and only championship in any top-tier league. The club has failed to finish higher than third place (1952–53) in the highest league ever since.
After a disastrous 1962–63 season in which the team won none of the 32 games, the club was relegated to theCzechoslovak Second League until 1968. Overall, HC České Budějovice had been relegated to the second-tier league five other times since the 1958-59 season as of 2013[update]; in each case the club re-earned promotion to the top league the following season.
Although it lost in the semifinals of the2007–08 Czech Extraliga season, HC České Budějovice qualified for the2008–09 Champions Hockey League as the winner of the regular season. However, its success was short-lived, as it finished eleventh and survived a relegation round the following season.
Following the2012–13 season, theCzech Extraliga reached a sponsorship deal withRadegast to sell its beer in all Extraliga arenas. This agreement conflicted with the deal České Budějovice already had withBudweiser Budvar Brewery for theirarena. Under the agreement, the club and the city of České Budějovice would face stiff penalties for selling any beer other than Radegast products.[1][2] Unable to resolve the dispute, the club decided on 18 June 2013 that no new agreement could be reached between the parties involved and voted to immediately relocate toHradec Králové for the 2013-14 season.[3][4]
In July 2013, plans were unveiled to resume professional hockey in České Budějovice, with a club playing in theCzech First National League.[5]
Czechoslovak Second Ice Hockey League Championship(4): 1960, 1968, 1970, 19921st Czech Republic Hockey League Championship(4): 2005, 2017, 2019, 2020
As of 10 September 2024.[6][7]
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